Podcasts about Iceland

Episode 487 / Logan T. Sibrel Logan T. Sibrel (b. 1986; Jasper, Indiana) is a Brooklyn-based painter. He received his BFA from Indiana University in 2009 and his MFA from Parsons the New School for Design in 2011. He has exhibited at Kornfeld Gallery in Berlin, Beers London, Vardan Gallery in Los Angeles, Monti8 in Rome, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery in Athens, 1969 Gallery and Auxier Kline in New York, and is represented by Galerie Thomas Fuchs in Stuttgart. He has participated in the Palazzo Ventidue Artist Residency in Nardò, Italy, The Palazzo Monti Artist residency in Brescia, and the inaugural Wildfjords  Artist Residency in Ísafjörður, Iceland. One of his paintings was used for the cover of Brandon Taylor's The Late Americans, and he illustrated Meg Remy's book Begin by Telling. Aside from visual art, he is 1/2 of the Brooklyn-based band, Sister Pact.upcoming shows:1. Armory with Galerie Thomas Fuchs; September 5-72. Thought Cage (solo) at Auxier Kline in NYC opening September 13th3. Art Athina (fair) with Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery; September 18-224. Intimität: Queere Kunst der Gegenwart (group show) at Kunstmuseum Albstadt in Germany; November 7th - April 12, 2026

In our final retrospective on the "Demon from Hell" Pope, Bry and Fry are delighted to be joined by John from Saga Thing! In this episode, we discuss the Christianization of Iceland, how figures of the Sagas might view the popes, and just how nuts this guy truly was!    Support Pontifacts: Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/pontifactspod Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/pontifactspodcast  Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/pontifactspod Amazon Wishlist: https://tinyurl.com/pontifactswishlist

Before industrial dredging, clear-cutting, and destructive fishing practices, our rivers and oceans were full of wood. Fallen trees, driftwood, and branches created underwater forests where fish and countless other creatures could thrive. That wood provided shelter, food, and the foundation for entire aquatic ecosystems. Today, much of it is gone, and so are the fish.Marine restoration expert Jon Dickson noticed this loss while working along Europe's coasts and asked a deceptively simple question: if we remove the wood, do we also remove the fish? His answer is the “tree reef,” an artificial reef made from pear trees and other natural materials that replaces destroyed habitat. It is a low-tech, high-impact idea with the potential to revive aquatic life far beyond local waters, and it is deeply connected to the broader regenerative agriculture movement on land and at sea.In this episode, we dive into: The forgotten role of wood in rivers, estuaries, and oceans and why it matters for fish How dredging and “cleaning” waterways destroyed essential aquatic habitats Why restoring fish populations is critical for global ecological balance, including land-based food systems The limitations of many well-meaning marine restoration efforts and how tree reefs succeed where others fail The design, construction, and surprising results of tree reefs How low-cost, replicable solutions could transform restoration at scale Why thinking like an ecosystem is the key to regeneration everywhereIf you have ever wondered how oceans and rivers fit into the future of regenerative food systems, Jon's work might change the way you see both land and sea.More about Jon and Marine Trees:Jon grew up in British Columbia, Canada, where after university, he worked as a forest fire fighter. In the off season, he worked as a polar guide and boat driver in Antarctica, Greenland, and Northern Canada. These seasonal jobs and education were interspersed by backpacking trips; his favourite countries (so far) are Iceland, Mongolia, Uganda, Slovenia, and with a vote for the home team, Canada. Since moving to the Netherlands to work on a PhD, he noticed a distinct lack of driftwood in Europe and decided to see if fish were missing habitat due to lack of wood - and so invented tree-reefs, an artificial reef made of trees to replace destroyed habitat.Agrarian Futures is produced by Alexandre Miller, who also wrote our theme song. This episode was edited by Drew O'Doherty.

Justin Bieber BioSnap a weekly updated Biography.In the past few days Justin Bieber has been making headlines and sparking plenty of chatter both for his music and his personal life. According to The Hollywood Reporter new billboards for Justin's seventh studio album titled Swag have popped up in Reykjavik Iceland Los Angeles and Times Square fueling rumors of an imminent release under Def Jam. While reps have stayed quiet these billboards and social posts from Justin himself—featuring snippets of the tracklist with titles like 405 Swag All I Can Take and Dadz Love—have fans on high alert. THR insiders say he crafted much of the album in Iceland collaborating with artists such as Gunna Sexyy Red and Cash Cobain and throwing jam sessions with DJ Tay James HARV Carter Lang and Eddie Benjamin. This will be Bieber's first full-length project since his 2021 album Justice.On the family front Bieber's Instagram feed has been filled with intimate shots of his life with wife Hailey and their almost one-year-old son Jack Blues Bieber with Hailey posting romantic photos and the family sharing candid moments on a picnic blanket. Just days ago they were spotted having a cozy dinner date in Santa Monica with fans and style bloggers dissecting every sartorial detail according to Elle.However not everything has been entirely celebratory. IMDb and The Hollywood Gossip report concern among fans after a string of recent public outings in New York as some have commented on what they describe as a tired appearance. This comes against the backdrop of Justin sharing vulnerable Instagram posts about seeking forgiveness and expressing gratitude for faith and support especially during emotionally taxing moments. On August 12 he posted about the importance of Jesus's love in his daily life and getting through emotionally tough days with support from faith as reported by People.Amid all this there's been an undercurrent of online speculation linking Bieber's mom Pattie Mallette to Sean Diddy Combs with social media hashtags like #PattieMallette #Diddy #Collaboration trending. Cavan Medical Practice summarizes the online buzz as a back-and-forth between wild optimism over a potential business partnership and skepticism given zero official confirmation from either party.In business news Hailey Bieber recently denied rumors about using proceeds from her Rhode beauty brand's sale to pay off Justin's settlement with Scooter Braun as reported by AOL. There was also a lighter viral moment when Justin made a surprise stop at the Roadhouse Diner in Great Falls Montana earlier this month. According to KRTV he ordered a PB and J burger and caused a flurry among locals when someone paid three hundred dollars for the seat cushion he used with the money going to staff tips.Promotional activity continues with themed fan events like Party Iconic Presents Justin Bieber Night set for August 23 at the Bowery Ballroom as listed by Live Nation all timed for the build-up around his rumored album release and birthday celebrations for his son Jack.In sum the last several days for Justin Bieber have been a swirl of major music industry moves viral family moments ongoing digital speculation and hints of both vulnerability and resilience. Headlines point to an imminent return to the pop charts layered with the complexities of fame family and faith.Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta

In this episode, we finally come to the end of Ljósvetninga saga! And there are a lot of loose ends to wrap up. Eyjolf Guðmundarson still burns for vengeance against his brother's killers, but the courts have spared the Möðruvellings, exiling them instead. The outlawed Möðruvellings plan to spread out across Northern Europe, but they have to get out of Iceland first—and the clock is ticking. Our story this time takes us from the court of Harald Hardrada to the streets of Rome, from the bustle of Byzantium to the famous Battle of Hastings, as everyone tries to move on with their lives. And try as they might, not everyone's making it out alive. Pack your bags for a globe-trotting conclusion to Ljósvetninga saga! Listen and let us know what you think: Sagathingpodcast on Facebook Sagathingpodcast on Instagram Sagathingpodcast on Bluesky Saga Thing's unofficial official Discord Music Credits Intro Music - "Prelude and Action" by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Outro Music - "Stormfront" by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

How do we live radiantly when the world seems bent on our erasure?Today we meet Caro De Robertis and we're talking about the queer book that saved their life: Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin, translated by Bonnie Huie.Caro's books best-selling books have Stonewall Book Awards and the Golden Poppy Octavia E. Butler Award; and, they have been finalists for the PEN/Faulkner Award, Lambda Literary Award, and the Kirkus Prize. These books include The Palace of Eros, The President and the Frog, Cantoras, The Gods of Tango, and Perla. Caro was the first openly nonbinary person to received the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature. A professor at San Francisco State University, Caro is co-curating Conjuring Power: the Roots & Futures of Queer & Trans Movements, for San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. It will open Spring 2026. Their newest book is So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color.Set in the post-martial-law era of late-1980s Taipei, Notes of a Crocodile is a coming-of-age story of queer misfits discovering love, friendship, and artistic affinity while hardly studying at Taiwan's most prestigious university. Told through the eyes of an anonymous lesbian narrator nicknamed Lazi, this cult classic is a postmodern pastiche of diaries, vignettes, mash notes, aphorisms, exegesis, and satire by an incisive prose stylist and major countercultural figure.Connect with Carowebsite: caroderobertis.cominstagram: @caro_derobertisOur BookshopVisit our Bookshop for new releases, current bestsellers, banned books, critically acclaimed LGBTQ books, or peruse the books featured on our podcasts: bookshop.org/shop/thisqueerbookBuy Notes of a Crocodile: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781681370767Buy So Many Stars: An Oral History of Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, and Two-Spirit People of Color: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781643756875Become an Associate Producer!Become an Associate Producer of our podcast through a $20/month sponsorship on Patreon! A professionally recognized credit, you can gain access to Associate Producer meetings to help guide our podcast into the future! Get started today: patreon.com/thisqueerbookCreditsHost/Founder: John ParkerExecutive Producer: Jim PoundsAssociate Producers: Archie Arnold, K Jason Bryan and David Rephan, Bob Bush, Natalie Cruz, Jonathan Fried, Paul Kaefer, Joe Perazzo, Bill Shay, and Sean SmithPatreon Subscribers: Stephen D., Terry D., Stephen Flamm, Ida Göteburg, Thomas Michna, Sofia Nerman, and Gary Nygaard.Creative and Accounting support provided by: Gordy EricksonQuatrefoil LibraryQuatrefoil has created a curated lending library made up of the books featured on our podcast! If you can't buy these books, then borrow them! Link: https://libbyapp.com/library/quatrefoil/curated-1404336/page-1We're in Iceland for PRIDE, so we're taking this week off! We'll be back with a new episode on August 12th with guest Caro De Robertis talking about the queer book that saved their life: Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin, translated by Bonnie Huie.Support the show

When my friend Tracy Collins messaged me to say hey, I'm doing a new series on the Global Travel Planning Podcast and I want to interview you first - I said yes as fast as I could. Tracy had an idea to guide me through a chat about a number of my very most special travel experiences and I knew it would be fun. In fact, I think it turned out to be such a great chat that I asked Tracy if I could share it here with all my audience too. We cover so many topics: who inspired me to travel in the first place, some of my favourite trips (taking the Trans-Siberian across Russia and my road trip in Iceland both got airtime here), why I love and keep returning to Japan, how speaking a language can help you connect more deeply with a place and where I'd really like to return to soon. And more! Hope you enjoy listening just a fraction as much as I enjoyed being interviewed - thanks Tracy! Links: Global Travel Planning - https://globaltravelplanning.com/ Join our Facebook group for Thoughtful Travellers - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers Join our LinkedIn group for Thoughtful Travellers - https://notaballerina.com/linkedin Sign up for the Thoughtful Travellers newsletter at Substack - https://thoughtfultravel.substack.com Show notes: https://notaballerina.com/360 Support the show: https://thoughtfultravel.substack.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are you enjoying this? Are you not? Tell us what to do more of, and what you'd like to hear less of. The Reykjavík Grapevine's Iceland Roundup brings you the top news with a healthy dash of local views. In this episode, Grapevine publisher Jón Trausti Sigurðarson is joined by Heimildin journalist Aðalsteinn Kjartansson, and Grapevine friend and contributor Sindri Eldon to roundup the stories making headlines in recent weeks. On the docket this week are: ✨Special forces deployed after football fans clash✨Iceland's first bank robbery solved✨Trump appoints a new ambassador to Iceland✨Israel's plans to occupy Gaza condemned✨Death at Reynisfjara beach------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SHOW SUPPORTSupport the Grapevine's reporting by becoming a member of our High Five Club: https://steadyhq.com/en/rvkgrapevine/You can also support the Grapevine by shopping in our online store: https://shop.grapevine.is------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is a Reykjavík Grapevine podcast.The Reykjavík Grapevine is a free alternative magazine in English published 18 times per year, biweekly during the spring and summer, and monthly during the autumn and winter. The magazine covers everything Iceland-related, with a special focus culture, music, food and travel. The Reykjavík Grapevine's goal is to serve as a trustworthy and reliable source of information for those living in Iceland, visiting Iceland or interested in Iceland. Thanks to our dedicated readership and excellent distribution network, the Reykjavík Grapevine is Iceland's most read English-language publication. You may not agree with what we write or publish, but at least it's not sponsored content.www.grapevine.is

Send us a textOK everyone, time for a new theme again.  Speaking of time, we will be delving into films that play with time in unconventional ways such as time loops, alternate timelines or nonlinear narratives because our new theme is "Time is an Illusion".In addition to talking about time, relativity, quantum physics, car accidents, Ozzy Osbourne, Jaws and Iceland we will be watching a film that fits our new theme along with the first shake-up: "Must be set in a war-zone".  That film is "Edge of Tomorrow", the 2014 sci-fi time travel/loop action adventure starring Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt and Bill Paxton.  Cruise portrays a man fighting in a war against aliens who must relive the same day every time he dies until he can find a way to stop their power source with the help of an elite soldier.

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An unlimited source of energy lurks below the earth. On this special episode of the Unexplainable podcast, why it's so hard to tap into geothermal energy. This episode was produced and hosted by Noam Hassenfeld, edited by Jorge Just, with mixing and sound design from Cristian Ayala, production support from Thomas Lu, and fact checking from Melissa Hirsch. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. The Blue Lagoon geothermal spa and retreat hotel, next to a hardened lava stream and the Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant, in Grindavik, Iceland. Photo by HALLDOR KOLBEINS/AFP via Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The movie kicks off, once again way harder than it needs to. Bombay is out there crushing it in the minors. His future is bright. But he's hit hard and goes down with a knee injury. He goes back home and is picked up by Hans's brother, Yan. They talk about what's next for his life. He doesn't want to go back to Ducksworth. He doesn't think he can make money with pee wee. For now, he's just going to help out in the shop. One day, he has a visitor. It's Don Tibbles and he wants Bombay to coach a team representing the United States in the Junior Goodwill Games in Los Angeles.You'd think maybe there'd be an open try out. There's not. He just gets the Ducks back together thanks to Charlie.Team USA is going to consists of the Ducks and 5 new players:  Luis Mendoza, a fast skater who can't stop, Dwayne Robertson, a cowboy who is good with the puck, Julie "The Cat" Gaffney,  a goalie that will give Goldberg a run for his money, Ken Wu, a junior Olympic figure skater, and Dean Portman, who is a new enforcer.During the first practice, the teams tutor comes in. Michelle McCay. Bombay immediately puts on the moves. The first practice is rocky, but that's nothing some line dancing and country music can't solve.They have 1 school lesson and they're off to Los Angeles to get started! Up first, Trinidad & Tobago. Tough that USA has to play 2 teams at once but what can ya do. They dominate. The next day, at a press conference, Team Iceland shows up and the coach says TEAM USA IS GOING DOWN, THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GOING! That's coach and ex-NHL player Wolf "The Dentist" Stansson. More on him later. Bombay begins to enjoy the fancy things that Dom Tibbles is giving him and begins to leave the team by themselves more which causes some issues. One night, Fulton & Portman are out past curfew and they see Bombay out on a date with one of the assistant coaches from Iceland.Bombay walks into the locker room the next day in a fancy suite and his slick back hair. The vibes are off. It's time to play Iceland for the first time. It does not go well. They get blown out 12-1 and Tibbles threatens to fire him if he doesn't get this figured out. He yells at the team and they get real mad. On a mandatory off day given by Michelle,  the players go play some street hockey, against a team led by a kid who has been trash talking them at all the games. His name is Russ and he blows their minds with his knuckle-puck.After a kick in the pants by Yan, Bombay goes to skate to clear his mind.In their match against Germany, Bombay fails to arrive on time cuz I guess he lost track of time while skating? I dunno man. Charlie asks Michelle to coach and she does her best but the team is struggling.  Bombay finally arrives with his duck call which we all know is duck for "I'm sorry" and the team gets straight to business with the Flying V and win the game. Bombay and Yan go full Mr Miagi and teach all the kids how to use their special skills. Bombay finds out that Banks has a hurt wrist and tells him he has to bench him. But Charlie has found his replacement - Russ and his knuckle-puck. At the last team practice, Bombay wants to have some fun with a beach ball. The Dentist shows up, squashes their ball, and challenges Bombay to a 1 on 1 game. Bombay is killing him when The Dentists nails his knee with his stick intentionally. It's time for the championship and Banks walks in to show that he's been healed. Only problem is his roster spot has been filled. So Charlie offers to give up his spot and become a coach. Bombay does not try to talk him out of it because Charlie sucks at hockey. The game is off to a real rocky start and they go into intermission down 4-1. So they head into the locker room and Bombay gives the classic "ducky fly together" speech and Yan surprises everyone with Ducks uniforms because there's no rule in the play book against changing jerseys during the game. And it works! Thanks to some clever play, the Ducks tie it up. The championship comes down to a shootout. It's 4-3. Iceland has one more shot to tie it up. Naturally, Bombay puts in Julie the cat as goalie. She stops it and the Ducks, I mean Team USA, wins!!!The team heads home and spends some time around the fire as they sing we are the champions together.

Today's Headlines: Trump's rolling out the red carpet for Putin on Friday — the first U.S. invite outside the UN since 2007 — with no Ukraine concessions, just Putin demanding eastern Ukraine in exchange for “ending” the war (and no guarantee he wouldn't restart it). Zelensky responded by saying that would be against Ukraine's constitution. Meanwhile, NASA's in a tight race with China and Russia to land a nuclear reactor on the Moon's resource-rich South Pole by 2030. In Atlanta, a gunman killed a police officer near the CDC before dying in a CVS shootout; authorities suspect COVID vaccine conspiracy motives. The FBI fired at least three senior officials tied to Jan. 6 and Trump ally cases, while Trump axed the IRS commissioner and sent him to Iceland. Trump also hid Obama's and both Bushes' portraits in a stairwell, wants to merge Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under ticker “MAGA,” and is eyeing billions from a gov stake sale. Vegas visitor numbers are down 11% this year, with international tourism spending in the U.S. projected to drop $12.5 billion. Resources/Articles mentioned in this episode: WaPo; Russians cheer Putin's Alaska invitation, envision no concessions on Ukraine  WIRED: Why the US Is Racing to Build a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon  CNN: CDC leaders call shooting targeted and deliberate as rattled staff say they felt like ‘sitting ducks' WaPo: FBI fires former acting head, two other officials at odds with Trump administration NBC News: Trump removes IRS boss, Treasury Secretary Bessent takes over for now CNN: Trump moves Obama, Bush portraits to hidden stairwell Axios: Trump suggests "MAGA" stock listing for mortgage giants Fannie, Freddie Axios: Sin City tourism slump signals wider economic slowdown Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Libby Ran 11/08/2025 Nordic Fairies - Loving It Too - פיות נורדיות 119 Folk & Røvere, Ravi, Primacy Funk, Emsky - Utadæsjælåpplevelse (Norway) Electric High - Ain't Got Nothing But Time (Norway) Phogg - Just Bought a TV to Stay (Sweden) Ruben - Love That Hurts (Norway) Honeyvein - Know (Norway) Sigrid - Jellyfish (Norway) Aldís Fjóla - Dark Storm (Iceland) flora cash - WHAT IS WRONG (Sweden, USA) Fig Tape - Hedgehog (Norway) Kappekoff, Marte Eberson - Loving It Too (Norway) Marlene Oak - When My Time Has Come (Sweden) Skott - Moonlit (Sweden) Yndling - Fences (Norway) Highasakite - But, I loved (Norway) AURORA - You Can't Run From Yourself (Norway) Sin Fang - Gorkúla (Iceland)

Come along with me to the remote fjord of Mjóifjörður, where a monstrous troll woman haunted a lonely church, luring priests to their doom each Christmas... That is until one brave pastor turned the legend on its head. Like what you hear?  Give us 5 Stars!  And follow for more... Checkout our website: Eerie Iceland  Follow us on: Instagram  Find our page on: Facebook  Email us: hello@eerieiceland.com Sources & Extras: Source 1 Source 2 Things to do in Mjóifjörður (Iceland Wedding Planner Blog Post) Episode & Editing By: Ann Irene Peters (Iceland Wedding Planner)

August 8, 2025; 9pm: The Trump administration continues to dance around their promise to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, but now Democracy Forward is filing a lawsuit for access to internal communications regarding the handling of the case, which could expose whatever it is that Donald Trump does not want known. Trump has announced an upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at which Trump is expected to make concessions for peace in Ukraine despite have earlier issued an ultimatum. Activists against ICE's cruel brutality against immigrants grow in number, particularly among young people afraid for their families. And Donald Trump has fired the unqualified crony he installed at the IRS and is inexplicably moving him to be ambassador the Iceland. 

Send us a textLast week, I shared some strange urban legends with you about Florida. I left off sharing two things, first, Florida has more than its share of cryptids! And second, my daughter that got me curious about the spooky side of this state, told me an urban legend you've got to hear. Let's get into it!Florida CryptidsIf you were to attend some supernatural trivia night at the local pub, then I've no doubt if asked what the most famous Florida cryptid was, you'd know the answer. Skunk Ape. Cousin to Sasquatch, this guy is said smell really ripe. I found an interesting story about the Skunk Ape in a book titled, Freaky Florida written by Mark Muncy and Kari Schultz. Find links to purchase it in the show notes. I hope it sets the senses into the swampy, humid Florida landscape.Mark Muncy writes; "Look at any map of Florida and you will see a very large block in the middle of the state with no major roads. The largest area stretches from Lakeland to the north beyond Leesburg. This empty area once saw rival railroads trying to reach Tampa Bay. It once housed numerous little towns and homesteads trying to make their way in teh early Florida land booms." From the passage of time, the swamp is reclaiming the last vestiges of man's attempts to colonize the area. Now in state control, it's called the Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve.Show Sources and MaterialsFreaky Florida, Mark Muncy and Kari SchultzWampus Cat Legend and Lore, WBIR - 10 NewsThe Child-Eating Wampus Cat, Atlas ObscuraMahaba, the giant crocodile, Cryptid Archives FandomExploring the Florida Everglades' Weird Folklore: Myths and Legends of the United States, T's Storytime, YouTubeThe Trident-Tailed Water Monster of Florida, source: East TennesseanSicklefin Devil Ray of Florida, MarineMegafauna.org, Jessica PateSea Monster Museum in Iceland, Atlas ObscuraI don't accept sponsors and paid advertisers. I choose people, podcasts and authors I believe in to highlight in the ad segment. That's why I've been shining a spotlight on Derek Condit at Mystical Wares. He is both talented and generous with those gifts. Please give his books a look on the Mystical Wares website.Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Since bursting onto the scene in 1993, Páll Óskar—also known as Paul Oscar—has been turning heads, moving hips, and breaking boundaries. He's not just a singer. He's a performer, a provocateur, a fearless icon who has never shied away from being exactly who he is—openly gay, genre-bending, and unapologetically fabulous.And let me tell you, he's not slowing down anytime soon. His music and style have evolved over the decades, but his bold spirit and commitment to authenticity have never wavered. Whether he's belting it out with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra or dancing down Reykjavík's Laugavegur during Pride on a sparkling unicorn float (yes, really!), Páll brings all the drama in the best way possible.https://youtu.be/Xvow55EE6ak Save Big When You Stay in Reykjavík, Iceland This episode is sponsored by Center Hotels, who is also a proud sponsor of Pride in Reykjavík.To save big when you stay in any of their 9 hotels, use code ATI25 for 25% off. Some of the Topics Páll Óskar and I Discussed during the Interview The attitude towards artists in IcelandHis incredibly talented Family Why trends spreads so quickly in Iceland His family's response after coming out in the 80sReconciling with his father after not being accepted as GayThe change in Iceland toward the LGBTQ+ communityBeing an artist and an activist in a small societyThe pressure of having a famous older siblingOwing Donna Summer & African Americans his whole lifePáll Óskar's idea of the perfect Pride ParadeThe Grindr scandalWhy representation matters in all formsPáll Óskar's Controversial Eurovision PerformanceHis advice for emerging artists Check out Páll Óskar's Music If you want to dance to awesome Icelandic pop music spanning from the 90s until present day, check out Páll Óskar's music here. Share this with a Friend Facebook Email Threads Let's Be Social Youtube Instagram Tiktok Facebook Þakka þér kærlega fyrir að hlusta og sjáumst fljótlega.

“Carbon Recycling International…is converting CO2 into sustainable methanol…(W)e have technology, which takes CO2 as a waste, and it takes hydrogen and turns it into methanol…and it is used today both like into chemicals. So, the chemical sector is a big consumer of methanol, which is a very large known product in the world today. …(and into) a sustainable fuel...playing a pretty big role in the energy transition.” Bjork Kristjansdottir on Electric Ladies Podcast As the Trump administration sends mixed signals on carbon capture technologies – keeping the tax credits for them while cutting funding – an innovative company in Iceland is converting captured CO2 into energy, in what's called carbon recycling. How? Listen to Bjork Kristjansdottir, COO/CFO of Carbon Recycling International in Iceland explain how it works and how it's used in this fascinating discussion with Electric Ladies host Joan Michelson.  You'll hear about: How they “recycle carbon” – from capture to converting it to how it's used. How the chemicals made from carbon recycling are used. Why methanol is so important in the energy transition and how they make it How they are making sustainable aviation fuel from carbon recycling Plus, insightful career advice, such as… “My advice is first, like it's around decisions. So, we need to make decisions. Postponing making decisions puts you at the risk things will just happen to you.…And remember that, when we do make those decision in our career, it is always based on the best information available at the time. Things may change, it doesn't make it a wrong decision.. (and) You don't need to learn and be the best at everything yourself. What you need to do is to learn how to listen and harvest all of the potential, all of the talent around you… get comfortable with asking the right questions.” Bjork Kristjansdottir on Electric Ladies Podcast Read Joan's Forbes article about this new report here and more of her articles here too. You'll also like: Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), on the politics of energy and infrastructure Doreen Harris, President and CEO of NYSERDA, on how New York is leading the way to the clean energy future. Autum Huskins, Hitachi Zosen Inova, turning waste into energy (and wine) Marit Brommer, Ph.D., International Geothermal Association, how geothermal is a dependable energy source Claire Seaborn, former Chief of Staff to Canada's Minister of Energy and Natural Resources on what the U.S. can learn from Canada's energy policies Melissa Lott, Ph.D., Director of Research at the Center for Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, and the lead scientists in the PBS/NOVA documentary “Chasing Carbon Zero.” Paula Glover, President, The Alliance to Save Energy, focused on energy efficiency Subscribe to our newsletter to receive our podcasts, blog, events and special coaching offers.. Thanks for subscribing on Apple Podcasts or iHeartRadio and leaving us a review! Follow us on Twitter @joanmichelson

This week on Inspire Change, Gunter dives into a discussion on beyond profist and aligning economics with authentic masculinity. We are discussing this because masculinity is socially woven into economics and society.This week's gratitude goes out to those of you listening in Iceland.  We welcome you to the Top Ten Global listeners list. CONGRATULATIONS at landing at #10 You Made it!!!!!We thank for tuning in and promoting positive social change.  This makes you a part of Gunter's efforts in transforming not only men's lives but lives in general and we are grateful you have joined us.  I, DeVonna Prinzi the Co-Exec Producer and our Showrunner Miranda Spigener-Sapon sincerely thank you and ask that you please take the time to like, follow, subscribe, and share as your efforts make a difference to everyone here at Inspire Change with Gunter.   Please remember If you want to share your story of social change, feel free to reach out  to the show directly. Please see the show-notes for our contact information. As always thank you to each and every one of our listeners, but most importantly please keep Inspiring positive social change.On a side note: Gunter Swoboda and Lorin Josephson's neo-noir/supernatural thriller novel Amulets of Power, Book I A Brian Poole Mystery is officially ON SALE EVERYWHERE you like to get book, but if you want a discount please consider ording direct. ANY LISTENER who order's direct will get a surprise gift. https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=3RoOA6kVQ7ZgmqSK9LdnvNyDAZZFsg9IMaLUaprPgXKThe entire team at Inspire Change with Gunter would like to bring attention to our neighbor listeners to the south of us in Mexico!  Particularly all of you in Mexico City for this week's gratitude journey.  Congratulations!!  For the first time you are only 5 spots away from the "Top Ten Global Listeners List" as you made it to #15 .  Thank you/Gracias  to each and every listener.   We appreciate everyone of you and are grateful for your likes, shares, follows and subscribes, but most of all for you continuing to inspire positive social change!Make sure you LIKE SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW our new Official YouTube Channel of Video Shorts series: https://www.youtube.com/@InspireChangewithGunterSwoboda/videos where we will be adding new videos and content every week from Gunter and our guests.  https://www.youtube.com/@InspireChangewithGunterSwoboda/videosGunter Swoboda and Lorin Josephson's new novel Amulets of Power, Book I - A Brian Poole Mystery trilogy.  CHECK OUT the critic's praise:Editorial Reviews"Gunter Swoboda and Lorin Josephson's entrée novel weaves you in a deep and captivating story of thematic and impactful visuals of traditions and the obligations that come with it.  The reader will be hooked and ready for the next book in this trilogy." - The Associated Press"Captivating character development and unforeseen plot twists; the novel guarantees to enthrall readers with its seamless merger of historical depth and contemporary drama, ensuring a riveting and electrifying read." -Publishers Weekly"Gunter Swoboda and Lorin Josephson's debut novel Amulets of Power blends noir detective with the supernatural; set in London, England." - KTLA NewsVisually impactful1" - Australian Post Observerhttps://www.amazon.com/Amulets-Power-Book-Mystery-Mysteries/dp/0999266861/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3138WSYER8QW7&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.0xI2jpo4SQUQV36nWY8d4Q.e7_ogc11xe5fR6J7kl3m5EfTJeYBQty35YqdG-eoutY&dib_tag=se&keywords=Amulets+of+Power%2C+Book+I%3A+A+Brian+Poole+Mystery&qid=1745973832&s=books&sprefix=amulets+of+power%2C+book+i+a+brian+poole+mystery%2Cstripbooks%2C171&sr=1-1 (Worldwide free shipping for Prime Members)https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/amulets-of-power-book-i-gunter-swoboda/1147319115?ean=9780999266861https://www.booktopia.com.au/amulets-of-power-book-i-gunter-swoboda/book/9780999266861.html (Australia)DON'T FORGET to join LEGENDS OF POWER SWOBODA-JOSEPHSON VIP Inner Circle. It includes a Pre-Order of Gunter Swoboda and Lorin Josephson's book which you can order here by joining the Legends of Power Swoboda-Josephson VIP Inner Circle - Its only $80 per year and you get a lot of benefits, events, and it includes membership into the Changemaker Collective here:https://www.bonfirecinema.com/bonfirevipWatch the promo video narrated by the amazing https://markredfieldstudios.com and then  JOIN the Legends of Power Swoboda-Josephson VIP Circle that includes the Changemaker Collective! https://youtu.be/9JkFFWv7s0I?si=0yA7GjwWen-3OhRIAll points, viewpoints, discussions and subjects discussed on this podcast are those solely of the opinions and research  of Gunter Swoboda  for educational and information purposes. If you are needing advice or mental health assistance please contact your local therapist for individualized needs.Become a supporter in the Changemaker Collective of this podcast. Sign up here, its only $12 per month to join the Changemaker Colletctive of Inspire Change with Gunter Podcast: : https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/inspire-change-with-gunter--3633478/support OR if you want more join Gunter Swoboda as a VIP that includes the Changemaker Collective here: https://www.bonfirecinema.com/bonfirevipInternational Psychologist, Author, Speaker and Producer Gunter Swoboda continues to Inspire Change and enlighten and educate on Masculinities and Male Empowerment. After 35 years of working with adolescent boys and men, Gunter founded Making Good Men Great. It focuses on helping men recognize how to evolve as a Man in all the spheres of his life. We continue with our regular of broadcasts of 20-30 minute episodes hosted by Gunter every week and then we will have special guests lined up during each season for special 50-1 hour episodes. We also will take requests from past guests or friends of the podcasts to fill in as a guest host. For more information on becoming a guest or guest hosting, email creative@bonfirecinema.com or query the showrunner Miranda Spigener-Sapon at miranda.sapon@bonfirecinema.com- www.GunterSwoboda.com & www.GoodMenGreat.com -Inspire Change with Gunter is Produced in Los Angeles by Miranda Spigener-Sapon by Bonfire Cinema. Thank you for listening!Executive Producer/Showrunner: Miranda Spigener-SaponCo-Exec. 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AuthorWe all have a story. Stories that touch us the most are about that moment when we make the choice to be real, to drop any pretense of pride, power and position. In that telling moment we step into a new space where our ability to overcome fear allows us to be truly authentic in our relationship to the world. In that moment we become fully human. Gunter has authored a novel Mountains of Sea published by Winterwolf Press and he self-published the non-fiction, Making Good Men Great: Surfing the New Wave of Masculinity. Both books are available at all major and independent retailers globally. The Making Good Men Great Movement also made Oprah's #MustWatch list in 2018.MentorIn both the personal and professional sphere, Gunter has successfully worn many hats. Added to his education, experience and eloquence it allows him to develop a relationship with someone that ignites their aspirations.CoachIn today's world, the challenge to be ‘perfect' is a constant source of stress. 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Park After Dark is about to get a whole lot dumber - Cory and Jacob are in the trailer! Find out which nut has nipples, Cory's favourite video games, and why Jacob is working nine jobs. Plus: Meet the new ambassador of Iceland... Ricky!

A new episode of This Queer Book Saved My Life drops on August 12th! We're going to be in Iceland for Pride the first week of August. So, for the next two weeks we'll be playing episodes of The Gaily Show which John hosts. The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ progressive news and talk radio show in the country airing in Minneapolis (AM950-KTNF) and Chicago (WCPT 820).In this episode, Jonathan Parks-Ramage joins us to discuss his new novel: It's Not The End of the World. Order your copy here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781639736140.Plus, Author Lance Garland's new memoir Out There: Dispatches from My Personal Wilderness is coming out October 7th. Pre-order it here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781595343253Watch on YouTubeWe're in video too! You can watch this episode at youtube.com/@thegailyshowCreditsHost/Founder: John Parker (learn more about my name change)Executive Producer: Jim PoundsProduction and Distribution Support: Brett Johnson, AM950Marketing/Advertising Support: Chad Larson, Laura Hedlund, Jennifer Ogren, AM950Accounting and Creative Support: Gordy EricksonWe're in Iceland for PRIDE, so we're taking this week off! We'll be back with a new episode on August 12th with guest Caro De Robertis talking about the queer book that saved their life: Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin, translated by Bonnie Huie.Support the show

Today's guest can conjure entire worlds through her writing. Whether she's evoking the salty tang of the Lofoten Islands, the rustic flavours of rural Normandy, or the buzz of a New York kitchen, her words are rich with atmosphere and emotion - it is of course, Diana Henry, one of Britain's most celebrated food writers.She's a James Beard Award winner, long-time Sunday Telegraph columnist, and author of bestselling books like Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons, How to Eat a Peach, and Around the Table, a new audio collection of essays spanning decades of food, travel and life.As you'll hear, Diana's wanderlust was born not from glamorous holidays, but from imagination. Growing up in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, she escaped into books and encyclopaedias, dreaming of faraway places long before she ever had the chance to visit them.In this episode, we trace her journeys from Dublin to the Dordogne, Spain to Maine. We talk about foraging for mushrooms in France and eating cod's heads in Iceland, She shares why she reads restaurant menus for fun, and the deep emotional connection she feels to the places she's travelled, through taste.I spoke to Diana last month, and although we hadn't met before, I instantly warmed to her. I loved the way she speaks about travel, through a different lens, shaped by flavour and feeling. I think you'll really enjoy this one.Holly's recap: Beaverbrook Hotel, Surrey, EnglandDestination Recap:Dublin, Ireland Dordogne, France Colombey les Deux Églises, Haute-Marne, France Spain Le tonneau, Normandy, France New York, USAUnion Square Cafe, New York, USAABC Kitchen, New York, USAEstela, New York, USALos Angeles, California, USALofoten Islands, NorwayIcelandNebo Lodge, North Haven, Maine, USAMoroccoJapanAround the Table - 52 Essays on Food & Life, Mitchell Beazley is available now in audiobook and will be published in hardback on 2nd October.To win a holiday to Trisara, in Phuket, Thailand, head over to my Instagram page here.With thanks to Airbnb for their support of today's episode.Thanks so much for listening today. If you want to be the first to find out who is joining me on next week's episode come and follow me on Instagram I'm @hollyrubenstein, and you'll also find me on TikTok - I'd love to hear from you. And if you can't wait until then, remember there's the first 14 seasons to catch up on, that's over 155 episodes to keep you busy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we take a closer look at the United Arab Emirates' new polar program.As global interest in the Arctic continues to grow, countries beyond the region, including those in the Middle East and South Asia, are stepping up investments in polar science, climate research, and international cooperation.To explore this emerging landscape, the conversation brought together:Ebrahim Al Hajri, President of Khalifa University, United Arab EmiratesJan-Gunnar Winther, Pro-rector for Research and Development, UiT The Arctic University of NorwayThamban Meloth, Director, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), IndiaWassim Said, Advisor to the UAE Presidential Court and member of the Emirates Polar Program Steering CommitteeModerating the Session was Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Chair of the Arctic Circle Polar Dialogue and former Prime Minister of Iceland.This conversation was recorded live at the Arctic Circle India Forum, held in New Delhi on May 3–4, 2025, and is part of the Polar Dialogue.Arctic Circle is the largest network of international dialogue and cooperation on the future of the Arctic. It is an open democratic platform with participation from governments, organizations, corporations, universities, think tanks, environmental associations, Indigenous communities, concerned citizens, and others interested in the development of the Arctic and its consequences for the future of the globe. It is a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization. Learn more about Arctic Circle at www.ArcticCircle.org or contact us at secretariat@arcticcircle.orgTWITTER:@_Arctic_CircleFACEBOOK:The Arctic CircleINSTAGRAM:arctic_circle_org

Við hittumst kl. 11:00 á sunnudögum við Fagraþing 2a ... We meet at 11:00 on Sundays at Fagraþing 2a, about 7 miles (12 km) southeast of downtown Reykjavik. If you live in Iceland, or plan on visiting soon, make plans to worship with us in person!

Hear about living in Escobar-Era Medellin, Surviving Cancer & Leaving an Abusive Relationship to Solo-Travel the World. _____________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show's Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that you can consume in 60 seconds (all personal recommendations like the latest travel gear I'm using, my favorite destinations, discounts for special events, etc.). Follow The Maverick Show on Instagram ____________________________________ Mari Monsalve starts off talking about her involvement with two empowering travel events: The WITS Travel Creator Summit and Latino Travel Fest.  She then reflects on her grandparents experience immigrating to Florida in the 1960s during Jim Crow segregation.  Mari tells the story of growing up in Miami and then moving back to Medellin during the Pablo Escobar era and what it was like to live there during that time.  She then talks about moving back to the U.S. as an adult, developing her interest in world travel, and organizing a transformative trip to Iceland.  Next, Mari opens up about leaving an abusive relationship to travel the world solo, being diagnosed with cancer, and choosing to use travel as a tool to recover from cancer.  She shares stories at different points in her cancer journey from Paris, Morocco and Thailand.  Finally, Mari reflects on her last trip to the Pacific coast of Colombia, shares some ethical considerations for visiting Colombia, and makes specific recommendations for how to respectfully immerse in her beautiful country.  FULL SHOW NOTES INCLUDING DIRECT LINKS TO EVERYTHING DISCUSSED ARE AVAILABLE HERE. ____________________________________ See my Top 10 Apps For Digital Nomads See my Top 10 Books For Digital Nomads See my 7 Keys For Building A Remote Business (Even in a space that's not traditionally virtual) Watch my Video Training on Stylish Minimalist Packing so you can join #TeamCarryOn  See the Travel Gear I Use and Recommend See How I Produce The Maverick Show Podcast (The equipment, services & vendors I use) ____________________________________ ENJOYING THE SHOW? Please Leave a Rating and Review. It really helps the show and I read each one personally.  You Can Buy Me a Coffee. Espressos help me produce significantly better podcast episodes! :)

My guest today is Valerie David. NYC-based performer/playwright Valerie David wrote and performs her award-winning solo show, The Pink Hulk: One Woman's Journey to Find the Superhero Within, to inspire and empower others through the courage and inner strength she found to become a 3-time cancer survivor—Stage III Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Stage II Breast Cancer, and Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer. Through medical advancements, Valerie currently has no evidence of disease. The Pink Hulk has been accepted into over 60 different play festivals and 25 different cities worldwide, including England, Sweden, Iceland, and Finland, garnering multiple awards. Valerie and her show have impacted audiences since its 2016 debut with its motto: NEVER GIVE UP HOPE! She received the President's Lifetime Achievement Award: Resilience in Action for her patient advocacy work from the Biden administration. Her second award-winning solo show, Baggage From BaghDAD: Becoming My Father's Daughter, is about her Middle Eastern Jewish family's true inspirational journey of being forced to flee from religious persecution during the 1941 “Farhud” pogrom in Baghdad. It is the story of Valerie's father and his family's struggle to transcend their harrowing past and build a new home in America. It celebrates the resiliency of the human spirit and finds humor, even in the darkest of times. In this episode we discuss cancer, self-advocacy, speaking your truth, healing and performance.Website: https://pinkhulkplay.com/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/valeriedavid/FB - https://www.facebook.com/pinkhulkplay/ https://www.facebook.com/valerie.david.96558/IG - https://www.instagram.com/valeriedavid_pinkhulkplay/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyDPITlLi5AwO_1beXL2Ogw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXRTfJ7EdCBEjlhsZw3bI-wIn this episode you will learn:1. The power of laughter to help get through immense challenges.2. The importance of finding and using your voice to advocate for yourself .3. How empathy can help lead to opening your heart and understanding others. “I think what inspired me was the fact that I had two different cancers. So in breast cancer, according to the American Cancer Society, less than 1% of all men get breast cancer."- 00:07:35“If you're not in perpetual motion Then there's something wrong and I think that's the opposite because you need time to take a break You need time for yourself." - 00:25:46“I think it taught me to be in the now, in the present moment what can I do now and not to worry, look too much into the future because you don't, you're only in control of what you can do now.” 00:47:33

Another round of true listener retells is happening today! Stories include: The Yellow Eyes at Þingvellir The Drumming at Hestfjall Hot Spring Woman of Hveravellir Ghost of Látrabjarg Like what you hear?  Give us 5 Stars!  And follow for more... Checkout our website: Eerie Iceland  Follow us on: Instagram  Find our page on: Facebook  Email us: hello@eerieiceland.com Sources & Extras: Shout outs to Listeners: Þóra, Reynir, Eva, and Alex! Laufabrauð (Icelandic Leaf Bread) Episode & Editing By: Ann Irene Peters (Iceland Wedding Planner)

#southafrica #boxing #mma #ufc #sdpypers #dricusduplessis In this episode of Storytime, we sit down with rising South African boxing star SD Pypers just days out from his headline fight at Fight Island 3 in Cape Town. We dive into his intense fight-week prep, weight cut strategies, and what it really takes to step into the ring at this level. SD opens up about the current state of boxing in South Africa and shares his thoughts on the next generation of fighters.He doesn't hold back when responding to Jarred Silverman's recent call-out, and leaves a fiery message for his opponent ahead of this weekend's showdown. We also chat about SD's friendship with UFC Middleweight Champion Dricus du Plessis, and what it was like attending UFC events in Australia alongside one of the biggest names in MMA.SD takes us into some stories with influencer and entrepreneur Jackson O'Doherty—including stories from Dubai and Iceland.Don't forget to like and subscribe GRAB YOUR KNOX HYDRATION - https://www.knoxhydrate.com/For Super Powers fueled by nature, grab your Super Mushroom Focus, Health, Athlete or Sleep at https://supermushrooms.co.za/FOR MORE INFO Jesse DeFlorio - https://www.instagram.com/jessedeflorio/Joshua Eady - https://www.instagram.com/justblamejosh/Storytime Podcast - https://www.instagram.com/storytimepodcastjosh/WATCH https://youtu.be/iQGmIJMrVeQ

Rochelle's been on quite the adventure, trying on 1940s wigs at Quilt Nebraska and deciding they're her new go-to! She's also become a fabric organizing whiz, making sure every zipper and notion has its perfect spot, even rethinking those sky-high cupboards. Plus, she spilled all the tea on her wool crafting obsession, showcasing adorable ornaments and sharing her excitement about teaching these fuzzy creations at upcoming events like Winter Wonderland and Camp Wanna Sew. It sounds like Rochelle is having a blast with her new look and her super organized craft space, all while inspiring others with her amazing wool projects!The chat also covered everything from juicy travel plans to a hilarious docking station drama, with Rochelle sharing her Scotland and Iceland trip details and a funny story about embarrassing Scott during a live recording. Leslie jumped in with updates on her home reno, from painting and flooring to planning a magnetic screen door for her new craft room, aiming for a big move-in this Sunday! There was even a quick peek into fabric design trends and the joys of renewing a driver's license online. It's a lively mix of personal updates, creative endeavors, and a sprinkle of everyday adventures, all wrapped up in one fun conversation!Enjoy!For your ultimate quilting experience, check out our sponsor, Osage Hills Retreat Center for upcoming retreats, classes and so much more! It is Oklahoma's premier craft destination. Relaxation and fun await!Send us a textFollow Leslie on Instagram at @leslie_quilts and Rochelle at @doughnutwarrior

The Storm does not cover athletes or gear or hot tubs or whisky bars or helicopters or bros jumping off things. I'm focused on the lift-served skiing world that 99 percent of skiers actually inhabit, and I'm covering it year-round. To support this mission of independent ski journalism, please subscribe to the free or paid versions of the email newsletter.WhoGreg Pack, President and General Manager of Mt. Hood Meadows, OregonRecorded onApril 28, 2025About Mt. Hood MeadowsClick here for a mountain stats overviewOwned by: The Drake Family (and other minority shareholders)Located in: Mt. Hood, OregonYear founded: 1968Pass affiliations:* Indy Pass – 2 days, select blackouts* Indy+ Pass – 2 days, no blackoutsClosest neighboring U.S. ski areas: Summit (:17), Mt. Hood Skibowl (:19), Cooper Spur (:23), Timberline (:26)Base elevation: 4,528 feetSummit elevation: 7,305 feet at top of Cascade Express; 9,000 feet at top of hike-to permit area; 11,249 feet at summit of Mount HoodVertical drop: 2,777 feet lift-served; 4,472 hike-to inbounds; 6,721 feet from Mount Hood summitSkiable acres: 2,150Average annual snowfall: 430 inchesTrail count: 87 (15% beginner, 40% intermediate, 15% advanced, 30% expert)Lift count: 11 (1 six-pack, 5 high-speed quads, 1 fixed-grip quad, 3 doubles, 1 carpet – view Lift Blog's inventory of Mount Hood Meadows' lift fleet)About Cooper SpurClick here for a mountain stats overviewOwned by: The Drake FamilyLocated in: Mt. Hood, OregonYear founded: 1927Pass affiliations: Indy Pass, Indy+ Pass – 2 days, no blackoutsClosest neighboring U.S. ski areas: Mt. Hood Meadows (:22), Summit (:29), Mt. Hood Skibowl (:30), Timberline (:37)Base elevation: 3,969 feetSummit elevation: 4,400 feetVertical drop: 431 feetSkiable acres: 50Average annual snowfall: 250 inchesTrail count: 9 (1 most difficult, 7 more difficult, 1 easier)Lift count: 2 (1 double, 1 ropetow – view Lift Blog's inventory of Cooper Spur's lift fleet)Why I interviewed himVolcanoes are weird. Oh look, an exploding mountain. Because that seems reasonable. Volcanoes sound like something imagined, like dragons or teleportation or dinosaurs*. “So let me get this straight,” I imagine some puzzled Appalachian miner, circa 1852, responding to the fellow across the fire as he tells of his adventures in the Oregon Territory, “you expect me to believe that out thataways they got themselves mountains that just blow their roofs off whenever they feel like it, and shoot off fire and rocks and gas for 50 mile or more, and no one never knows when it's a'comin'? You must think I'm dumber'n that there tree stump.”Turns out volcanoes are real. How humanity survived past day one I have no idea. But here we are, skiing on volcanoes instead of tossing our virgins from the rim as a way of asking the nice mountain to please not explode (seriously how did anyone make it out of the past alive?).And one of the volcanoes we can ski on is Mount Hood. This actually seems more unbelievable to me than the concept of a vengeful nuclear mountain. PNW Nature Bros shield every blade of grass like they're guarding Fort Knox. When, in 2014, federal scientists proposed installing four monitoring stations on Hood, which the U.S. Geological Survey ranks as the sixth-highest threat to erupt out of America's 161 active volcanoes, these morons stalled the process for six years. “I think it is so important to have places like that where we can just step back, out of respect and humility, and appreciate nature for what it is,” a Wilderness Watch official told The New York Times. Personally I think it's so important to install basic monitoring infrastructure so that thousands of people are not incinerated in a predictable volcanic eruption. While “Japan, Iceland and Chile smother their high-threat volcanoes in scientific instruments,” The Times wrote, American Granola Bros say things like, “This is more proof that the Forest Service has abandoned any pretense of administering wilderness as per the letter or spirit of the Wilderness Act.” And Hood and the nation's other volcanoes cackle madly. “These idiots are dumber than the human-sacrifice people,” they say just before belching up an ash cloud that could take down a 747. When officials finally installed these instrument clusters on Hood in 2020, they occupied three boxes that look to be approximately the size of a convenience-store ice freezer, which feels like an acceptable trade-off to mass death and airplanes falling out of the sky.I know that as an outdoor writer I'm supposed to be all pissed off if anyone anywhere suggests any use of even a centimeter of undeveloped land other than giving it back to the deer in a treaty printed on recycled Styrofoam and signed with human blood to symbolize the life we've looted from nature by commandeering 108 square feet to potentially protect millions of lives from volcanic eruption, but this sort of trivial protectionism and willful denial that humans ought to have rights too is the kind of brainless uncompromising overreach that I fear will one day lead to a massive over-correction at the other extreme, in which a federal government exhausted with never being able to do anything strips away or massively dilutes land protections that allow anyone to do anything they can afford. And that's when we get Monster Pete's Arctic Dune Buggies setting up a casino/coal mine/rhinoceros-hunting ranch on the Eliot Glacier and it's like thanks Bros I hope that was worth it to stall the placement of gardenshed-sized public safety infrastructure for six years.Anyway, given the trouble U.S. officials have with installing necessary things on Mount Hood, it's incredible how many unnecessary ones our ancestors were able to build. But in 1927 the good old boys hacked their way into the wilderness and said, “by gum what a spot for snoskiing” and built a bunch of ski areas. And today 31 lifts serve four Mt. Hood ski areas covering a combined 4,845 acres:Which I'm just like, do these Wilderness Watch people not know about this? Perhaps if this and similar groups truly cared about the environmental integrity of Mount Hood they would invest their time, energy, and attention into a long-term regional infrastructure plan that identified parcels for concentrated mixed-use development and non-personal-car-based transit options to mitigate the impact of thousands of skiers traveling up the mountain daily from Portland, rather than in delaying the installation of basic monitoring equipment that notifies humanity of a civilization-shattering volcanic eruption before it happens. But then again I am probably not considering how this would impact the integrity of squirrel poop decomposition below 6,000 feet and the concomitant impacts on pinestand soil erosion which of course would basically end life as we know it on planet Earth.OK this went sideways let me try to salvage it.*Whoops I know dinosaurs were real; I meant to write “the moon landing.” How embarrassing.What we talked aboutA strong 2024-25; recruiting employees in mountains with little nearby housing; why Meadows doesn't compete with Timberline for summer skiing; bye-bye Blue double, Meadows' last standing opening-year chairlift; what it takes to keep an old Riblet operating; the reliability of old versus new chairlifts; Blue's slow-motion demolition and which relics might remain long term; the logic of getting a free anytime buddy lift ticket with your season pass; thoughts on ski area software providers that take a percentage of all sales; why Meadows and Cooper Spur have no pass reciprocity; the ongoing Cooper Spur land exchange; the value of Cooper Spur and Summit on a volcano with three large ski areas; why Meadows hasn't backed away from reciprocal agreements; why Meadows chose Indy over Epic, Ikon, or Mountain Collective; becoming a ski kid when you're not from a ski family; landing at Mountain Creek, New Jersey after a Colorado ski career; how Moonlight Basin started as an independent ski area and eventually became part of Big Sky; the tension underlying Telluride; how the Drake Family, who has managed the ski area since inception, makes decisions; a board that reinvests 100 percent of earnings back into the mountain; why we need large independents in a consolidating world; being independent is “our badge of honor”; whether ownership wants to remain independent long term; potential next lift upgrades; a potential all-new lift line and small expansion; thoughts on a better Heather lift; wild Hood weather and the upper limits of lift service; considering surface lifts on the upper mountain; the challenges of running Cascade Express; the future of the Daisy and Easy Rider doubles; more potential future expansion; and whether we could ever see a ski connection with Timberline Lodge.Why now was a good time for this interviewIt's kind of dumb that 210 episodes into this podcast I've only recorded one Oregon ep: Timberline Lodge President Jeff Kohnstamm, more than three years ago. While Oregon only has 11 active ski areas, and the state ranks 11th-ish in skier visits, it's an important ski state. PNW skiers treat skiing like the Northeast treats baseball or the Midwest treats football or D.C. treats politics: rabid beyond reason. That explains the eight Idaho pods and half dozen each in Washington and B.C. These episodes hit like a hash stand at a Dead show. So why so few Oregon eps?Eh, no reason in particular. There isn't a ski area in North America that I don't want to feature on the podcast, but I can't just order them online like a pizza. Relationships, more than anything, drive the podcast, and The Storm's schedule is primarily opportunity driven. I invite folks on as I meet them or when they do something cool. And sometimes we can connect right away and sometimes it takes months or even years, even if they want to do it. Sometimes we're waiting on contracts or approvals so we can discuss some big project in depth. It can take time to build trust, or to convince a non-podcast person that they have a great story to tell.So we finally get to Meadows. Not to be It-Must-Be-Nice Bro about benefits that arise from clear deliberate life choices, but It must be nice to live in the PNW, where every city sits within 90 minutes of a ripping, open-until-Memorial-Day skyscraper that gets carpet bombed with 400 annual inches but receives between one and four out-of-state visitors per winter. Yeah the ski areas are busy anyway because they don't have enough of them, but busy with Subaru-driving Granola Bros is different than busy with Subaru-driving Granola Bros + Texas Bro whose cowboy boots aren't clicking in right + Florida Bro who bought a Trans Am for his boa constrictor + Midwest Bro rocking Olin 210s he found in Gramp's garage + Hella Rad Cali Bro + New Yorker Bro asking what time they groom Corbet's + Aussie Bro touring the Rockies on a seven-week long weekend + Euro Bro rocking 65 cm underfoot on a two-foot powder day. I have no issue with tourists mind you because I am one but there is something amazing about a ski area that is gigantic and snowy and covered in modern infrastructure while simultaneously being unknown outside of its area code.Yes this is hyperbole. But while everyone in Portland knows that Meadows has the best parking lot views in America and a statistical profile that matches up with Beaver Creek and as many detachable chairlifts as Snowbasin or Snowbird and more snow than Steamboat or Jackson or Palisades or Pow Mow, most of the rest of the world doesn't, and I think they should.Why you should ski Mt. Hood Meadows and Cooper SpurIt's interesting that the 4,845 combined skiable acres of Hood's four ski areas are just a touch larger than the 4,323 acres at Mt. Bachelor, which as far as I know has operated as a single interconnected facility since its 1958 founding. Both are volcanoes whose ski areas operate on U.S. Forest Service land a commutable distance from demographically similar markets, providing a case study in distributed versus centralized management.Bachelor in many ways delivers a better experience. Bachelor's snow is almost always drier and better, an outlier in the kingdom of Cascade Concrete. Skiers can move contiguously across its full acreage, an impossible mission on Balkanized Hood. The mountain runs an efficient, mostly modern 15 lifts to Hood's wild 31, which includes a dozen detachables but also a half dozen vintage Riblet doubles with no safety bars. Bachelor's lifts scale the summit, rather than stopping thousands of feet short as they do on Hood. While neither are Colorado-grade destination ski areas, metro Portland is stuffed with 25 times more people than Bend, and Hood ski areas have an everbusy feel that skiers can often outrun at Bachelor. Bachelor is closer to its mothership – just 26 minutes from Bend to Portland's hour-to-two-hour commutes up to the ski areas. And Bachelor, accessible on all versions of the Ikon Pass and not hamstrung by the confusing counter-branding of multiple ski areas with similar names occupying the same mountain, presents a more clearcut target for the mainstream skier.But Mount Hood's quirky scatterplot ski centers reward skiers in other ways. Four distinct ski areas means four distinct ski cultures, each with its own pace, purpose, customs, traditions, and orientation to the outside world. Timberline Lodge is a funky mix of summertime Bro parks, Government Camp greens, St. Bernards, and its upscale landmark namesake hotel. Cooper Spur is tucked-away, low-key, low-vert family resort skiing. Meadows sprawls, big and steep, with Hood's most interesting terrain. And low-altitude, closest-to-the-city Skibowl is night-lit slowpoke with a vintage all-Riblet lift fleet. Your Epic and Ikon passes are no good here, though Indy gets you Meadows and Cooper Spur. Walk-up lift tickets (still the only way to buy them at Skibowl), are more tier-varied and affordable than those at Bachelor, which can exceed $200 on peak days (though Bachelor heavily discounts access to its beginner lifts, with free access to select novice areas). Bachelor's $1,299 season pass is 30 percent more expensive than Meadows'.This dynamic, of course, showcases single-entity efficiency and market capture versus the messy choice of competition. Yes Free Market Bro you are right sometimes. Hood's ski areas have more inherent motivators to fight on price, forge allegiances like the Timberline-Skibowl joint season pass, invest in risks like night and summer skiing, and run wonky low-tide lift ticket deals. Empowering this flexibility: all four Hood ski areas remain locally owned – Meadows and T-Line by their founding families. Bachelor, of course, is a fiefdom of Park City, Utah-based Powdr, which owns a half-dozen other ski areas across the West.I don't think that Hood is better than Bachelor or that Bachelor is better than Hood. They're different, and you should ski both. But however you dissect the niceties of these not-really-competing-but-close-enough-that-a-comarison-makes-sense ski centers, the on-the-ground reality adds up to this: Hood locals, in general, are a far more contented gang than Bachelor Bros. I don't have any way to quantify this, and Bachelor has its partisans. But I talk to skiers all over the country, all the time. Skiers will complain about anything, and online guttings of even the most beloved mountains exist. But talk to enough people and strong enough patterns emerge to understand that, in general, locals are happy with Mammoth and Alpine Meadows and Sierra-at-Tahoe and A-Basin and Copper and Bridger Bowl and Nub's Nob and Perfect North and Elk and Plattekill and Berkshire East and Smuggs and Loon and Saddleback and, mostly, the Hood ski areas. And locals are generally less happy with Camelback and Seven Springs and Park City and Sunrise and Shasta and Stratton and, lately, former locals' faves Sugarbush and Wildcat. And, as far as I can tell, Bachelor.Potential explanations for Hood happiness versus Bachelor blues abound, all of them partial, none completely satisfactory, all asterisked with the vagaries of skiing and skiers and weather and luck. But my sense is this: Meadows, Timberline, and Skibowl locals are generally content not because they have better skiing than everyplace else or because their ski areas are some grand bargain or because they're not crowded or because they have the best lift systems or terrain parks or grooming or snow conditions, but because Hood, in its haphazard and confounding-to-outsiders borders and layout, has forced its varied operators to hyper-adapt to niche needs in the local market while liberating them from the all-things-to-everyone imperative thrust on isolated operations like Bachelor. They have to decide what they're good at and be good at that all the time, because they have no other option. Hood operators can't be Vail-owned Paoli Peaks, turning in 25-day ski seasons and saying well it's Indiana what do you expect? They have to be independent Perfect North, striving always for triple-digit operating days and saying it's Indiana and we're doing this anyway because if we don't you'll stop coming and we'll all be broke.In this way Hood is a snapshot of old skiing, pre-consolidation, pre-national pass, pre-social media platforms that flung open global windows onto local mountains. Other than Timberline summer parks no one is asking these places to be anything other than very good local ski areas serving rabid local skiers. And they're doing a damn good job.Podcast NotesOn Meadows and Timberline Lodge opening and closing datesOne of the most baffling set of basic facts to get straight in American skiing is the number of ski areas on Mount Hood and the distinction between them. Part of the reason for this is the volcano's famous summer skiing, which takes place not at either of the eponymous ski areas – Mt. Hood Meadows or Mt. Hood Skibowl – but at the awkwardly named Timberline Lodge, which sounds more like a hipster cocktail lounge with a 19th-century fur-trapper aesthetic than the name of a ski resort (which is why no one actually calls it “Timberline Lodge”; I do so only to avoid confusion with the ski area in West Virginia, because people are constantly getting Appalachian ski areas mixed up with those in the Cascades). I couldn't find a comprehensive list of historic closing dates for Meadows and Timberline, but the basic distinction is this: Meadows tends to wrap winter sometime between late April and late May. Timberline goes into August and beyond when it can. Why doesn't Meadows push its season when it is right next door and probably could? We discuss in the pod.On Riblet clipsFun fact about defunct-as-a-company-even-though-a-couple-hundred-of-their-machines-are-still-spinning Riblet chairlifts: rather than clamping on like a vice grip, the end of each chair is woven into the rope via something called an “insert clip.” I wrote about this in my Wildcat pod last year:On Alpental Chair 2A small but vocal segment of Broseph McBros with nothing better to do always reflexively oppose the demolition of legacy fixed-grip lifts to make way for modern machines. Pack does a great job laying out why it's harder to maintain older chairlifts than many skiers may think. I wrote about this here:On Blue's breakover towers and unload rampWe also dropped photos of this into the video version of the pod:On the Cooper Spur land exchangeHere's a somewhat-dated and very biased-against-the-ski-area infographic summarizing the proposed land swap between Meadows and the U.S. Forest Service, from the Cooper Spur Wild & Free Coalition, an organization that “first came together in 2002 to fight Mt. Hood Meadows' plans to develop a sprawling destination resort on the slopes of Mt. Hood near Cooper Spur”:While I find the sanctimonious language in this timeline off-putting, I'm more sympathetic to Enviro Bro here than I was with the eruption-detection controversy discussed up top. Opposing small-footprint, high-impact catastrophe-monitoring equipment on an active volcano to save five bushes but potentially endanger millions of human lives is foolish. But checking sprawling wilderness development by identifying smaller parcels adjacent to already-disturbed lands as alternative sites for denser, hopefully walkable, hopefully mixed-use projects is exactly the sort of thing that every mountain community ought to prioritize.On the combination of Summit and Timberline LodgeThe small Summit Pass ski area in Government Camp operated as an independent entity from its 1927 founding until Timberline Lodge purchased the ski area in 2018. In 2021, the owners connected the two – at least in one direction. Skiers can move 4,540 vertical feet from the top of Timberline's Palmer chair to the base of Summit. While Palmer tends to open late in the season and Summit tends to close early, and while skiers will have to ride shuttles back up to the Timberline lifts until the resort builds a much anticipated gondola connecting the full height, this is technically America's largest lift-served vertical drop.On Meadows' reciprocalsMeadows only has three season pass reciprocal partners, but they're all aspirational spots that passholders would actually travel for: Baker, Schweitzer, and Whitefish. I ask Pack why he continues to offer these exchanges even as larger ski areas such as Brundage and Tamarack move away from them. One bit of context I neglected to include, however, is that neighboring Timberline Lodge and Mount Hood Skibowl not only offer a joint pass, but are longtime members of Powder Alliance, which is an incredible regional reciprocal pass that's free for passholders at any of these mountains:On Ski Broadmoor, ColoradoColorado Springs is less convenient to skiing than the name implies – skiers are driving a couple of hours, minimum, to access Monarch or the Summit County ski areas. So I was surprised, when I looked up Pack's original home mountain of Ski Broadmoor, to see that it sat on the city's outskirts:This was never a big ski area, with 600 vertical feet served by an “America The Beautiful Lift” that sounds as though it was named by Donald Trump:The “famous” Broadmoor Hotel built and operated the ski area, according to Colorado Ski History. They sold the hotel in 1986 to the city, which promptly sold it to Vail Associates (now Vail Resorts), in 1988. Vail closed the ski area in 1991 – the only mountain they ever surrendered on. I'll update all my charts and such to reflect this soon.On pre-high-speed KeystoneIt's kind of amazing that Keystone, which now spins seven high-speed chairlifts, didn't install its first detachable until 1990, nearly a decade after neighboring Breckenridge installed the world's first, in 1981. As with many resorts that have aggressively modernized, this means that Keystone once ran more chairlifts than it does today. When Pack started his ski career at the mountain in 1989, Keystone ran 10 frontside aerial lifts (8 doubles, 1 triple, 1 gondola) compared to just six today (2 doubles, 2 sixers, a high-speed quad, and a higher-capacity gondy).On Mountain CreekI've talked about the bananas-ness of Mountain Creek many times. I love this unhinged New Jersey bump in the same way I loved my crazy late uncle who would get wasted at the Bay City fireworks and yell at people driving Toyotas to “Buy American!” (This was the ‘80s in Michigan, dudes. I don't know what to tell you. The auto industry was falling apart and everybody was tripping, especially dudes who worked in – or, in my uncle's case, adjacent to (steel) – the auto industry.)On IntrawestOne of the reasons I did this insane timeline project was so that I would no longer have to sink 30 minutes into Google every time someone said the word “Intrawest.” The timeline was a pain in the ass, but worth it, because now whenever I think “wait exactly what did Intrawest own and when?” I can just say “oh yeah I already did that here you go”:On Moonlight Basin and merging with Big SkyIt's kind of weird how many now-united ski areas started out as separate operations: Beaver Creek and Arrowhead (merged 1997), Canyons and Park City (2014), Whistler and Blackcomb (1997), Alpine Meadows and Squaw Valley (connected via gondola in 2022), Carinthia and Mount Snow (1986), Sugarbush and Mount Ellen (connected via chairlift in 1995). Sometimes – Beaver Creek, Mount Snow – the terrain and culture mergers are seamless. Other times – Alpine and the Palisades side of what is now Palisades Tahoe – the connection feels like opening a store that sells four-wheelers and 74-piece high-end dinnerware sets. Like, these things don't go together, Man. But when Big Sky absorbed Moonlight Basin and Spanish Peaks in 2013, everyone immediately forgot that it was ever any different. This suggests that Big Sky's 2032 Yellowstone Club acquisition will be seamless.**Kidding, Brah. Maybe.On Lehman BrothersNearly two decades later, it's still astonishing how quickly Lehman Brothers, in business for 158 years, collapsed in 2008.On the “mutiny” at TellurideEvery now and then, a reader will ask the very reasonable question about why I never pay any attention to Telluride, one of America's great ski resorts, and one that Pack once led. Mostly it's because management is unstable, making long-term skier experience stories of the sort I mostly focus on hard to tell. And management is mostly unstable because the resort's owner is, by all accounts, willful and boorish and sort of unhinged. Blevins, in The Colorado Sun's “Outsider” newsletter earlier this week:A few months ago, locals in Telluride and Mountain Village began publicly blasting the resort's owner, a rare revolt by a community that has grown weary of the erratic Chuck Horning.For years, residents around the resort had quietly lamented the antics and decisions of the temperamental Horning, the 81-year-old California real estate investor who acquired Telluride Ski & Golf Resort in 2004. It's the only resort Horning has ever owned and over the last 21 years, he has fired several veteran ski area executives — including, earlier this year, his son, Chad.Now, unnamed locals have launched a website, publicly detailing the resort owner's messy management of the Telluride ski area and other businesses across the country.“For years, Chuck Horning has caused harm to us all, both individually and collectively,” reads the opening paragraph of ChuckChuck.ski — which originated when a Telluride councilman in March said that it was “time to chuck Chuck.” “The community deserves something better. For years, we've whispered about the stories, the incidents, the poor decisions we've witnessed. Those stories should no longer be kept secret from everyone that relies on our ski resort for our wellbeing.”The chuckchuck.ski site drags skeletons out of Horning's closet. There are a lot of skeletons in there. The website details a long history of lawsuits across the country accusing Horning and the Newport Federal Financial investment firm he founded in 1970 of fraud.It's a pretty amazing site.On Bogus BasinI was surprised that ostensibly for-profit Meadows regularly re-invests 100 percent of profits into the ski area. Such a model is more typical for explicitly nonprofit outfits such as Bogus Basin, Idaho. Longtime GM Brad Wilson outlined how that ski area functions a few years back:The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us. Get full access to The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast at www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

Just ahead of some sumer vacations, Jann, Caitlin & Sarah spend their Sunday together. Sarah's at the cottage, Caitlin is about to head out east for a wedding in the Maritimes, and Jann is heading out to celebrate her girlfriend's birthday in Iceland! They discuss Tea, an app designed to let women anonymously warn each other about men they've encountered and how it was recently hacked. Caitlin debunks the myth that we need to get 10,000 steps a day and that prompts a discussion about helpful apps and technology that support movement. As always, we'll listen to some voicenotes from our beloved listeners! This show is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://betterhelp.com/jann⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and get 10% off your first month! NEW SEGMENT! #ASKJANN - want some life advice from Jann? Send in a story with a DM or on our website. Leave us a voicenote! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jannardenpod.com/voicemail/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get access to bonus content and more on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/JannArdenPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order ONLYJANNS Merch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://cutloosemerch.ca/collections/jann-arden⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.jannardenpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/jannardenpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/jannardenpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony is joined by Sarah in this episode where and they talk about their recent race in Iceland. Sarah managed to get win her age group so we get all the details on her bike, gear choice, tyres, fuelling and all the other highs and lows! A must listen episode if you have any big days out planned on the bike! NOMIO is clinically proven to:Lower lactate levels, Reduce oxidative stress, Improve training adaptations And deliver a noticeable boost from the very first dose. Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.drinknomio.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and check out this game changing supplement. 4iiiiReady to elevate your cycling game? Trust the 4iiii PRECISION 3+ Powermeter—precision, performance, and peace of mind, all in one.Learn more by visiting http://www.4iiii.comREAPCustom Carbon Composition Bikes made in the UK. REAP's gravel bike is set to redefine gravel riding with 50mm+ tyre clearance https://reapbikes.com/

00:00 – 25:59 – Tyler Warren hauled in a fantastic catch last night, when do you call someone a “Mr.” or “Mrs.”, Philip Rivers has become a grandpa and says he can beat Peyton Manning and Tom Brady in a foot race, the QB competition and how AR and Daniel Jones looked last night 26:00 – 39:45 – ISC’s Greg Rakestraw joins us to discuss texting Kevn while in Iceland, why he wasn’t at Colts practice last night, his thoughts on the Colts QB competition, getting ready for the preseason opener next week, IndyCar/Fox deal, his Mount Rushmore of Indiana athletes, Indy Eleven future venue? 39:46 – 58:22 - Colts radio announcer Matt Taylor joins us to discuss to last night’s practice under the lights, Anthony Richardson’s night, his Instagram, hardest position to cut down, Ashton Dulin, Rick Venturi, road trip snack go-toSupport the show: https://1075thefan.com/the-wake-up-call-1075-the-fan/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

00:00 – 11:25 – Jeff remembers the right day but forgot his wallet, Colts under the lights and who fared the best, Anthony Richardson’s solid night, the fireworks and drone show 11:26 - 19:32– Morning Checkdown 19:33 – 45:20 – Tyler Warren hauled in a fantastic catch last night, when do you call someone a “Mr.” or “Mrs.”, Philip Rivers has become a grandpa and says he can beat Peyton Manning and Tom Brady in a foot race, the QB competition and how AR and Daniel Jones looked last night 45:21 – 1:10:01 – ISC’s Greg Rakestraw joins us to discuss texting Kevn while in Iceland, why he wasn’t at Colts practice last night, his thoughts on the Colts QB competition, getting ready for the preseason opener next week, IndyCar/Fox deal, his Mount Rushmore of Indiana athletes, Indy Eleven future venue?, Morning Checkdown 1:10:02 – 1:22:55– Shane Steichen’s assessment on Anthony Richardson “playing cleaner” this year, when will the Colts name a starting QB, Kevin besmirches Skittles. road trip snacks 1:22:56 – 1:29:36 – A caller defends Kevin’s Skittles take, Anthony Richardson’s slim down, Marc went to the State Fair to sample food and he reviews what he tried 1:29:37 – 1:58:29 – Colts radio announcer Matt Taylor joins us to discuss to last night’s practice under the lights, Anthony Richardson’s night, his Instagram, hardest position to cut down, Ashton Dulin, Rick Venturi, road trip snack go-to, Morning Checkdown 1:58:30 – 2:05:15 – Did we watch the NFL Hall of Fame Game last night, the inductees this year have flown under the radar 2:05:16 – 2:16:18 – Nick Cross’ contract status, Colts kicking competition, THAT Tyler Warren catch last night, Lou Anarumo’s defenseSupport the show: https://1075thefan.com/the-wake-up-call-1075-the-fan/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week is a mish mash of magic! I birth my new podcast name - Hiberno Stories, and share the story of The Birth of Lú, Ireland's God of Light as mí na Lúnasa comes to a close. I also had the wonderful honour of speaking to David Keohan, better known by his Instagram handle, Indiana Stones - Ireland's first stone lifter in 60-odd years. We chat about the revival of the Tailteann Games at September Equinox (which I called Solstice), the ancient practice of Stone Lifting in Ireland, the Basque region, Iceland, and Scotland, and how a story by Flann O'Brien led David to discover an Irish tradition that might have completely died out if he had not gone stone searching on the islands off Ireland's West Atlantic Way. Oh, and my Substack is ready. Click the link below to access the story script and a glossary of the terms used in Lugh's story.https://www.tailteanngames.ie/https://substack.com/@hibernostories Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this 299th episode of Necronomicast, I am excited to welcome to the program Aaron Sagers! Aaron Sagers is a Storyteller. An award-winning media personality and travel expert, he is a TV & on-camera host, producer, journalist, and author on a mission to make cross-cultural connections across the globe through myths, legends, and folklore. Sagers is best known for his expertise as a Paranormal Journalist, Paranormal Pop Culture historian, and “nerd culture” expert. He currently appears as host of Netflix's 28 Days Haunted, on Travel Channel's Paranormal Caught on Camera (in its ninth season); is creator/host of the Talking Strange video and podcast show with the Den of Geek network; writer of the DC Comics DC Horror Presents story “Superstitious Lot,” debuting a new character called “Dr. Spooky.”  He is producer/host of Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ripley's Road Trip show; creator/host of the ad-supported independently produced paranormal/true crime podcast NightMerica. He is a National Geographic presenter and former professor at New York University, and presented across the globe on topics of pop culture, folklore, and the paranormal. Whether exploring Knights Templar in France, drag racing in the United Arab Emirates, exploring elf caves in Iceland, spending days in Romani villages in Transylvania, tagging Great Whites in Cape Cod, swimming in Loch Ness, searching for a cursed witch in a Nicaraguan volcano, camping at Mt. Fuji, wrangling crocs in Australia, meeting with the Vatican's Pontifical Academy of Sciences in Rome, traveling solo in Morocco, or pursuing the best cocktails in, well, everywhere, Aaron is a relentlessly curious adventurer who has explored six continents, and dozens of countries. He was invested as one of only three worldwide Knights of Count Dracula by the Transylvanian Society of Dracula, is a Scottish Laird, was turned into an action figure, ran some marathons, has his face on a bottle of rum...and is now a guest of NECRONOMICAST!!   Aaron Sagers official website!

Welcome to the thirty-fourth episode of the Zoology Ramblings Podcast! In this special episode, Emma and Robi answer their most commonly asked question: how did you get into zoology/conservation? Emma and Robi offer a personal dive into their professional pathways, looking at how they got into the jobs they are in now, outlining the challenges of the environmental sector and what makes it all worth it. Emma and Robi also share some news to start, including welcoming our first Patreon members - thank you for supporting the podcast! Robi gives an update about the silver-backed chevrotain, which now has its own conservation breeding programme. Emma explores the first documented case of tool use in orca, talking about how orca are using kelp to mutually remove parasites from each other. Robi also talks about the exciting African Parks Rhino Rewild initiative, which has see 70 southern white rhinos transferred from South Africa to Rwanda. For their species of the week, Emma talks about the basking shark and Robi discusses the forest-dwelling Guam kingfisher. Robi Watkinson is a Conservation Biologist and wildlife filmmaker specialising in the spatial and movement ecology of large carnivores, camera trapping survey methods, rewilding, metapopulation dynamics and conservation planning. He has an MSc in Conservation Biology from the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, and the Institute of Communities and Wildlife in Africa, University of Cape Town. He is based between Cape Town and London, and has strong interests in equitable and inclusive conservation, palaeontology and wildlife taxonomy and evolution!Emma Hodson is a Zoologist and wildlife content creator, currently working in the community and engagement team at Avon Wildlife Trust. Emma's role as a Wildlife Champions Project Officer involves supporting and upskilling people to take action for nature in their local communities. Emma has experience in remote wildlife fieldwork, and has been part of Arctic fox, macaw and cetacean research teams in Iceland, Peru and Wales respectively. She has also been involved in animal care and rehabilitation work in Costa Rica and South Africa. Emma is particularly passionate about the interface between community engagement and wildlife monitoring, and enjoys running workshops and giving talks on topics including camera trapping, beaver ecology and rewilding. You can watch "Rewilding A Nation" for free on WaterBear by following this link: https://www.waterbear.com/watch/rewilding-a-nation . You can follow more of our weird and wonderful wildlife adventures on instagram: @zoologyramblingspodcast & @robi_watkinson_wildlife & @emma_hodson_wildlife

Could the healing power of flower consciousness be the key to unlocking your true potential? Josh Trent welcomes Katie Hess, Flower Alchemist and Founder of Lotuswei, to the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast, episode 761, to explore how flower essences can help us heal emotional wounds, transcend our generational patterns, and tap into our divine power, the difference between flower essences and aromatherapy, and how flower consciousness works from a deep, cellular level to shift your frequency. Get 10% Off Lotuswei Flower Essences Flower essences are liquid infusions of wildflowers that contain the bioenergetic imprint of the flowers' life force and they instantly impact your state of mind and enhance your energy. Different from aromatherapy, flower essences don't have a scent; whereas essential oils are distilled or extracted from the plant into a highly aromatic oil. Taken consistently over time, flower essences accelerate our personal growth. LOTUSWEI integrates ancient wisdom with modern practices, using flowers' vibrational qualities to bring about personal transformation. The essence blends are designed to support different aspects of emotional balance, mental clarity, and personal growth. Save 10% with code JOSH In This Episode, Katie Hess Uncovers: [01:05] Pay Attention to Which Plants Grow Around You How the dandelion is sprouting everywhere because we need its healing. Why the plants that grow in our backyard grow to heal us. How herbalists receive information about each plant from the plants. Why we forget how to communicate with nature as we get older. Resources: Katie Hess Lotuswei - Get 10% off with code JOSH [06:45] Receiving Divine Guidance How Katie started talking to plants. How animals showed her which plants she should collect to help humans heal. Why they put yarrow in every floral essence. How dissolving the ego allows us to receive divine guidance. [11:00] What Are Flower Essences? The difference between essences and aromatherapy. How flower essences extract the consciousness of the plants. Why flowers impact our meridians. The process of essence extraction. How the flower essences get more powerful the more diluted they are. The weight of the human spirit can be measured. Why we don't have any tension in our body when we die. [16:35] New Ways of Healing If only 3% of people used flower essences, it could change the world. Why transformation can happen very fast. How we store information in our cellular and energetic memory. Why we're impacted by our ancestors, the collective, and everything we've been through in our life. [20:50] How to Speed Up Your Growth How flower essences can help us speed up self-development. Why Katie feels responsible for her products. How experiencing intense grief made her want to help others. Why the 'Sacred Awareness' essence helps us say what needs to be said. [27:00] The Impact of Thoughts + Emotions on The Physical Body Why thinking doesn't solve anything. How overthinking tightens our body. What causes people to get kyphosis. Why physical constrictions are caused by mental, emotional, and spiritual constrictions. How humans have no neutral. Why we need to put our attention to being a better person every day. How flower essences can opens us up to our blindspots. [31:55] Healing The Lineage Why all of us at our core are good people. How transcending our patterns helps us liberate our lineage. Why we are walking crystals. Resources: 754 Dr. Steven Young | How to Use Your Mind to Change Reality Beyond Limitations [35:50] Tools for Liberation How our bodies create light. Why the intelligence of our body magnifies energy. How Katie is committed to reaching 120 million people before she dies. Why her goal is to give people the tools to liberate themselves. [39:50] Flower Essences for Trauma Healing How what we focus on grows. The role of flower essences in trauma healing. How Katie used the essences to help a war veteran reveal his trauma. Why we may not be aware of our trauma, even though it's running our system. What Katie's healing in herself right now. Why doing what's more fun is what can help us and our businesses grow. [46:00] Spiritual Commodification How Katie receives connection and understanding through public speaking. Why humanity is waking up to see through people's facade. How we don't become an embodied expert after a one-week workshop. The importance of asking ourselves whether the people we're learning from have what we want for ourselves. Resources: 361 Luke Storey: Relationships, Consciousness, & Coming Home To Yourself [50:35] Honoring The Mystery How we're still meeting new parts of ourselves. Why we might not know our hidden gifts until much later on in life. How Josh knew as a kid that he wanted to be a radio host. Why Katie's father left when she was a baby gave her the gift of being an achiever. [55:25] How to Access + Heal Different Parts of Us Why we need more critical thinking. How choosing our flower essence can activate a curious child within us. Why flower essence blend can calm down the scared parts of us. How Katie combines flowers intuitively. Why every person is drawn to the Japanese Camellia. Resources: Richard C. Schwarz [59:30] The Power of Flower Essences How flower essences can create healing from many different angles. The benefits of using the Banana Blossom essence. Why Josh organizes his entire life in a calendar to not miss any opportunities. Why many people fear being successful. Resources: 756 Alison Armstrong | Top Secrets Women Have Never Known About Men (Until Now) [01:07:05] What Is True Vulnerability? How researchers found that our happiness brings our friends more happiness than money. Why we misunderstand vulnerability. How true vulnerability is about ourselves, not other people. Resources: Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network: longitudinal analysis over 20 years in the Framingham Heart Study Brene Brown [01:11:15] The Wisdom of Nature The meaning of the name 'Lotuswei.' How vulnerability makes us stronger through us being truthful. How we all have the potential to make the planet better. What it takes to make our responsibilities and inconveniences more playful and fun. How flower essences help us connect with the divine power inside of us. Resources: 668 Evolve Your Consciousness: The True Healing Work To BE An Adult, Learn How To Love + Live A Thriving Life | Margo Running Leave Wellness + Wisdom a Review on Apple Podcasts All Resources From This Episode Katie Hess Lotuswei - Get 10% off with code JOSH 754 Dr. Steven Young | How to Use Your Mind to Change Reality Beyond Limitations 361 Luke Storey: Relationships, Consciousness, & Coming Home To Yourself Richard C. 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A new episode of This Queer Book Saved My Life drops on August 12th! We're going to be in Iceland for Pride the first week of August. So, for the next two weeks we'll be playing episodes of The Gaily Show which John hosts. The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ progressive news and talk radio show in the country airing in Minneapolis (AM950-KTNF) and Chicago (WCPT 820).In this episode, a former guest of This Queer Book Saved My Life returns! Neil Aasve, founder of The Visibility Impact Fund, joins us to discuss what bisexual specific programming looks like, the current state of bisexual+ philanthropy, and why identity focused funding matters. Learn more and donate here: https://www.visibilityimpactfund.org.Watch on YouTubeWe're in video too! You can watch this episode at youtube.com/@thegailyshowCreditsHost/Founder: John Parker (learn more about my name change)Executive Producer: Jim PoundsProduction and Distribution Support: Brett Johnson, AM950Marketing/Advertising Support: Chad Larson, Laura Hedlund, Jennifer Ogren, AM950Accounting and Creative Support: Gordy EricksonSupport the show

When Swedish twins Ursula and Sabina Eriksson suddenly began throwing themselves into speeding traffic on a UK motorway—captured on camera by a reality TV crew—it was only the beginning of a shared psychotic break that would lead to superhuman strength, psychiatric hospitalization, and ultimately murder.==========HOUR ONE: In 1761, a young Frenchman died violently. This tragedy would lead to what is still one of that country's most famous cases of judicial injustice. Assuming, of course, that it truly was an injustice at all. (The Mysterious Death of Marc Antoine Calas) *** Most know them as “The Hidden Folk.” The elusive and magical residents of Iceland, who live inside rocks and sometimes play games with unsuspecting passers-by. Are they real? That's a complicated question, if you ask Icelanders. (The Elves of Iceland) *** As two boys were walking back to the house on their farm, a small stone rolled past them. Then a second one. They immediately thought some other boys were hiding in the scrub and throwing stones for a joke.  They couldn't have been more wrong. (Stone Throwing Spirits) *** Belle Gunness lured numerous suitors to her Indiana farm. Not to entertain them or to be courted by them. She simply wanted to kill them in cold blood and dump their bodies in her hog pen. (Belle Gunness – The Black Widow of the Midwest) *** "They're going to steal your organs!" screamed Sabina Eriksson, before running toward oncoming traffic on the M6 highway, having already been hit head-on by a Volkswagen. Her twin sister, Ursula, legs crushed by the truck that had just run her over, was spitting and screaming at paramedics on the side of the road. Now, many years after these events, we're still no closer to understanding the chaos that occurred over two days in 2008 involving psychotic twin sisters on a UK highway. (The Disturbing Case of the Eriksson Twins)==========HOUR TWO: In 1882 the Ma'amtrasna murders, the brutal killing of several members of the Joyce family in rural Galway, caused outrage in Irish society and remains one of the most notorious homicides in Irish history. However a few years later Cork was rocked by an equally heinous case which has largely been forgotten. We'll look at the brutal murders of four family members that took place in Castletownroche, Ireland. (The Castletownroche Murders) *** An Arizona family encounters a creature from the dark side of a Navajo legend. (The Arizona Skinwalker) *** John Blair liked to keep things “in the family”. But in his case, it wasn't just a saying. It was literal. Because John was infamous for being bigamous. (Bigamous Blair) *** Dozens of Korean War GI's claimed an unidentified flying object made them all sick. Theories range from high-tech Soviet death rays to extraterrestrials studying how we engage in battle to combat-stress-induced hallucinations. What actually happened? (The Korean War UFO)==========SUDDEN DEATH OVERTIME: Were people ever really tortured in Iron Maidens? (The Iron Maiden)==========SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM TONIGHT'S SHOW:“The Disturbing Case of the Eriksson Twins” by Harrison Tenpas for Graveyard Shift: https://tinyurl.com/r6cbnxf“The Mysterious Death of Marc Antoine Calas” from Strange Company: https://tinyurl.com/rrs89rx“The Elves of Iceland” by Rob Schwarz for Stranger Dimensions: https://tinyurl.com/u4bcw6v“Stone Throwing Spirits” from The Fortean: https://tinyurl.com/qnuf7sd“Belle Gunness – The Black Widow of the Midwest” by Steven Casale for The Line Up: https://tinyurl.com/tqyceby“The Iron Maiden” by Karl Smallwood for Today I Found Out: https://tinyurl.com/t2y6vj6“The Korean War UFO” by Natasha Frost for History.com: https://tinyurl.com/y765nsgm“The Castletownroche Murders” by Fin Dwyer for the Irish Examiner: https://tinyurl.com/y9fhagfb“The Arizona Skinwalker” by Stephen Wagner for Live About: https://tinyurl.com/yxkdh9vv“Bigamous Blair” from London Overlooked: https://tinyurl.com/y9qpo54x==========(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for material I use whenever possible. If I have overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it immediately. Some links may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)=========="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46==========WeirdDarkness®, WeirdDarkness© 2025==========To become a Weird Darkness Radio Show affiliate, contact Radio America at affiliates@radioamerica.com, or call 800-807-4703 (press 2 or dial ext 250).

What if the things we avoid the most—like messing up, slowing down, being bored, or even facing our own death—are actually the gateways to lasting joy?Join Matt O'Neill and award-winning journalist Eric Weiner as they shatter everything you thought you knew about happiness. Eric, author of the New York Times bestseller "The Geography of Bliss" (now a Peacock docu-series), has mapped happiness across the globe from Bhutan to Iceland, uncovering the counterintuitive secrets that separate the world's happiest cultures from America's convenience-obsessed society.This isn't your typical happiness advice. You'll discover why failure is celebrated in Iceland, how boredom becomes bliss in Switzerland, why silence is sacred in Thailand, and the profound truth that happiness isn't personal—it's relational. Eric reveals why America, the wealthiest nation on Earth, doesn't even crack the top 20 in happiness rankings, and what we can learn from cultures that prioritize relationships over results.Whether you're caught in the convenience trap, struggling with the paradox of choice, or wondering why all your achievements haven't made you happier, this conversation will revolutionize your understanding of what true contentment looks like.0:00 Introduction1:06 What sent Eric on his global happiness quest2:56 Failure, silence, boredom, death6:02 Why happiness is relational, not personal8:58 The Thai teacher's wisdom12:18 How envy destroys happiness and why the Swiss hide wealth15:24 Why Iceland celebrates heroic failure19:46 The surprising statistics about happiness23:02 The experience machine thought experiment25:04 Why thinking about happiness makes you unhappy27:33 America's convenience trap destroys connection32:45 The power of putting effort without attachment to resultsResources Mentioned:Eric Weiner's books:

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00:00 – 12:17 – The guys are out at Colts camp again, James was autographing bucket hats over the weekend which made Marc very happy, camp revs up this week with preseason getting closer, who has been the best performer at training camp, Marc’s kids go back to school on Wednesday which has Kevin bewildered 12:18 – 19:00 – Morning Checkdown 19:01 – 41:37 – Happy Gilmore 2, LIV Golf coming to Indy, the QB competition seems to be going as a lot of people expected (not great), AR and Daniel Jones have struggled, who has performed the best, Chargers pay their LT and what does that mean for Bernhard Raimann? 41:38 – 1:08:28– We have an NFL game later this week, the frustrating camp for AD Mitchell to this point, Mitchell’s outburst in camp over the weekend, Nikola Jokic was in tears as his horse won a race in Serbia, Pascal Siakam at the Brickyard 400 over the weekend, other Colts notes from camp, Morning Checkdown 1:08:29 – 1:20:03 – Colts make a roster move and how much is Lou Anarumo’s fingerprint on it?, how has the new-look offensive line looked so far? 1:20:04 – 1:27:52– Thoughts on Tyler Warren to this point, Fever top the Sky yesterday 1:27:53 – 1:55:14 – What is Shane Steichen’s timeline for naming a starting quarterback?, IndyStar Colts reporter Joel A. Erickson joins us and weighs in on Steichen’s timeline for a starting QB, what’s going on with AD Mitchell?, why has the pass defense looked so good so far, his Brewers take on Marc’s Cubs, Morning Checkdown 1:55:15 – 2:07:04 – Colts make a trench move, Greg Rakestraw hops on fresh off his trip to Iceland, his thoughts on the Colts, high school slate 2:07:05 – 2:13:01 – Wrapping up the show as practice gets ready to get underway, Colts schedule for the rest of the week including the nighttime practice on Thursday, who on the roster has an important week?Support the show: https://1075thefan.com/the-wake-up-call-1075-the-fan/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

00:00 – 22:36 – Happy Gilmore 2, LIV Golf coming to Indy, the QB competition seems to be going as a lot of people expected (not great), AR and Daniel Jones have struggled, who has performed the best, Chargers pay their LT and what does that mean for Bernhard Raimann? 22:37 – 40:56 – IndyStar Colts reporter Joel A. Erickson joins us and weighs in on Steichen’s timeline for a starting QB, what’s going on with AD Mitchell?, why has the pass defense looked so good so far, his Brewers take on Marc’s Cubs 40:57 – 52:51 - Colts make a trench move, Greg Rakestraw hops on fresh off his trip to Iceland, his thoughts on the Colts, high school slateSupport the show: https://1075thefan.com/the-wake-up-call-1075-the-fan/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Liberal Democratic Party, which has dominated the country's politics for seven decades, just got a pasting at the polls—again. We ask why staid politics are getting swiftly messy. Iceland is a NATO member in a volatile region; at last it must consider raising its own army. And the tricky balance of company culture, job satisfaction and working from home.Get a world of insights by subscribing to Economist Podcasts+. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Liberal Democratic Party, which has dominated the country's politics for seven decades, just got a pasting at the polls—again. We ask why staid politics are getting swiftly messy. Iceland is a NATO member in a volatile region; at last it must consider raising its own army. And the tricky balance of company culture, job satisfaction and working from home.Get a world of insights by subscribing to Economist Podcasts+. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account.

ANNEXING GREENLAND AND THE VIKING GHOSTS:     1/8: Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age Hardcover – August 29, 2024 by  Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough  (Author) 1770 GREENLAND https://www.amazon.com/Embers-Hands-Eleanor-Barraclough/dp/1788166744 magine a Viking, and a certain image springs to mind: a nameless, faceless warrior, leaping ashore from a longboat, and ready to terrorise the hapless local population of a northern European country. Yet while such characters define the Viking Age today, they were in the minority. This is the history of the other people who inhabited the medieval Nordic world-not only Norway, Denmark and Sweden, but also Iceland, Greenland, parts of the British Isles, Continental Europe and Russia- a history of a Viking Age filled with real people of different ages, genders and ethnicities, as told through the traces that they left behind, from hairstyles to place names, love-notes to gravestones. It's also a history of humans on an extraordinarily global stage, spanning the centuries from the edge of the North American continent to the Russian steppes, from the Arctic wastelands to the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic Caliphate.

ANNEXING GREENLAND AND THE VIKING GHOSTS:     2/8: Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age Hardcover – August 29, 2024 1874 GREELAND  https://www.amazon.com/Embers-Hands-Eleanor-Barraclough/dp/1788166744 magine a Viking, and a certain image springs to mind: a nameless, faceless warrior, leaping ashore from a longboat, and ready to terrorise the hapless local population of a northern European country. Yet while such characters define the Viking Age today, they were in the minority. This is the history of the other people who inhabited the medieval Nordic world-not only Norway, Denmark and Sweden, but also Iceland, Greenland, parts of the British Isles, Continental Europe and Russia- a history of a Viking Age filled with real people of different ages, genders and ethnicities, as told through the traces that they left behind, from hairstyles to place names, love-notes to gravestones. It's also a history of humans on an extraordinarily global stage, spanning the centuries from the edge of the North American continent to the Russian steppes, from the Arctic wastelands to the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic Caliphate.

GREENLANDEDR GHOSTS IN  AMERICA:  1/4: American Vikings: How the Norse Sailed into the Lands and Imaginations of America by  Martyn Whittock  (Author) 1883 GREENLAND https://www.amazon.com/American-Vikings-Sailed-Imaginations-America/dp/1639365354 The geographical reach of the Norse was extraordinary. For centuries medieval sagas, first recorded in Iceland, claimed that Vikings reached North America around the year 1000. This book explores that claim, separating fact from fiction and myth from mischief, to assess the enduring legacy of this claim in America. The search for “American Vikings” connects a vast range of different areas; from the latest archaeological evidence for their actual settlement in North America to the myth-making of nineteenth-century Scandinavian pioneers in the Midwest; and from ancient adventurers to the political ideologies in the twenty-first century. It is a journey from the high seas of a millennium ago to the swirling waters and dark undercurrents of the online world of today.