This week, more of our conversation with Birgir Kruse. This time we tackle the issue of oil, and what effect it might have on the Faroes if it's ever discovered in Faroese waters. Then we stare into the fog on a Friday night.
This week, we take a look around the village of Viðareiði, the northernmost village in the Faroe Islands.
This week, the second part of our interview with Durita Holm, the Faroese woman who sailed around the world when she was 20. Also, we check in on a big G! Festival announcement, and visit a village where the colors are turned up to 11.
In this special edition of the podcast, host Matthew Workman and producer Tollak Hansen talk about the origins of the podcast and talk about their favorite moments of the past two years of shows.
This week, we speak with Durita Holm, a Faroese woman who sailed around the world after she graduated from high school. She's got an amazing story to tell. Also we visit a sobering memorial in the village of Toftir.
This week, we talk more with Birgir Kruse about traveling in the USA as a Faroese national, listen to some bands that will be playing the G! Festival this summer, and head off to the beach.
This week, we talk to a stranger we meet in a small village about long winters, sheep shearing, and how to pronounce a tricky place name.
This week, we speak with Producer Tollak Hansen about Christmas in the Faroe Islands and answer the age-old question: "Should I be afraid of that meat?"
On this show, we talk to the Faroes student who staged a surreal carjacking, then posted the results on YouTube. Then we'll check in with Birgir Kruse and ask him how the Faroese are able to maintain so many cultural institutions despite their small numbers. And finally, we'll hang out by the harbor... but not in a creepy way.
This week, we talk to Susanna Sorensen about tourism at the Faroes. Then we travel to a village that tourists never go to.
This week, we're talking to Birgir Kruse about country music, and why it's so popular in Faroese fishing villages. Then, we take a trip to Kunoy. And finally, we want to remind everybody that you can vote for us in the "Travel" category of the Podcast Awards at www.podcastawards.com
This week, we travel to Fuglafjørður, which is, as the show title might suggest, at the end of a road. While there, we meet up with Jennifer Henke about what makes this little village so cool.
On this week's show, we talk about football and food. First, we talk to David Scally about the Faroe Island National Team's friendly with Scotland. Then, part two of our conversation with Leif Sorensen about fine dining on the Faroes. And finally, we travel do Sumba to look for the beautiful people.
This week, we talk to Leif Sorenson about fine dining in the Faroe Islands, visit what could be considered the Los Angeles of the Faroes, and get an update on the news.
In honor of Halloween, we offer this spooky edition of the podcast. We travel into a tunnel north of Klaksvik and hear some unexpected sounds. Don't listen if you're alone, in the dark, or scare easily.
This week, part two of our conversation with American poet Mark Wunderlich. Wunderlich recently returned from the Faroe Islands, where he did a poetry reading at a Torshavn club. On the second half of our interview, we talk about Wunderlich's experiences in the Faroese countryside, and about his lasting memories of the islands. Also, we go to the movies, and issue a bunch of corrections.
On this episode, we talk to award-winning American poet Mark Wunderlich about his recent poetry reading in Torshavn, and take a trip to Toftir Look out for this special tongue twister: "top Twitter trending topic."
On this week's show, Heri Simonsen talks to the tourism coordinator for Shetland to learn what common ground there is with the Faroe's closest neighbor. Then, we go to a public square, and complain.
This week, we're all about music. We've got an interview and music with Elin Heinesen. Then we join a sing-along at the after party.
This week, we return to Suduroy for the final in our series on the southern island. This week, we talk about development on Suduroy and the barriers that prevent it. Then we travel as far south as you can go in the Faroes.
In this podcast, we talk to an executive from Italian oil company ENI about the progress of oil drilling in Faroese waters. Then, we take a stroll through the Nordic House.
This week, we discuss the visit to the Faroes by Icelandic Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and the controversy that came after a Faroese MP refused to dine with Sigurðardóttir because of her sexual orientation. The program is a casual, mostly-unedited conversation with Arni Zachariassen, a Faroese theology student living in Aberdeen. He wrote an open letter to the Icelandic PM that has been cited by many news outlets covering the story.
This week, we talk about tourism in Suduroy, and we visit a town where the streets have no name and that our host can't pronounce to save his soul.
On this episode, we take a tour of an old salt silo on Suduroy that may one day be a concert hall.
In this episode, we talk crime and punishment with a police officer in the Faroe Islands, and we take a trip to the grocery store.
This week, part two of our coverage of the G! Festival. We talk to Filip Mortensen of The Ghost, and recap the highlights of this year's event.
This week, our first report from this year's G! Festival. We hear music from Eivor, and ask her how the musical history of the Faroes influences her own work. We also talk to Faroese country artist Hallur Joensen. All that, and a wrap up of the first two stormy days of the G! Festival.
In this first spcial edition from the Faroe Islands, we take a trip to Oyrargjógv to remember the day when the ferry used to stop there.
This week, we speak with Jón Tyril about the lineup at this year's G! Festival.
On this episode, we talk to Jennifer Henke about her book, "The Missing Son: A Faroe Island Saga" and her search for relatives in the Faroes.
