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The Faroe Islands Podcast

News, music, politics, and culture from the Faroe Islands.

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EP 234: Americans In Cars

EP 234: Americans In Cars

This week, we talk to American journalist and masters student Miranda Metheny about her research on how the Faroese are ... Read more

12 Dec 2014

30mins

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EP 177: Johannes Patursson and Kirkjubour

EP 177: Johannes Patursson and Kirkjubour

This week, we talk to Johannes Patursson. He lives in the historic village of Kirkjubour in a home his family has occupi... Read more

6 Jun 2013

38mins

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EP 272: The State of Tourism 2016-2017

EP 272: The State of Tourism 2016-2017

This week, we talk to the head of Visit Faroe Islands to learn about the state of tourism in the Faroes today. Not long ... Read more

30 Jan 2017

26mins

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EP 227: The Great (Whaling) Debate

EP 227: The Great (Whaling) Debate

This week, a debate between Hans Hermansen and Pete Bethune on the contentious subject of Faroese whaling. The debate is... Read more

15 Oct 2014

54mins

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Podcast 300!

Podcast 300!

This special live edition of the podcast includes a retelling of the origin story of the show with Matthew Workman, Elin... Read more

10 Jul 2018

1hr 35mins

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EP 251: The Immigrant Experience, Part 1

EP 251: The Immigrant Experience, Part 1

On this week's show, we talk about what it's like to be an immigrant in the Faroe Islands. We'll talk to David Im, who's... Read more

21 Sep 2015

32mins

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EP 291: HOYMA, Part 2

EP 291: HOYMA, Part 2

On this episode, we return to the HOYMA festival and talk to Benjamin about his music and forming Son of Fortune. We als... Read more

24 Jan 2018

50mins

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EP 250: Driving from Vagar to Torshavn

EP 250: Driving from Vagar to Torshavn

This week, we arrive in the Faroes to record material for a new season of the podcast. we'll narrate our journey into th... Read more

11 Jul 2015

40mins

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EP 98: Economics 201

EP 98: Economics 201

This week, part two of our conversation with our Faroese economist. Then we'll go far away, but not get isolated.

26 May 2011

19mins

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EP 241: Ghetto Foroyar

EP 241: Ghetto Foroyar

This week, we visit what some call the second-largest Faroese settlement, but it's not in the Faroe Islands. Instead, we... Read more

3 Mar 2015

26mins

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EP 319: Andrias Høgenni, Part 1

EP 319: Andrias Høgenni, Part 1

This week, we talk to Faroese filmmaker Andrias Høgenni about his love of storytelling and the lives of Faroese people i... Read more

22 Jan 2020

38mins

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Stora Dimun, Part 1

Stora Dimun, Part 1

This week, we travel to an island many Faroese people have neverbeen to: Stora Dimun. The small island is home to two fa... Read more

25 Apr 2016

23mins

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EP 306: Overtourism?

EP 306: Overtourism?

On this podcast, we think about the effects of tourism on the Faroe Islands and ponder the question of how much is too m... Read more

30 Jan 2019

30mins

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EP 244: Eclipse Recap, Part 1

EP 244: Eclipse Recap, Part 1

This week, we get two Faroese perspectives on last week's total socal eclipse in the Faroe Islands. It was a moment when... Read more

26 Mar 2015

25mins

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EP 301: Longing For A Home That Isn't Yours

EP 301: Longing For A Home That Isn't Yours

This week, we talk to Siri Rannvá Hjelm Jacobsen about her novel set in the Faroe Islands. Much of the book is drawn fro... Read more

26 Sep 2018

21mins

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EP 28: The Whaling Edition

EP 28: The Whaling Edition

On this special edition of the Faroe Islands Podcast, we discuss the controversial topic of whaling. We speak with an Am... Read more

28 Sep 2009

39mins

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Bonus Podcast: Accidental Faroese Secret to Happiness?

Bonus Podcast: Accidental Faroese Secret to Happiness?

This bonus podcast contains an excerpt from a lecture given at Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington DC. Daniel Pin... Read more

18 Jan 2019

6mins

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EP 316: Volleyball, Baffling Trees, and Volunteer Signups

EP 316: Volleyball, Baffling Trees, and Volunteer Signups

On this episode, a Faroese man talks to a German woman about Volleyball in the United States, we listen to our shortest ... Read more

12 Nov 2019

49mins

Ranked #19

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EP 260: Immigrant Experience, Kinga

EP 260: Immigrant Experience, Kinga

This week, another in our series on the immigrant experience in the Faroe Islands. We talk to Kinga Eysturland, who was ... Read more

31 Mar 2016

30mins

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EP 94: Keeping Up With The Shetlands

EP 94: Keeping Up With The Shetlands

This week, we talk to Alistair Carmichael. He's the British MP representing Shetland and Orkney. We'll talk about about ... Read more

20 Apr 2011

22mins

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