Podcasts
nordics.info has two podcast series available here or on our Knowledge of the Nordics podcast platform. They can also be found on your preferred podcast provider, such as, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Podcasts. Our third podcast series which will be biweekly interviews with researchers on the Nordics will be published in the new year.
If you are a researcher and would like to make a podcast with us, please get in touch: nordics.info@cas.au.dk.
See the bottom of this page for longer introductions to all of our podcasts and to find out who the participants are etc.
 | Series 1: Researchers and experts within the social sciences and/or humanities discuss or are interviewed about a certain topic to do with the Nordics (between 30 and 45 minutes). |
 | Series 2: Information and critical analysis written by researchers on the Nordic countries is read out in English and one of the Nordic languages (between 12 and 25 minutes). |
Please note!:
Many of our podcast participants do not always speak in their native language. This means that pronunciation and sometimes the occasional word may not be 100% perfect. We think that this adds to the charm of our two series. If you do have any comments/feedback, please get in touch!: nordics.info@cas.au.dk.
Descriptions of the podcasts:
The podcasts that have been published so far are shown here with an introduction on pages on nordics.info:
2020.12.01 | Podcast, Pia Majbritt Jensen, Ushma Chauhan Jacobsen, Media, Nordic Noír
Podcast: Global Audiences of Danish TV Drama
The global success of Danish TV drama in the late 2000s and early 2010s was surprising because of the relatively small number of people who can understand the Danish language and because the programmes were produced largely for a domestic audience by public broadcasting corporations. Audiences around the world appear to have responded to the…
2020.11.18 | Podcast, Heidi Rautalahti, Lysiane Lasausse, Ylva Grufstedt, Media
Podcast: Gaming the Nordics
There is no doubt that gaming is important when about a third of the world’s population play video games. But how are video games used to explore images of the Nordic region? What place do video games occupy in terms of cultural representations? To what extent can video games be considered part of a cultural hegemony from a historical culture…
2020.09.28 | Podcast, Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen, Nordic Noír, Literature
Podcast: Nordic crime fiction
Listen to an overview of nordic crime fiction in either English or Danish! This podcast is part of a series where existing material on nordics.info is read out in assorted languages by colleagues and friends. Great for learning Danish or English. / Lyt til artiklen om nordisk krimi fiktion på engelsk eller dansk! Denne podcast er del af en serie…
2020.08.06 | Podcast, Lill Tove Fredriksen, Minorities, Literature
Podcast: A brief history of Sámi literature
Listen to 'A brief history of Sámi literature' in English or Finnish! This podcast is part of a series where existing material on nordics.info is read out in assorted languages by colleagues and friends. Great for learning Finnish or English. / Tämä podcast-jakso on nimeltään 'Lyhyt historia saamelaisesta kirjallisuudesta' ja se on käännös…
2020.07.07 | Podcast, Anders Ravn Sørensen, Kazimierz Musiał, Larisa Kangaspuro, Lizaveta Dubinka-Hushcha, Mads Mordhorst, Michael Bennedsen-Hansen, Nicola Witcombe, Norbert Götz, Nation building
Podcast: The Nordics and Identity
From the outside, it is assumed that the populations of the Nordic countries are fairly homogeneous and that there is a relatively high level of gender equality and acceptance of different sexualities and diversity. In short, identity is not much of a problem. On closer examination, however, there are similar tendencies to elsewhere, such as more…
2020.06.29 | Podcast, Niels Wium Olesen, Astrid Elkjær Sørensen, Thorsten Borring Olesen, Rosanna Farbøl, Public policy, The Borders of the Nordics
Podcast: Danish immigration policy, 1970-1992
Listen to a potted history of the Danish immigration policy, 1970-1992 in either English or Danish! This podcast is part of a series where existing material on nordics.info is read out in assorted languages by colleagues and friends. Great for learning Danish or English. / Lyt til historien om Dansk indvandrings- og udlændingepolitik, 1970-1992 på…
2020.05.20 | Podcast, Simon Mølholm Olesen, The Borders of the Nordics, Region-building
Podcast: The Danish decolonisation of Greenland, 1945-54
Listen to an account of the Danish decolonisation of Greenland in either English or Danish! This podcast is part of a series where existing material on nordics.info is read out in assorted languages by colleagues and friends. Great for learning Danish or English. / Lyt til historien om Grøndlands afkolonialisering på engelsk eller dansk! Denne…
2020.05.19 | Podcast, Jørgen Fink, Nation building, The Borders of the Nordics
Podcast: The reunification of Denmark, 1920
Listen to a potted history of the reunification of Denmark in 1920 in either English or Danish! This is the first of several podcasts where existing material on nordics.info is read out in assorted languages by colleagues and friends. Great for learning Danish or English. / Lyt til historien om Danmarks genforening i 1920 på engelsk eller dansk!…
2020.04.15 | Podcast, Andreas Mørkved Hellenes, Byron Zachary Rom-Jensen, Carl Marklund, The Nordic Model, Nation building
Podcast: The Nordic Model: Heaven or Hell?
Since the interwar years, foreign observers have regularly portrayed the Nordic countries as well functioning states, successful in solving crises, with happy populations; in short as good societies. Why did this happen? Are the Nordic countries the way they are simply because they are in a relatively safe corner of the world? Because they have…