What constitutes an act of war? Finnish research fellow Minna Ålander considers the edge cases—damaged data cables, suspicious AirBnBs, and prank phone calls—under a new label: 'hybrid warfare.' In this episode we discuss Finland's responses to an ever-evolving security environment and the motivations behind Finland and Sweden's recent decisions to join NATO.
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This episode was written, edited, and produced by Colin Gioia Connors.
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Transcript available at scandinavian.washington.edu/crossing-north-29-gray-zone/
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Theme music used with permission by Kristján Hrannar Pálsson:
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What constitutes an act of war? Finnish research fellow Minna Ålander considers the edge cases—damaged data cables, suspicious AirBnBs, and prank phone calls—under a new label: 'hybrid warfare.' In this episode we discuss Finland's responses to an ever-evolving security environment and the motivations behind Finland and Sweden's recent decisions to join NATO.
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This episode was written, edited, and produced by Colin Gioia Connors.
***
Transcript available at scandinavian.washington.edu/crossing-north-29-gray-zone/
***
Theme music used with permission by Kristján Hrannar Pálsson:
open.spotify.com/album/1dDmFxNvfYVnQwq7up7rxS
***
Crossing North is a production of the Department of Scandinavian Studies and the Baltic Studies Program at the University of Washington in Seattle.
scandinavian.washington.edu/crossing-north-podcast
***
Support Crossing North:
Donate to the "Friends of Scandinavian Languages and Literature Fund"
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Accordionist Pasi Pasanen and fiddler Per-Thomas Eriksson discuss the joys of playing folk music from their home region of Värmland in Sweden and explain how traditional music circulates and evolves, how music helps us to overcome some of our worst inhibitions, and how music education helps children grow up to become healthy and happy adults.
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This episode was written, edited, and produced by Colin Gioia Connors.
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Transcript available at https://scandinavian.washington.edu/crossing-north-18-open-your-heart
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"Farsarven från Rösbäckstäppan" used with permission by Pasi Pasanen and Per-Thomas Eriksson.
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Theme music used with permission by Kristján Hrannar Pálsson.
Spotify:
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Crossing North is a production of the Department of Scandinavian Studies and the Baltic Studies Program at the University of Washington in Seattle.
scandinavian.washington.edu/crossing-north-podcast
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Support Crossing North:
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Crossing North
What constitutes an act of war? Finnish research fellow Minna Ålander considers the edge cases—damaged data cables, suspicious AirBnBs, and prank phone calls—under a new label: 'hybrid warfare.' In this episode we discuss Finland's responses to an ever-evolving security environment and the motivations behind Finland and Sweden's recent decisions to join NATO.
***
This episode was written, edited, and produced by Colin Gioia Connors.
***
Transcript available at scandinavian.washington.edu/crossing-north-29-gray-zone/
***
Theme music used with permission by Kristján Hrannar Pálsson:
open.spotify.com/album/1dDmFxNvfYVnQwq7up7rxS
***
Crossing North is a production of the Department of Scandinavian Studies and the Baltic Studies Program at the University of Washington in Seattle.
scandinavian.washington.edu/crossing-north-podcast
***
Support Crossing North:
Donate to the "Friends of Scandinavian Languages and Literature Fund"
scandinavian.washington.edu/support-us