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The Drop-In
The Reykjavík Grapevine
52 episodes
3 weeks ago
Send us a text The Reykjavík Grapevine has been published out of downtown Reykjavík for more than 20 years, with its offices for most of that time next door to the "World Famous Hot Dog Stand." Every day, people drop-in to our office for various reasons. Sometimes we they tell us interesting stuff that we want to share with you, so we interview them, for your pleasure. There is no theme. Today we are joined by Páll Óskar and Benni Hemm Hemm two veterans of the Icelandic music scene, who just...
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Send us a text The Reykjavík Grapevine has been published out of downtown Reykjavík for more than 20 years, with its offices for most of that time next door to the "World Famous Hot Dog Stand." Every day, people drop-in to our office for various reasons. Sometimes we they tell us interesting stuff that we want to share with you, so we interview them, for your pleasure. There is no theme. Today we are joined by Páll Óskar and Benni Hemm Hemm two veterans of the Icelandic music scene, who just...
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Music Interviews,
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Episodes (20/52)
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#5: Páll Óskar & Benni Hemm Hemm Discuss Their New Album
Send us a text The Reykjavík Grapevine has been published out of downtown Reykjavík for more than 20 years, with its offices for most of that time next door to the "World Famous Hot Dog Stand." Every day, people drop-in to our office for various reasons. Sometimes we they tell us interesting stuff that we want to share with you, so we interview them, for your pleasure. There is no theme. Today we are joined by Páll Óskar and Benni Hemm Hemm two veterans of the Icelandic music scene, who just...
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3 weeks ago
1 hour 59 minutes

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State Of The Art Music Festival Takes Place Oct. 7-12. We talk to the organizers
Send us a text The Reykjavík Grapevine has been published out of downtown Reykjavík for more than 20 years, with its offices for most of that time next door to the "World Famous Hot Dog Stand." Every day, people drop-in to our office for various reasons. Sometimes we they tell us interesting stuff that we want to share with you, so we interview them, for your pleasure. There is no theme. Today we are joined by Bergur Þórsson and Magnús Jóhann Ragnarsson, half of the people responsible for th...
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1 month ago
33 minutes

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Roberto Luigi Pagani discusses becoming Iceland's newest citizen.. and sheep
Send us a text The Reykjavík Grapevine has been published out of downtown Reykjavík for more than 20 years, with its offices for most of that time next door to the "World Famous Hot Dog Stand." Every day, people drop-in to our office for various reasons. Sometimes we they tell us interesting stuff that we want to share with you, so we interview them, for your pleasure. There is no theme. Today we are joined by Roberto Luigi Pagani, Iceland's newest citizen. We discuss his plight of obtaining...
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1 month ago
46 minutes

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Journalist Elías Þórsson talks to us about his interview with PM Kristrún Frostadóttir
Send us a text The Reykjavík Grapevine has been published out of downtown Reykjavík for more than 20 years, with its offices for most of that time next door to the "World Famous Hot Dog Stand." Every day, people drop-in to our office for various reasons. Sometimes we they tell us interesting stuff that we want to share with you, so we interview them, for your pleasure. There is no theme. Today we are joined by Elías Þórsson, who interviewed Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir for The Reykja...
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1 month ago
1 hour 2 minutes

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Ryan Keeping attempts to run around Iceland
Send us a text The Reykjavík Grapevine has been published out of down town Reykjavík for more than 20 years, with its offices for most of that time next door to the "World Famous Hot Dog Stand". Every day, people drop-in to our office for various reasons. Sometimes we they tell us interesting stuff that we want to share with you, so we interview them, for your pleasure. There is no theme. Today we are joined by Ryan Keeping, a Canadian from Halifax, who recently ran across Canada. He is in Ic...
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2 months ago
24 minutes

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RVK Futurecast #10: Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson
What is the future of Iceland's tech, economic and entrepreneurial sectors? What role does Iceland have to play in global development? Join host Bala Kamallakharan, founder of Startup Iceland, as he explores answers to these questions with some of the brightest minds working in Iceland today. Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson is a software developer and a parliamentarian. He was the member of the parliament who presented the bill to make Iceland join the European Space Agency so any Icelander can becom...
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4 years ago
28 minutes

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RVK Futurecast #9: Ari Jónsson, NASA Scientist
Today on FutureCast we are chatting with Ari Jónsson. Ari is a NASA Ames Center Research Scientist and Stanford Alumni. He is currently the CEO of AWAREGO and Rector of Reykjavik University, a role he has held since 2007, and he will soon be moving on to become CEO of the institute. Ari is on the board of Iceland Venture Studio and is also an investor. Through his work over the years he has been a good friend, mentor and co-conspirator in building the startup community in Iceland. We will be ...
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4 years ago
29 minutes

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RVK Futurecast #8: Composting
Jarðgerðarfélagið (the Composting Company) was founded by Julia Brenner and Björk Brynjarsdóttir. They work with circular solutions in bokashi composting for municipalities, companies and individuals. While studying entrepreneurship in Denmark, Björk learned about bokashi composting, which is a method of composting organic ingredients (such as leftovers and organic ingredients from the kitchen) by fermentation. Julia is a soil scientist. They wanted to offer people the opportunity to do somet...
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4 years ago
30 minutes

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Trans Icelandic Broad Cast #7: Protect Trans Kids
Trans children have been made a hot subject of discussion lately, especially in the UK and the US, where numerous state legislatures are trying to ban crucial health care for these young people. But what happens when a trans kid gets support? To explore that, news editor Andie Sophia Fontaine speaks with Marselín Guðmundsdóttir, who came out as trans while still in her teens.
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4 years ago
13 minutes

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RVK Futurecast #7: Tool Library
In the 7th Episode of FutureCast the host Bala Kamallakharan is speaking to Anna Worthington De Matos, the Founder and CEO of the Munasafn RVK Tool Library. A not for profit project that aims in extending the life of tools and things through the practical applications of Circular Economy. She is also the organiser for Reddingakaffi events, where so far 642KG of materials have been kept from going to landfills by repairing everyday use items. She believed the best way to implement Circular Eco...
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4 years ago
35 minutes

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RVK Futurecast #6: Kathryn Gunnarsson the CEO of Gecko
Kathryn Gunnarsson is the founder and CEO of Gecko, a Talent agency focused on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields in Iceland. There has been a great demand for experts in this field and a number of expatriates have moved to Iceland to work in these fields. We talk a lot about Future of Work, how to build diversity at work and how you build networks and networking platforms like Startup Iceland and other strategies that enable people to integrate and build their car...
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4 years ago
28 minutes

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RVK Futurecast #5: Thor Sigfusson, Iceland Ocean Cluster
The host, Bala Kamallakharan talks to Thor Sigfusson, the founder of Iceland Ocean Cluster. Thor is a visionary, and one of the pioneers in the 100% utilisation of fish – or zero waste – in Iceland. They talk about the circular economy, food waste, innovation in the seafood industry, how to utilise the network to help founders, funding, and how the next generation is taking on new challenges in this industry.
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4 years ago
26 minutes

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RVK Futurecast #4: David Gunnarsson, the CEO of Dohop
The 4th episode of #FutureCast is a conversation with David Gunnarsson, the CEO of Dohop. David and Bala Kamallakharan, the host of FutureCast, have known each other for over a decade and Bala has been following the Dohop journey from the very early days. They talk about doing the impossible, i.e. raising funding for a travel company during a pandemic when almost all travel is prohibited. They also discuss how David got into the business of startups and what it means to build a company focuse...
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4 years ago
27 minutes

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RVK Futurecast #3: A New Cloud-Native Massive Multiplayer
Kjartan has been part of the gaming industry in Iceland for as long as I can remember. He spoke in the first ever Startup Iceland in 2012 about CCP Games. Kjartan and 6 other co-founders, veteran developers from Iceland and Finland came together to form Mainframe games. They are creating a cloud-native Massive Multiplayer Online game, a vibrant world with new ways to engage and connect with our friends. It’s the game of a lifetime... We talk about his PhD in Chaos Physics, his passion for art...
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5 years ago
26 minutes

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RVK Futurecast #2: Hjalmar Gislason, the Co-Founder and CEO of Grid
In this episode we speak to Hjalmar Gislason, the Co-Founder and CEO of Grid. We talk about what Hjalli and his team are building with Grid, what inspired him to take on this massive project. Hjalli shares his journey of being a 5 time founder and how he has progressively learnt to build great teams and how Reykjavik is not such a bad place to start a technology company.
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5 years ago
32 minutes

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RVK Futurecast #1: Kevin Laws, CEO of Angel List
Conversation about how to build the future starting from Iceland. Startup Iceland started as a way to get all founders in Iceland to meet one another and to learn from each other and to learn from other founders and influencers from other startup communities. Innovation is all about tinkering. We are having our first conversation with Kevin Laws, the CEO of AngelList. AngelList is the largest platform for Angel investors and Entrepreneurs to find capital, talent and traction. Iceland is a uni...
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5 years ago
29 minutes

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Trans Icelandic Broad Cast #6: What the H*ck Is A Trans Lesbian?
We're back at last! In this episode, Andie Sophia and her wife Ada talk about being a trans lesbian, or "transbian" (to some). They talk about media representation, stereotypes, triumphs, and much more!
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5 years ago
22 minutes

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COVID-Cast #18: Kári Stefánsson And The Fake Nurse
Valur Grettisson and Poppy Askham go over the today's Icelandic news concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. deCODEGenetics published the latest findings from their analysis of COVID-19 screening data today. In other news, a woman was arrested for impersonating a nurse and possibly a lawyer. Join us a we dive into this strange story and more. Note: The Covid-Cast crew are going on a short vacation from recording while we consider our next steps, but tune in when we come back next Monday, Apri...
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5 years ago
14 minutes

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COVID-Cast #17
There was a breakthrough today when the government announced that they are going to ease the restriction because of the COVID-19. Also, the numbers of infected haven’t been this low for more than a month.
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5 years ago
21 minutes

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COVID-Cast #15: Drop In New Cases, Cancelled Cruises And Threats Against Health Officials
The numbers of new COVID-19 cases have dropped significantly in Iceland today, but the situation is worsening in the country’s hospitals. The prospects of the tourism sector are also deteriorating as 26 cruises have now cancelled their trips to Iceland this summer. Violence is also in the news as threats have been made against the Chief of Police, the Surgeon General and the Head of Epidemiology in recent days Domestic violence is thought to be on the rise as more people stay at home. Two wom...
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5 years ago
24 minutes

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Send us a text The Reykjavík Grapevine has been published out of downtown Reykjavík for more than 20 years, with its offices for most of that time next door to the "World Famous Hot Dog Stand." Every day, people drop-in to our office for various reasons. Sometimes we they tell us interesting stuff that we want to share with you, so we interview them, for your pleasure. There is no theme. Today we are joined by Páll Óskar and Benni Hemm Hemm two veterans of the Icelandic music scene, who just...