Very Finnish Problems creator Joel Willans interviews the minds behind Midsummer Madness, a free Helsinki open-air Midsummer event for 2020. Jeroen Sebrechts and Claire Delhom discuss their personal journeys to Finland from Belgium and France respectively, and explain why Midsummer Madness is a licensed Moomin event, despite featuring zero trolls or Hattifatteners. Co-host Laura Suihkonen shares a very bleak movie recommendation.
Contact: veryfinnishproblems@inktank.fi
Produced by Thomas Nybergh / Ink Tank Media
Shownotes:
Midsummer Madness Open Air Festival (Jun 19-20 2020): https://midsummermadness.fi/en/
The Finnish Sauna Association’s Primer on sauna culture: https://www.sauna.fi/in-english/finnish-sauna-culture/
Laura’s recommendation: The Joker (2019): https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/joker_2019
Jeroen’s recommendation - go check out Hungarian movies: https://hungarytoday.hu/thursday-top-ten-movie-time-best-hungarian-movies-53259/
Joel’s recommendation - The Guardian Weekly’s journalism: https://www.theguardian.com/weekly
Claire’s recommendation - "The Moomins, The World of Moominvalley" by Philip Ardagh and Frank Cottrell Boyce: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36473933-the-moomins
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Very Finnish Problems creator Joel Willans interviews the minds behind Midsummer Madness, a free Helsinki open-air Midsummer event for 2020. Jeroen Sebrechts and Claire Delhom discuss their personal journeys to Finland from Belgium and France respectively, and explain why Midsummer Madness is a licensed Moomin event, despite featuring zero trolls or Hattifatteners. Co-host Laura Suihkonen shares a very bleak movie recommendation.
Contact: veryfinnishproblems@inktank.fi
Produced by Thomas Nybergh / Ink Tank Media
Shownotes:
Midsummer Madness Open Air Festival (Jun 19-20 2020): https://midsummermadness.fi/en/
The Finnish Sauna Association’s Primer on sauna culture: https://www.sauna.fi/in-english/finnish-sauna-culture/
Laura’s recommendation: The Joker (2019): https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/joker_2019
Jeroen’s recommendation - go check out Hungarian movies: https://hungarytoday.hu/thursday-top-ten-movie-time-best-hungarian-movies-53259/
Joel’s recommendation - The Guardian Weekly’s journalism: https://www.theguardian.com/weekly
Claire’s recommendation - "The Moomins, The World of Moominvalley" by Philip Ardagh and Frank Cottrell Boyce: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36473933-the-moomins
Episode 18: When it's December 24th and it still hasn't snowed
Very Finnish Problems
53 minutes 44 seconds
6 years ago
Episode 18: When it's December 24th and it still hasn't snowed
In this episode, Joel Willans, author of the Very Finnish Problems books, discusses journalist Erika Benke’s amazing journey from communist Hungary to the BBC World Service and her recent stories on Finland. Topics include stories on how the climate crisis is tackled northern Finland, and the country’s recent limited trials of Universal Basic Income. Co-host Joe Konderla and Erika present their recent experiences of how London has been utterly ruined by overcrowding.
Contact: veryfinnishproblems@inktank.fi
Produced by Thomas Nybergh / Ink Tank Media
Shownotes:
Episode 12 of our show features in-depth discussion with a Finnish wilderness explorer: https://inktank.fi/vfp-ep-12-northern-light-joonas-linkola/
Erika’s summary of the Finnish Universal Basic Income trials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nPQM54oPMg
The town of Ii: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ii,_Finland
Joel’s recommendation - Very Brexit Problems merchandise: https://verybrexitproblems.com/
Erika’s recommendation - Death in Ice Valley, the BBC’s and NRK’s true crime podcast on a mysterious, potentially espionage related death in Bergen, Norway: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p060ms2h
Joe’s recommendation - his own blog on life in Finland: http://www.thefinniot.com
Very Finnish Problems
Very Finnish Problems creator Joel Willans interviews the minds behind Midsummer Madness, a free Helsinki open-air Midsummer event for 2020. Jeroen Sebrechts and Claire Delhom discuss their personal journeys to Finland from Belgium and France respectively, and explain why Midsummer Madness is a licensed Moomin event, despite featuring zero trolls or Hattifatteners. Co-host Laura Suihkonen shares a very bleak movie recommendation.
Contact: veryfinnishproblems@inktank.fi
Produced by Thomas Nybergh / Ink Tank Media
Shownotes:
Midsummer Madness Open Air Festival (Jun 19-20 2020): https://midsummermadness.fi/en/
The Finnish Sauna Association’s Primer on sauna culture: https://www.sauna.fi/in-english/finnish-sauna-culture/
Laura’s recommendation: The Joker (2019): https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/joker_2019
Jeroen’s recommendation - go check out Hungarian movies: https://hungarytoday.hu/thursday-top-ten-movie-time-best-hungarian-movies-53259/
Joel’s recommendation - The Guardian Weekly’s journalism: https://www.theguardian.com/weekly
Claire’s recommendation - "The Moomins, The World of Moominvalley" by Philip Ardagh and Frank Cottrell Boyce: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36473933-the-moomins
