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
How does elevator awkwardness in Britain differ from the same in Finland? Joel Willans, author of Very Finnish Problems, asks game studies Ph.D. Aki Järvinen essential questions about migrating to the UK. Co-host Thomas Nybergh is curious about the demoscene and where fake money used inside video games ends up.
Contact: veryfinnishproblems@inktank.fi
Produced by Thomas Nybergh / Ink Tank Media
Shownotes:
Aki on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aquito
Elevators and how they impacted culture: https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/03/02/how-elevator-transformed-america/b8u17Vx897wUQ8zWMTSvYO/story.html?camp=id
Finnish chapter of IGDA, the International Game Developers Association: https://www.igda.fi
The Assembly demoparty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_(demoparty)
Example of a demo: https://youtu.be/v8bg4EixkFk?list=PLJO4AtxKJiFPmigR5m7SSrvT_pu291vFG
Journalist Anni Lassila on how cool summers are becoming a privilege:
http://www.hs.fi/paakirjoitukset/art-2000005300883.html
More: http://veryfinnishproblems.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
