Reykjavík Composer on Jazz, Sagas, Eiríksstaðir & the Creative Life of an Artist
Hafdís Bjarnadóttir is a Reykjavík-based composer and guitarist known for breaking boundaries between genres - drawing on everything from jazz and folk to avant-garde, poetry, and contemporary classic...
25 Sep 20251h 5min
Weaving Njáls Saga Across the World: The Traveling Tapestry Tour
Claudia Peterson is the driving force behind the North American tour of the crowd-sewn, Icelandic-wool Njáls Saga Tapestry — an extraordinary living artwork born in Hvolsvöllur, Iceland, with the miss...
3 Aug 20251h 25min
How Icelandic Roots is Growing with Cousins Across the Ocean | New Books, Festivals & Genealogy Ideas
Sunna Furstenau, President of Icelandic Roots and head of the Genealogy Team, along with Becky Byerly-Adams, the Outreach Director, joined us to explore everything from new books and upcoming webinars...
31 Mai 202551min
A Necessary Distance: Thinking on the Page Across Generations with Julie Salverson
Julie Salverson is a fourth-generation Icelandic-Canadian author whose new memoir, A Necessary Distance: Confessions of a Scriptwriter’s Daughter, braids family memory with global history. In this epi...
21 Apr 202548min
The 3 Most Icelandic Cities in the World | Denmark, Greenland & Canada & Riding a Bicycle
Atli Halldórsson is the co-project manager of the Snorri Programs, splitting his time between Iceland and Vancouver, Canada. In this episode, we explore the deep cultural ties between Iceland, Scandin...
1 Apr 202558min
Iceland’s 1800s Medical History | Infant Mortality, Mormon Migration, Vestmannaeyjar to Utah
Susan Huff is a genealogist and a descendant of Icelandic immigrants who emigrated from the Vestmannaeyjar to Spanish Fork, Utah—the oldest continuous Icelandic settlement in North America. In this ep...
21 Mar 202557min
Iceland in the 1970s | Fishing, Language & Brennivín: A Western Icelanders Experience
Mark Petursson is the president of the Leif Eiriksson Icelandic Club in Calgary and a dedicated member of the Western Icelander community. In this episode, we discuss his journey of reconnecting with ...
6 Mar 20251h 3min
