The Fun & Quickly Growing Tradition of Craft Christmas Beers in Iceland
Because I’m very much in the holiday spirit, I’m dedicating the next two episodes, this one included, to Christmas related content in Iceland. Today, I have a special guest that has been on the show b...
20 Dec 202048min
From Enduring Racism to Being Crowned Miss Universe Iceland 2019
I had the absolute pleasure of chatting with Birta Abiba Þórhallsdóttir, who was crowned Miss Universe Iceland in 2019. Normally, I don’t follow beauty pageants, regardless of if it is in the US or Ic...
11 Dec 202055min
Inside the Disturbing Klaustur Scandal that Shocked Iceland
Back in December of 2018, Bára Halldórsdóttir outed herself as the whistleblower of the Klaustur Bar Scandal. During this podcast episode, I sit down with Bára to talk about how the scandal unfolded a...
2 Dec 20201h 50min
Win a Handmade Icelandic Sweater & Hear a Big Announcement!
This might be a short episode but it is very special because I have two big announcements! As you can tell from the title of the episode, one of the announcements is that I’m giving away a handmade Ic...
19 Nov 20206min
Gunnar’s Spectacular Journey From A Stressful Job to Exploring Iceland
Gunnar Freyr, a talented Icelandic photographer and videographer, makes a living traveling around Iceland, and sometimes Greenland. On Instagram he is known as Icelandic_explorer and has over 360,000 ...
15 Nov 20201h 16min
Nichole’s Journey From Cleaning Floors to Being in Icelandic Parliament
Nichole Leigh Mosty is an American that moved to Iceland in 1999. During our chat, we talk about the challenges she faced when she first moved and her experience being the first woman of foreign origi...
29 Okt 20201h 20min
Elisa’s Big Move from the Netherlands to Iceland & Living on a Horse Farm
Elisa is originally from the Netherlands. After falling in love with Iceland during a vacation many years ago, she decided to quit her career in media in her home country and move to the land of fire...
25 Okt 202051min
What’s Driving Young Icelanders to Move to the Countryside?
Halla Ólafsdóttir, a young Icelander, shares with me why she feels that people in her generation are moving away from the Reykjavík area in favor of the countryside. Halla has a BA degree in Icelandi...
6 Okt 20201h 3min
