The ISMO Podcast

I've been meeting more musicians lately because I'm having more music in my life. The producer of this show, Jaakko Manninen, is also an esteemed musician himself and he is currently working with various interesting artists. Jaakko is closely involved with this Jamaican grammy-nominated singer, BLVK H3RO (pronounced Black Hero). I had a couple of chats with Hero discussing Finnish and Jama...

Finnish comedian Ismo Leikola sits down with Los Angeles-based creative professional Jacquie Coe to dissect the messy, often hilarious intersection of American romanticism and Finnish stoicism. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the duo dives into the "ick"—that mysterious, irreversible moment of attraction-death—and why, for Jacquie, it usually involves a man in flip-flops. Ismo offers a...