JFR

Latitude 59

Society EN ↓ 29 episodes

I've been living in Sweden for years and at some point stopped being sure exactly where I'm from. That stopped being a problem a while ago. This podcast is about what it means to adopt a country and let it slowly adopt you back. Stoic philosophy applied to real life. Swedish history and culture. The things that make me stop and think. No self-help scripts, no easy answers, no AI (well, a little, just to fix the grammar). Honest reflections from somewhere between the Mediterranean and the Arctic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Author

JFR

Category

Society

Podcast website

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Latest episode

Jun 21, 2026

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Episodes

What Sweden Quietly Took From Me — And I Only Noticed in Spain 01.09.2025

I went back to Spain thinking I was the same person who had left. I wasn't. Somewhere in the noise, the heat, and the chaos I loved, I started missing things I never thought I'd miss about Sweden. The silence. The punctuality. The trust. This episode is about what happens when a country changes you without asking permission — and you only find out when you're far enough away to notice. #ExpatLife&...

Título The Things I Didn't Miss About Sweden — Told From a Terrace in Spain 26.08.2025

After years in Sweden, I went back to Spain for a while. And somewhere between the sunshine and the late dinners, I realized there were things about Swedish life I genuinely did not miss. Not complaints — observations. The kind you only notice when you've had enough distance to see clearly. This episode is the honest side of expat life: what you don't put on Instagram. #ExpatLife #SwedenVsSpa...

Título From Ice to Kingdom: Sweden's Ancient History Nobody Taught You 18.05.2025

Most people know Sweden as a modern, peaceful country with great design and even better welfare systems. But before all that, there were hunters tracking reindeer across melting glaciers, Norse gods demanding sacrifice, and Viking warriors who reached Constantinople. In this episode I trace Sweden's ancient history — from the first humans who arrived after the Ice Age to the moment Christianity ch...

The Demon-Haunted World: Carl Sagan's Warning We're Still Ignoring 23.02.2025

We live in a world flooded with information and starving for critical thinking. Carl Sagan wrote  The Demon-Haunted World  in 1995 — and it reads like it was written this morning. In this episode, I revisit his ideas on science, pseudoscience, and the tools we need to tell one from the other. Why does it feel easier to believe in conspiracies than in evidence? And what does it cost us wh...

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