The Coffee Pod

This week on The Coffee Pod, Kelly sat down with Max: a self-employed journalist and editor who moved from Hamburg to Aarhus after his husband was headhunted for a job. Max’s background is in journalism and communications, having worked across major German media outlets, a comms agency and an events agency before the move. Now self-employed, he splits his time between editing for a large German pu...

New Coffee Pod episode! Diana Lund Nordstrøm doesn’t drink coffee (chai latte girl, “very non-Danish”) but she’s got a great story. 12 years ago she couldn’t find a job, so she started a podcast about job seeking. That led to roles at Jobindex, a job center, KU, and now her own practice as a career strategist for internationals in Denmark. We talk about the mental health side of job hunting, why t...

In this episode of The Coffee Pod , Kelly chats with Meghna about moving from India to Denmark, building a communications career across journalism, content, and internal comms, and becoming a “best of both worlds” hybrid between Indian speed and Danish work-life balance. Meghna shares how her experience as an expat spouse led her to co-create a community for Global South internationals in Denmark,...

Fashion editor who followed her instincts from Hong Kong to London to Copenhagen: now launching an intuitive styling consultancy after years of rebuilding. In this episode of The Coffee Pod , we sit down with Ophelia Wu: fashion editor, stylist, writer, and founder of The Intuitive Aesthetic Studio. Ophelia shares how Copenhagen Fashion Week led her from London to Denmark, why fashion is much more...

Construction architect who ended up on the cover of her local newspaper for her interior design and that "why not?" energy runs through everything she does. Mentoring international students at VIA, organising community walks, and now taking the leap into freelance consulting because sometimes going with the flow beats having a plan. Connect with Silvana on LinkedIn Silvana will also be speaking at...

From hospitality in London to accounting to business excellence in Denmark. Kata has some honest advice about making it in Denmark at an immigrant. Kata Kaplar on LinkedIn This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit coffeepod.substack.com

This week on CoffeePod, Kelly sat down with Sune Selsbæk-Reitz: data and AI strategist, poet, and author of a new book called Promptism that asks us to slow down and think before we let large language models think for us. Sune’s journey took him from studying history and philosophy to nearly two years of unemployment, into an internship at a pension fund and eventually to leading data and AI strat...

International criminal investigations expert who wrote a book using 100,000 leaked documents, now volunteering at Kirkens Korshær and helping her small town survive. We also chatted about the pitfalls of learning Danish from a Klovn boxset. Telita’s Dirty Tobacco book Connect with Telita on LinkedIn . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access...

She applied to study in Denmark before her parents even knew. Her mom said: “Shouldn’t we have a family meeting?” She said: “I’ve applied and I’m going.” That was 15 years ago. Since then, Greete went from marketing to career counselling in a country where she didn’t speak the language, had no experience in the field, and had to figure it all out through 100+ coffee meetings and a LinkedIn communi...

Kalpita absolutely nails it in the latest episode of Last Week in Denmark ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJll7GLH8co ) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit coffeepod.substack.com

Yamanic offered to interview me in her episode , and I thought it might be a nice way to end the first season. We talk about my career transition from education to data, and also some of the projects that have been keeping me busy lately. If you want to meet for coffee (on or off-air), get in touch, I love hearing people’s stories. This is my linkedin if you are curious to know more about my story...

This week we talk to Amel Hot: a multilingual project manager from Horsens with a knack for making complicated things simple. The son of Bosnian parents who came to Denmark during the war, Amel grew up translating letters, tax forms and everyday Danish bureaucracy for the people around him. That early habit of helping others understand the system followed him through university and eventually insp...

This week, Daniela Hummelgren shares how a non‑native teacher’s perspective helps learners finally speak Danish with confidence, especially in a country where conversations often switch to English. Highlights: ✔ Four moves to Denmark and what finally made it stick ✔ Why being a non‑native teacher is a superpower for advanced learners post‑PD3 ✔ Practical strategies to keep conversations in Danish...

This week, Clive Vignola Ruder shared his story of moving from São Paulo to a small Danish village and building a career in video game writing. Highlights: ✔ How improvisational theatre taught him creative collaboration (and got him his first writing job) ✔ What it's like to found a game studio ✔ The surprising connection between running marathons and writing stories Clive's story is about creativ...

In this episode, Kelly Rasmussen sits down with Marianne Bech for a coffee chat, exploring her journey from architecture to teaching. They discuss the Danish Friskole tradition, the importance of genuine learning and how Marianne’s architectural background influences her teaching methods. The conversation also touches on Marianne’s personal experiences growing up in Greenland and Thailand, and her...

This week on CoffeePod, Kelly sat down with Bradley Sowter: architect, entrepreneur and the creator of Dansk AI a new app that’s already helping dozens of learners improve their Danish. Brad’s journey took him from architecture in the UK to setting up his own consultancy in Denmark. Along the way, his love of tinkering with workflows and tech side projects led him to build an AI-powered language t...

Kelly sat down with Greg McQueen this week: a former children’s TV writer, filmmaker and now a ghostwriter who helps people turn their expertise into books that matter . From delivering papers at 1 a.m. to delivering books that change lives, Greg’s story is a lesson in resilience and creative reinvention. We talk about the screenwriting trick he uses to structure every book, why he only takes on p...

This week Kelly sits down with Yamanic Martínez, a chemical industrial engineer turned international volunteer leader, who brings two decades of supply chain experience and a refreshingly human take on life abroad. We talk about: ☕ Why she only drinks coffee with people 🌍 What internationals get wrong about “making Danish friends” 💼 Her journey from corporate career to leading strategy at IDCN...

🎙 Guest: Alexandra Jensen💼 Skills: Journalism · Investigations · Development & International Relations · Politics · Recruitment This week, Kelly sits down with Alexandra Jensen: a Serbian editor and investigative journalist who knows how to get to the bottom of a problem and persuade people to say yes. Her path in Denmark hasn’t been linear but it’s packed with grit: master’s degree, frontline wo...

What happens when you arrive in Denmark with no job, no network and no idea how long it’ll take to find your footing? In this episode of The Coffee Pod , Dominic sits down with Szilvia Schöffer , founder of Decoding Denmark . Szilvia moved from Hungary in 2018 as a spouse, faced rejection, learned the rules and ultimately decoded Denmark building a business that now helps internationals succeed....

🎙 Guest : Dominic J. Stevenson Blending creativity and business to make workplaces unforgettable. 💼 Role : Writer • Artist • Musician • Entrepreneur • Founder of Culture Cracker 📍 Based in : Denmark Dominic blends words and art to create unique company portraits that capture the soul of workplaces, leaders, and communities. With a background in writing, publishing and music, his projects bring c...