The Faroe Islands Podcast

This week, we talk to a Faroese anthropologist who literally wrote the book on the Faroese road system. Then we'll take a taxi in Torshavn, and hear who's playing at this year's G! Festival.

This week, we talk to Alistair Carmichael. He's the British MP representing Shetland and Orkney. We'll talk about about the shared history between Shetland, Orkey, and the Faroes. Then we'll say hello to some little lambs.

This week, excerpts from three news items from the Faroe Islands touching on the subject of Shetland, country music, and even a little comedy.

This week, part two of our conversation with Heini Hatun about the census and trends that are changing the Faroe Islands. Then we'll head off to the bookstore.

This week, we'll talk aobut the Faroese census. It's the first on the islands for almost 35 years. Then we'll head out to a cold and windy beach.

This week, we head out to  Sørvágur to take in some Faroese rowing and talk a little about national pride.

This week, we're talking to  Guðrun Rógvadóttir of  Guðrun &  Guðrun about Faroese sweaters, and how one got a starring role on a Danish crime drama. Then we'll go out to eat at one of the most popular restaurants in Torshavn.

This week, we deviate from our format a bit and feature a travel diary from last year's trip to the Faroes. We document what is takes to get from a small town in Oregon to the Faroe Islands. Hint: it's not always easy.   So strap on your headphones and take a trip across the ocean.

This week, we continue our conversation with Agnes Mortensen. We talk about her life as a PhD student in New Hampshire and discover what adjustments she had to make to move to a somewhat larger city. Then we visit Gota, even though the G! Festival isn't on.

This week, we talk to Agnes Mortensen, a Faroese woman studying at the University of New Hampshire. We talk about Faroese ideas about America, and American ideas about the Faroes. Then we sit on a windy hillside in Argir.

This week, we talk to Janus Hansen, who works at Torshavn's Natural History Museum. We talk about the stunning Faroese landscape, and how the treeless, windswept images you see may a symptom of centuries of overgrazing.   Then we head out to a windy football pitch and try to score some goals.

This week, more of our conversation with Birgir Kruse. This time we tackle the issue of oil, and what effect it might have on the Faroes if it's ever discovered in Faroese waters. Then we stare into the fog on a Friday night.

This week, we take a look around the village of  Viðareiði, the northernmost village in the Faroe Islands.

This week, the second part of our interview with Durita Holm, the Faroese woman who sailed around the world when she was 20. Also, we check in on a big G! Festival announcement, and visit a village where the colors are turned up to 11.

In this special edition of the podcast, host Matthew Workman and producer Tollak Hansen talk about the origins of the podcast and talk about their favorite moments of the past two years of shows.

This week, we speak with Durita Holm, a Faroese woman who sailed around the world after she graduated from high school. She's got an amazing story to tell. Also we visit a sobering memorial in the village of Toftir.

This week, we talk more with Birgir Kruse about traveling in the USA as a Faroese national, listen to some bands that will be playing the G! Festival this summer, and head off to the beach.

This week, we talk to a stranger we meet in a small village about long winters, sheep shearing, and how to pronounce a tricky place name.

This week, we speak with Producer Tollak Hansen about Christmas in the Faroe Islands and answer the age-old question: "Should I be afraid of that meat?"

On this show, we talk to the Faroes student who staged a surreal carjacking, then posted the results on YouTube. Then we'll check in with Birgir Kruse and ask him how the Faroese are able to maintain so many cultural institutions despite their small numbers. And finally, we'll hang out by the harbor... but not in a creepy way.

This week, we talk to Susanna Sorensen about tourism at the Faroes. Then we travel to a village that tourists never go to.

This week, we're talking to Birgir Kruse about country music, and why it's so popular in Faroese fishing villages. Then, we take a trip to Kunoy. And finally, we want to remind everybody that you can vote for us in the "Travel" category of the Podcast Awards at www.podcastawards.com  

This week, we travel to Fuglafjørður, which is, as the show title might suggest, at the end of a road. While there, we meet up with Jennifer Henke about what makes this little village so cool.

On this week's show, we talk about football and food. First, we talk to David Scally about the Faroe Island National Team's friendly with Scotland. Then, part two of our conversation with Leif Sorensen about fine dining on the Faroes. And finally, we travel do Sumba to look for the beautiful people.

This week, we talk to Leif Sorenson about fine dining in the Faroe Islands, visit what could be considered the Los Angeles of the Faroes, and get an update on the news.