The Faroe Islands Podcast

In honor of Halloween, we offer this spooky edition of the podcast. We travel into a tunnel north of Klaksvik and hear some unexpected sounds. Don't listen if you're alone, in the dark, or scare easily.

This week, part two of our conversation with American poet Mark Wunderlich. Wunderlich recently returned from the Faroe Islands, where he did a poetry reading at a Torshavn club. On the second half of our interview, we talk about Wunderlich's experiences in the Faroese countryside, and about his lasting memories of the islands. Also, we go to the movies, and issue a bunch of corrections.

On this episode, we talk to award-winning American poet Mark Wunderlich about his recent poetry reading in Torshavn, and take a trip to Toftir Look out for this special tongue twister: "top Twitter trending topic."

On this week's show, Heri Simonsen talks to the tourism coordinator for Shetland to learn what common ground there is with the Faroe's closest neighbor. Then, we go to a public square, and complain.

This week, we're all about music. We've got an interview and music with Elin Heinesen. Then we join a sing-along at the after party.

This week, we return to Suduroy for the final in our series on the southern island. This week, we talk about development on Suduroy and the barriers that prevent it. Then we travel as far south as you can go in the Faroes.

In this podcast, we talk to an executive from Italian oil company ENI about the progress of oil drilling in Faroese waters. Then, we take a stroll through the Nordic House.

This week, we discuss the visit to the Faroes by Icelandic Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and the controversy that came after a Faroese MP refused to dine with Sigurðardóttir because of her sexual orientation. The program is a casual, mostly-unedited conversation with Arni Zachariassen, a Faroese theology student living in Aberdeen. He wrote an open letter to the Icelandic PM that has been...

This week, we talk about tourism in Suduroy, and we visit a town where the streets have no name and that our host can't pronounce to save his soul.

On this episode, we take a tour of an old salt silo on Suduroy that may one day be a concert hall.

In this episode, we talk crime and punishment with a police officer in the Faroe Islands, and we take a trip to the grocery store.

This week, part two of our coverage of the G! Festival. We talk to Filip Mortensen of The Ghost, and recap the highlights of this year's event.

This week, our first report from this year's G! Festival. We hear music from Eivor, and ask her how the musical history of the Faroes influences her own work. We also talk to Faroese country artist Hallur Joensen. All that, and a wrap up of the first two stormy days of the G! Festival.

In this first spcial edition from the Faroe Islands, we take a trip to Oyrargjógv to remember the day when the ferry used to stop there.

This week, we speak with Jón Tyril about the lineup at this year's G! Festival.

On this episode, we talk to Jennifer Henke about her book, "The Missing Son: A Faroe Island Saga" and her search for relatives in the Faroes.

In this episode, we talk with Alisa Hentze, a Faroese teenager who has organized Live aRt, an event designed to connect artists from the Faroe Islands to other artists from around the world. Also, we stay out until midnight at St. Olaf's Wake.

In this edition, we talk to the editor of Mess.fo, a stylish magazine aimed at the youth market, and we go to church in the Torshavn Cathedral.

In this episode, we speak with Erik Klint, a Swedish man who set up an information office about the Faroe Islands in his home country. And we'll stay out late and go dancing.

In this episode, we speak with David Scally about Gunnar Nielsen's historic 17 minutes playing for Manchester City.

On Episode 50, we talk about club culture in the Faroe Islands, and learn how the Icelandic volcano has affected life in the Faroes.

On this podcast, we'll talk about the underground dance scene in the Faroe Islands, and take a walk to the Witch's Finger.

In this episode of the podcast, we speak with Jim Brown, a British film director who is in the Faroes scouting locations for a future project. We'll also take a walk down a very busy street.

This week, the second part of our interview with Kristian Blak. We'll talk about the start of his influential record label Tutl, and discuss the current music scene on the Faroe Islands.

This week, we talk to Kristian Blak, who is a composer, musician, and operator of the Tutl record label. We also listen in on some Olaf's Wake activities and check on Anna Nygaard's progress on X-Factor.