The Faroe Islands Podcast

This week, we look ahead to an upcoming interview with Kristian Blak, and check in once again with Anna Nygaard's progress on Denmark's X-Factor.

On this week's "fun sized" podcast, we learn about Faroese rowing, check in on Anna Nygaard's progress on X-Factor, and sit on the edge of Tinganes.

This week, we speak with two Faroese musicians who are heading to Austin to perform at the South by Southwest music festival. Hogni and Gudrid Hansdóttir talk to us about the festival, and give some thoughts on Texas. We'll also check in on Anny Nygaard's progress on X Factor.

In Podcast 42, we don't address the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything, but we do talk with Threes Anna. She's a Dutch author and director and she's spent the past month in the Faroes doing research for a new novel. We also check in on Anna Nygaard's progress on X-Factor and visit yet another village that just could be the most beautiful in the Faroes.

This week, part two of our conversation with David Scally, the Manchester City football fan whose attempt to see his beloved Blues made international news. In part two, Scally is getting reado to return home after his adventures, but something goes terribly wrong. Also, we check in on various Faroese singers engaged in televised contests, and see who the Faroes drew for Euro 2012.

In this episode, we speak with David Scally, a Manchester City fan who traveled to the Faroes to see his team play, and made international headlines in the process. Also, we'll stand in the middle of Torshavn, and our host will do his best Barry White impersonation.

In this episode, we hear part two of our interview with Atlantic Airways CEO Magni Arge, check in on a Faroese X Factor contestant, and reflect on the past year.

This week, we speak with Magni Arge, the CEO of Atlantic Airways, the Faroe Islands' only airline. Then we visit an almost-abandoned village.

This special edition of the podcast features music and conversation with Faroese musician and composer Stanley Samuelsen. It's really, really good.

In this episode, we talk to Heri Simonsen about radio in the Faroe Islands, and we take a trip to a beautiful village in northern Streymoy.

This special bonus podcast is an excerpt of an interview with Heri Simonsen. In it, we talk about Christmas in the Faroe Islands. The remainder of this interview is on the subject of radio in the Faroes and will air early next year.

In this episode of the podcast, we talk to the head of Kovboy Films about advertising in the Faroes, and his series of short films about the Islands. We'll also take a trip to the spiritual capital of the Faroes.

In this podcast we talk to two bands that performed at this year's Summer Festival in Klaksvik. Frændur and Páll Finnur Páll talk about being musicians on the Faroes and why both bands decided to record their music in Faroese.

In this episode of the podcast, we talk to Edgar Struble, an American musician and composer who has helped produce Faroese country albums for 20 years. We also drive across a bridge that supposedly spans the Atlantic Ocean.

In this episode, we talk with an American who is in the Faroe Islands visiting family, and take a trip to the bird cliffs.

In this episode, we discuss the film culture of the Faroe Islands, and the efforts some people are making to cultivate a new generation of filmmakers.

This week, we devote our entire podcast to a live performance and conversation with Marius. Hear songs from his upcoming album and listen to him talk about his new sound and why he was away from the Faroese music scene.

On this special edition of the Faroe Islands Podcast, we discuss the controversial topic of whaling. We speak with an American researcher who is studying whaling in the Faroes, and a Faroese doctor who says whale meat is not safe to eat.

In Episode 27, we speak to Linda Andrews, the Faroese singer who won on X Factor in Denmark. We'll also hear about a possible energy-saving device created by a Faroese musician and take a trip to Gasadalur.

In Episode 26, we talk about the internet with Óli Á Deild Olsen, take a trip to Klaksvik, and recap the recent matches played by the Faroese National Team.

In Episode 25, we speak with the cast and crew from the new "Buzz Aldrin" film shooting in the Faroe Islands. Interviews include Chad L. Coleman of "The Wire." And we end up taking stroll through the magical looking village of Saksun.

This is part two of our special report from the G! Festival. This time out, we speak with Teitur, Boys in a Band, and Valravn.

This week, we speak to artists performing at this year's G! Festival. We chat with Jens Thomsen, B.A.B.Y. and Heidrik, and listen to some music as well.

In this special edition of the podcast, we land at the Faroe Island's only airport, take in a few soccer games, and speak with Brian Kerr, the coach of the Faroe Islands National Team.

This special edition of the podcast features an interview with, well, me. I was interviewed on Ras 2 just a few days into my trip to the Faroes. Let this podcast serve as a preview to the many special episodes that will follow in the weeks to come.