The Faroe Islands Podcast

On this episode of Home and Away, Stella talks to Cinthia Gonzalez Parada from Chile.  Cinthia talks about her life in the Faroes, adjusting to the cold, and even sings a little opera. This show appears in the Faroe Islands Podcast feed courtesy of FM1.

On this bonus edition of the podcast, we do just one thing: listen to the waves crash over pebbles on a beach on Sandoy. When the water passes through the pebbles on the beach, it makes a cool and soothing sound. So we looped 30 minutes of that audio into this one podcast you can listen to when you need to sleep. Or even when you don't want to sleep. We're not here to tell you what to do. So enjoy...

On this show, we talk to a Serbian athlete about the years she spent playing volleyball in the Faroe Islands.  Then we sit on a beach and listen as the water drains out through the pebbles. It's quite soothing. Also, we say happy birthday to Sirkus Foroyar. That's the Torshavn pub that has drastically altered the cultural landscape in the Faroes. It turned 10 this month.

On this second episode of Home and Away, Stella Zachariassen talks to Gina Thomsen, who moved to the Faroes from Peru ten years ago. We'll learn about how she's coping with the cold, learning Faroese, and why she was hesitant to marry a man she didn't think she could take in a fight. This program originally aired on FM1 in the Faroe Islands. The original program had music from Peru included. That...

On this holiday edition of the podcast, we have some fun. We sit in front of the TV with two of our best friends in the Faroes, Miranda Metheny and Uni Johannesen, and play Gekkur. Gekkur is a cross between bingo and the lottery. But to win you have to watch this TV show and call in if you have the winning numbers and there are wheels to be spun and letters to chose and prizes to select and... the...

In partnership with FM 1, we're pleased to present this episode of Home and Away. In this series, Stella Zachariassen talks to people who have immigrated to the Faroe Islands. On this first episode, Stella talks to Ved Nagersheth of Mauritius about vegetables, languages, and what it's like to raise children in a different culture. This is the first of 8 Home and Away episodes we'll be sharing in t...

On this episode, a Faroese man talks to a German woman about Volleyball in the United States, we listen to our shortest interview ever, and then take a walk through a mysterious forest that's not really all that mysterious once you figure things out. Also, the time has come to sign up for the 2020 Closed for Maintenance campaign. The response to the 2019 campaign was overwhelming, so spots will go...

On this episode, we talk to singer/songwriter Dan Olsen about his journey from the Faroes to Australia, and then London. We'll also hear a sample of Dan's first single from his most recent EP. If you'd like to hear the full track of "Still Be Gone," you can listen here . Then we go back to the "haunted tunnels" north of Klaksvik. Also, at the end of the show, I say that this is Episode 314 of the...

This week, we catch up with Darius Lewis, he's the American footballer (we Americans would call him a soccer player) who was signed by KI Klaksvik this year. We spoke to him in January, right before he left for the Faroe Islands. Now that he's had a few months of living in the country and playing for KI, we thought we'd check in and see how life up north is treating this native of Florida. Then we...

At long last, it's the podcast of our live show at the G! Festival. On this special show, we talk to filmmaker Andreas Hogenni about his film "No Ill Will" and social media. Then we hear music from Elin Brimheim Heinesen, and we end by contemplating the temporary nature of joy. Special thanks to the G! Festival, Sissal Kampmann, and Suni Joensen for helping make this wonderful night a reality. If...

No, this isn't our live show, we're working on getting that to you soon. Instead, we've got audio and interviews from a recent football (soccer) match in the Faroe Islands. HB Torshavn is currently in the second qualifying round of the Europa League, which is a competition where teams from across Europe compete. They played Linfield FC from Northern Ireland last week, and we've got a match report....

This week, we listen to a new show from our friend Tom Ordeman. His show, The Bruck Podcast takes its inspiration from a Radio Orkney program, but touches on all manner of subjects. This one talks about Ordeman's long relationship with Orkney, and seeing as this is a show fueled by a long infatuation with an obscure set of small islands in the North Atlantic, it seems like something listeners of t...

On this episode, we announce our live show at the G! Festival, get an update on our fundraising campaign, and talk to a quartet of German groundhoppers. Then we'll sit on some big stairs in Torshavn. If you'd like to donate to our gofundme campaign, you can find the link here . 

On this bonus podcast, we update you on the status of our fundraising, congratulate the Faroese National Team, and then hear some new music from Saint Kodiak. Saint Kodiak won a singing competition in 2003 and recorded an album for Universal Music. He quit the music business after that, but after a hike in the mountains, he knew he had to return to music. He's released a new album and we're sharin...

On this episode, we march in a parade, listen to music from KATA and Teitur and Kanska, take in the new concessions, and marvel at how clean the beach is. Then we go to a shack and sing until the early morning hours. We also unveil out newest fundraising campaign. We're headed back to the Faroes to record more episodes of the podcast and we need a little help from you. If you like the show and hav...

This week, we talk to Levi Hanssen of Visit Faroe Islands about why many of the most popular tourist destinations in the country were closed this last weekend. Then we visit a village that is certainly not one of the Faroes' most popular tourist destinations. If you're interested in signing up for next year's Closed For Maintenance weekend, follow the instructions here .

On this episode, we sample what was new at the 2018 G! Festival. We'll attend an art opening at a sleek new building, hear some new music from an up-and-coming Faroese band, and soak up the sun. (Really!)

This week, we attend the International Day festivities in Klaksvik and talk to a woman who grew up in Pakistan but now calls the Faroe Islands home. Then we take in a Champion's League match in Toftir.

On this episode, we take in the sounds of Elin Brimheim Heinesen's 60th birthday party. We'll hear songs sung by Elin, her daughter Helena, and everybody in the crowd. We'll also hear some chain dancing and offer a gigantic "takk" to a woman who was instrumental in getting this podcast off the ground in the early days. If you'd like to purchase Elin's latest album, you can find at the Tutl store ,...

On this podcast, we think about the effects of tourism on the Faroe Islands and ponder the question of how much is too much, and how to be part of the solution rather than the problem if you visit the Faroes. Then we drive down a narrow road and mix up Saksun and Skansin. For information about hiking in the Faroes you can check out some tips from Visit Faroe Islands , and perhaps book a guide at H...

This bonus podcast contains an excerpt from a lecture given at Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington DC. Daniel Pink, author of "When: The Secrets of Perfect Timing" spoke on the best time of day to do certain things and the body's natural rhythms. During the presentation, he hit upon a series of activities that have numerous beneficial effects that may be of interest if you pay attention to...

This week, we talk to Darius Lewis, he's a forward from Florida who just signed to play for KI Klaksvik this coming season. We'll ask Darius about his history and what he's looking forward to as he prepares to move north... much further north than Florida. Then we travel deep underground and watch workers drill a hole under the sea. We also wish ourselves a happy birthday. That's right the podcast...

This week, we tour the only prison in the Faroe Islands and learn why it has been described as the coolest prison in the world. We'll talk about how the Faroese philosophy around incarceration differs from the American one, and how one operates a prison in a country with the lowest crime rate in the world. If you want to hear the raw audio of the prison tour you can find it here . Also, if you wan...

This week, we talk to Michael Raimondo, he's the director at a production company called Green Renaissance. The group is creating s series of 12 short films shot in the Faroes. The films profile people doing things they love. We'll talk to Raimondo about how his team in South Africa heard about the Faroes and why they decided to film stories there. As of the time we're releasing this, Green Renais...

This week, we talk to Jon Hestoy about the campaign to get recognition for the Faroe Islands by the International Olympic Committee. We'll talk about the challenges of being a small country trying to influence a large bureaucracy and why it matters that Faroese athletes get to compete under their own flag. Then we'll visit the football stadium in Klaksvik. During the podcast, we discuss a story th...