Wind Machine Podcast

Listen to the episode here: Episode 24 – Dude, Where’s San Marino In this episode, Danie and Mark explore the tiny micro-state popped in the middle of Italy, also known as the magical land of Valentina Monetta! Songs Include: Spirit Of The Night – Valentina Monetta and Jimmie Wilson (2017) Chain Of Lights – Anita Simoncini and Michele … Continue reading Episode 24 – Dude, W...

Listen to the episode here: Episode 23 – Bosnia & Herzegovina’s Excellent Adventure In this episode, Danie and Mark try to figure out what is going on with this very messy, but awkwardly polite country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, while discussing the history, war, geography, and politics of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Republika … Continue reading Episode 23 &#8...

Listen to the episode here: Episode 22 – The Italian Job Danie and Mark travel to Italy and cover the history and politics of the country, plus Catholicism, environmental issues, volcanoes AND Italy in Eurovision.   Songs Include: Occidentali’s Karma – Francesco Gabbani (2017) L’Amore E’ Femmina – Nina Zilli (2012) No Degree Of Separation – Francesca Michielin (2016) &...

Listen to the episode here: Episode 21 – Belgium Beyond Danie and Mark travel to Belgium and celebrate their 1st Birthday with the 21st episode in the series. They also talk about the shared history with France, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, Austria, and Luxembourg, the geography and climate, and the politics of Belgium. Plus they get … Continue reading Episode 21 – Belgium&#1...

Listen to the episode here: Episode 20 – Russia Reloaded Danie and Mark travel to Russia, the largest country in the world! They cover a brief history of the country, the geography, and the politics, while focusing on their Top 5 Eurovision songs based on a jury of two.   Songs Include: Party For Everybody – Buranovskiye … Continue reading Episode 20 – Russia Reloaded

Listen to the episode here: WMP Supplemental 2 – Post Eurovision 2017 Debrief Danie and Mark have a quick chat about Eurovision 2017. We talk about how well we thought Australia went, compared our Top 10 to that of the final results, and how Australia voted. We also chat about our three happy/sad surprises, our most … Continue reading WMP Supplemental: Post-Eurovision 2017 Debrief

Listen to the episode here: Episode 19 – Israel The Man With The Golden Song Danie and Mark travel to the State of Israel and chat about the serious history, serious politics, and serious geography with Palestine, all which make up this Eurovision country that’s not actually in Europe. But seriously, don’t fight us on that … Continue reading Episode 19 – Israel: The M...

Listen to the episode here: Episode 18 – Serbia and the Beast Danie and Mark return to usual programming to bring you all the facts about Serbia’s history, geography, politics, and of course their favourite Eurovision songs since 2000.   Songs Include: Caroban – Nina (2011) Beauty Never Lies – Bojana Stamenov (2015) Ovo je Balkan – Milan Stankovic … Continue reading Episode...

Listen to the episode here: Eurovision 2017 Preview Danie and Mark trawl through all 42* songs entered into this year’s Eurovision Song Contest and play their top 10, based on jury of two, and all votes verified by government supervisors** *yeah, thanks Russia. **our cats.   Songs Include, in alphabetical order (only slight spoilers):   … Continue reading WMP Supplemental: Eu...

Listen to the episode here: Episode 17 – Norway by Northwest Danie and Mark visit Scandinavia for the final time, discovering the history, politics, and geography of Norway. Songs Include: I Feed You My Love – Margaret Berger (2013) A Monster Like Me – Morland and Debrah Scarlett (2015) Stay – Tooji (2012) Silent Storm  – Carl … Continue reading Episode 17 – Norway by Northw...

Listen to the episode here: Episode 16 – Cyprus Revolutions Danie and Mark return after another warm spell of “Smarch Weather” in Melbourne to chat everything Cyprus, including the divisions of the country and UN involvement. Songs Include: La La Love – Ivi Adamou (2012) Comme Ci Comme Ca – Evidiki (2007) Alter Ego – Minus One … Continue reading Episode 16 – Cyprus&#1...

Listen to the episode here: Episode 15 – An Unexpected Winner Danie and Mark return after a very warm week in Melbourne to explore everything Denmark, including the ever changing geography, the country’s absence from the world wars, and politics. Songs Include: Cliche Love Song – Basim (2014) Should’ve Known Better – Soluna Samay (2012) The … Continue reading Episode 15 &#8...

Listen to the episode here: Episode 14 – From Georgia With Love After a little rest over New Year, Danie and Mark now turn their attention to Georgia, not to be confused with the state in America. They chat about the country and Eurovision music, while totally stuffing up Georgian pronunciation (you thought the Croatian … Continue reading Episode 14 – From Georgia With Love

Listen to the episode here: Episode 13: The UK: Invasion of the Country Snatchers In this episode, Danie and Mark travel to the United Kingdom, where they both have ancestral ties, and explore the history (very briefly) with some Eurovision tunes they like, based on the jury of two. Songs Include: Believe In Me – Bonnie … Continue reading Episode 13 – The UK: Invasion Of The Country&#1...

Listen to the episode here: Episode 12 – Game of Croats In this episode, Danie and Mark travel to Croatia, stumble over Croatian language (we’re so sorry!), and explore all the great things about this country with some Eurovision tunes. Songs Include: Celebrate – Daria (2011) Romanca – Kraljevi Ulice and 75 Cents (2008) Lighthouse – Nina … Continue reading Episode 12 – Game...

Listen to the episode here: Episode 11 – The Day Armenia Stood Still In this episode, Danie and Mark travel to Armenia, and explore the geography, the heartbreaking history, and of course, the Eurovision music . Songs Include: Boom Boom – Emmy (2011) LoveWave – Iveta Mukuchyan (2016) Lonely Planet – Dorians (2013) Face The Shadow  – … Continue reading Episode 11 – The Day Armenia...

Listen to the episode here: Episode 10 – The Andorran Games In this episode, Danie and Mark travel to Andorra, and explore the history and geography of this tiny country as well as it’s brief stint in Eurovision. Songs Include: Get A Life (Le Teva Decisio) – Susanne Georgi (2009) Jugarem A Estimar-Nos – Maria Roure (2004) … Continue reading Episode 10 – The Andorran Ga...

Listen to the episode here: Episode 9 – The Netherlanding Story In this episode, Danie and Mark travel to The Netherlands, and explore the history, geography and Eurovision. Songs Include: You And Me – Joan Franka (2012) Slow Down – Douwe Bob (2016) Birds – Anouk (2013) Walk Along  – Trijntje Oosterhuis (2015) Calm After The Storm  – … Continue reading Episode 9 – The Netherlandi...

Listen to the episode here: Episode 8 – The Search for Azerbaijan In this episode, Danie and Mark delve into the trickiness of Azerbaijan – the politics, geography, and the country’s rise as one of the ones to watch at Eurovision. Songs Include: Always – AySel and Arash (2009) Miracle – Samra (2016) Hold Me – Farid … Continue reading Episode 8 – The Search of Aze...

Listen to the podcast here: Episode 7 – Return of the Albanians In this episode, Danie and Mark marvel at all things Albanian, including the history, politics, geography and of course, Albania in Eurovision! Songs Include: It’s All About You – Juliana Pasha (2010) Identitet – Adrian Lulgjuraj and Bledar Sejko (2013) Carry Me In Your … Continue reading Episode 7 &#8211...

Episode 6 – The Last Austrian Hero Listen to the podcast here: In this episode, Danie tries super hard not to make it all about The Sound Of Music, while she and Mark cover all you need to know about the wonderful country of Austria… Songs include: Loin d’ici – Zoe (2016) I Am Yours – The … Continue reading Episode 6 – The Last Austrian Hero

Listen to the podcast here: Episode 5 – The Fast and the Polish In this episode, Danie and Mark explore the highs and lows of Polish history, while enjoying all that Poland has to offer Eurovision! Songs include: Time To Party – The Jet Set (2007) My Slowianie (We Are Slavic) – Donatan and Cleo (2014) … Continue reading Episode 5 – The Fast And The Polish!

Episode 4 – The Finnish Menace In this episode, Mark and Danie transport themselves to Finland through the magic and music of Eurovision! Songs Include: Sing It Away – Sandhja (2016) Marry Me – Krista Seigfrids (2013) Da Da Dam – Paradise Oskar (2011) Something Better – Softengine (2014) Hard Rock Hallelujah – Lordi (2006) … with … Continue reading Episode 4 – The Finnish Me...

Episode 3 – Latvia Strikes Back In this episode, Mark and Danie travel to Latvia through the magic and music of Eurovision! Songs Include: Here We Go – PeR (2013) Wolves Of The Sea – Pirates Of The Sea (2008) Beautiful Song – Anmary (2012) Cake To Bake – Aarezemnieki (2014) I Wanna – Marie … Continue reading Episode 3 – Latvia Strikes Back

Episode 2 – Revenge of the Swedes In this episode, Mark and Danie learn all about Sweden! Songs include:  Heroes – Mans Zelmerlow (2015) When Spirits Are Calling My Name – Roger Pontare (2000) Popular – Eric Saade (2011)  The Worrying Kind – The Ark (2007)  Euphoria – Loreen (2012)  … with facts about history, … Continue reading Episode 2 – Rev...