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Alex Elliott is joined this week by Jewells Chambers, the creator and host of All Things Iceland, an award-winning podcast and YouTube channel that talks about Icelandic nature, culture, history and language.Topics of discussion this week include: politicians' pay, public transport for the future, how to discuss sexual abuse stories in the media, a…
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Alex Elliott is joined this week by Margrét Adamsdóttir from RÚV Polski.Topics of discussion this week include: Independence Day and how to reflect a changing society in honoured tradition, how to secure safe transport links, how to go fishing the vegan way, and what politicians do in the summertime.Today's closing song is Upp á rönd, by Hjálmar & …
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Alex Elliott is joined this week by Joanna Marcinkowska, City of Reykjavík project manager for inclusion and integration, based within the human rights and democracy office.Topics of discussion this week include: Reykjavík's new old mayor, the treatment of severely disabled people, keeping tourists safe, Seamen's Day, and much more.Today's closing …
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The weekly news programme from RÚV English: a local elections special ahead of polling this Saturday.Alex Elliott is joined by Hólmfríður Dagný Friðjónsdóttir and Valgeir Örn Ragnarsson, in whose capable hands the leadership of RÚV?s election coverage, including the dedicated local elections website, has been placed.Today's closing song is Með hækk…
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Alex Elliott is joined this week by Ingunn Lára Kristjánsdóttir, a journalist with the Fréttablaðið newspaper.Topics of discussion this week include: adapting refugee services to Ukrainian people's needs, balancing the national books, bringing Hollywood to Reykjavík, and more.Today's closing song is Oh! Quante Volte, sung by Dísella Lárusdóttir.…
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Alex Elliott is joined this week by Muhammed Emin Kizilkaya, sociologist and Project Manager with the City of Reykjavík Human Rights and Democracy Office ? as well as one of Iceland?s best-known storm chasers.Topics of discussion this week include: empowering students with diverse backgrounds, examining domestic abuse during the pandemic, pay rises…
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Alex Elliott is joined this week by Eva Marín Hlynsdóttir, Professor in Public Policy and Governance at the University of Iceland.Topics of discussion this week include: changing the refugee reception system, the importance of planning for new volcanoes, bringing people to North Iceland, and bringing elections closer to New Icelanders.Today's closi…
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Alex Elliott is joined this week by Guðmundur Björn Þorbjörnsson, radio presenter and journalist.Topics of discussion this week include: Iceland's responses to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the lifting of all remaining covid restrictions, the law and order challenges facing the police, and more.Today's closing song is The Sky is Painted Gray Tod…
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Alex Elliott is joined this week by the broadcast journalist and chair of the Icelandic journalists' association, Sigríður Dögg Auðunsdóttir.Topics of discussion this week include: the storms battering Iceland, the police investigation against investigative journalists, the leadership election within the Efling union, and more.Today's closing song …
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Alex Elliott is joined this week by Jesper Kristensen, a cognitive semiotician, specialising in communication, meaning, and gender.Highlights this week include: relaxing covid restrictions, a backlash against Denmark, big change in the music industry, tourism's return, and plenty more.Today's closing song is Mér þykir það leitt, by Albatross.…
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Alex Elliott is joined this week by the journalist, presenter, and editor of the new-look Kastljós programme on RÚV TV, Baldvin Þór Bergsson.Highlights this week include: (probable) relaxed covid restrictions (hoped-for) handball glory, and (predicted) electricity supply headaches, as well as plenty more.Today's closing song is Color Decay, by Júní…
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A special edition of the weekly news programme from RÚV English: an entertaining look at what's been going on in Iceland over the past 12 months.Alex Elliott is joined by Jóhann Bjarni Kolbeinsson and Ólöf Ragnarsdóttir, the journalists behind this year's Fréttaannáll news review programme.Highlights this year include: an election, a pandemic, a vo…
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Alex Elliott is joined this week by Paula Gould, the founder of Float and gather ehf., a business growth consulting firm, and co-founder of WomenTechIceland, a non-profit organisation whose goal is to amplify women innovators from Iceland to the global tech community.Highlights this week include: Iceland's new government, the possibility of another…
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Alex Elliott is joined on the programme's third anniversary by broadcast journalist Birta Björnsdóttir and radio presenter Þórhildur Ólafsdóttir.Highlights this week include: the ongoing wait for political movement, the latest covid restrictions and vaccination news, another avoidable beach death, what we can expect at Christmas, and much more.Toda…
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Alex Elliott is joined this week by the entertainer and radio & television presenter Felix Bergsson.Highlights this week include: the final week of COP26, the return of covid restrictions, the crisis within the Efling union, the future of Akureyri's cats, and much more.Today's closing song is Öldurótið, by Ásgeir Trausti.…
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Alex Elliott is joined this week by Bjarni Rúnarsson, a broadcast journalist at RÚV.Highlights this week include: the challenges under discussion in Glasgow, the challenges at one of Iceland's biggest unions, the challenges facing the country's healthcare system yet again, and much more.Today's closing song is Haustið, by Karen Ósk (feat. Friðrik D…
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Alex Elliott is joined this week by professor of political sciences Ólafur Þ. Harðarson.This week's show is all about the political earthquake following Saturday's election, the female majority that wasn't, what the parties might be thinking now, and what these "equalisation seats" are all about.Today's closing song is Engin mistök by Dr. Gunni & E…
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Alex Elliott is joined for an Alþingi election special ahead of polling this Saturday by Jóhanna Vigdís Hjaltadóttir, who is central to RÚV TV's election coverage, and by Heimir Már Pétursson, who performs an equally vital role in the election coverage at Stöð 2.Today's closing song is Take A Chance On Me, by ABBA.…
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Alex Elliott is joined this week by Adam Switala, a Polish-Icelandic musician who composes, researches, and teaches, at the University of Iceland and elsewhere.Highlights this week include a volcano reawakened, how the immigrant community relates to the election, the likelihood of relaxed covid rules, and much more.Today's closing song is Ástrós by…
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Alex Elliott is joined this week by the RÚV broadcast journalist Valgeir Örn Ragnarsson.Highlights this week include the football association at the centre of a scandal, the most complex election in years, the latest on covid, and more.Today's closing song is Lætur mig, performed by GDRN and Flóni, with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.…
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Alex Elliott is joined this week by the RÚV broadcast journalist Alexander Kristjánsson.Highlights this week include the great covid balancing act and how it is affecting hospitals, politics, and the travel industry; new weather records and their likely link to climate change, the importance of 5G, and plenty more.Today's closing song is Sunday Dri…
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Alex Elliott is joined this week by the television and radio presenter Lára Ómarsdótir, who is a former RÚV journalist and current PR for Aztiq.Highlights this week include how to deal with the next stage of the pandemic response, developments in the country's biggest murder investigation, the summer holiday season, and a cat with a remarkable hobb…
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Alex Elliott is joined this week by RÚV's head of news, Rakel Þorbergsdóttir.Highlights this week include a nasty accident involving dozens of children at play, even more unusual behaviour from the volcano, restoring trust in women's cancer screening, and plenty more.Today's closing song is Ólgusjór, by Lights on the Highway.…
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Alex Elliott is joined this week by neurosurgical and orthopaedics nurse Holly Gums. The programme was produced by Lydía Grétarsdóttir.Highlights this week include the end of COVID restrictions, challenges for the healthcare system, keeping volcano visitors safe, and more.Today's closing song is Lífsgleði, by Moses Hightower.…
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Alex Elliott is joined this week by RÚV Polski's Beata Wawiernia. The programme was produced by Lydía Grétarsdóttir.Highlights this week include sacrificing a road, welcoming more tourist dollars, preventing the Delta variant, being philosophical about the cold summer, and more.Today's closing song is Dog Days, by Tom Hannay.…
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Alex Elliott is joined this week by the presenter and journalist Anna Marsibil Clausen. The programme was produced by Úlfhildur Eysteinsdóttir.Highlights this week include an the end of a government, the end of a hiking trail to a volcano, the rolling back of COVID restrictions, and more.Today's closing song is Here They Come, by Tómas Welding.…
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Alex Elliott is joined this week by Þóra Arnórsdóttir, the managing editor of the Kveikur investigative current affairs programme. This programme was produced by Lydía Grétarsdóttir.Highlights this week include an apology to the media, a discussion about laziness, the success of failed wall construction, and more.Today's closing song is Zitti i Buo…
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Alex Elliott is joined this week by York Underwood, show manager at The Secret Cellar and host of The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast Book Club streamed live from Iceland around the world. The programme was produced by Georg Magnússon.Highlights this week include relaxing COVID rules, a new #MeToo movement, a sad case of lacking trauma care, and plenty m…
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