Iceland Weekly News Roundup
By The Reykjavík Grapevine
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The Reykjavík Grapevine's Iceland Roundup is a weekly news oriented podcast show hosted by a rotating cast of staff members and hangers on, with special expert guests. Highlighting the broad strokes of Icelandic news and the local views.
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Spying, Housing, Farming, Waterfalling & Bubbing
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Dead Poets, Earthquakes, Mr. “Snow” And AI Layoffs
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Friends of North Korea, The Fisheries Own "Everything, Cancelled Flights, Ferris Wheel & More
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May 27, 2026 |
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Right Wing Winners In Municipality Elections In Iceland + AMOC + Summer
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May 19, 2026 |
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EU Debate, Bank “Heist”, Edition Murder, Hunting Minks & Whales
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May 11, 2026 |
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Fisheries Oligarchy, Hate Speech, Fuel Reserves, Windmills & Counterfeit Cash
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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RIP Bo Hall, Municipality Elections, Westman Islands Flyover, Grindavík & Inflation
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Singer Laufey Sets A Record, Snowpocalypse Weekend & EU Debate
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Explosion, Oligarchs, Happiness, Blizzard & Interest Rates
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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EU Vote, Suppression Therapy, Food Prices, Oil Prices
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Grapevine Needs Support, Davíð Oddsson Dies, Reynisfjara Beach Is Still There, Greenland Takeover & More
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Brushfires, Snowstorm, Kayak Iceberg, Hospital Ship & Easter Egg Tasting
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Cream Buns, Horse & Tooth, Sugar Tax, Slow News Week, "colonized by immigrants"
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Reynisfjara Disappears, TB Outbreak, Epstein, Inflation, US Access to Icelandic Gov. Data
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Handball, Icelanders in the Epstein files, Grammys, Inflation, Y Tesla & Defense
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Trump, Davos & Iceland, City Politics, Grindavík, Stabbing & Parking Feud
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Iceland To Become The 52nd State, Greenland Tariffs, Prostitution & Immigration
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Immigration, Greenland, Fattest Nordic Country, Oil Tanker, Paid Parking.
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Greenland, Venezuela, Gas Prices Drop By 1/3, Ukraine Front Lines, Jokes Explained & What Will 2026 Bring?
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Top Stories Of 2025 + Audience Questions + Yule Lads Explained
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Björk, Sigur Rós, Eurovision, Israel, Municipality Politics & Tunnels
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Helipad, Tourists Rescued In The Highlands, Former First Lady #Mugged & More
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Physicians, Investigating Investigations, Hot Dog TikTok, North Korea
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Icelandic Language Day, Organized Crime, Pets, Mosquitos & more.
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Airwaves, Time, Racism, Lava Bailouts, Mexican Standoff & Listener's Questions
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Snowpocalypse, housing Policy, humans outnumber sheep in Iceland and more
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Listener questions, winter arrives, fining the bankers & police raids
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Coast Guard Drunk, Drugs On Boats, State & Church, Defense and Julian Assange
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Drinking, Laxness, New Icelandic Names, Eurovision, Israel & 1970s Murder Case
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Fly Play Goes Bankrupt, Parking Fines, Jón Ásgeir's Return & Human Trafficking
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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AI Robots, Dragons, Faith, More School Days and Political Party Elections
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Political Assassinations, Hells Angels, plane crashes and football, political identity crisis' and more
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Citizenship, 2026 budget, TikTok & exchange students, trans rights & free speech, anti-genocide protests
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Woke flags, woke towers, stupid crime, Tesla cat, AMOC collapse
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Bed rats, ATM heist, Culture Night, marathon, rally accident, international students & more
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Spotify, blown trailers, heat record, falling boulders & thunder
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Death at Reynisfjara, new US ambassador to Iceland, Bank robbery, Football hooligans and more
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Filibuster ends, heat record, hotel shooting, war on a plant, listener's questions
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Filibuster, EuroCup, bomb, bald eagle, hospital report & listener's questions answered
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Silicon, meth, self-defeating socialists, MRI scanner, Moomins and heart shaped traffic lights
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Pilot whales, chess, cats, drugs in Raufarhöfn, Iran, filibuster & Iran/Israel
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Double homicide in Reykjavík, Airline news, stranded orca, DC-3, a front wheel hits downtown Reykjavík & more
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Lost person on Mt. Esja, death at Brúará, return of the ferris wheel, border security + don't drink the Blue Lagoon
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Parking fees at tourist locations, pools, immigration, racism, stadium failure, sourdough drunk
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Valur Grettisson drops by, Iceland's oldest horse, socialists, Tesla in the highlands, tanks, pick-pockets, police chiefs
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May 26, 2025 |
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Good weather, beer, 10% of Icelanders buy a bank, Eurovision and CO2 (Climeworks)
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May 19, 2025 |
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Eurovision, snakes, spying story continues, filibuster record in Althingi & more
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May 12, 2025 |
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Iceland’s richest man spied on Icelandic citizens in 2012 + tourist held hostage & more.
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May 05, 2025 |
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Shorts, Naval exercise, fewer birds, lobbying mistakes, marriage in Iceland
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Easter egg idioms, Pope Francis, dinosaurs, summer weather, windmills
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Whaling cancelled, ATM blown up, lost car, EU defence talks
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Orcas, penguins, rockfall fatality, nude tourists, asylum & travel warnings, tariffs, drunk driving
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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2025:10 - Eruption, liquorice, Grindavík, Esja, life expectancy, Eyjafjallajökull & more
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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2025:9 Lost tourist update, Minister resigns over scandal, Carbfix, organised crime, Douglas Dakota DC3 and more
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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2025:8 Lost Tourist, CIA Conspiracy, Reykjanes Ridge, Whaling, Murder, Eruption
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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2025:7 - Tourist rescued from the highlands, The Icelandic version of DOGE & more.
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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2025:6 - Storm, party elections, Samovar on auction, Trump & Zelenskyy, Teacher's strike
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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2025:05 - Teacher''s strike, football bus, PM in Kyiv, broke airlines & melting glaciers
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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2025:04 - Melting roads, Reykjavík Sex Club, NATO, J.D. Vance & The World of Yesterday
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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2025:03 - Trouble in Reykjavík, Teacher's strike, The problem with pension funds and sour ram testicles
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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2025:02 - Avalanches, Defending Elon Musk, Sniffer Dogs, Dead Minks and more.
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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2025:01 - Valkyries, Volcanoes, Lost ballots, Greenland and more
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Tasers, Electricity Prices, Women in Power
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Blue Lagoon Madness, Whales Unlimited, Mining Þorlákshöfn & Diegó The Cat
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Asylum Seekers, Politics And Iceland Airwaves
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Iceland - Surprisingly Corrupt?
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Iceland Airwaves Festival!
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Justice Minister Accused Of Fearmongering
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Extreme Politics And Conspiracy Theories with Dr. Eiríkur Bergman
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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Father Of Chief Of Police Connected to Terrorist Plot Investigation
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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Terrorist Plot And Monstrous Weather
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Homemade Bombs In Selfoss And Knife Violence
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Drugs, Fish, And Unions
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Ep. 23: Home-Grown Icelandic Nepotism
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Ep. 22: Björk Vs The Prime Minister
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Ep. 21: The Volcano Is Dead!
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Ep. 20: Laufey
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Ep.19: Vilhjálmur Hjálmarsson, Chair Of The ADHD Association
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Ep. 18: Xenophobia, Monkeypox and Slutwalk
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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Ep. 17: Women In Rock
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Ep. 16: A Question Of Sports
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Ep. 15: Chris Burkard
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Ep. 14: Lenya Rún - Pirate Party Politician
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Ep. 13: Death at Reynisfjara
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Ep. 12: Planned Mass Deportations
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May 30, 2022 |
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Ep. 11: Quakes, Monkeypox And Asylum Seekers
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May 24, 2022 |
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Ep. 10: Rental Market In Crisis
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May 17, 2022 |
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Ep. 9: Vote for Cats!
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May 10, 2022 |
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Ep. 8: Horse Head Curses & Russian Blacklists
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May 03, 2022 |
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Ep. 7: Dagur B. Eggertsson - Mayor Of Reykjavík
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Ep. 6: The Ongoing Saga of Íslandsbanki
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Ep. 5. Kyana Sue Powers
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Ep. 4: Decriminalising Drugs & Free Kindergartens
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Ep. 3: Election Season Starts
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Ep. 2: A Ukrainian Abroad: Interview With Iryna Zubenko
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Ep. 1: The Icelandic Response To Ukraine
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Mar 08, 2022 |