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The Faroe Islands Podcast

The Faroe Islands Podcast explores the news, culture, and politics of the Faroe Islands... and it's in English so you can understand it.

Dec 20, 2018

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...


Nov 19, 2018

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...


Nov 2, 2018

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...


Sep 26, 2018

This week, we talk to Siri Rannvá Hjelm Jacobsen about her novel set in the Faroe Islands. Much of the book is drawn from her own experience of growing up in Denmark but being half-Faroese. Then we'll check out the newest traffic light in the Faroes and contemplate a day when you won't be able to count all the...


Jul 10, 2018

This special live edition of the podcast includes a retelling of the origin story of the show with Matthew Workman, Elin Brimheim Heinesen, and Tollak Hansen. Also, a special musical performance by Guðrið...