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Jun 2024
1h 11m

Greatest Hits: The Nordic Theory Of Ever...

Jason Moore
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What do you love about your home country? What do you think could be better? After moving to America in 2008, Anu began to notice how much more complicated and stressful things seemed to be in the States compared to her home country of Finland. Anu Partanen is a Finnish journalist and author of The Nordic Theory of Everything—In Search of a Better Life. The ... Show More
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