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In the final episode of our Danish humour series, Vigdis unpacks the linguistic and cultural layers that make Danish jokes so hard to translate—literally and socially. From modal adverbs and flat intonation to national in-jokes and shared socialisation, we explore why understandi ... Show More

In Part Two of our series on Danish humour, Vigdis takes a closer look at how Danes use humour across different settings—especially at work—where jokes often ignore hierarchy and formality. You'll learn how self-irony plays a key role in everyday interactions, how humour is used ... Show More

Why do Danes joke in such a dry, ironic, and often dark way—and why does it leave so many internationals confused? In this three-part mini-series, Vigdis dives deep into the world of Danish humour, exploring how Danes use irony, sarcasm, and self-deprecation to build trust, chall ... Show More

When Julie and her two sisters were little, their mother bought them a toy piano to share. Julie took to it with passion and became a gifted pianist. Now, her legacy lives on through the piano scholarship Ruth Garciacelay set up, in her daughter’s name, in northern California.  S ... Show More

With Love Island taking over our screens again, the sisters decided its only right for this weeks episode to talk about their experience of Anna going Love Island Season 5 in 2019 and how it transformed their lives overnight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform ... Show More

Walaa Mouma returns to the podcast after 4 years to give us an update about her academic studies and personal story, including getting married and moving to Wales, details of her PhD doctorate, as well as her other studies and volunteer work helping to teach English to refugees a ... Show More

There are many reasons a family might choose to move abroad. In the case of Americans, that reason is generally motivated by a desire for adventure, change, new scenery, unfamiliar culture, a slower pace of living, or just plain fun. But not always. Today we sit down with friend ... Show More

For today's episode, the greatest friend I've ever had, Sarah is back!She is the captivating host of the mind-bending podcast "The Native Informant".You can find her on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/sarahalagroobi/?hl=enAnd you can also watch snippets of her podcast h ... Show More

It’s the holidays so we decided to go down memory lane to one of the first episodes we recorded introducing ourselves to our audience. We recorded this one before we decided on a name for our podcast - it’s so funny to play this one back. Ashley only had 3 kids and Melanie was a ... Show More

For today's episode, the greatest friend I've ever had, Sarah is back!She is the captivating host of the mind-bending podcast "The Native Informant".You can find her on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/sarahalagroobi/?hl=enAnd you can also watch snippets of her podcast h ... Show More

For today's episode, the greatest friend I've ever had, Sarah is back!She is the captivating host of the mind-bending podcast "The Native Informant".You can find her on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/sarahalagroobi/?hl=enAnd you can also watch snippets of her podcast h ... Show More

We've got a brand new show joining the JamPot family and we wanted to share a little taste with you! This is Mad, Sad & Bad with Paloma Faith... If you like the sound of it and want to hear the rest of the episode and MORE, go follow us wherever you find your podcasts - there are ... Show More

We regret to inform you that today marks the final episode of our fifth season. So, we thought we’d do a little call back to season one. This week, Sidney and Terry answer some of your questions. Like – why did we start this podcast? What’s our connection to each other outside th ... Show More