Send us a text Deportations, obesity, and dinner party decline. This week, Dom and Fionn, internationals living in Denmark, explore how Denmark debates who belongs, and how we live together. From the Danish People’s Party’s proposal to deport up to 100,000 internationals, to a warning that obesity may surge across municipalities, and a new study showing social life is moving out of the home, these stories reveal deeper questions about inclusion, inequality, and connection in Danish society.&n...
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Send us a text Deportations, obesity, and dinner party decline. This week, Dom and Fionn, internationals living in Denmark, explore how Denmark debates who belongs, and how we live together. From the Danish People’s Party’s proposal to deport up to 100,000 internationals, to a warning that obesity may surge across municipalities, and a new study showing social life is moving out of the home, these stories reveal deeper questions about inclusion, inequality, and connection in Danish society.&n...
International Booker Spotlight: Solvej Balle and the Power of Translated Fiction: LWID S3E26 (replay)
Last Week in Denmark
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4 months ago
International Booker Spotlight: Solvej Balle and the Power of Translated Fiction: LWID S3E26 (replay)
Send us a text Groundhog Day meets Samuel Beckett—cohosts Fionn and Kalpita celebrate this mind-bending Danish novel while we're on summer break. Solvej Balle’s On the Calculation of Volume follows Tara Selter, a woman trapped in a time loop, in a story has been shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. Already awarded in Scandinavia and translated by Barbara Haveland, the novel is gaining global attention as part of a planned multi-volume series. Listen to the full episode to hear why ...
Last Week in Denmark
Send us a text Deportations, obesity, and dinner party decline. This week, Dom and Fionn, internationals living in Denmark, explore how Denmark debates who belongs, and how we live together. From the Danish People’s Party’s proposal to deport up to 100,000 internationals, to a warning that obesity may surge across municipalities, and a new study showing social life is moving out of the home, these stories reveal deeper questions about inclusion, inequality, and connection in Danish society.&n...
