Stockholm is a State of Minds
Stockholm is a State of Minds - The only podcast you need to become Swed... ishEach year brilliant minds from all over the world move to Stockholm – for work at universities, companies, and other organisations, for university studies, as accompanying partner, for love, or for refuge. Brilliant minds, who want to settle down, find a job, get to know the culture and understand society. This podcast is for you.Join hosts Maria and Philip for casual conversations exploring key topics commonly discussed over coffee breaks and meals as well as pivotal events that have shaped Swedish society for generations – helping peel back cultural layers and fast track the transition to your new home. And they will bring along guests – interesting people offering their own insights from deep knowledge in different fields.Behind the podcast is Stockholm Dual Career Network (SDCN), a non-profit network for partners and spouses of international talent in Stockholm. SDCN supports expat partners with professional events, career-related advice and by building a social network in their new hometown. Stockholm Dual Career Network is founded and run by Stockholms Akademiska Forum, a collaboration between all 18 higher education institutions in Stockholm along with the City of Stockholm.Reach out on Instagram @stockholmdualcareernetwork or LinkedIn @Stockholm Dual Career Network (SDCN) and ask your own questions. In a following episode we might even bring an expert who can tell us all about it! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Latest episodes
Apr 4, 2023 • 42min
Swedish Food and Gastronomy
Meet Karsten Thurfjell, a cultural journalist well-known from Swedish Radio, as he visits the podcast and talks to Elisabeth and Julia about Swedish food. As the Secretary of the Swedish Academy of Gastronomy, he knows all about Swedish food production, Swedish tastes and traditional Swedish food. Listen to this conversation about everything from mushrooms and tacos to salted liquorice and wine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 21, 2023 • 33min
Swedish Inventions and Technology
In this episode, Elisabeth and Julia invite Anders Houltz, Research Director at the Centre for Business History, to tell them about Swedish innovations and business history. He describes how creativity, combined with international contacts and politics, make up key parts of the formula which has made Sweden known as an innovative country. Julia gets especially inspired by the entrepreneurial spirit of “Let’s invent it!” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 7, 2023 • 42min
Swedish Nature: From Ice Age to Midsummer Flowers
Listen to Sara Cousins, professor of physical geography at Stockholm University, as she visits Julia and Elisabeth and explains everything you need to know about Swedish nature. She talks about ‘allemansrätten’ and how Swedes are rather close to their agricultural heritage. She also surprises Julia by describing how the ice age still affects Sweden through landmasses appearing. And they talk about potatoes, potatoes and potatoes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 21, 2023 • 37min
Broad Horizons at Stockholm School of Economics
In this episode Lars Strannegård, President of the Stockholm School of Economics visits the podcast. He describes how he likes to marinate his students in culture and expose them to itching powder. He also shares how to best prepare for the future by being free and alive in relation to the unknown. And he talks with Elisabeth and Julia about the filmmaker Ruben Östlund, former UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld and Djurgården in Stockholm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 7, 2023 • 28min
Swedish Fashion and Courage
In this episode Karina Ericsson Wärn, CEO and Vice-Chancellor at Beckmans College of Design visits Elisabeth and Julia. She explains how basic and practical clothing became the Nordic fashion DNA. She also shares how pinned up fashion images from magazines on her childhood bedroom’s walls led her to where she is today. And she makes the case for the right to dress and express yourself just the way you want! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 24, 2023 • 42min
Stockholm Syndrome and Nordic Noir
In this episode Elisabeth and Julia meet Christoffer Carlsson, a criminologist at Stockholm University and Nordic noir novelist. He tells the story about what happened in Stockholm in August 1973 - the bank robbery and hostage situation we now know as the “Stockholm Syndrome”. He also reveals his love of the smell of gasoline, the need for closure, and what it was like to grow up in a small village on the west coast of Sweden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 17, 2023 • 26min
Intro: The Guru and the Opera Singer
In this intro episode we get to know Elisabeth and Julia, “The guru and the opera singer”. They talk about salted black licorice and super powers. They also dive into what this podcast is all about: career, community and culture in Stockholm, Sweden. And how they will help pop the bubbles surrounding the mysteries of life in Stockholm, one by one. Let’s go! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
