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Bára Halldórsdóttir sat down with All Things Iceland to share about the Klaustur scandal and why it was important for her to blow the whistle.

Inside the Disturbing Klaustur Scandal that Shocked Iceland

December 2, 2020 Jewells Chambers All Things Iceland Episodes, Culture, History, Interviews 1:50:03 2 Comments

Back in December of 2018, Bára Halldórsdóttir outed herself as the whistleblower of the Klaustur Bar Scandal. During this podcast episode, I sit down with Bára to talk about how the scandal unfolded and how it has affected her life. This scandal involved politicians saying horrible things while drinking together in Klaustur bar. Bára happened…

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Win an Icelandic sweater through the All Things Iceland podcast

Win a Handmade Icelandic Sweater & Hear a Big Announcement!

November 19, 2020 Jewells Chambers All Things Iceland Episodes 6:40 0 Comments

This might be a short episode but it is very special because I have two big announcements! As you can tell from the title of the episode, one of the announcements is that I’m giving away a handmade Icelandic sweater. The other is that Gunnar, my husband, and I have partnered up with the Reykjavík…

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Gunnar Freyr, known as Icelandic Explorer, shares his journey from a stressful office job to exploring Iceland full time on the All Things Iceland podcast

Gunnar’s Spectacular Journey From A Stressful Job to Exploring Iceland

November 15, 2020 Jewells Chambers All Things Iceland Episodes, Iceland, Interviews 1:16:04 2 Comments

Gunnar Freyr, a talented Icelandic photographer and videographer, makes a living traveling around Iceland, and sometimes Greenland. On Instagram he is known as Icelandic_explorer and has over 360,000 followers. His images and videos capture the Icelandic landscape in such a mesmerizing way. During the chat, Gunnar Freyr shares how he left a very stressful office…

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Nichole Leigh Mosty's journey from cleaning floors to serving in Icelandic Parliament - All Things Iceland podcast interview

Nichole’s Journey From Cleaning Floors to Being in Icelandic Parliament

October 29, 2020 Jewells Chambers All Things Iceland Episodes, Interviews 1:20:40 1 Comment

Nichole Leigh Mosty is an American that moved to Iceland in 1999. During our chat, we talk about the challenges she faced when she first moved and her experience being the first woman of foreign origin to be the speaker in Icelandic Parliament. Nichole shares a lot of insights and definitely does not hold back…

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Elisa Hanssen interveiw on the All Things Iceland podcast

Elisa’s Big Move from the Netherlands to Iceland & Living on a Horse Farm

October 25, 2020 Jewells Chambers All Things Iceland Episodes, Interviews 00:51:24 0 Comments

Elisa is originally from the Netherlands. After falling in love with Iceland during a vacation many years ago, she decided to quit her career in media in her home country and move to the land of fire and ice. Elisa initially planned to stay for a few months. During that time she intended to travel…

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Halla Ólafsdóttir, a young Icelander, interview for the All Things Iceland podcast

What’s Driving Young Icelanders to Move to the Countryside?

October 6, 2020 Jewells Chambers All Things Iceland Episodes, Culture, Interviews 01:03:18 1 Comment

Halla Ólafsdóttir, a young Icelander, shares with me why she feels that people in her generation are moving away from the Reykjavík area in favor of the countryside. Halla has a BA degree in Icelandic language and creative writing at the University of Iceland. At the Free University of Berlin, she received an MA in…

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Mugison – Icelandic Musician on His Unusual Childhood, Success & the Evolution of his Music

September 16, 2020 Jewells Chambers All Things Iceland Episodes, Culture, Interviews 1:13:11 0 Comments

This week, I share the fun chat I had with Mugison, a talented Icelandic artist that has been making waves on a local and global scale. We talked about the time he spent living in Africa as a child, musicians that inspire him, the impact of Icelandic nature on his music, his epic music festival…

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Tyler Wacker cycling across America and to the Westfjords to Iceland - All Things Iceland podcast

Tyler Wacker’s Epic 8-Month Cycling Journey from California to Iceland

September 6, 2020 Jewells Chambers Adventure, All Things Iceland Episodes, Interviews 59:06 0 Comments

Tyler Wacker embarked on an incredible cycling journey from California to Ísafjörður in the Westfjords.  For those of you who don’t follow me on Instagram, I am currently in Ísafjörður taking Icelandic courses. Coincidentally, Tyler is at the same school, even though he is studying something completely different than me. After working in the transportation…

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Interview with Satu Rämö about living in Iceland - All Things Iceland podcast

Satu Rämö on the Fascinating Differences Between Finland and Iceland

August 29, 2020 Jewells Chambers All Things Iceland Episodes 1:00:44 2 Comments

Satu Rämö was born and raised in Finland, but has been living in Iceland for almost 20 years. She shares a lot about her life in Iceland with Finnish people and she has a huge following in Finland. I think it is safe to say that she is the official Finn in Iceland, as well…

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LK Bertram interview about Icelanders that emigrated to Canada in the 1800s - All Things Iceland

LK Bertram on the Life of Icelanders that Emigrated to Canada in the 1800s

August 23, 2020 Jewells Chambers All Things Iceland Episodes, Culture, Interviews 00:59:10 0 Comments

During this week’s episode, I spoke with LK Bertram about the very large emigration of Icelanders to Canada in the 1800s.  LK Bertram is the author of The Viking Immigrants: Icelandic North Americans, and is an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Toronto. Born and raised in Winnipeg, she also…

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