From all of us, to all of you...
A Very Merry Christmas!

Welcome to the very last show of 2006. Today we talk a little bit about how christmas is celebrated in Sweden. I can't tell of every single tradition of course, but we get past quite a few of them.

I also get some surprise greetings!

I wish you all a Merry Christmas (or whatever holiday you are celebrating this time of year) and a Happy New Year, and hope to talk to you soon again, at the start of 2007.


Music on the show:
Beatrice Ericsson, Christmas without you
Jay Goeppner, A soldiers Christmas
Podsafe for peace, If every day were Christmas


Links:
A traditional Swedish "Julbord", from Wikipedia (in english)
Keith and the Girl
Sunday go to meetin'
 
 

Space Balls!
I can't help it but get carried away by the ongoing space trip. Up there somewhere in the orbit of earth, there is a little space station called ISS, and it is pretty small you know if you compare it to our planet. And on that ship there is an even smaller dude, from Bromma outside of Stockholm called Christer Fuglesang, looking down on us all, every time he peaks out of a window or takes a walk (aka EVA). It's amazing!

I can't help thinking of the lyrics to the David Bowie song Space Oddity from back in 1969:


So it's a lot of talk about space travel today, but we get into other things too.

Snapshot of Sweden:
We visit the city of Uppsala and take a tour of the big Cathedral. For more information, try looking it up on www.visitsweden.com.

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Mentioned on the show:
Joe's Podcast
Chowder Radio (Incl. a fantastic promo...)
NASA
The Podcast Junkie

Music on todays show:
Juka Soma, Richest man alive
NewLeaf, Moments

and as always...
The Core, Mobius Triplet (during the intro-talk)
Steven Kreinberg, J.S.Bach: Fugue in c-minor (partial)
Simpatico, Resolve (during the feedback)


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5...4...3...2...1...Lift off!
Today is a great day in Swedish history, but I'll get back to why during the show, cause things happened as the show progressed and that gave it an interesting twist.

I also talk a bit about the show itself today and I hope you like the new sound!

Snapshot of Sweden:
We visit the city of roses on Gotland - the town of Visby. The best preserved medevil town in Scandinavia. For more information, try looking it up on www.visitsweden.com or check out www.gotland.info

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Mentioned on the show:
Chowder Radio
NASA

Music on todays show:
Trucker Cleavage, Single Mother

and as always...
The Core, Mobius Triplet (during the intro-talk)
Steven Kreinberg, J.S.Bach: Fugue in c-minor (partial)
Simpatico, Resolve (during the feedback)

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Congratulations...ME!
Today it's my name day, and I celebrate this by uh...doing a show?! Well, never the less it still is, and the way we swedes celebrate this is very different and varies from family to family. I'll tell you a bit about all that today.
And the winter that I thought was on it's way, suddenly died out and disappeared. Odd!

Snapshot of Sweden:
We visit the mining town of Falun in the middle part of sweden (which is pretty much north if you ask most of us) and check out the old Falu Copper Mine which has been a source of national income for more than 1.000 years! Now, that's what I call history!

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Mentioned on the show:
Ron Mael, Sparks
Joe's Podcast
Christophe Goze
Podsafe Music Network
Hot Tamales

Music on todays show:
Beatrice Ericsson, Don't you make me cry
The Coffinshakers, Halloween

and as always...
The Core, Mobius Triplet (during the intro-talk)
Steven Kreinberg, J.S.Bach: Fugue in c-minor (partial)
Simpatico, Resolve (during the feedback)

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Please, take some time and write a review of the Polarbear Podcast in iTunes Store. Send me an email about it when you're done and you can become the lucky owner of a mini badge from the show. 10 lucky review writers will be awarded!!!