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Unravel the histories of our world, nation by nation, episode by episode. Producer and host: Klara Eriksson

Location:

Sweden

Description:

Unravel the histories of our world, nation by nation, episode by episode. Producer and host: Klara Eriksson

Language:

English


Episodes
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Season 1: An Epilogue

3/9/2020
In this short epilogue to Season 1, Klara reflects over the process of making a podcast from start to finish, and the feelings of letting a big project go.

Duration:00:14:33

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Episode 5: Britain - Who?

3/2/2020
English? British? From the UK? What are labels, why are they important, and who gets to use them? In this episode, we look closer at the names and words of a really complicated archipelago.

Duration:00:43:32

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Episode 4: India - the Mother

2/24/2020
How are narratives communicated to us? What do we actually feel pride towards? In this episode, we look at what symbols and devices propel national pride, specifically in India.

Duration:00:35:50

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Episode 3: Sweden - the Hero

2/17/2020
If a national narrative is imagined and constructed, then someone must have created it? In this episode, we look at some of the guys who were at the center of it all, as well as asks where on earth this whole Viking thing came from.

Duration:00:46:05

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BONUS: Entitlement

2/10/2020
In this bonus episode, Klara explores her uncomfortable feelings of overstepping boundaries of what is okay and not, and the complicated process of defining who is entitled to something.

Duration:00:17:35

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Episode 2: The United States of America - America the Coherent

2/3/2020
Morale, success, and triumph. This is the story of pulled-up-by-the-bootstraps America, a nation with many formally distinct subsets. So why does everyone tell the same narrative?

Duration:00:42:28

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Season 1: An Introduction

1/27/2020
Throughout human history, stories have always been a thing that ties us together, helps us work together. In this episode, Klara explains her personal connection to stories as well as the history and psychology behind their importance in society.

Duration:00:11:33

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Episode 1: Argentina

3/22/2019
Meet Sofia! Together we tell a story of indigenous, Spanish, populist and now frustrated Argentina.

Duration:00:34:02