60 acast.com Latitude 59 https://www.youtube.com/@latitude59p en JFR sweden, english, español, spain, stoicism, expat, nordic, philosophy, history, immigration, swedish culture, personal growth, seneca, stockholm, carl sagan JFR Philosophy, Nordic life, and the art of living between worlds. I've been living in Sweden for years and at some point stopped being sure exactly where I'm from. That stopped being a problem a while ago.


This podcast is about what it means to adopt a country and let it slowly adopt you back. Stoic philosophy applied to real life. Swedish history and culture. The things that make me stop and think.


No self-help scripts, no easy answers, no AI (well, a little, just to fix the grammar). Honest reflections from somewhere between the Mediterranean and the Arctic.

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]]> I've been living in Sweden for years and at some point stopped being sure exactly where I'm from. That stopped being a problem a while ago.


This podcast is about what it means to adopt a country and let it slowly adopt you back. Stoic philosophy applied to real life. Swedish history and culture. The things that make me stop and think.


No self-help scripts, no easy answers, no AI (well, a little, just to fix the grammar). Honest reflections from somewhere between the Mediterranean and the Arctic.

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]]> false JFR latitude59p@icloud.com 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 spanswede episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1/1783032635576-da83e0cd-5295-493c-be56-4bb6ad998c28.jpeg https://www.youtube.com/@latitude59p Latitude 59 Midsommar: When Sweden Celebrates the Light Midsommar: When Sweden Celebrates the Light Sun, 21 Jun 2026 17:00:00 GMT 9:08 6a36c6d94a187774ac77bc36 false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/midsommar 6a36c6d94a187774ac77bc36 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 midsommar full 1 29 Every year, on the first Friday between June 19 and 25, Sweden stops. People leave the cities, head to the countryside, decorate a flower-covered pole, crouch down in public parks singing songs about tailless frogs, and stay outside until the sun finally gives up and sets — sometime around eleven at night. This is Midsommar. I've lived through eleven of them. This year we celebrated at Skansen, the world's oldest open-air museum, in the heart of Stockholm. In this episode I talk about where the tradition comes from, what it looks like from the outside, and why — after more than a decade — I finally understand why Swedes celebrate summer the way they do.


#Midsommar #Sweden #Stockholm #Skansen #SwedishCulture #Summer #Pagan #ExpatLife #NordicLife #SpanSwede

Stoic philosophy, life in Sweden, culture, history, and everything worth thinking about. YouTube: youtube.com/@latitude59p Free bilingual transcripts + support: ko-fi.com/latitude59 If this added something to your day, a rating helps more than you'd think. Thanks for listening.

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]]> Every year, on the first Friday between June 19 and 25, Sweden stops. People leave the cities, head to the countryside, decorate a flower-covered pole, crouch down in public parks singing songs about tailless frogs, and stay outside until the sun finally gives up and sets — sometime around eleven at night. This is Midsommar. I've lived through eleven of them. This year we celebrated at Skansen, the world's oldest open-air museum, in the heart of Stockholm. In this episode I talk about where the tradition comes from, what it looks like from the outside, and why — after more than a decade — I finally understand why Swedes celebrate summer the way they do.


#Midsommar #Sweden #Stockholm #Skansen #SwedishCulture #Summer #Pagan #ExpatLife #NordicLife #SpanSwede

Stoic philosophy, life in Sweden, culture, history, and everything worth thinking about. YouTube: youtube.com/@latitude59p Free bilingual transcripts + support: ko-fi.com/latitude59 If this added something to your day, a rating helps more than you'd think. Thanks for listening.

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]]> The Fakir: The Book That Taught Me to Walk the Wire of Life The Fakir: The Book That Taught Me to Walk the Wire of Life Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:00:00 GMT 10:56 6a2ea8ad6cf76d7745ebec09 false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/the-fakir 6a2ea8ad6cf76d7745ebec09 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 the-fakir The first book that ever moved me — and why it arrived at exactly the right time. full 1 28 Some books find you when you're ready. This one found me during one of the hardest stretches of my life. The Fakir is a novel based on the life of yoga master Ramiro Calle — a man I had the chance to meet in Madrid. It's not a self-help book. It's a story about a tightrope walker, an ancient tradition, and a four-word instruction a father left his son: "Attain yourself." In this episode, I talk about why that hit differently — and what it still means to me.


#TheFakir #RamiroCalle #Yoga #InnerLife #Philosophy #Stoicism #PersonalGrowth #SpanSwede #Wisdom #Consciousness

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]]> Some books find you when you're ready. This one found me during one of the hardest stretches of my life. The Fakir is a novel based on the life of yoga master Ramiro Calle — a man I had the chance to meet in Madrid. It's not a self-help book. It's a story about a tightrope walker, an ancient tradition, and a four-word instruction a father left his son: "Attain yourself." In this episode, I talk about why that hit differently — and what it still means to me.


#TheFakir #RamiroCalle #Yoga #InnerLife #Philosophy #Stoicism #PersonalGrowth #SpanSwede #Wisdom #Consciousness

Stoic philosophy, life in Sweden, culture, history, and everything worth thinking about. YouTube: youtube.com/@latitude59p Free bilingual transcripts + support: ko-fi.com/latitude59 If this added something to your day, a rating helps more than you'd think. Thanks for listening.

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]]> Slavery in Sweden: the past nobody talks about Slavery in Sweden: the past nobody talks about Sun, 07 Jun 2026 17:00:00 GMT 9:43 6a23d1a0250fa4918bf225c3 false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/slavery-in-sweden-the-past-nobody-talks-about 6a23d1a0250fa4918bf225c3 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 slavery-in-sweden-the-past-nobody-talks-about Abolished it at home in 1335. Ran a slave colony until 1845. full 1 27 Sweden is famous for human rights, equality, and social progress. What's less known: for nearly 200 years, the Swedish crown financed slave expeditions, built a fort on the West African coast, administered a Caribbean colony with its own slavery code, and when it finally abolished the institution, compensated the slaveholders — not the enslaved. This isn't about guilt. It's about knowing the full story of the country you live in.


#Sweden #History #Slavery #Colonialism #SaintBarthélemy #NordicHistory #Reflection #SpanSwede #HumanRights #TheFullStory

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]]> Sweden is famous for human rights, equality, and social progress. What's less known: for nearly 200 years, the Swedish crown financed slave expeditions, built a fort on the West African coast, administered a Caribbean colony with its own slavery code, and when it finally abolished the institution, compensated the slaveholders — not the enslaved. This isn't about guilt. It's about knowing the full story of the country you live in.


#Sweden #History #Slavery #Colonialism #SaintBarthélemy #NordicHistory #Reflection #SpanSwede #HumanRights #TheFullStory

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]]> 10 Things Sweden Changed in Me 10 Things Sweden Changed in Me Sun, 24 May 2026 18:57:05 GMT 9:09 6a134a014c45d20ee229bee5 false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/10-things-sweden-changed-in-me 6a134a014c45d20ee229bee5 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 10-things-sweden-changed-in-me Fika, silence, and driving like an old man — without ever deciding to. full 1 26 I didn't choose most of these changes. They just arrived — quietly, over a decade of living somewhere that isn't your own country. I eat dinner at six. I plan everything. I get anxious in loud places. I have Swedish words my brain refuses to translate. In this episode, ten things Sweden did to me without asking permission — and what that says about what it actually means to adopt a country, not just live in it.


#Sweden #Expat #Immigration #LifeInSweden #SwedishCulture #PersonalGrowth #Habits #SpanSwede #Reflection #NordicLife

Stoic philosophy, life in Sweden, culture, history, and everything worth thinking about. YouTube: youtube.com/@latitude59p Free bilingual transcripts + support: ko-fi.com/latitude59 If this added something to your day, a rating helps more than you'd think. Thanks for listening.

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]]> I didn't choose most of these changes. They just arrived — quietly, over a decade of living somewhere that isn't your own country. I eat dinner at six. I plan everything. I get anxious in loud places. I have Swedish words my brain refuses to translate. In this episode, ten things Sweden did to me without asking permission — and what that says about what it actually means to adopt a country, not just live in it.


#Sweden #Expat #Immigration #LifeInSweden #SwedishCulture #PersonalGrowth #Habits #SpanSwede #Reflection #NordicLife

Stoic philosophy, life in Sweden, culture, history, and everything worth thinking about. YouTube: youtube.com/@latitude59p Free bilingual transcripts + support: ko-fi.com/latitude59 If this added something to your day, a rating helps more than you'd think. Thanks for listening.

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]]> Valborg: The Fire That Renews Everything Valborg: The Fire That Renews Everything Sun, 03 May 2026 17:00:00 GMT 4:51 69f4b81b8466468ab04af1b5 false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/valborg-the-fire-that-renews-everything 69f4b81b8466468ab04af1b5 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 valborg-the-fire-that-renews-everything Eight months of darkness — then, one night, everything burns. full 1 25 Every year on April 30th, Sweden lights massive bonfires. It's called Valborg. It started as a pagan ritual to mark the end of winter, later blended with the feast of Saint Walburga, and somehow survived centuries intact. In this episode, I reflect on what it feels like to watch that fire after eight months of cold and darkness — and why humans still need rituals that mark endings. Because without marking the end of something, it's hard to feel like anything new has truly begun.


#Valborg #Sweden #SwedishCulture #Traditions #Spring #Expat #Pagan #Renewal #SpanSwede #NordicLife

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]]> Every year on April 30th, Sweden lights massive bonfires. It's called Valborg. It started as a pagan ritual to mark the end of winter, later blended with the feast of Saint Walburga, and somehow survived centuries intact. In this episode, I reflect on what it feels like to watch that fire after eight months of cold and darkness — and why humans still need rituals that mark endings. Because without marking the end of something, it's hard to feel like anything new has truly begun.


#Valborg #Sweden #SwedishCulture #Traditions #Spring #Expat #Pagan #Renewal #SpanSwede #NordicLife

Stoic philosophy, life in Sweden, culture, history, and everything worth thinking about. YouTube: youtube.com/@latitude59p Free bilingual transcripts + support: ko-fi.com/latitude59 If this added something to your day, a rating helps more than you'd think. Thanks for listening.

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]]> Modern Work: Between Detachment and Dehumanization Modern Work: Between Detachment and Dehumanization Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:00:00 GMT 7:07 69ecd6cb17df632b85948beb false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/modern-work-between-detachment-and-dehumanization 69ecd6cb17df632b85948beb 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 modern-work-between-detachment-and-dehumanization Why companies treat people like spreadsheet rows — and why we let them. full 1 24 Something broke in the world of work after 2020. Companies got leaner, colder, and more ruthless. Employees got tired, detached, and quietly stopped believing. In this episode, I explore that silent tension: mass layoffs from profitable companies, the collapse of loyalty between employer and employee, and the deeper trap of building your identity around a job that can drop you overnight. Heraclitus saw it coming. Best regards, and until next time.


#ModernWork #WorkCulture #Burnout #GreatDetachment #Stoicism #Society #Pandemic #WorkLifeBalance #CriticalThinking #SpanSwede

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]]> Something broke in the world of work after 2020. Companies got leaner, colder, and more ruthless. Employees got tired, detached, and quietly stopped believing. In this episode, I explore that silent tension: mass layoffs from profitable companies, the collapse of loyalty between employer and employee, and the deeper trap of building your identity around a job that can drop you overnight. Heraclitus saw it coming. Best regards, and until next time.


#ModernWork #WorkCulture #Burnout #GreatDetachment #Stoicism #Society #Pandemic #WorkLifeBalance #CriticalThinking #SpanSwede

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]]> Who Speaks for Earth? Who Speaks for Earth? Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:00:00 GMT 4:38 69e4a62623929c3a2acdc83f false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/who-speaks-for-earth 69e4a62623929c3a2acdc83f 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 who-speaks-for-earth full 1 23 In the final chapter of *Cosmos*, Carl Sagan describes a world where nuclear weapons hold billions hostage, where military secrecy shields decision-makers from accountability, and where no one has been elected to speak on behalf of the human species. He wrote it in the Cold War. It reads like today's headlines. In this episode, we sit with that question — and ask ourselves why, forty years later, we still don't have an answer.


#CarlSagan #Cosmos #NuclearWeapons #Philosophy #CriticalThinking #HumanNature #SpanSwede #WarAndPeace #Existential #Science

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]]> In the final chapter of *Cosmos*, Carl Sagan describes a world where nuclear weapons hold billions hostage, where military secrecy shields decision-makers from accountability, and where no one has been elected to speak on behalf of the human species. He wrote it in the Cold War. It reads like today's headlines. In this episode, we sit with that question — and ask ourselves why, forty years later, we still don't have an answer.


#CarlSagan #Cosmos #NuclearWeapons #Philosophy #CriticalThinking #HumanNature #SpanSwede #WarAndPeace #Existential #Science

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]]> AI Is Just a Tool — The Problem Is How We Use It AI Is Just a Tool — The Problem Is How We Use It Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:00:00 GMT 4:46 69d234153a785fb94bd42110 false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/the-ethical-use-of-artificial-intelligence 69d234153a785fb94bd42110 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 the-ethical-use-of-artificial-intelligence full 1 22 Artificial intelligence is already part of how most of us work, learn, and create. In this episode I reflect on how I use AI to optimize tasks and move faster — and where I've started to worry about what gets lost in the process. What happens to your own voice when a tool can generate it for you? Where is the line between using AI as support and outsourcing your thinking entirely? I also look at the bigger picture: the lack of regulation, the speed of adoption, and why, as with every technology before it, we may be moving faster than we understand the consequences.


#ArtificialIntelligence #AIEthics #Technology #FutureOfWork #AI #DigitalLife #Philosophy #CriticalThinking #Creativity #SpanSwede

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]]> Artificial intelligence is already part of how most of us work, learn, and create. In this episode I reflect on how I use AI to optimize tasks and move faster — and where I've started to worry about what gets lost in the process. What happens to your own voice when a tool can generate it for you? Where is the line between using AI as support and outsourcing your thinking entirely? I also look at the bigger picture: the lack of regulation, the speed of adoption, and why, as with every technology before it, we may be moving faster than we understand the consequences.


#ArtificialIntelligence #AIEthics #Technology #FutureOfWork #AI #DigitalLife #Philosophy #CriticalThinking #Creativity #SpanSwede

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]]> Finding Clarity in the Darkness Finding Clarity in the Darkness Wed, 25 Mar 2026 19:00:00 GMT 4:36 69c42a8aa3dddd45e99327bf false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/finding-clarity-in-the-darkness 69c42a8aa3dddd45e99327bf 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 finding-clarity-in-the-darkness Recorded alone in a forest near Stockholm at midnight. Some things only become clear in the dark. full 1 21 After returning to full-time work, I started noticing how little time we actually have for ourselves — not because time disappears, but because it gets taken, fragmented, and consumed before we can do anything with it. In this episode I reflect on the speed of modern life, the noise of technology, and the growing difficulty of keeping your own mind in order. Recorded alone in a dark forest near Stockholm in the middle of the night. Sometimes the quietest places are the ones where you finally hear yourself think.


#Stoicism #Seneca #Mindfulness #ModernLife #Clarity #Philosophy #Technology #Distraction #SpanSwede

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]]> After returning to full-time work, I started noticing how little time we actually have for ourselves — not because time disappears, but because it gets taken, fragmented, and consumed before we can do anything with it. In this episode I reflect on the speed of modern life, the noise of technology, and the growing difficulty of keeping your own mind in order. Recorded alone in a dark forest near Stockholm in the middle of the night. Sometimes the quietest places are the ones where you finally hear yourself think.


#Stoicism #Seneca #Mindfulness #ModernLife #Clarity #Philosophy #Technology #Distraction #SpanSwede

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]]> How the Norse Imagined the Beginning of Everything How the Norse Imagined the Beginning of Everything Sun, 08 Mar 2026 18:00:00 GMT 5:18 69aac9e5f6d1583bb8c1f907 false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/the-origin-of-the-universe-in-norse-mythology 69aac9e5f6d1583bb8c1f907 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 the-origin-of-the-universe-in-norse-mythology Before the gods, before humans — just fire, ice, and a bottomless void. full 1 20 Before the world existed, Norse mythology places only three things: fire in the south, ice in the north, and between them an infinite abyss called Ginnungagap. From the meeting of those two forces, the first life emerged — a primordial giant, a cosmic cow, and eventually Odin himself. In this episode I tell the Norse creation story from the beginning, drawing on the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda. One of the most striking origin myths ever imagined, and the foundation of everything Viking culture believed about the cosmos.


#NorseMythology #Vikings #NorseHistory #Odin #Scandinavia #NordicCulture #Mythology #AncientHistory #CreationMyth #SpanSwede

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]]> Before the world existed, Norse mythology places only three things: fire in the south, ice in the north, and between them an infinite abyss called Ginnungagap. From the meeting of those two forces, the first life emerged — a primordial giant, a cosmic cow, and eventually Odin himself. In this episode I tell the Norse creation story from the beginning, drawing on the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda. One of the most striking origin myths ever imagined, and the foundation of everything Viking culture believed about the cosmos.


#NorseMythology #Vikings #NorseHistory #Odin #Scandinavia #NordicCulture #Mythology #AncientHistory #CreationMyth #SpanSwede

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]]> <![CDATA[19 Swedish Idioms You'll Actually Hear in Real Life]]> Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:40:14 GMT 7:43 69a54cefccf5ebd4b1a3b919 false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/19-swedish-idioms-youll-hear-all-the-time 69a54cefccf5ebd4b1a3b919 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 19-swedish-idioms-youll-hear-all-the-time full 1 19 Swedish idioms follow a pattern you'll start noticing everywhere: two words, connected by "och" — and — creating a rhythm that's very specific to the language. But if nobody explains them, you'll hear them daily and still have no idea what people mean. In this episode I go through nineteen of the most common Swedish idioms, with their literal meaning, their real meaning, and an example sentence for each. Useful whether you're learning Swedish or just curious about how the language works.


#SwedishLanguage #LearnSwedish #SwedishIdioms #SwedishCulture #LanguageLearning #MovingToSweden #Scandinavia #LivingInSweden #Swedish #SpanSwede

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]]> Swedish idioms follow a pattern you'll start noticing everywhere: two words, connected by "och" — and — creating a rhythm that's very specific to the language. But if nobody explains them, you'll hear them daily and still have no idea what people mean. In this episode I go through nineteen of the most common Swedish idioms, with their literal meaning, their real meaning, and an example sentence for each. Useful whether you're learning Swedish or just curious about how the language works.


#SwedishLanguage #LearnSwedish #SwedishIdioms #SwedishCulture #LanguageLearning #MovingToSweden #Scandinavia #LivingInSweden #Swedish #SpanSwede

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]]> <![CDATA[Sweden and Argentina: More in Common Than You'd Think]]> Sun, 08 Feb 2026 18:00:00 GMT 11:30 6984928914b868743d045831 false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/sweden-and-argentina-two-distant-countries-with-more-in-comm 6984928914b868743d045831 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 sweden-and-argentina-two-distant-countries-with-more-in-comm full 1 18 Two countries that couldn't look more different on paper: one in the frozen north, one stretching toward Patagonia. But dig a little into the history and something surprising emerges — a Swedish architect who shaped Argentina's capital, a poet who found his voice in the Argentine pampa, a 1903 Antarctic rescue that bound both nations together. In this episode I explore the unexpected threads connecting Sweden and Argentina, from immigration waves to human rights, from folk music to the asado. A personal episode for someone who has lived in both.


#Sweden #Argentina #SwedishHistory #ArgentineHistory #ExpatLife #Immigration #Scandinavia #LatinAmerica #History #SpanSwede

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]]> Two countries that couldn't look more different on paper: one in the frozen north, one stretching toward Patagonia. But dig a little into the history and something surprising emerges — a Swedish architect who shaped Argentina's capital, a poet who found his voice in the Argentine pampa, a 1903 Antarctic rescue that bound both nations together. In this episode I explore the unexpected threads connecting Sweden and Argentina, from immigration waves to human rights, from folk music to the asado. A personal episode for someone who has lived in both.


#Sweden #Argentina #SwedishHistory #ArgentineHistory #ExpatLife #Immigration #Scandinavia #LatinAmerica #History #SpanSwede

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]]> 9 Things You Actually Need to Live in Sweden Long Term 9 Things You Actually Need to Live in Sweden Long Term Sun, 11 Jan 2026 18:00:00 GMT 5:49 6963da0f51136f5fcb87cc9e false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/43-9-key-aspects-to-live-in-sweden-english 6963da0f51136f5fcb87cc9e 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 43-9-key-aspects-to-live-in-sweden-english Not a travel guide. A reality check from someone who stayed. full 1 17 If you're thinking about moving to Sweden, this episode is the one I wish someone had played for me before I packed my bags. After more than ten years living here, I can tell you that the biggest challenges are not the cold, the language, or the taxes — they're the ones nobody mentions upfront. In this episode I go through nine things you genuinely need to make life in Sweden work long term. Practical, honest, and occasionally uncomfortable.


#MovingToSweden #LivingInSweden #ExpatLife #SwedenExpat #SwedishLife #ImmigrantLife #Scandinavia #NordicLife #RelocatingAbroad #SpanSwede

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]]> If you're thinking about moving to Sweden, this episode is the one I wish someone had played for me before I packed my bags. After more than ten years living here, I can tell you that the biggest challenges are not the cold, the language, or the taxes — they're the ones nobody mentions upfront. In this episode I go through nine things you genuinely need to make life in Sweden work long term. Practical, honest, and occasionally uncomfortable.


#MovingToSweden #LivingInSweden #ExpatLife #SwedenExpat #SwedishLife #ImmigrantLife #Scandinavia #NordicLife #RelocatingAbroad #SpanSwede

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]]> 11 Premises That Got Me Through the Hardest Year of My Life 11 Premises That Got Me Through the Hardest Year of My Life Sun, 21 Dec 2025 17:02:04 GMT 10:34 6948280cf75671173971a78a false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/42-eleven-premises-of-2025 6948280cf75671173971a78a 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 42-eleven-premises-of-2025 full 1 16 2025 was the hardest year I've had in a long time. I lost people I loved. I lost my job. And somewhere in the middle of all that, I found myself going back to a set of ideas — not mantras, not motivation, but real premises that helped me stay grounded without pretending everything was fine. In this episode I share eleven of them: from Stoic philosophy to Krishnamurti, from the ego to memento mori. Not a self-help list. An honest account of what actually helped when things fell apart.


#PersonalGrowth #Stoicism #Philosophy #MementoMori #Krishnamurti #Resilience #MentalHealth #Mindfulness #ExpatLife #SpanSwede

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]]> 2025 was the hardest year I've had in a long time. I lost people I loved. I lost my job. And somewhere in the middle of all that, I found myself going back to a set of ideas — not mantras, not motivation, but real premises that helped me stay grounded without pretending everything was fine. In this episode I share eleven of them: from Stoic philosophy to Krishnamurti, from the ego to memento mori. Not a self-help list. An honest account of what actually helped when things fell apart.


#PersonalGrowth #Stoicism #Philosophy #MementoMori #Krishnamurti #Resilience #MentalHealth #Mindfulness #ExpatLife #SpanSwede

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]]> Eratosthenes: How One Man Measured the Earth With a Stick Eratosthenes: How One Man Measured the Earth With a Stick Thu, 27 Nov 2025 14:11:11 GMT 4:18 69285c00b357c0f34fecab45 false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/41-eratosthenes-english 69285c00b357c0f34fecab45 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 41-eratosthenes-english No GPS. No satellites. Just a shadow, a walker, and a brilliant mind. full 1 15 In 240 BC, a man in Alexandria read about a well in southern Egypt where the sun hit the bottom at noon on the solstice — meaning the sun was directly overhead. He wondered if the same would happen where he lived. It didn't. And from that single observation, Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth with an error of less than 0.2%. In this episode I tell the story of how he did it — and what it says about curiosity, reason, and why two thousand years later some people still think the Earth is flat.


#Eratosthenes #AncientHistory #Science #CriticalThinking #Alexandria #History #Astronomy #FlatEarth #AncientGreece #SpanSwede

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]]> In 240 BC, a man in Alexandria read about a well in southern Egypt where the sun hit the bottom at noon on the solstice — meaning the sun was directly overhead. He wondered if the same would happen where he lived. It didn't. And from that single observation, Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth with an error of less than 0.2%. In this episode I tell the story of how he did it — and what it says about curiosity, reason, and why two thousand years later some people still think the Earth is flat.


#Eratosthenes #AncientHistory #Science #CriticalThinking #Alexandria #History #Astronomy #FlatEarth #AncientGreece #SpanSwede

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]]> 10 Tips to Get a Job in Sweden (From Someone Who Did It the Hard Way) 10 Tips to Get a Job in Sweden (From Someone Who Did It the Hard Way) Sun, 16 Nov 2025 17:01:00 GMT 5:05 691a014b1029ec1fed8421b6 false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/40-ten-tips-for-finding-work-in-sweden-english 691a014b1029ec1fed8421b6 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 40-ten-tips-for-finding-work-in-sweden-english More than ten years working here. This is what nobody tells you before you start applying. full 1 14 The Swedish job market looks fair and transparent from the outside. It's more complicated than that. In this episode I share ten practical things I've learned after more than a decade working in Sweden — from joining a union on day one to why tailoring your CV matters more than sending a hundred generic ones. No motivational fluff. Just honest, specific advice for anyone thinking about moving to Sweden or already stuck in the application loop.


#WorkInSweden #JobSearchSweden #MovingToSweden #SwedishJobMarket #ExpatLife #CareerAdvice #LivingInSweden #Immigration #JobTips #SpanSwede

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]]> The Swedish job market looks fair and transparent from the outside. It's more complicated than that. In this episode I share ten practical things I've learned after more than a decade working in Sweden — from joining a union on day one to why tailoring your CV matters more than sending a hundred generic ones. No motivational fluff. Just honest, specific advice for anyone thinking about moving to Sweden or already stuck in the application loop.


#WorkInSweden #JobSearchSweden #MovingToSweden #SwedishJobMarket #ExpatLife #CareerAdvice #LivingInSweden #Immigration #JobTips #SpanSwede

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]]> Returning Home: Why the Place You Left No Longer Exists Returning Home: Why the Place You Left No Longer Exists Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:19:32 GMT 9:39 691359ef7728b8766cf503c7 false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/39-returning-home 691359ef7728b8766cf503c7 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 39-returning-home full 1 13 I left Argentina in 2002 during the crisis, thinking I'd return soon. I didn't. And the last time I went back, I felt like a tourist in my own city. In this episode I reflect on what it really means to return home — and why, after years of living abroad, the home you remember is not a place anymore. It's a version of yourself that no longer exists either. A personal episode about displacement, impermanence, and what Marcus Aurelius understood about all of it.


#ExpatLife #ReturningHome #Argentina #LivingAbroad #Identity #Impermanence #Stoicism #MarcusAurelius #ThirdCultureLife #SpanSwede

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]]> I left Argentina in 2002 during the crisis, thinking I'd return soon. I didn't. And the last time I went back, I felt like a tourist in my own city. In this episode I reflect on what it really means to return home — and why, after years of living abroad, the home you remember is not a place anymore. It's a version of yourself that no longer exists either. A personal episode about displacement, impermanence, and what Marcus Aurelius understood about all of it.


#ExpatLife #ReturningHome #Argentina #LivingAbroad #Identity #Impermanence #Stoicism #MarcusAurelius #ThirdCultureLife #SpanSwede

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]]> <![CDATA[What Is Swedish Culture? A Foreigner's View After 11 Years]]> Sun, 09 Nov 2025 18:23:32 GMT 10:23 6910dc24c1ed8717c55b0464 false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/38-what-is-swedish-culture 6910dc24c1ed8717c55b0464 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 38-what-is-swedish-culture Not Vikings, not ABBA, not meatballs. Something quieter and harder to define. full 1 12 Everyone thinks they know what Swedish culture is. The minimalist design, the blonde hair, the welfare state. But after more than eleven years living here, I think it's something else entirely — it's in the silence in elevators, in the manager who makes his own coffee, in the unwritten rule that nobody shows off. In this episode I share what I actually see when I look at Swedish culture from the inside: its values, its contradictions, and what I hope it manages to keep as the world pushes it to change.


#SwedishCulture #Sweden #LivingInSweden #ExpatLife #Scandinavia #NordicCulture #JanteLaw #SwedishValues #CulturalIdentity #SpanSwede

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]]> Everyone thinks they know what Swedish culture is. The minimalist design, the blonde hair, the welfare state. But after more than eleven years living here, I think it's something else entirely — it's in the silence in elevators, in the manager who makes his own coffee, in the unwritten rule that nobody shows off. In this episode I share what I actually see when I look at Swedish culture from the inside: its values, its contradictions, and what I hope it manages to keep as the world pushes it to change.


#SwedishCulture #Sweden #LivingInSweden #ExpatLife #Scandinavia #NordicCulture #JanteLaw #SwedishValues #CulturalIdentity #SpanSwede

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]]> <![CDATA[Seneca's Letter 5: Stop Performing Your Virtue]]> Sun, 02 Nov 2025 18:01:00 GMT 4:20 6907931d3906f8011a525916 false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/37-seneca-letters-to-lucilius-letter-5-on-humility-appearanc 6907931d3906f8011a525916 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 37-seneca-letters-to-lucilius-letter-5-on-humility-appearanc full 1 11 Two thousand years ago, Seneca wrote to his friend Lucilius with a warning that feels more relevant than ever: don't confuse self-improvement with self-promotion. The philosopher who walks around with dirty hair and a messy beard to signal his rejection of materialism is just performing — the opposite of what philosophy is for. In this episode I read and reflect on Seneca's fifth letter, which is really about one thing: the difference between genuinely living your values and putting them on display for others.


#Seneca #Stoicism #Philosophy #StoicPhilosophy #Lucilius #PersonalGrowth #Authenticity #AncientWisdom #MarcusAurelius #SpanSwede

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]]> Two thousand years ago, Seneca wrote to his friend Lucilius with a warning that feels more relevant than ever: don't confuse self-improvement with self-promotion. The philosopher who walks around with dirty hair and a messy beard to signal his rejection of materialism is just performing — the opposite of what philosophy is for. In this episode I read and reflect on Seneca's fifth letter, which is really about one thing: the difference between genuinely living your values and putting them on display for others.


#Seneca #Stoicism #Philosophy #StoicPhilosophy #Lucilius #PersonalGrowth #Authenticity #AncientWisdom #MarcusAurelius #SpanSwede

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]]> 13 Things That Surprised Me When I Moved to Sweden 13 Things That Surprised Me When I Moved to Sweden Sun, 19 Oct 2025 17:00:00 GMT 15:09 68f1533b693416726612364d false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/thirteen-culture-shocks-from-sweden-english 68f1533b693416726612364d 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 thirteen-culture-shocks-from-sweden-english Shoes at the door, dinner at 6pm, cheese in a tube. Nobody warned me. full 1 10 Moving to Sweden from Spain wasn't just a change of address. It was a full recalibration of daily life. In this episode I go through 13 things that genuinely surprised me — from the silence in elevators to saunas followed by frozen lake dips, from darkness that lasts for months to summer nights where the sun never sets. Not a travel guide. An honest account of what it actually feels like to land in a culture that does almost everything differently.


#MovingToSweden #SwedenCulture #ExpatLife #CulturalShock #LivingInSweden #Scandinavia #SwedishLife #ImmigrantLife #NordicCulture#SpanSwede

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]]> Moving to Sweden from Spain wasn't just a change of address. It was a full recalibration of daily life. In this episode I go through 13 things that genuinely surprised me — from the silence in elevators to saunas followed by frozen lake dips, from darkness that lasts for months to summer nights where the sun never sets. Not a travel guide. An honest account of what it actually feels like to land in a culture that does almost everything differently.


#MovingToSweden #SwedenCulture #ExpatLife #CulturalShock #LivingInSweden #Scandinavia #SwedishLife #ImmigrantLife #NordicCulture#SpanSwede

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]]> <![CDATA[Cosmos: We Are Made of Starlight and We've Forgotten It]]> Sun, 12 Oct 2025 17:00:00 GMT 8:20 68ebd60f1a16230b5fc4103f false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/35-cosmos2-english 68ebd60f1a16230b5fc4103f 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 35-cosmos2-english Everything we are came from out there. And we barely stop to think about it. full 1 9 The cosmos is everything that was, is, and will be. And somewhere in that immensity — in a galaxy among hundreds of billions, orbiting a star among hundreds of billions more — there's a small blue planet where matter became alive and started asking questions. In this episode I reflect on the universe, our place in it, and what it means that we exist at all. Inspired by Carl Sagan's Cosmos, but really just a quiet invitation to look up and feel something.


#Cosmos #CarlSagan #Universe #Philosophy #Science #Astronomy #ExistentialThinking #WonderOfLife #HumanNature #SpanSwede

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]]> The cosmos is everything that was, is, and will be. And somewhere in that immensity — in a galaxy among hundreds of billions, orbiting a star among hundreds of billions more — there's a small blue planet where matter became alive and started asking questions. In this episode I reflect on the universe, our place in it, and what it means that we exist at all. Inspired by Carl Sagan's Cosmos, but really just a quiet invitation to look up and feel something.


#Cosmos #CarlSagan #Universe #Philosophy #Science #Astronomy #ExistentialThinking #WonderOfLife #HumanNature #SpanSwede

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]]> Japan and Me: The Obsession That Started With a Game Boy Japan and Me: The Obsession That Started With a Game Boy Sat, 04 Oct 2025 17:02:00 GMT 8:31 68e004c01300c48ae10ff436 false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/34-the-day-japan-conquered-me 68e004c01300c48ae10ff436 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 34-the-day-japan-conquered-me A nine-year-old in Argentina holds a Game Boy for the first time. Nothing is the same after that. full 1 8 It started with anime on Argentine TV, then a classmate's Game Boy smuggled in from Japan before it even launched in America, then a little black book about a country that felt like another planet. In this episode I trace my lifelong obsession with Japan — from a Buenos Aires playground in 1989 to what I now know about the gap between Japan's image and its reality. A personal story about childhood wonder, cultural fascination, and the dreams we carry from when we were nine years old.


#Japan #JapaneseCulture #Anime #GameBoy #Nintendo #ArgentinaJapan #Expat #Childhood #CulturalFascination #SpanSwede

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]]> It started with anime on Argentine TV, then a classmate's Game Boy smuggled in from Japan before it even launched in America, then a little black book about a country that felt like another planet. In this episode I trace my lifelong obsession with Japan — from a Buenos Aires playground in 1989 to what I now know about the gap between Japan's image and its reality. A personal story about childhood wonder, cultural fascination, and the dreams we carry from when we were nine years old.


#Japan #JapaneseCulture #Anime #GameBoy #Nintendo #ArgentinaJapan #Expat #Childhood #CulturalFascination #SpanSwede

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]]> <![CDATA[Título Sweden's Biggest Myths — Debunked by Someone Who Actually Lives Here]]> Sun, 28 Sep 2025 17:00:00 GMT 7:27 68d9644dacc34956e6305f17 false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/33-myths-about-sweden-english-only 68d9644dacc34956e6305f17 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 33-myths-about-sweden-english-only full 1 7 Everyone has an opinion about Sweden. The suicides, the cold people, the perfect equality, the endless winter. Most of it is wrong — or at least far more complicated than the cliché. In this episode I go through the most repeated myths about Sweden, one by one, from the inside. Not as a tourist, not as a journalist, but as someone who's been living here long enough to know the difference between the postcard and the reality.


#Sweden #SwedishCulture #ExpatLife #MovingToSweden #SwedenMyths #Scandinavia #LivingInSweden #NordicLife #CulturalDifferences#SpanSwede

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]]> Everyone has an opinion about Sweden. The suicides, the cold people, the perfect equality, the endless winter. Most of it is wrong — or at least far more complicated than the cliché. In this episode I go through the most repeated myths about Sweden, one by one, from the inside. Not as a tourist, not as a journalist, but as someone who's been living here long enough to know the difference between the postcard and the reality.


#Sweden #SwedishCulture #ExpatLife #MovingToSweden #SwedenMyths #Scandinavia #LivingInSweden #NordicLife #CulturalDifferences#SpanSwede

Stoic philosophy, life in Sweden, culture, history, and everything worth thinking about. YouTube: youtube.com/@latitude59p Free bilingual transcripts + support: ko-fi.com/latitude59 If this added something to your day, a rating helps more than you'd think. Thanks for listening.

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]]> <![CDATA[Krishnamurti: The War You're Responsible For]]> Sat, 13 Sep 2025 17:00:00 GMT 6:24 68c48b4444d0096b87b3ce20 false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/31-the-indian-philosopher-war 68c48b4444d0096b87b3ce20 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 31-the-indian-philosopher-war We talk about peace. We vote for peace. And then we keep doing exactly what causes war. full 1 6 Jiddu Krishnamurti said something that's hard to hear: war is not something that happens to us. It is us — the outward expression of our inner greed, our hunger for power, our need to belong to something bigger than ourselves. In this episode I explore his ideas on the psychological roots of war and why no leader, government, or army will ever end it. The revolution, if it ever comes, has to start inside. And very few of us are willing to go there.


#Krishnamurti #Philosophy #War #InnerPeace #Psychology #HumanNature #Consciousness #Peace #EasternPhilosophy #SpanSwede

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]]> Jiddu Krishnamurti said something that's hard to hear: war is not something that happens to us. It is us — the outward expression of our inner greed, our hunger for power, our need to belong to something bigger than ourselves. In this episode I explore his ideas on the psychological roots of war and why no leader, government, or army will ever end it. The revolution, if it ever comes, has to start inside. And very few of us are willing to go there.


#Krishnamurti #Philosophy #War #InnerPeace #Psychology #HumanNature #Consciousness #Peace #EasternPhilosophy #SpanSwede

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]]> Richard Vaughan: The Man Who Taught Spain to Speak English Richard Vaughan: The Man Who Taught Spain to Speak English Sun, 07 Sep 2025 17:00:00 GMT 34:26 68bc804a8948724620c6567f false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/30-interview-with-richard-vaughan-english-only 68bc804a8948724620c6567f 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 30-interview-with-richard-vaughan-english-only full 1 5 Richard Vaughan built an empire out of a simple idea: Spanish people can learn English if someone actually commits to teaching them properly. What started as a one-man operation became one of the most recognizable language brands in Spain. In this episode I sit down with him to talk about language, obsession, entrepreneurship, and what it really takes to learn — or teach — anything worth knowing. One of those conversations that goes further than you planned.


#RichardVaughan #VaughanSystems #LearnEnglish #LanguageLearning #Entrepreneurship #EnglishInSpain #Interview #Bilingual#LanguageTeaching #SpanSwede

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]]> Richard Vaughan built an empire out of a simple idea: Spanish people can learn English if someone actually commits to teaching them properly. What started as a one-man operation became one of the most recognizable language brands in Spain. In this episode I sit down with him to talk about language, obsession, entrepreneurship, and what it really takes to learn — or teach — anything worth knowing. One of those conversations that goes further than you planned.


#RichardVaughan #VaughanSystems #LearnEnglish #LanguageLearning #Entrepreneurship #EnglishInSpain #Interview #Bilingual#LanguageTeaching #SpanSwede

Stoic philosophy, life in Sweden, culture, history, and everything worth thinking about. YouTube: youtube.com/@latitude59p Free bilingual transcripts + support: ko-fi.com/latitude59 If this added something to your day, a rating helps more than you'd think. Thanks for listening.

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]]> What Sweden Quietly Took From Me — And I Only Noticed in Spain What Sweden Quietly Took From Me — And I Only Noticed in Spain Mon, 01 Sep 2025 21:00:00 GMT 6:21 68b6014441b96bff8d75c467 false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/29-things-i-missed-about-sweden 68b6014441b96bff8d75c467 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 29-things-i-missed-about-sweden full 1 4 I went back to Spain thinking I was the same person who had left. I wasn't. Somewhere in the noise, the heat, and the chaos I loved, I started missing things I never thought I'd miss about Sweden. The silence. The punctuality. The trust. This episode is about what happens when a country changes you without asking permission — and you only find out when you're far enough away to notice.


#ExpatLife #MissingSweden #LivingAbroad #SwedishCulture #Expat #MovingToSweden #CulturalDifferences #SwedenVsSpain#ThirdCultureLife #SpanSwede

Stoic philosophy, life in Sweden, culture, history, and everything worth thinking about. YouTube: youtube.com/@latitude59p Free bilingual transcripts + support: ko-fi.com/latitude59 If this added something to your day, a rating helps more than you'd think. Thanks for listening.

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]]> I went back to Spain thinking I was the same person who had left. I wasn't. Somewhere in the noise, the heat, and the chaos I loved, I started missing things I never thought I'd miss about Sweden. The silence. The punctuality. The trust. This episode is about what happens when a country changes you without asking permission — and you only find out when you're far enough away to notice.


#ExpatLife #MissingSweden #LivingAbroad #SwedishCulture #Expat #MovingToSweden #CulturalDifferences #SwedenVsSpain#ThirdCultureLife #SpanSwede

Stoic philosophy, life in Sweden, culture, history, and everything worth thinking about. YouTube: youtube.com/@latitude59p Free bilingual transcripts + support: ko-fi.com/latitude59 If this added something to your day, a rating helps more than you'd think. Thanks for listening.

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]]> <![CDATA[Título The Things I Didn't Miss About Sweden — Told From a Terrace in Spain]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2025 21:02:00 GMT 4:13 68ae1c4e982c36846ef40e10 false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/28-things-i-didnt-miss-about-sweden-english-only 68ae1c4e982c36846ef40e10 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 28-things-i-didnt-miss-about-sweden-english-only Distance makes the heart grow fonder. Not always. full 1 3 After years in Sweden, I went back to Spain for a while. And somewhere between the sunshine and the late dinners, I realized there were things about Swedish life I genuinely did not miss. Not complaints — observations. The kind you only notice when you've had enough distance to see clearly. This episode is the honest side of expat life: what you don't put on Instagram.


#ExpatLife #SwedenVsSpain #LivingAbroad #SwedishCulture #Expat #MovingToSweden #SpainVsSweden #CulturalDifferences #HonestExpat#SpanSwede

Stoic philosophy, life in Sweden, culture, history, and everything worth thinking about. YouTube: youtube.com/@latitude59p Free bilingual transcripts + support: ko-fi.com/latitude59 If this added something to your day, a rating helps more than you'd think. Thanks for listening.

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]]> After years in Sweden, I went back to Spain for a while. And somewhere between the sunshine and the late dinners, I realized there were things about Swedish life I genuinely did not miss. Not complaints — observations. The kind you only notice when you've had enough distance to see clearly. This episode is the honest side of expat life: what you don't put on Instagram.


#ExpatLife #SwedenVsSpain #LivingAbroad #SwedishCulture #Expat #MovingToSweden #SpainVsSweden #CulturalDifferences #HonestExpat#SpanSwede

Stoic philosophy, life in Sweden, culture, history, and everything worth thinking about. YouTube: youtube.com/@latitude59p Free bilingual transcripts + support: ko-fi.com/latitude59 If this added something to your day, a rating helps more than you'd think. Thanks for listening.

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]]> <![CDATA[Título From Ice to Kingdom: Sweden's Ancient History Nobody Taught You]]> Sun, 18 May 2025 17:03:00 GMT 5:58 682e3974f1e6dabeea57d175 false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/24-the-ancient-history-of-sweden-english-only 682e3974f1e6dabeea57d175 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 24-the-ancient-history-of-sweden-english-only 12,000 years of Vikings, gods, and forgotten kings — compressed into one episode. full 1 2 Most people know Sweden as a modern, peaceful country with great design and even better welfare systems. But before all that, there were hunters tracking reindeer across melting glaciers, Norse gods demanding sacrifice, and Viking warriors who reached Constantinople. In this episode I trace Sweden's ancient history — from the first humans who arrived after the Ice Age to the moment Christianity changed everything. A story older and stranger than you'd expect.


#SwedenHistory #AncientHistory #Vikings #NorseHistory #Scandinavia #NordicHistory #IceAge #MedievalHistory #SwedishCulture #SpanSwede

Stoic philosophy, life in Sweden, culture, history, and everything worth thinking about. YouTube: youtube.com/@latitude59p Free bilingual transcripts + support: ko-fi.com/latitude59 If this added something to your day, a rating helps more than you'd think. Thanks for listening.

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]]> Most people know Sweden as a modern, peaceful country with great design and even better welfare systems. But before all that, there were hunters tracking reindeer across melting glaciers, Norse gods demanding sacrifice, and Viking warriors who reached Constantinople. In this episode I trace Sweden's ancient history — from the first humans who arrived after the Ice Age to the moment Christianity changed everything. A story older and stranger than you'd expect.


#SwedenHistory #AncientHistory #Vikings #NorseHistory #Scandinavia #NordicHistory #IceAge #MedievalHistory #SwedishCulture #SpanSwede

Stoic philosophy, life in Sweden, culture, history, and everything worth thinking about. YouTube: youtube.com/@latitude59p Free bilingual transcripts + support: ko-fi.com/latitude59 If this added something to your day, a rating helps more than you'd think. Thanks for listening.

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]]> <![CDATA[The Demon-Haunted World: Carl Sagan's Warning We're Still Ignoring]]> Sun, 23 Feb 2025 08:04:00 GMT 7:11 68bc75fb8948724620c41b1f false https://shows.acast.com/spanswede/episodes/19-the-demon-haunted-world-english-only 68bc75fb8948724620c41b1f 660eb2adaa271a001631dbf1 19-the-demon-haunted-world-english-only full 1 1 We live in a world flooded with information and starving for critical thinking. Carl Sagan wrote The Demon-Haunted World in 1995 — and it reads like it was written this morning. In this episode, I revisit his ideas on science, pseudoscience, and the tools we need to tell one from the other. Why does it feel easier to believe in conspiracies than in evidence? And what does it cost us when we stop asking hard questions?


#CarlSagan #CriticalThinking #Science #Pseudoscience #SkepticalThinking #DemonHauntedWorld #Philosophy #Rationalism #Misinformation#SpanSwede

Stoic philosophy, life in Sweden, culture, history, and everything worth thinking about. YouTube: youtube.com/@latitude59p Free bilingual transcripts + support: ko-fi.com/latitude59 If this added something to your day, a rating helps more than you'd think. Thanks for listening.

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]]> We live in a world flooded with information and starving for critical thinking. Carl Sagan wrote The Demon-Haunted World in 1995 — and it reads like it was written this morning. In this episode, I revisit his ideas on science, pseudoscience, and the tools we need to tell one from the other. Why does it feel easier to believe in conspiracies than in evidence? And what does it cost us when we stop asking hard questions?


#CarlSagan #CriticalThinking #Science #Pseudoscience #SkepticalThinking #DemonHauntedWorld #Philosophy #Rationalism #Misinformation#SpanSwede

Stoic philosophy, life in Sweden, culture, history, and everything worth thinking about. YouTube: youtube.com/@latitude59p Free bilingual transcripts + support: ko-fi.com/latitude59 If this added something to your day, a rating helps more than you'd think. Thanks for listening.

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