Best Nordic Web Podcasts (2025)

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Managing Expectations with Hannah Halvorsen and Hailey Swirbul 1:04:24

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Fresh off their Olympic debuts, U.S. Cross Country Ski Team members Hannah Halvorsen and Hailey Swirbul candidly discuss how they deal with performance pressure as elite competitors, the stress it puts on a healthy mindset and their different takes on balancing a desire to win with positive self-worth. The conversation expands on a piece Halvorsen …

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Behind the Birkie with Executive Director Ben Popp 46:03

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The American Birkebeiner is so much more than a ski race—it provides an opportunity for Nordic skiers of all ages and abilities to unite as a community and celebrate our sport. Cross Country Skier podcast host Peter Graves talks with Birkie Executive Director Ben Popp about what it takes to put on the most iconic cross country ski race in the U.S. …

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An inside look at the Olympics and more with Peter Graves 38:58

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Veteran sportscaster Peter Graves has been the host of the Cross Country Skier Podcast, but this time we turn the tables on him for a behind-the-scenes look at what’s it like to communicate the action at some of sporting’s biggest events to a worldwide audience. New editor-in-chief Cindy Hirschfeld interviews Graves about his Olympic memories—he’s …

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The Adirondacks’ New Nordic Hope 34:01

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There’s a lot happening at Paul Smith’s College in the Adirondacks. With new trails designed by John Morton and programs sanctioned by both USA Nordic and U.S. Biathlon, the future looks bright for athletes looking for a training base. To learn what’s afoot in the Adirondacks, we speak with John Morgan, a former National Team bobsledder who is over…

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Tom Kelly’s 50-year cross country legacy 51:10

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Tom Kelly’s career is rooted in cross country skiing. After covering ski jumping, Kelly found himself working for entrepreneur Tony Wise in the mid ’70s, promoting the American Birkebeiner and World Cup cross country races in Telemark, Wisconsin. Kelly’s 30-plus year tenure as vice president of communications with the U.S. Ski Team culminated track…

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Gus Schumacher and Ben Ogden: Champions of 2020 37:14

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Fresh off their 2020 FIS Junior World Championships gold medal relay, Ben Ogden and Gus Schumacher join Peter to talk about their standout winter and what’s next for them and America’s other rising stars. Anchorage, Alaska’s Schumacher, from the Alaska Winter Stars program and a Service High School graduate, anchored the gold-medal-winning World Ju…

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Vegard Ulvang: Fluoros, COVID and a Remarkable Career 30:21

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Peter talks with chairman of the FIS Cross Country Committee and multi-Olympic medalist Vegard Ulvang. Recognized around the world for his athletic accomplishments, the native Norwegian maintains a thoughtful, humble style that is widely respected. Ulvang goes deep on his remarkable career, the status of cross country in Norway, fluorocarbon waxes …

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Chris Grover on Covid, Funding and Selects for the 2021 U.S. Cross Country Team 37:44

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In early May, U.S. Ski & Snowboard announced its nominations for the 2021 Cross Country Ski Team. As always, we found the selections notable for many reasons. Hot on the heels of some great finishes at Junior Worlds, next year’s team is fat with young talent, including the biggest D team ever. But the team is equally notable for the absence of some…

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Bill McKibben: The Future of Winter 35:48

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Thirty years ago, environmentalist Bill McKibben wrote “The End of Nature,” the first book for a general audience on climate change. And while disappearing snows are a concern of any cross country skier, they perhaps best know McKibben’s name for another one of his titles, “Long Distance: A Year of Living Strenuously,” in which he explores the limi…

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Fifty Years of Coaching with Marty Hall 47:55

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When Bill Koch won the first-ever U.S. Olympic medal in Nordic skiing at the 1976 Innsbruck Games, Marty Hall was the coach behind the athlete. But Hall’s successes extend well before and long after Kochie’s silver medal, including having built the U.S. women’s team from the ground up beginning in 1969 with athletes like Allison Owens and Martha Ro…

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Katharine Ogden’s Highs and Lows 38:40

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In spring 2017, the same year Katharine Ogden anchored the bronze-medal-winning Junior World Championships relay and became the first American to podium in an individual Junior World Championships race, she was diagnosed with a near-crippling anxiety disorder that threatened to derail her racing career. But two years later, she’s skiing for Dartmou…

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Coach’s Corner: Previewing the 2019-2020 World Cup 49:59

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Chris Grover joins us to preview the upcoming international racing season. Find out what to look forward to, and what he’s most excited for in the months ahead. Topics include team rosters, which athletes to watch for, main events, the first World Cup on U.S. soil in 19 years and how fandom around the U.S. team has grown post Gold Medal. This episo…

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Racing in a Post-Fluorinated Wax World 41:11

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Fasterskier.com journalist Jason Albert covers everything about the World Cup cross country scene, from FIS and WADA politics to wax. For the past year, he’s undertaken unprecedented research on the long-term effects of our use of short and long chain fluorinated wax both on the environment and human health. With the recent EPA crackdown on wax man…

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Digging Deep: How Life Has Changed for Olympic Gold Medalist Jessie Diggins 42:59

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When Jessie Diggins crossed the finish line during the team sprint at the PyeongChang Olympic Games she, along with teammate Kikkan Randall, became the first U.S. cross country skier to win a medal at that level since 1976. In this episode we sit down with Jessie to hear how her life has changed since that day, how it has affected her perspective o…

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008 Francisco Andreasson @ Gaddr 44:17

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Willy is talking to Francisco Andreasson, CEO at Gaddr, about himself, Gaddr and being part of the Stockholm accelerator program Sting.Links:Francisco Andreasson https://twitter.com/MrFransAndreGaddr http://gaddr.me/Stockholm Tech https://twitter.com/sthlmtechpodDavid Bozin, host https://twitter.com/davidbozinWilly Simonsson, host https://twitter.c…

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007 Neil Murray @ The Nordic Web 43:40

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Willy talks to Neils Murray from The Nordic Web about his career, starting The Nordic Web and trends in 2017 for startup funding in the nordic region.Links:Neil Murray https://twitter.com/neilswmurrayThe Nordic Web https://thenordicweb.comStockholm Tech https://twitter.com/sthlmtechpodDavid Bozin, host https://twitter.com/davidbozinWilly Simonsson,…

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006 Per-Anders Legeryd @ Epidemic Sound 1:08:10

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In this week’s episode we meet Per-Anders Legeryd, CTO of Epidemic Sound. We jump into topics such as where it all started for Per-Anders, what Epidemic Sound is and what it actually means to be a CTO.By Sodio

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#30: King's acquisition, Tidyapp's prospects, Simris Alg raising $3.1M and our take on recent events 25:10

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The Nordic Web Podcast is a fortnightly show where Neil Murray (Founder of The Nordic Web) and Karsten Deppert (Founder of Oresund Startups, Contentor and Mindpark) discuss the latest and most interesting stories from The Nordic startup scene.On this episode they discuss:- King being acquired by Activision Blizzard for $5.9 billion- Swedish cleanin…

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#29: The state of Nordic venture capital, Drivr raising €3M, and a look at Boozt and Solu 27:10

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The Nordic Web Podcast is a fortnightly show where Neil Murray (Founder of The Nordic Web) and Karsten Deppert (Founder of Oresund Startups, Contentor and Mindpark) discuss the latest and most interesting stories from The Nordic startup scene.On this episode they discuss:- The state of Nordic venture capital, and whether it truly has increased in 2…

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#28: Linkfire raise €2.3M, Subway Surfers break 1 billion downloads, and Sweden's challenger to Uber 22:00

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The Nordic Web Podcast is a fortnightly show where Neil Murray (Founder of The Nordic Web) and Karsten Deppert (Founder of Oresund Startups, Contentor and Mindpark) discuss the latest and most interesting stories from The Nordic startup scene.On this episode they discuss:- Copenhagen's Linkfire raising €2.3M as they focus on the music industry.- Su…

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#27: Air Donkey 'Uber for Bikes', Universal Avenue raise $5M and Stockholm as a VR hub 29:49

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The Nordic Web Podcast is a fortnightly show where Neil Murray (Founder of The Nordic Web) and Karsten Deppert (Founder of Oresund Startups, Contentor and Mindpark) discuss the latest and most interesting stories from The Nordic startup scene.On this episode they discuss:- Denmark's Air Donkey and their potential to be 'Uber for bikes'- Sweden's Un…

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#26: Klarna's $2.25B valuation, Churchdesk raise $2M, Camp Ven and a MotioMera update 18:32

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The Nordic Web Podcast is a fortnightly show where Neil Murray (Founder of The Nordic Web) and Karsten Deppert (Founder of Oresund Startups, Contentor and Mindpark) discuss the latest and most interesting stories from The Nordic startup scene.On this episode they discuss:- Klarna's $2.25 billion valuation - Denmark's Churchdesk raising $2 million- …

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#25: Truecaller set to raise $100M, Tictail raised $22M and the infamous Nordic summer break 26:01

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The Nordic Web Podcast is a fortnightly show where Neil Murray (Founder of The Nordic Web) and Karsten Deppert (Founder of Oresund Startups, Contentor and Mindpark) discuss the latest and most interesting stories from The Nordic startup scene.On this episode they discuss:- Truecaller look set to raise $100M and become the Nordics latest 'Unicorn'.-…

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#24 Sweden's startup manifesto, Quizup's pivot and Index's Nordic track record 19:08

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The Nordic Web Podcast is a fortnightly show where Neil Murray (Founder of The Nordic Web) and Karsten Deppert (Founder of Oresund Startups, Contentor and Mindpark) discuss the latest and most interesting stories from The Nordic startup scene.On this episode they discuss:- Sweden's Startup Manifesto.- QuizUp's latest pivot.- Index Venture's incredi…

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Nordic drones pod 03 40:02

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Welcome back to the Nordic drones podcast show. This is a program about Swedish and Nordic folk music brought to you by the publishing company Tongång. The purpose of our podcasts is to let you listen to samples from our releases but also to give you a chance to learn more about the Swedish folk scene. As we are in the midst of the Christmas holida…

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Nordic drones pod 02 47:46

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The summer edition of the Nordic Drones podcast contains an interview with Swedish bagpiper Olle Gällmo presenting his new CD Med pipan i säcken, focused on the Swedish bagpipe. You’ll hear several samples from the CD and Olle gives us a background to his passion for this rather unknown drone instrument. You’ll also hear some samples from Swedish f…

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Nordic drones pod 01 26:03

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This pilot podcast starts in Karlstad, western Sweden, in January 2008 when journalist-musician Rino Rotevatn organized a meeting for Swedish bagpipe players. I’ts also about piping.se, a great forum for friends of Nordic and Irish folk music. This show is presented by Jan Winter who also lets you listen to some coming releases from Swedish folk mu…

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The Nordic Web

The Nordic Web

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Nordic Drones....?

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The Cross Country Skier Podcast

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Stockholm Tech

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Managing Expectations with Hannah Halvorsen and Hailey Swirbul 1:04:24

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Behind the Birkie with Executive Director Ben Popp 46:03

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An inside look at the Olympics and more with Peter Graves 38:58

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The Adirondacks’ New Nordic Hope 34:01

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Tom Kelly’s 50-year cross country legacy 51:10

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Gus Schumacher and Ben Ogden: Champions of 2020 37:14

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Vegard Ulvang: Fluoros, COVID and a Remarkable Career 30:21

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Chris Grover on Covid, Funding and Selects for the 2021 U.S. Cross Country Team 37:44

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Bill McKibben: The Future of Winter 35:48

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Fifty Years of Coaching with Marty Hall 47:55

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Katharine Ogden’s Highs and Lows 38:40

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Coach’s Corner: Previewing the 2019-2020 World Cup 49:59

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Racing in a Post-Fluorinated Wax World 41:11

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Digging Deep: How Life Has Changed for Olympic Gold Medalist Jessie Diggins 42:59

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008 Francisco Andreasson @ Gaddr 44:17

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007 Neil Murray @ The Nordic Web 43:40

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006 Per-Anders Legeryd @ Epidemic Sound 1:08:10

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#30: King's acquisition, Tidyapp's prospects, Simris Alg raising $3.1M and our take on recent events 25:10

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#29: The state of Nordic venture capital, Drivr raising €3M, and a look at Boozt and Solu 27:10

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#28: Linkfire raise €2.3M, Subway Surfers break 1 billion downloads, and Sweden's challenger to Uber 22:00

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#27: Air Donkey 'Uber for Bikes', Universal Avenue raise $5M and Stockholm as a VR hub 29:49

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#26: Klarna's $2.25B valuation, Churchdesk raise $2M, Camp Ven and a MotioMera update 18:32

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#25: Truecaller set to raise $100M, Tictail raised $22M and the infamous Nordic summer break 26:01

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#24 Sweden's startup manifesto, Quizup's pivot and Index's Nordic track record 19:08

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Nordic drones pod 03 40:02

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Nordic drones pod 02 47:46

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Nordic drones pod 01 26:03