Month: October 2015

In Competition on the Frisbee Golf Course

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Frisbee Golf

Season 2, Episode 19
Pekka explains the rules, techniques and tactics of Frisbee Golf, before I join him on the course in the CityFrisbee Golf competition in Seinäjoki

 

Guest: Pekka Hautala, Football commentator and Frisbee Golfer

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Finnish Music Traditions: From Folk to Rap!

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Season 2, Episode 18 – A short introduction to traditional Finnish music from Piia & Mika, including Iskelmä, Choral, Rautalanka, Folk… and Rap.


Guests: Piia Kleemola-Välimäki and Mika Virkkala, from the Sibelius Academy

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The History of Emigration from Finland

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Emigrant Museum

Season 2, Episode 17
Tella tells about Finland’s historical emigration, where people came from, where they eventually settled and some that made their fortune and came back again. 

 

Guest: Tella Lahti, Executive Director, Finnish Emigrant Museum

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