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Deep North: Stories from IcelandTo Thrive in Chaos: A Conversation with Joanna PawlowskaIceland Review writer Andie Sophia Fontaine sits down with artist Joanna Pawlowska to talk about art, queerness, horses, and the Hamraborg Art Festival.
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2024-04-1635 minDeep North: Stories from IcelandTo Thrive in Chaos: A Conversation with Joanna PawlowskaIceland Review writer Andie Sophia Fontaine sits down with artist Joanna Pawlowska to talk about art, queerness, horses, and the Hamraborg Art Festival.
Read the article here: https://www.icelandreview.com/magazine/to-thrive-in-chaos/
If you enjoyed this episode of Deep North, please consider supporting our work by subscribing to the magazine at our website.
2024-04-1635 min
Iceland Weekly News RoundupAsylum Seekers, Politics And Iceland AirwavesAre you enjoying this? Are you not? Tell us what to do more of, and what you'd like to hear less of. In this edition of the Icelandic Roundup, editor-in-chief Valur Grettison and news editor Andie Sophia Fontaine talk about the controversy surrounding the deportation of over a dozen people seeking international protection in Iceland, including a family with small children and a man who uses a wheelchair. They also talk about a recent leadership struggle in the Conservative Party, and recap some of the fun times at Iceland Airwaves.Looking for more...2022-11-0823 minIceland Weekly News RoundupHomemade Bombs In Selfoss And Knife ViolenceAre you enjoying this? Are you not? Tell us what to do more of, and what you'd like to hear less of. In this week's Podcast, we cover multilingual children in kindergarten, unusually frequent knife violence in Iceland, homemade bombs scaring the people at Selfoss and a highly controversial homepage that wants to get an Icelandic domain. Valur Grettisson and Andie Sophia Fontaine go over the news in this week's Icelandic Roundup. Looking for more news? Check out our website for the latest coverage: grapevine.isPlease take the time to...2022-09-2026 minIceland Weekly News RoundupEp. 18: Xenophobia, Monkeypox and SlutwalkAre you enjoying this? Are you not? Tell us what to do more of, and what you'd like to hear less of. Josie Anne Gaitens (culture editor) and Andie Sophia Fontaine (news editor) are joined by journalist Emma Ledbetter to go over some of the biggest news stories in Iceland right now. Looking for more news? Check out our website for the latest coverage: grapevine.isPlease take the time to rate and review the Icelandic Roundup on your podcast app! We really appreciate it, and it helps other people find the show.2022-07-2540 minIceland Weekly News RoundupEp. 16: A Question Of SportsAre you enjoying this? Are you not? Tell us what to do more of, and what you'd like to hear less of. Culture Editor Josie Anne Gaitens and News Editor Andie Sophia Fontaine are here to delve into SPORTS. A topic that we are incredibly knowledgable of and can talk about at length. Other topics covered in this episode include trans rights, whether Reykjavík is a green city, an inflation dog fight, and—somewhat surprisingly—sheep.Josie Anne and Andie Sophia would like to extend their apologies to All Sheep.Looking for more...2022-07-1235 minIceland Weekly News RoundupEp. 12: Planned Mass DeportationsAre you enjoying this? Are you not? Tell us what to do more of, and what you'd like to hear less of. Reykjavík Grapevine's editor-in-chief, Valur Grettisson, and news editor, Andie Sophia Fontaine, discuss the situation regarding the planned deportation of around asylum seekers from Iceland. Many of them are supposed to be deported to Greece, a country deemed unsafe for asylum seekers by MSF. The Left-Green party have been criticised heavily after an Icelandic priest got involved in the debate, saying that there is a special place in hell for people who deport asylum seekers.2022-05-3039 min