Knut reads from a Norwegian book of spells. Chris questions the bare necessities of cabin life. John Siracusa’s Follow-up is named checked for citation purposes. The Pixar movie Brave is discussed (here be spoilers).

Links:

• Norske Hexeformularer og magiske Opskrifter – heimskringla.no — The collection of witchcraft and magic recipes, from which Knut read from at the start.
• Bergen - Wikipedia
• Survivalism - Wikipedia
• Reconcilable Differences #49: Celebrity Outreach Program - Relay FM — This is the episode where John and Merlin talk about follow-up as a podcast thing to do.
• 5by5 | Hypercritical
• The Jungle Book (1967 film) - Wikipedia
• Chris's Norwegian pronunciation playlist on Spotify
• The Fifth Element - The Diva Dance Opera (with lyrics and translation) - YouTube
• Marmite - Wikipedia
• Norway to build world's first ship tunnel - CNN.com
• Stad skipstunnel | Flickr — Photos/videos relating to this new ship tunnel Norway is determined to drill. #alwaysbedrilling
• NRK TV - SKAM — The state of the episode numbering.
• The Princess and the Pea - Wikipedia
• Skeuomorph - Wikipedia
• Har du årgangslagret mat på hytta? Dette kan du spise og dette bør du være obs på - Aftenposten — “Do you have long life-food at your cabin? Here's what you can eat and what you should be careful about.” — “Can all types of crispbread survive the winter in the cabin? Does Solo in a can or plastic bottle have the same shelf life? Should one throw away chocolate with a grey-white coating? You'll find the answers here.”
• Hytte og pine | morgenbladet.no — The article about new Norwegian cabin village architecture (in Norwegian, and behind a paywall).
• Brave (2012) - IMDb
• Cars (2006) - IMDb
• Psychoanalytic theory - Wikipedia
• Will-o'-the-wisp - Wikipedia
• Fairy - Wikipedia — (often Fae in English, and Fe in Norwegian)
• Kelpie - Wikipedia
• Bear - Wikipedia
• Scottish clan - Wikipedia
• Tartan - Wikipedia
• Roman Britain - Wikipedia
• Viking expansion - Wikipedia
• The Pixar Theory — All of the Pixar movies actually exist within the same universe!
• Monarch of the Glen (TV series) - Wikipedia — Was aired on Norwegian TV and got really popular
• Laird - Wikipedia
• Heartbeat (UK TV series) - Wikipedia — An essential part of the Norwegian Saturday evening ritual
• Caber toss - Wikipedia
• MacGuffin - Wikipedia
• The Hilarious Aberdonian in Brave - YouTube — (Doric dialect)
• The Wither Forecast (in Doric) - YouTube — Bonus Doric, just because
• Uncanny valley - Wikipedia
• Understanding Comics - Wikipedia — This is an amazing text. Relevant here because among other things, Scott McCloud talks about the axis of “concrete and specific” through to “wholly abstract”.
• Ronja Rövardotter - Rövarsången - YouTube — A scene from The Robber’s Daughter (by Astrid Lindgren)
• Ronia the Robber's Daughter - Wikipedia
• Bechdel test - Wikipedia
• Pictionary - Wikipedia
• Walt Disney Recycled Animation Scenes #1 - YouTube
• Slapstick - Wikipedia
• A Big Little Idea Called Legibility
• Turist (2014) - IMDb — Knut's Cultural Pick of the Week