Language Power

Language Power

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Language Power episodes

  • Norwegian Wool

    Wool… What is it good for?

    Quite a lot, actually.


    Ull... Hva er det bra for?

    Ganske mye, faktisk.


    P.S Hvis du leser dette på norsk, beklager den dårlige googleesq-oversettelsen.

    P.P.S. Vær så snill, ikke stiv meg og fortell Zahid at jeg har mistet teksten.


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    Jingles by: Shaun Bartlett

    Cover Art: Kristine Sundsdal

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    40 min
  • Norwegian Art/Munch

    Er Edvard Munch bra norgesreklame? 

    og hvorfor har ikke nordmenn oppdaget han før nå?


    Is Edvard Munch good for Norway?

    And why haven't Norwegians discovered him until now?

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    Jingles by: Shaun Bartlett

    Cover Art: Kristine Sundsdal


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    40 min
  • Norwegian Road Food

    "Det er ikke bare på veien norsk veimat kan være farlig"


    "It's not just on the road that Norwegian road food can be dangerous."

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    Jingles by: Shaun Bartlett

    Cover Art: Kristine Sundsdal

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    39 min
  • Village life(ish) Part two

    Sometimes an episode gets so off track that podcasters need to make a second episode to actually talk about the subject... Let’s just say we tried.


    What are the challenges of moving from a big city to a village with city status?


    Utfordringer med å flytte fra storby til landsby med bystatus?


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    Jingles by: Shaun Bartlett

    Cover Art: Kristine Sundsdal


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    41 min
  • Village life(ish)

    Utfordringer med å flytte fra storby til landsby med bystatus


    What are the challenges of moving from a big city to a village with city status? And who cares what the city people find challenging anyway!?

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    Jingles by: Shaun Bartlett

    Cover Art: Kristine Sundsdal

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    35 min
  • Norwegian Holidays

    Why haven't sensitivity readers fixed the religious holidays and made them available to everyone? Listen to today's episode here!


    Hvorfor har ikke sensivitetslesere fiksa de religiøse høytidene og gjort de tilgjengelige for alle? hør dagens epiosede her!

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    Jingles by: Shaun Bartlett

    Cover Art: Kristine Sundsdal

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    54 min
  • Janteloven

    Have you ever felt like you couldn't brag about your successes without being seen as vain? Well, then, we have the podcast episode for you! We take a look at the Jante Law, the most popular law that no one likes!


    Kan du ikke skryte av suksessene dine uten å bli sett på som en dust? Vel, da har vi podcast-episoden for deg! Vi tar en titt på Janteloven, den mest populære loven som ingen liker!

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    Jingles by: Shaun Bartlett

    Cover Art: Kristine Sundsdal

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    40 min
  • Norwegian sayings

    Er det bedre med en fugl i hånda, enn 10 på taket i Norge?

    Vi analyserer ordtak


    Is it better to have a bird in hand or 10 on the roof?

    In this episode of Language power, Zahid does his best to teach Jamie about Norwegian sayings.

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    Jingles by: Shaun Bartlett

    Cover Art: Kristine Sundsdal

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    42 min
  • Eksamen

    Will Jamie survive the exam and make it to the next season? Will he fail? And be deported…


    Vil Jamie bestå eksamen og være med i neste sesong? Hvis ikke, blir han deportert.

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    Jingles, editing and production by: Shaun Bartlett

    Cover Art: Kristine Sundsdal

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    25 min
  • Norsk temperament

    Does a cold land make cold people? Zahid gives insights into the Norwegian temperament.


    Hva gjør kulda med det norske folket? Zahid forklarer.

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    Jingles, editing and production by: Shaun Bartlett

    Cover Art: Kristine Sundsdal

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    39 min

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Norwegian citizen Zahid Ali has taken the integration problem personally. In 17 years, he will not only teach English immigrant Jamie Andrews to speak Norwegian but to become a Norwegian!…