The Upper Bench 021: Am I doing sauna wrong?

Leontina Piccardi from Peterzen's Marina joins us to discuss sauna and sailing in Finland. Hosts Eero Kilpi (North American Sauna Society), Sam Wacha (Saunner extraordinaire), Christopher (Risto) Rice (Sauna Digest)

TOPICS

Sauna and sailing

Nakedness

Social sauna

LINKS

https://www.peterzens.fi/

TIMESTAMPS

(00:00:00) Leontina and Peterzen's marina in Finland

(00:04:40) Sailing and sauna

(00:06:08) Over 30,000 islands in the Archipelago!

(00:08:20) The saunas at Peterzens

(00:15:00 Saunas on islands

(00:16:50) Savusauna (smoke sauna)

(00:18:20) Vihtas

(00:21:00) Sauna and nakedness

(00:23:45) The social aspects of sauna

(00:26:18) Getting to Peterzens

(00:27:30) Leontina's Italian family and sauna

(00:28:26) Are there boats with saunas?

The Upper Bench 019: Random Show

Eero's going to Finland!

Theme Music: Conga Se Menne "Guess Who's Coming to Sauna"

The Upper Bench 018: Sauna in the Summer

Hosts: Eero Kilpi (North American Sauna Society), Sam Wacha (Sauna subreddit), Christopher (Risto) Rice (Sauna Digest)

TIMESTAMPS

(00:00:00) Why sauna in the hot summer weather?

(00:03:30) Every season is great for sauna

(00:06:20) Using a fan to cool your down

(00:07:07) Cold contrast in the summer

(00:09:05) Thermoregulatory benefits of saunas in hot weather

(00:13:58) People tend to like the season when they were first introduced to sauna

(00:14:49) Combating summer humidity

(00:16:54) Sauna in the rain

(00:17:24) Sauna in the great outdoors

(00:22:48) Winter vs summer sauna

Theme Music: Conga Se Menne "Guess Who's Coming to Sauna"

The Upper Bench 017: Sauna in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

We recommend watching the video podcast for this episode. https://youtu.be/4bWtEYpKzAg

The Upper Bench 016: Jeff Pyzyk joins us to talk about his sauna and cold plunge practice. He likes his sauna HOT 🥵 and his plunge COLD 🥶

Hosts Eero Kilpi (North American Sauna Society), Sam Wacha (Sauna subreddit), Christopher (Risto) Rice (Sauna Digest)

Jeff's sauna story on Sauna Digest

https://saunadigest.com/my-sauna-journey-ad4580ad37de

DIY Cold Plunge Facebook Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/chestfreezercoldplunge

Theme Music: Conga Se Menne "Guess Who's Coming to Sauna"

The Upper Bench 015: Nils Shenholm and Devin Colman join us to discuss sauna in Vermont. Hosts Eero Kilpi (North American Sauna Society), Sam Wacha (Sauna subreddit), Christopher (Risto) Rice (Sauna Digest)

Links

Solhem Sauna

http://www.saunavermont.com

https://www.vermontlogsauna.com

Devin Colman

https://www.linkedin.com/in/devin-col...

Woodstock Inn

https://www.woodstockinn.com

Savu sauna

https://www.savu.cc/experience

Theme Music: Conga Se Menne "Guess Who's Coming to Sauna"

TIMESTAMPS

(00:00:00) Intro

(00:01:31) Meeting Nils (first sauna and starting a sauna company)

(00:03:23) Meeting Devin (how he got into sauna, Architectural research project, personal sauna)

(00:07:08) Camp du Nord in Ely, Minnesota

(00:10:19) Nils' start of Solhem Sauna and involvement with North American Sauna Society

(00:16:04) Old saunas project

(00:26:47) Vermont public sauna scene today

(00:30:14) Vermont projects in the works

(00:31:50) Sauna and wellness, community, is sauna a fad?

(00:35:43) Countercultural, back-to-the-land movement

(00:37:38) The beauty of log saunas, sustainability, wood-burning sauna

(00:45:35) Slow sauna and the culture of immediacy

(00:48:43) "Sauna has changed the way we do everything"

(00:50:30) Poolside and gym saunas, YMCA in Burlington

The Upper Bench 014: We interview one of our own--Eero Kilpi. He tells us about growing up with sauna and becoming the president of the North American Sauna Society.

TIMESTAMPS

(00:00:00) Eero's early sauna years

(00:04:46) High school & college years

(00:12:36) Working and family years

(00:15:27) Process of sauna bathing at the cabin

(00:22:28) The penthouse sauna in Helsinki

(00:24:30) Coming to America & the birth of NASS

(00:29:47) Sauna "lifestyle" and the event of sauna

(00:31:40) Eero's favorite sauna in North America?

(00:36:53) Sauna Ambassadors program

The Upper Bench 013: Dr. Lassi "Al" Liikkanen is an Adjunct Professor of Human-centered product design at Aalto University in Finland. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings in the fields of product design, interactive technology, music psychology and cognitive neuroscience - and naturally sauna.At present he works full-time in the Finnish industry around digital transformation and interaction design. As a hobby he collects, creates, digitalizes and disseminates sauna-related knowledge through Saunologia.fi website accessed annually by over 400,000 Finnish visitors. In 2019, he authored a book, Secrets of Finnish Sauna Design, available also in English since 2021.Lassi’s ambition is to help improve the quality of Finnish style saunas from Earth to Mars. To this end, his research interests focus on sauna technology and design, although he remains widely interested in history, culture and health aspects of sauna.

TIMESTAMPS

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:03:55) How can American sauna culture be expanded?

(00:08:14) Can I use hardwoods in my sauna?

(00:14:26) Passive ventilation vs mechanical ventilation for electric sauna?

(00:28:03) Collecting vs buying sauna rocks

(00:29:29) What's the best sauna you've been in?

(00:42:00) Are barrel saunas really saunas?

(00:45:51) What are your experiences with tent saunas?

(00:58:42) Should health benefits be a motivating factor for sauna use?

(01:06:18) What are your two favorite sauna books?

(01:10:33) What stove would you use in a tent sauna?

(01:14:24) Thoughts on infrared?

The Upper Bench 012: Sam's sauna, firewood, rocks

Test run for our reddit AMA with Lassi Liikkanen this coming Sunday