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S4 – episode 4: Amélie Ebongué, best selling author, digital culture and marketing muse on entering Swede-ish life.

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Ep 27 – Building genuine online communities with Shaena Harrison.

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Ep 26 – Stephanie Darvill, ‘The no-plan’ plan.

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Ep 25 – Our foreign correspondent

https://media.blubrry.com/littlebearabroad/p/littlebearabroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Linnea-Full-Episode.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Spotify | RSS | MoreDid you know that Swede’s lived in other countries, too? LOL, yes of course you did. But, sometimes it’s easy to forget that there is another side to being Swede-ish. I’m delighted to welcome Linnea Dunne, author, journalist, columnist and general all-round wordsmith, to the Swede-ish podcast. Originally from Sweden, Linnea now lives in Ireland. In this week’s episode of the podcast we talk about whether or not life is greener on the other side of the fence of Swede-ish-ness, seeing Sweden from an outsider’s perspective, and female migration in general. Head to our weblink to find all the ways to read Linnea’s work and read more.

Ep 24 – Why not me? Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström

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EP 23, How to find a job in Sweden… with Incluso AB

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Episode 20 – Sam Govender – finding friends abroad and GGI

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Swede-ish Podcast, Episode 19 – The Swede-ish Road Trip

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Episode 18 – Swedish Urban Myths

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Swede-ish Podcast, Episode 16 – The Great Swedish Semla

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Bonus Ep Episode 15 – Code Switching [only Spotify]

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Swede-ish Podcast, Series 3, Episode 15 – Code Switching

https://media.blubrry.com/littlebearabroad/p/littlebearabroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Episode-15-Final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Spotify | RSS | More“Language is a tool, not a measure of intelligence…” What started as an enquiry into language development turned into a proper schooling on the social and cultural alternating of language and intonations used by so many communities. Is it about time we start code interpreting instead of expecting people to code switch?