This week, we talk to Agnes Mortensen, a Faroese woman studying at the University of New Hampshire. We talk about the differences between America and the Faroe Islands (yes, some differences do exist) and how a woman a small country copes with living in somewhat small American town. Then we sit on a windy hillside in Argir (pictured above).
This week, we talk to Janus Hansen about the Faroese landscape and environment and attempt to answer the following question: are those windswept valleys really supposed to be treeless?
This week we talk about oil, specifically how oil might affect Faroese culture if ever it was discovered off the shores of the Faroes (pictured above). Our good friend Birgir Kruse helps us sort out the issues. Then, we visit the King's Monument in Torshavn (not pictured above) and stare into the fog.
We've gotten several questions from people who listened to yesterday's story on The Story with Dick Gordon about the music contained in that story.
Today's "The Story with Dick Gordon" features an interview with Matthew Workman about the origins of the Faroe Islands Podcast.
This week, we travel to Viðareiði, the most northerly village in the Faroe Islands (pictured above). We visit hoping to learn more about the kind of people willing to live in a remote village at the end of the road. And we use the village's many fine stone walls (pictured below) to brace ourselves from the driving wind and rain.