Radio Free Finland is an online English-language talk show (podcast) now in its second season. Each episode we're joined by a new guest and discuss all things Finland. Topics include: Finnish current events, politics, culture, immigration, EU and more.

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October 16, 2005

Online and ready to download

Filed under: Archive, Previous Show — Radio Free Finland @ 11:30 pm

Another fine show! Many thanks to Mikko and Sofi for their time and special thanks to everyone who wrote in their questions. I hope everyone enjoyed it!!

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September 15, 2005

Live in the “studio” (AKA my house)

Filed under: Our Guests, Previous Show — Radio Free Finland @ 11:04 am

From last week’s show…

August 25, 2005

Archives - All our past shows…

Filed under: Archive, FAQ, Our Guests, Previous Show — Radio Free Finland @ 4:00 pm

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SEASON 1

Show #01 - September 4, 2005 - Herkko Hietanen from EFFI & Hank Majander of IESAF

Show #02 - September 11, 2005 - Toby Archer, terrorism expert from the Finnish Institute of International Affairs - Normal Quality (12MB) or High Quality (24MB)

Show #03 - September 18, 2005 - Asa Butcher and Thanos Kalamidas from 6-Degrees and The Ovi - along with Toni Heinonen of the Finnish Liberal Party and the Finnish Liberal Youth Coalition - High quality version (64kbps - 26 MB) - Normal quality version (32kbps - 13 MB)

Show #04 - September 25, 2005 - Stephanie G. discusses the gay and lesbian communities in Finland and the U.S. -
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Show #05 - October 2, 2005 - Schizo-Janne discusses the Finnish blogosphere -
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Show #06 - October 9, 2005 - Singer/songwriter and Finland’s Eurovision song contest winner, Steven Stewart -
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Show #07 - October 16, 2005 - Mikko Jokipii talks about his experiences on the Conan O’Brien Show and Sofi Bergheim discusses the Swedish-speaking community in Finland -
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Show #08 - October 23, 2005 - Phil flies solo, talks about the Nightwish breakup, Tanja Karpela’s fake Prada bag, Conan O’Brien coming to Finland, hypocrite Noam Chomsky, Depeche Mode’s new album, and more! -
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Show #09 - October 30, 2005 - Matti Hautsalo of KEPA discusses global trade, the WTO, Paul Wolfowitz’s recent visit to Finland, and more. -
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Show #10 - November 6, 2005 - Fred Fry of Fred Fry International discusses living and working in Finland, misconceptions of the U.S., healthcare, education, and drugs -
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Show #11 - November 20, 2005 - Blogger, podcaster, and creator of Olen Rikollinen, Antti Vilpponen, discusses Sony DRM and Jani Uusitalo’s libel case. Philip M. talks about Britian, Finland, and his mental disability, Asperger’s Syndrome. -
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Show #12 - November 27, 2005 - Author and blogger Erik Svane discusses the French riots, anti-Americanism, No Pasaran blog, and his new book. -
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Show #13 - December 11, 2005 - Tarja Kantola from Tarja Halonen’s re-election team discusses the campaign. Finnish board game guru, Mikko Saari, discusses board games, his blog, melankokia.net, the Finnish blogosphere and more. -
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Show #14 - January 8th, 2006 - Michael Moynihan of Stockholm Spectator and Timbro discusses the problems that face Sweden today. -
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Show #15 - February 5th, 2006 - Terhi Pirilä of Kokoomusnuoret talks about Sauli Niinistö’s campaign and Filip van Laenen of Brussels Journal discusses the Danish cartoons of Mohammed -
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Show #16 - February 12th, 2006 - Mikko Rauhala talks about DeCSS, Lex Karpela, copyrights and patents, the Green Party, transhumanism, singularitarianism, and more -
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Show #17 - February 19th, 2006 - Hjörtur Gudmundsson of Veritas and The Brussels Journal discusses Icelandic politics and current events as well as the Danish Mohammed cartoons -
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Show #18 - February 26th, 2006 - Asa Butcher of Ovi Magazine talks about sexuality, foreign relationships, gay porn, the Mohammed cartoons and much more -
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Show #19 - March 19th, 2006 - Kimmo Wilska of HPP ry discusses drug policy in Finland. Paul talks about Jolly Dragon -
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Show #20 - April 9th, 2006 - Jussi Hermaja of Case Hermaja discusses conscription and conscientious objection in Finland -
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Show #21 - May 7th, 2006 - Teemu Lahtinen of Suomen Sisu discusses the Mohammed Cartoons, his possible court case, freedom of speech in Finland, immigration -
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SEASON 2

s02e01 - Show #22 - October 9, 2006 - Kenneth Sikorski discusses Islamic Extremism in Scandanavia (sorry, recorded ended prematurely half way through) -
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s02e02 - Show #23 - October 16, 2006 - Martin-Eric Racine discusses immigration, fertility treatment for lesbian couples and singles, YLE and YouTUBE, Martti Ahtisaari and the Nobel Peace Prize, learning the Finnish language, and Lintop. -
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s02e03 - Show #24 - October 23, 2006 - Markku of Finland tells you everything you need to now about Finland :-) -
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s02e04 - Show #25 - October 30, 2006 - Jani Ryhänen of the Social Democrat’s Pink Rose organization discusses lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender rights in Finland -
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s02e05 - Show #26 - November 6, 2006 - Steven Stewart discusses Mormonism in Finland -
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s02e06 - Show #27 - December 5, 2006 - Henrik Arnstad discusses Finland’s relationship with Nazi Germany
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s02e07 - Show #28 - December 10, 2006 - Justin Petrone discusses everything you should know about Estonia
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s02e08 - Show #29 - January 15, 2007 - Paul O’Mahony of The Local discusses Swedish elections, immigration, unemployment, The Pirate Bay, and more.
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s02e09 - Show #30 - January 29, 2007 - David J. Cord of ScandinavianFinance.com discusses the Finnish economy and other economic issues
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