With everything that is going on, we decided to do a positive podcast!
Niina and Chris talk about positive things that have been going on their lives, some positive news and Chris learns some Finnish! (finally)
Links to things mentioned :
Cheer on Netflix
Great books that Niina has read recently : Reni Eddo-Lodge : Why am I no longer talking to white people about race , Nikesh Shukla ed. - The Good Immigrant, Roxane Gay - Bad Feminist, and Finnish one Minja Koskela - Ennen Kaikkea Feministi (if anyone wants to start learning some Finnish..)
Chris' book : Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing - The Mushroom at the end of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins
Positive news :
Sculptures returned to Afghanistan
The Kashmiri Woman Who Spent Her Life's Savings on Stocking Sanitary Pads in Public Washrooms
These elephants travel 12 hours to mourn human who rescued them
Schools in England to offer free sanitary products
Reduced pollution due to COVID-19 in China
European Space Agency to launch world’s first space clean-up
Powering forward: how energy in the UK has transformed in a decade
New award celebrates acts of kindness to people and the planet
Finnish words for people who want to learn :
yliopisto (university)
ylioppilaskirjoitukset (basically means A-levels)
hyvää yötä (good night)
Folklore gods :
Ukko (the boss of the gods, god of weather and thunderstorm)
Ahti (god of water, good one, helps fishermen)
Näkki (in water as well, but malicious, if spelled Nakki, means hot dog)