On this debut episode of Air Castles, Johanna explains to Olivia why Liechtenstein is the greatest tiny nation in the world. Then Olivia unfolds the story of Rodriguez, the mysterious musician who made it big in South Africa without knowing it.

Air Castles is a cultural anthropology podcast where hosts Johanna Schöllauf and Olivia Schmitz try to learn more about world cultures one topic at a time.

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Johanna's Sources:

17 Interesting Facts About Liechtenstein: https://everything-everywhere.com/facts-about-liechtenstein/

Liechtenstein government website: https://www.liechtenstein.li/land-und-leute/gesellschaft/bevoelkerung/sprachen/#https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/liechtenstein-population/

Die Fürstenfamilie Liechtenstein: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzsTRPlrYLE

Europas Kleinstaaten Teil 2 - Liechtenstein - Tal der Glücksseligen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roWQo0IEWRM

Prince to People: 'I'll sell to Bill Gates': https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/liechtenstein/1322192/Prince-to-people-Ill-sell-up-to-Bill-Gates.html

Olivia's Sources:

Searching for Sugarman. Directed by Malik Bendjelloul, Red Box Film, 2012

The Great Rodriguez Hunt: http://www.sugarman.org/rodriguez/archive.html