Danish with Christina

Danish with Christina

Welcome! Danish with Christina is a podcast for Danish learners at an intermediate level.

How to increase your will powerIn this episode in intermediate Danish, we will talk about how to build more will power simply by limiting the amount of decisions you need to make. This technique is used by Mark Zuckerberg and President Obama among others. The episode is based off Christian Staal’s blog which can be found at Christian Staal.com Have a great week and as always you are welcome to shoot me an email at danishwithchristina@gmail.com

Vikings on TV and in reality... and what is a blood eagle?In this podcast in intermediate Danish we will be talking about Vikings! I recently watched some of the series “Vikings” and was fascinated, so I decided to find out more about the Vikings and how much of the series is actually accurate. To enjoy this podcast you don’t have to have watched the series Vikings, but you may want to afterwards!

Christian Vikings? What happened to Thor and Odin and Freya?Why did the Vikings give up their Gods and become Christians? The answer may be a lot less bloody and a lot more pragmatic than you might think. The Christening of the Danish Vikings is the topic for today’s podcast in intermediate Danish. I promise it would be as boring as it may sound.

Is happiness really something we should strive for?In this podcast in intermediate Danish we will be talking about happiness and if it’s really worth striving for. If you could live in a coma in a happiness machine and be 100% happy and never know you were in a coma, would you do it? Today’s podcast is based on a blog from Christian Staal. You can find his blog at ChristianStaal.com

Corruption and Scandals in the Russian Military.. and what happened to General Sjojgu?Why are Russian generals and vice ministers getting arrested left and right? And how many houses can you really afford when you have an official income of one million kroner? In this episode we are talking about corruption and arrests in the top of the Russian military. The episode is based on an article from Jyllands-posted.dk but is not verbatim. You can find the article here: https://jyllands-posten.dk/international/europa/ECE17137158/ingen-ende-paa-skandalerne-i-det-russiske-militaer/?fp-exp=60671003&fp-alg=606710031 As always, you are welcome to write me just to say hello or if you have podcast suggestions. Danishwithchristina@gmail.com Christina

Welcome to the third happiest country in the world!This episode in intermediate Danish is about happiness and about what happiness is made up of. The article is based off Christian Staal’s blog which you can find at ChristianStaal.com As always, you are welcome to send me an email at danishwithchristina@gmail.com

Ethical dilemmas - should we sacrifice one person to save five?This episode in intermediate Danish is about ethical dilemmas. If five people were laying on the trolley tracks and you could divert an oncoming trolley by pulling on a handle and then only kill one person laying on the diversion tracks, what would you? This week’s podcast is based on an article written by Christian Staal. You can find it at christianstaal.com

Instant gratification or long term succesThis episode is about how instant gratification can get in the way of obtaining success. Basically, would you rather have one piece of candy now or wait 15 minutes and have two pieces? If that’s you, what can you do to fix that? This week’s episode is based on an article written by Christian Staal. You can find it at christianstaal.com

Envy - can it be a good thing?This episode is about envy. Is it possible that feeling envious could actually be a good thing? And if so, why? This weeks episode is based on an article written by Christian Staal. You can find it at christianstaal.com

How to develop habits that lastIn this episode, we will be talking (entirely in Danish) about James Clear’s 3R model on how to develop new habits that last. The three Rs stand for Reminder (påmindelse), Routine (rutine) and Reward (belønning). I hope you enjoy the podcast. As always, you are welcome to reach out to me at danishwithchristina@gmail.com The episode is based on an article from produktivisten.dk.

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