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The Danish Connection — 74 episodes

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Denmark and Greenland's genocide dispute, PET's Russian sabotage warning and farmers protest the nitrogen law

2

Denmark ends automatic asylum for Ukrainian men and Inger Støjberg's 15 point plan against "Islamic dominance" in schools

3

Frederiksen and Meloni's insta collab, a brief history of Pride in Denmark and the problem wolf shot in Jylland

4

A teenage terror attack attempt in Jutland, SAS expands as the green agenda dwindles, and the PM reacts to Ceuta

5

Festival gossip, the midwife burnout crisis, a fatal assault at Islands Brygge and the church enters the Danish parliament

6

The new government explained, tougher EU migration rules and what degrees give you top salaries in Denmark

7

Immigrants struggle to climb Denmark’s wage ladder, shrinking job opportunities and protests in Greenland over new US consulate

8

Police fail to investigate cases, ghetto law under scrutiny and social media ban for under 15s

9

A train crash in North Zealand, an increase in Danes using AI for psychological support and concerns over food in Danish elderly homes

10

Wolt strikes in Copenhagen, fathers take more parental leave and a US-backed oil drilling project in Greenland

11

Election results and Noma drama

12

CPH DOX 2026: A conversation with the festival programming team

13

8M with La Grupa: Advocating for Spanish-speaking migrant women in Denmark

14

National elections called by PM, bird flu hits poultry exports, and are we getting less intelligent?

15

More internationals leave Denmark, exploitation of foreign farm labour and cuts to aid funding

16

Dating in Denmark with Erinne Paisley

17

Lego joins World Cup in U.S as major sponsor, migrants at departure centres may be forced to wear GPS bracelets, angry veterans and a major cocaine seizure linked to Denmark

18

Unemployment reaches 3%, government issues food checks and a bleak future for Danish drinking water

19

The full Greenland update (featuring Najannguaq Hegelund and Jonas Friis De Sanctis)

20

The Situation Room with Jonas Friis: UN military observer Esben Thorseth on the challenges of modern peacekeeping operations

21

A Danish sperm scandal, EU leaders rethink convention on human rights and face coverings to be banned in universities

22

How do Danes deal with death?: Stories from the streets with Maria Pagola

23

The election results (with special guests NicholasButInEnglish & Bernardo Basilici Menini)

24

Your practical election guide, residence permits halted for foreign nurses and a new national centre for research in women’s health

25

A new twist in the mink scandal, government misleads EU on state of Danish nature and Muslim leader denied citizenship over values

26

The drone fiasco explained and why internationals should vote in the upcoming elections

27

Everything you need to know about water in Denmark: Stories from the Streets with Maria Pagola

28

A murder in Fyn sparks femicide debate, RUC recruits foreign students to rescue its economy and the disturbing case of a former politician convicted for possession of child pornography

29

From Denmark to the Mediterranean: Border policy and migration with Sine Plambech

30

Novo’s stocks in freefall, Mette Frederiksen's dilemma on Palestine and new study reveals 8 year old Danes use smart phones

31

A round-up of the latest news in Denmark

32

Sperm donation in Denmark: Stories from the Streets with Maria Pagola

33

Roskilde gossip, a DNA scandal & why young Danes are having less sex

34

The Situation Room with Jonas Friis: A history of Denmark’s evolving military strategy

35

Maternity in Denmark as an expat, junk food ads on social media banned, and Palestine debate blocked in schools

36

New law proposed to limit use of English, a Danish embassy in Tunisia and major justice reforms bring tougher sentences and more reintegration plans

37

An elderly driver injures several, why foreign workers are being recruited to work in care homes and the King's visit to Greenland

38

Debating the new abortion limit, a citizenship scandal in Fyn, and Denmark’s oldest women’s magazine returns to print

39

The Situation Room with Jonas Friis: Denmark's future in defense featuring military expert Hans Peter Michealsen

40

The Expat’s Toolkit: Learning Danish with Sigga Hansen

41

Novo's junk food investments, Greenlanders place their votes & Danish consumers boycott American goods

42

International Women’s Day! 🎉

43

Maersk protests, a 50 billion kroner boost in military spending and why youth wellbeing in Denmark is on the decline

44

How a trade war with the U.S would affect the Danish economy, a deadly school shooting in Sweden and why wolves became a problem in Jutland

45

The Trump/Greenland fiasco explained, how to not get scammed by your landlord, and homelessness in Denmark

46

Bonus episode: Royal Gossip - Stories from the Streets with Maria Pagola

47

Bonus episode: Cannabis in Denmark - Stories from the streets with Maria Pagola

48

Greenlanders demand an end to the Danish Parental Competency Test, a network breakdown causes concern over lack of preparedness against cyber attacks and the Green Tripartite Agreement is finalized

49

Bonus episode: The Little Mermaid and mass tourism (Stories from the Streets with Maria Pagola)

50

Danish pension funds linked to investments in major fossil fuel projects, a roundup of recent news and how a family in Denmark acquired Etruscan artifacts dated 400BC

51

When Trump tried to buy Greenland, Denmark’s rising opioid problem and why international adoptions have been outlawed

52

An update on Danish politics, how new school reforms will affect international families and why the weather in Denmark is at risk of becoming even colder

53

Bonus episode: Stories from the streets (with Maria Pagola)

54

An attack at the Israeli embassy, an environmental disaster unfolding in Roskilde Fjord and the history of Denmark’s WWII bunkers

55

Bonus episode: Kulturnat in Union

56

Ship packed with explosive Russian fertiliser in Danish waters, Greenpeace co-founder Paul Watson arrested in Greenland, and why a sacred cloak from Brazil was in a Copenhagen museum for 300 years

57

Greta Thunberg arrested at KU academic boycott, the Green Tripartite Agreement with Danish activist from Den Grønne Ungdomsbevægelse and Swedish police sent to Denmark to curb gang violence

58

Why there aren’t enough nurses in Denmark (with journalist Gabriel Morais), major reforms to the unemployment sector and what poverty looks like for children in Copenhagen

59

The government's emergency prepper guidelines to citizens, another fire in Novo Nordisk, the 'hand shake' scandal in a Jutland school and why the Danish football team refused a salary raise

60

EU election results, an explosive new documentary about sexism in the music industry, the euthanasia debate and why internationals aren't joining unions

61

Mette Frederiksen attacked in Copenhagen, Forest Kindergartens are closing, The peoples climate march, and Danish media exposed to Russian disinformation attack

62

New docu-series shocks the nation, the EU election and Copenhagen University divests from Israeli companies

63

A shocking Danish murder trial, unhealthy pigs and a community suffering from the Ghetto plan

64

The university encampment for Palestine, Danish companies cut ties with Copenhagen Pride and parliament votes to change the abortion time limit to 18 weeks

65

Workers day in Denmark, educational reforms and female conscription becomes official

66

The Expat's Toolkit: Finding a Job in your Field as an International in Denmark

67

Børsen burns down, tips to avoid ticks this spring and why Palads is set to be demolished

68

A guide to unionising (with a trade union president), has Wolt improved its conditions for workers and the big baby boom let-down

69

Novo Nordisk’s connection to doctors in Denmark, clashes between football fans and the iconic Danish Bodega

70

Why Denmark is top of the world happiness report again, how to access mental healthcare and how well do you know Jesus?

71

Denmark's arms exports to Israel, the infamous Muhammed drawings go on sale, Copenhagen's accessibility problem and the IUD scandal in Greenland

72

Denmark's military expansion, Mette's Women's Day speech and a murder in Jylland

73

Police crackdown in Christiania, Mike Fonseca's 15 year old girlfriend and how Denmark has changed us forever