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Tom Henley

Podcast by Tom Henley

Episodios

  1. The Plommons

    04/11/2016

    The Plommons

    This is the Rock n Roll story I’d wager you'd never heard. This isn’t a story of death at 27, this isn’t the story of overdosing in some dive bar or throwing a TV out the window of a hotel room that has been trashed to oblivion. This is the story of The Plommons, the first female rock group in Sweden

    16 min
  2. Bill Schiller

    20/10/2016

    Bill Schiller

    Bill Schiller is a man with a story that crosses decades and continents. A man whose life changed forever when he chose to go against the grain.

    26 min
  3. Mullvaden

    06/10/2016

    Mullvaden

    In the 1950's, 60's and 70's you could easily have mistaken Stockholm as some war-torn city. The place was pockmarked with giant holes here and there. So many buildings were being torn down day after day. 750 buildings in fact. This was to make way for the metro and to give the city a facelift. But before the 70's came to a close, a group of people brought this makeover to a stop. This is their story; the story of Mullvaden.

    29 min
  4. The Red Countess

    23/09/2016

    The Red Countess

    Todays story comes from Yvonne Hirdman; a famed Swedish historian. Her mother died when Yvonne was relatively young and so she never really knew too much about her. And then one day she was looking through her mother Charlottes old stuff and suddenly she found her diary...

    20 min
  5. Frans And Lars

    09/09/2016

    Frans And Lars

    Todays episode concerns Frans Albert Pettersson and Lars Konrad Johansson, two poor working class Swedes who just so happened to be in love with each other.

    22 min
  6. Cuba/Sweden

    26/08/2016

    Cuba/Sweden

    In today's episode we look at the relationship between Cuba and Sweden; from when men dug for gold all the way up to today.

    29 min
  7. Grupp 8

    12/08/2016

    Grupp 8

    Today’s story is a success story that has not yet ended. It’s a story about asking why and why not? Today’s story starts at the end of the 60’s. It was a time in Sweden when things were changing. Fast.

    24 min
  8. Stupni Do

    28/07/2016

    Stupni Do

    Todays episode is about a massacre that happened in October 1993, in a village north of Sarajevo called Stupni Do and it comes from three Swedish UN soldiers who discovered the horrors that lay hidden in that small, snowy mountain top village...

    26 min
  9. Stockholm Syndrome

    28/07/2016

    Stockholm Syndrome

    Saga is a podcast about the unknown or underrated stories to come out of Sweden. Even if you know next to nothing about Sweden, you probably know a hand full things at least. Like Abba or Ikea, or maybe even Björn Borg. Another phrase you have probably heard of is “Stockholm Syndrome”. Here is the fascinating story behind that phrase.

    26 min
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    Tom Henley
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