22 episodes
The Sauna Trail The Sauna Trail
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- Society & Culture
The Sauna Trail is a podcast hosted by the Rice family. Our goal is to spread the love of traditional Finnish sauna. Join us weekly as we share our adventures about the places we’ve visited, the people we’ve met, and the saunas we’ve used.
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The Matti Kaups Archive - 022
In this episode, we’re going to get super geeky and tell how Risto and Nahlah ended up traveling to the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis to do sauna research in their archives. We decided to go on this daddy-daughter adventure after Risto discovered the Matti Kaups archive while reading the book The Opposite of Cold. Join us this week as we recount our adventures in the Matti Kaups archive!
Finnish pancake (lettu) recipe: https://beta.locals.com/thesaunatrail/feed?post=5587333
Michael Nordskog & Aaron Hautala in a series of Youtube videos about The Opposite of Cold: https://youtu.be/li9bnmduyz0, https://youtu.be/E1LU9FdNzIQ, https://youtu.be/PyBeX_TKw5A
Al's Breakfast Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%27s_Breakfast
El Burrito Mercado website: https://elburritomercado.com
Music
Dirge of the Night by Tied With Twine
Website
https://www.thesaunatrail.com
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/thesaunatrail
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/thesaunatrail
TikTok
https://www.tiktok.com/@thesaunatrail
Locals
https://thesaunatrail.locals.com
(00:00) Introduction(02:28) Michael Nordskog's book The Opposite of Cold(05:37) Who was Matti Kaups?(8:21) Our trip to the archive(10:22) Minneapolis adventures and Al's breakfast(11:14) Interesting things we discovered in the archive
(17:51) Public saunas in North America circa 1920(27:05) Outro and preview of future episodes -
Thunder Bay Pt. 2 - 021
Part two is out! Join us for the second episode of our adventures in Thunder Bay as we tour Kangas Sauna, try more finnish pancakes, and go sledding in our birthday suits. We’ll share pictures from our exploration, 360 degree immersive photos of the sauna at Stepstone, and, of course, more stories from Thunder Bay.
Finnish Pancake (Lettu) recipe: https://beta.locals.com/thesaunatrail/feed?post=5587333
Kangas Sauna website:
https://kangassauna.ca
Music
Dirge of the Night by Tied With Twine
Website
https://www.thesaunatrail.com
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/thesaunatrail
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/thesaunatrail
TikTok
https://www.tiktok.com/@thesaunatrail
Locals
https://thesaunatrail.locals.com
(00:00) Introduction
(02:16) Introducing new people to sauna
(10:10) Touring Kangas Sauna
(14:30) Finnish pancake off
(17:33) Visiting a Finnish church
(18:57) Stepstone rental
(28:40) Sledding in our birthday suits
(33:11) Outro -
Thunder Bay Pt. 1 - 020
We’re crossing the border! In the first part of this two part series, we drive up to Thunder Bay, Canada. We share our memories of Thunder Bay and the sauna, discuss a brand new food we fall in love with, and laugh about troubles at the border. Join us in this new adventure on the sauna trail!
Finnish Pancake (Lettu) Recipe: https://beta.locals.com/thesaunatrail/feed?post=5587333
Tyndall Stone Bed and Breakfast Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100070114934030
Stepstone Performance & Event Venue Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/p/Stepstone-Center-100049683296091/
Music
Dirge of the Night by Tied With Twine
Website
https://www.thesaunatrail.com
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/thesaunatrail
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/thesaunatrail
TikTok
https://www.tiktok.com/@thesaunatrail
Locals
https://thesaunatrail.locals.com
(00:00) Introduction
(02:58) About Thunder Bay
(07:13) Too many oranges
(08:41) Visiting Thunder Bay
(13:31) Sauna at Tyndall Stone
(17:28) Finnish pancakes
(21:21) Outro -
How We Sauna - Episode 019
Should I use soap in a sauna? How much steam should I be putting on? Is a sauna in the summer at all relaxing? In this episode we share about how to use sauna. We talk about prepping for a sauna, getting into the hot room, relaxing in the cold, enjoying nature, and post sauna habits. Remember that not everyone does it the same way!
We apologize for the poor audio. We had a technical error and only one microphone was recording, so we salvaged as much as possible…
Music
Dirge of the Night by Tied With Twine
Website
https://www.thesaunatrail.com
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/thesaunatrail
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/thesaunatrail
TikTok
https://www.tiktok.com/@thesaunatrail
Locals
https://thesaunatrail.locals.com
(00:00) Introduction
(01:39) Why we sauna
(07:46) Why Finns sauna
(10:30) Pre-sauna prep
(13:26) Heating the sauna
(18:48) Prep while stove is heating
(21:57) Inside first round
(27:38) Sauna clown
(29:04) Leaving the sauna
(32:49) Outside first round
(38:22) The rest of the sauna session
(42:12) After sauna
(43:47) Favorite season to sauna
(45:20) Favorite time to sauna
(46:10) Final recommendations
(48:23) Outro -
World's Smallest Mobile Sauna? - 018
We’re traveling as far as we ever have on the sauna trail to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Today’s episode will have two parts. First, we’ll talk about our trip in general and the sauna we used, then in the second part we’ll share about our favorite band, The Innocence Mission. Their music has been our soundtrack on many sauna journeys. Join us as we discuss two of our favorite things – music and sauna!
The Innocence Mission Website: https://www.theinnocencemission.com
The Innocence Mission live on David Letterman: https://youtu.be/CKq6neLpszs
Article Risto and Julie were featured in: https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/lancaster-roots-blues-2016-you-cant-go-wrong/article_64d6baf4-dcfb-11e5-a29e-5b101e1aba22.html
Music
Dirge of the Night by Tied With Twine
Website
https://www.thesaunatrail.com
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/thesaunatrail
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/thesaunatrail
TikTok
https://www.tiktok.com/@thesaunatrail
Locals
https://thesaunatrail.locals.com
(00:00) Introduction
(01:32) The bucket list item
(05:41) The trip and the sauna
(11:47) The concert
(15:03) About the Innocence Mission
(18:03) Favorite albums
(21:22) Favorite songs
(36:35) Outro -
Our Favorite - 017
Surprise! Today we’ll talk about our visit to a sauna we already featured in episode four “Kinda Rustic”, and share how it went from being “meh” to a favorite sauna that is near and dear to our hearts. Join us to hear the story of our conversion!
Music
Dirge of the Night by Tied With Twine
Website
https://www.thesaunatrail.com
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/thesaunatrail
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/thesaunatrail
TikTok
https://www.tiktok.com/@thesaunatrail
Locals
https://thesaunatrail.locals.com
(00:00) Introduction
(03:58) The Turtle Hollow sauna and rental
(10:36) Exploring Viroqua
(16:51) Going back to Turtle Hollow
(18:40) Photos and memories
(30:16) A rustic sauna in a beautiful setting
(34:33) Outro