Noir Hear This
9 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsIn a series of conversations with novelists, screen writers, critics and thinkers, Noir Hear This delves deep into the Scandinavian psyche to uncover why Nordic Noir has become a global phenomenon.
In each episode, host Johan Gabrielsson visits a different Scandinavian location to reveal what lies beneath this successful crime genre.
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Episodes
Episode 8: Stieg Larsson Redux
May 16, 2018 00:51 - 21 minutes - 39.3 MBStieg Larsson was one of the biggest selling Nordic Noir writers with his Millennium series -The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest. So what happened when Larson died?
Episode7: Finnish Punk and Bordertown
May 09, 2018 06:15 - 21 minutes - 39.2 MBBordertown is one the most successful Finnish crime TV series to date. It’s set on the sensitive border between Finland and Russia. We meet its creator Miikko Oikkonen. Antti Tuomainen is part of the new wave of Finnish Nordic Noir writers. His dexterity with language and unusual subject matters have brought him an international cult following. Kati Hiekkapelto is a singer in the Finnish punk band Parrakas nainen (The Bearded Woman). She lives on an isolated island in the Baltic Sea. Fro...
Episode 6: The Bridge
May 02, 2018 02:12 - 21 minutes - 39.5 MBReturning to Sweden with Hans Rosenfeldt, the writer and creator of the Nordic Noir classic TV series The Bridge. And best selling author, Christoffer Carlsson discusses how his work as a criminologist has influenced his writing.
Episode 5: The King and his successors
April 24, 2018 05:18 - 28 minutes - 40.3 MBBestselling Danish novelist, Jussi Adler-Olsen reveals his formula for creating a book impossible to put down. His unusual childhood, growing up with his psychiatrist father in various mental institutions, gave him fodder for his books.
Episode 4: Iceland and Finland join the fray
April 18, 2018 04:22 - 23 minutes - 38 MBWe take the temperature on Finland and Iceland. Why does Scandinavia’s smallest country, Iceland, contain the most crime writers per capita in the world? And why does Finland have more murders than any other Nordic country?
Episode 3: Norway - beyond the picture postcard
April 10, 2018 07:49 - 21 minutes - 44.2 MBWe travel beyong the fjords and ice capped mountains to meet Gunnar Staalesen, part of the first wave of Norwegian crime writers; Jermund Eriksen, writer of the Norwegian hit TV program Mammon and Frode Sander Øien (aka writer Samuel Bjork ) who explains the dark forces beneath the picture perfect Norwegian landscape.
Episode 2: Danish Twist
April 04, 2018 01:29 - 27 minutes - 43.6 MBWe travel to Denmark and investigate the success behind Danish Nordic Noir Television. We meet Jeppe Gjervig Gram, co-creator of Borgen. Sara Blaedel, considered the queen of Danish crime writing, shares her love for Agatha Christie. We also talk with Professor Anne Marit Waade about the history and aesthetics of Nordic Noir.
Episode 1: Sweden and the Beginnings of Nordic Noir
March 27, 2018 22:23 - 25 minutes - 41.4 MBWe begin in Sweden with the writers Sjöwall Wahloo, the duo considered to be the inventors of the Nordic Noir genre. We meet crime writer, criminologist and expert on Sjöwall Wahloo, Christoffer Carlsson; top selling Swedish author, Jens Lapidus, on the gang wars of Stockholm and Professor Beverley Allen dissects the differences in Nordic Noir style between the Scandinavian countries
Noir Hear This Preview
March 23, 2018 01:31 - 1 minute - 2.95 MBNoir Hear This is a new eight part podcast about Nordic Noir. Johan Gabrielsson talks to Scandinavian writers, critics and thinkers about the psyche and craft behind this successful crime fiction genre. Episode 1 drops March 28th