[04] Ola Normelli - Swedish Actor, International Great Guy

photo credits to Permafrostmedia in Stockholm (https://permafrostmedia.com/)

 

Our special guest tonight is Ola Normelli, swedish actor and long time friend of Seattle. He teaches us how to act, what America looks like through foreign eyes, and he loves puns.

 

From his website (www.olanormelli.com):

 

Ola Normelli is an actor based in Gothenburg, Sweden and Seattle, WA. He has been working with productions such as Vår tid är nu/Our time is now (Jarowskij/SVT), En del av mitt hjärta (Unlimited stories/Film i Väst) and Kör Bara/Just do it (Mikaela Hargell).

Besides his acting career, Ola is also a writer and a poet. His forthcoming book; Den enda medicinen (The sole medicine) – a collection of texts, will be published shortly.

Find at more at:

 

Ola's Website

Ig: @olanormelli

 

Show Notes

Podcasters (Ben, Stephen)

 

2m - Ola's Seattle Connection

4m - Getting Started in Acting

8m - Ola in LA

14m - Ola Loves America

16m - Insurance in America

23m - Seattle's Worst Podcast Takes a Bold Stance

26m - Porn Parody Titles

31m - Ola Teaches Us Acting, the Meisner Technique

43m - Ola's Fascinating Stage Work, Murder Mysteries

54m - Ben's Been to Sweden, Got a Compliment

59m - Everybody’s Got Nazis

67m - How Do You Discuss Trump, Issues with Hard Right People

81m - Guns

90m - We Can't Stop Talking about Swedish Politics

93m - Oprah

96m - Ben and Ola Do Geography Puns

100m - Ola Makes a Commitment

103m - Ola's Biggest Moment, Matt Dillon

107m - Ola Plugs Stuff

111m - Ola Reads Us a Poem

 

Special Acknowledgements -

Conscious Eatery - http://consciouseatery.org/

Permafrost Media - https://permafrostmedia.com/

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