Episode 13: When you don’t get sisu
Author Joanna Nylund joins Joel Willans to discuss her book, Sisu: The Finnish Art of Courage. Is sisu Finnish, or do we just have a really good work for it?
Episode 12: When Northern Lights have been seen by everyone except you
Joel Willans, author and creator of Very Finnish Problems, discusses the beauty of Northern nature and how to see Nothern Lights with Finnish explorer and Instagram personality Joonas Linkola.
Episode 11: When you don’t like strong women
Joel Willans, creator Very Finnish Problems, discusses Finnish femininity and gender equality with engineer and travel, lifestyle blogger Varpu Pöyry.
Episode 10: When you queue for free buckets and they run out
Joel Willans, creator Very Finnish Problems, discusses novel market research with Jyrki Kallinen, co-founder of crowdsourced market research service Crowst.
Episode 9: When you can’t figure out which dairy product is milk
Renowned Finnish comedian André Wickström interviews Joel Willans on the backstory of Very Finnish Problems, how Joel ended up in Finland and more.
Episode 8: Driving for 14 hours and only seeing forest
Are electric vehicles taking off in Finland? Antti Korpelainen of Virta, a car charging company, joins to talk battery tech, long drives to Lapland and more
Episode 7: When the whole country is on ski break and you can’t ski
Former ski jumper Jussa Lauhamaa, currently at Sports Tracker, joins the show to discuss ski jumping as a child, other outdoorsy stuff and wearable tech.
Very Finnish Problems Episode 6: When your children need to wee after getting dressed for winter
Clothing industry activist and sci-fi writer Rinna Saramäki joins to discuss the evils of the clothing industry. The conversation sidetracks into sci-fi.
Very Finnish Problems Episode 5: When somebody else is in the lift
How awkward are British elevators? Joel Willans asks game studies Ph.D. Aki Järvinen essential questions about migrating to the UK and video game studies.
Very Finnish Problems Episode 4: When your winter stroll is ruined by an arriving icebreaker
Author Joel Willans talks icebreakers with maritime historian Aaro Sahari. We learn that Finland was a very isolated place before year-round open waterways.