Greg Jenner is joined by historian Dr Janina Ramirez and comedian Kae Kurd in medieval Iceland to delve into the world of old Norse literature. It's full of elves, giants, trolls, gods, deadly mistletoe and eight-legged horse babies. Anything goes in a world created from the decapitated body of a giant where a squirrel runs communications! But what was the ultimate purpose of these stories? Who wrote them? And what do they teach us about Viking culture? Produced by Greg Jenner and Emma Nagouse
My name's Joe Wilkinson and I've managed to force Patrick Bamford to come on a podcast with me and he's gonna slowly fall in love with me.
Do you go to the tip?
Believe it or not, yeah, I do.
Do you go to the supermarket?
No.
You know when all the shirts started getting tight on the players and they started selling them like that to the general public?
Yeah, yeah.
And everyone looked like sausages.
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Hello, Greg here.
Just a reminder that our live special about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is next week.
March 29 is when you'll get that one.
So in the interim, here's a lovely re version of a previous episode, all about old norse literature or viking myths.
We couldn't quite figure out what to call it, but basically it's good stuff.
If you want the full length one with the quiz and the rude bits, you know where to find it.
It's all the way back in the BBC archive on BBC or wherever you get your podcasts.
So enjoy this and come back next week for our Mozart spectacular.
Thank you.