Episodes

  • #105 Håtunaleken
    May 15 2024

    Teach Me Sweden is a Swedish History podcast by comedians Jonathan Rollins (US) and Erik Broström (SE). Each week one of them reads a true story from Swedish History to the other one who likely knows nothing about it.


    In this episode, Jon teaches Erik about a time when Sweden's royal family was at odds and had the entire region of Scandinavia on the brink of an all-out war. Listen, learn and laugh while realizing that history really does repeat itself sometimes.


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    34 mins
  • #104 Änglamakaren Hilda Nilsson
    May 8 2024

    Teach me Sweden är en podcast om svensk historia med komikerna Jonathan Rollins (US) och Erik Broström (SE). Varje vecka läser en av dem för den andra om en händelse i svensk historia som förmodligen ingen av dem hört tidigare.


    In this episode, Erik delivers the darkest lesson yet, when he chronicles the troubled life of Hilda Nilsson and the horrible acts that ultimately ended her in jail. Listen in if you can stomach an unsettling story.



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    31 mins
  • #103 Carl Linnaeus
    May 1 2024

    Teach Me Sweden is a Swedish History podcast by comedians Jonathan Rollins (US) and Erik Broström (SE). Each week one of them reads a true story from Swedish History to the other one who likely knows nothing about it.


    In this episode, Jonathan teaches Erik about the famed Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus. Listen, learn and laugh,



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    43 mins
  • #102 Rock & Roll i Sverige
    Apr 25 2024

    Teach me Sweden är en podcast om svensk historia med komikerna Jonathan Rollins (US) och Erik Broström (SE). Varje vecka läser en av dem för den andra om en händelse i svensk historia som förmodligen ingen av dem hört tidigare.


    In this episode, Erik teaches Jonathan about how the genre of Rock & Roll music made its way all the way to Sweden. We learn about the early legends, the interesting name choices, the public reaction to the music and much more in this hilarious conversation. Rock on!

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    37 mins
  • #101 Carolina Klüft
    Apr 18 2024

    Teach Me Sweden is a Swedish History podcast by comedians Jonathan Rollins (US) and Erik Broström (SE). Each week one of them reads a true story from Swedish History to the other one who likely knows nothing about it.


    In this episode, Jonathan teaches Erik about the very decorated Swedish athlete Carolina Klüft.



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    29 mins
  • #100 Zenon Panoussis vs. Scientology
    Apr 10 2024

    Teach me Sweden är en podcast om svensk historia med komikerna Jonathan Rollins (US) och Erik Broström (SE). Varje vecka läser en av dem för den andra om en händelse i svensk historia som förmodligen ingen av dem hört tidigare.



    In this episode, Erik teaches us about the Greek immigrant that challenged freedom of speech and information early in the age of the Internet, with his enemy being an unsuspecting religious group.

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    37 mins
  • #99 The Battle of Brunkeberg
    Apr 3 2024

    Teach Me Sweden is a Swedish History podcast by comedians Jonathan Rollins (US) and Erik Broström (SE). Each week one of them reads a true story from Swedish History to the other one who likely knows nothing about it.


    In this episode, Jonathan teaches Erik about a historic battle that happened during that Kalmar Union days that would change the course of Swedish history.



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    25 mins
  • #98 Ryska ubåtar
    Apr 2 2024

    Teach me Sweden är en podcast om svensk historia med komikerna Jonathan Rollins (US) och Erik Broström (SE). Varje vecka läser en av dem för den andra om en händelse i svensk historia som förmodligen ingen av dem hört tidigare.



    In this episode, Erik teaches us about that time Sweden almost got dragged into the Cold War. Was Russia breaking International laws? Was America testing the waters, so to speak? Was Sweden paranoid? So many questions that Erik answers perfectly in this fun episode. Enjoy!



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    32 mins