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A Patient Tutor, a Complex Language, and a Lot of Vowels

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Finding a Voice in Local Politics as an International in Denmark

You’re the Best-Kept Secret in Your Organization

Florin Lungu stands at a high cocktail table holding a microphone and gesturing with one hand, speaking at an indoor event with large glass windows and plants in the background.

Tur-retur: Episode 13 – Let Me Count the Ways

If you’ve seen the film Inglourious Basterds, you likely remember that Michael Fassbender’s counting betrayed that his character wasn’t a German officer, as he’d...

The Tiny Alarm Inside Your Brain That Controls Your Life

A Psychiatrist’s Psycho-Cybernetic Guide to Understanding Your Amygdala Whether you realize it or not, many of the choices you make every single day are not...

From Blast Beats to Ballads: In the Name of Love: Migration, Memory and the Making of Jazz in Denmark

As Vinterjazz 2026 unfolds, stories of Reed Peggram, Sahib Shihab and a metalhead’s fascination ask how this form of Black music came to belong...

Tur-retur: Episode 12 – Hellos and hidden helpfulness

As winter doubles down on its arctic chill, I’m doubling down on number 7 of my tips for getting through the Danish winter. Yes,...

Why My American Family Marched for Greenland in Copenhagen

“Are you American?”  “Yes…” I hesitantly replied. “Thank you for being here,” the woman said with a warm smile, and a wave of relief washed over...

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