Best Kirinaja | Acast Podcasts (2025)

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Town Called Rest at the Edge of Dust 1:00:03

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Hi, Sleepy. Tonight I’m the hat that won’t come off and the sigh that finally settles. We wander from my daughter’s Friday-breath of relief to a prairie of 900 million cows, a horse named Barbara who can sing the herd into neat little lines, and the dizzy kindness of work—the kind that bends backs and hearts and still asks for more. We listen for s…

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Gilded Core, Quiet River 1:00:17

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Hi, Sleepy. Tonight we dig where we stand—heels in the soil, head in the constellations. From a quantum shiver under our feet to a secret cave in the mind, we wander through dream-workshops where ponies deflate with comic dignity and a shaggy little creature eats a balloon behind a popcorn stall. We wonder if dreams are solitary janitors or communa…

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A Star Pulls the Night Forward 1:00:23

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Hi, Sleepy. Tonight we drift through memory like a midnight train—rattling carriages of rain on the Adventure Wolf roof, a not-quite-Luke hero tugging us forward, and a cottage where blue cheese grew in the breadbox like a tiny forest. We visit old windows with yellow curtains, recite war verses that don’t quite fit a five-year-old, and meet the fa…

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The Binder, the Band, and the Butterfly 1:00:13

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Hi Sleepy. This one drifts like an unnecessary car ride into town that turns into coffee left unfinished. From there we tumble back to 2006—binders full of tour dates, whispered phone calls with elk hunters named Kurt (or was it Koot?), and four people in a forest of 500 empty chairs, half of them heckling. Out comes Mr. Green Branch in his too-tig…

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The Beautiful Boy in Autumn 1:00:24

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Hi, Sleepy. Tonight I drift through mirrors—my own face in the TV screen, the cold studio air, the autumn leaves scratching outside, and the eyes of my parents, now fragile and still somehow ocean-sized. I talk about self-doubt, about calling myself ugly and then swearing, in a forest, to never do it again. I tell you about driving my parents throu…

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Maya and the Glass Forest 59:48

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Hello, Sleepy. Tonight we wander into snow and silence, into a lonely cabin where a map maker hides from the world, and a girl named Maya knocks on his door. You’ll hear boots crunching through icy forests, the stillness of a man who hasn’t spoken in decades, and the flicker of impossible maps — rivers flowing into clouds, forests made of glass, an…

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The Dog on My Chest 1:00:25

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Hi, Sleepy. Tonight, I stumble into a story about watery vegetable soup, forbidden teenage love, and a dog named M who pinned me to a leather sofa with his smelly breath and fifty kilos of stubbornness. From there, we drift to wrinkled birthday balloons, the sad fate of helium, barbershop choirs full of old drunk men, gooey macaroni comfort food, a…

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Five Ways to Drift 5:01:03

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Hi Sleepy. Imagine a quilt made out of clouds, moth wings, and half-forgotten conversations. This is that quilt. Only instead of keeping you warm, it might keep you... asleep. Or not. It is what it is. What happens, happens. In this hours-long, slow-moving meteor of sound, I’ve stitched together five journeys through the strange and familiar landsc…

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The Beetle and the Melancholic Ape 1:10:04

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Hi, Sleepy. It’s vacation. That ambiguous soup of time where everything’s supposed to soften, slow down, sparkle. But what if it doesn’t? What if your inner rhythm just… refuses to change? In this summer-soaked episode, I step out of my apartment and wander through Stockholm’s shaded parks. I meet roses, ducks, and eventually a sarcastic, unexpecte…

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The Darkness Is Not Afraid of You 1:00:08

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Hi Sleepy. Tonight we investigate the duties of a dude, explore the dangers of barfing in Bermuda, and invent book titles together in a kind of dreamy publishing house of the mind. I’ll be your messy thinker while you drift off to sleep, and together we’ll wander into absurd forests, revisit long-lost friendships, contemplate public pouting birch t…

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A Tower, a Dragon, and My Mother 1:00:58

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Hi Sleepy. This episode starts somewhere between a weather forecast and an unknown song, and then tumbles headfirst into illusions, windmills, and the inexplicable human need to throw raw eggs into fans. I talk about nutcases (actual nuts may be involved), being a self-observing street rat, and my unwavering defence of my mother when I was seventee…

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Who's Holding the Camera? 1:02:23

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Hi Sleepy. I’m not inspired today. Which is perfect, really. Because what better place to begin than from absolutely nowhere? We start with a cheerful dead mouse – not a real one – but a rollercoaster. We imagine its wild, happy face as we plunge into the Stockholm archipelago, which I pronounce about seven times too many. Somewhere along the way I…

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The Fingertip of Bliss 1:00:51

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Hi Sleepy. Do you ever feel like you’ve swapped yourself out, part by part, until you’re a totally different person, yet somehow still…you? Tonight, we set sail on the ship of Theseus, only to lose the rudder and find a violin instead. We spiral through liquid glass interfaces from the ’90s, winter mornings at minus 30°C, the dizzy terror of spinni…

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Descend Into Decency 1:00:13

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Welcome, Sleepy. Tonight we travel nowhere and everywhere. From rain-soaked Stockholm afternoons to marble statues of sorrow in the dark, from sugar-longings and beard-brushed foreheads in a monk’s TV room to the simple bewilderment of carrying too many plastic bags—this episode drifts through it all. There will be illusions, instant gratification,…

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We’re Alone, Together 1:00:48

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Hi, Sleepy. Tonight, I’m laying on my sofa—yes, laying, not lying, although I’m probably also lying a bit—and speaking into the soft Stockholm summer night. The world outside my window is holding its breath, and I guess I’m doing something similar inside. We talk about minds touching across time and space, about Harold the hamster who won’t stop ru…

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Higher, Deeper, Crumblier 1:01:01

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Hi Sleepy. I’m not in my studio tonight. I’m in my living room, and you’re welcome to wander around—mentally, I mean. This is one of those episodes where I try to record two in a row and end up walking straight into my own metaphors. Tonight, I tell you about my gingerbread pig. No, really. A real one, from childhood. It flew through the air and sh…

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This Is Not a Dream, Sleepy 1:00:51

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Hi Sleepy. Welcome back to my humble abode! Tonight, we tumble headfirst into memory. A snowy road, a sausage in the oven, a father who cries over forgotten ice cream. We visit a small trauma in 1980s Sweden, a forgotten needle, a hardened ball of modeling clay, a retreating mother in a silent convent. And somehow it all connects to sleep. Or doesn…

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You Are Not Your Panic 1:00:10

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Hi, Sleepy. Today we glide into a fog of unfinished business, unbarked dogs, and AK-free mornings. We talk Ice Cube, yes—but not clinically. We also marvel at billion-year-old granite counters, their immovability, their unapologetic permanence. We spiral through dizziness and its deceit, and hover somewhere between sorrow, friendship, and the myth …

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Existential Comfort Food 1:00:14

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Welcome back, Sleepy. Tonight, it's just you and me again—Henrik, here in my little studio in Stockholm, whispering gently into your ear with my weird dialect and my equally peculiar point of view. It's early, earlier than I'd prefer, and summer has burst upon Stockholm almost overnight, turning everything brilliantly, inexplicably green. How does …

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Big Spaces, Small Hearts 1:00:11

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Hi Sleepy. Tonight we stand together on the edge of something that maybe was never there to begin with. I talk about the third arm that vanished, the cliff that never was, and the Pope I almost licked. We float through cathedral ceilings and asphalt plains, childhood fears and ABBA-induced tears, trying not to fall—or at least not fall alone. There…

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Just One of Those Nights, Sleepy 1:00:34

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Hi, Sleepy. This is me again. Henrik. Floating above the endless void of meaning and language and strangely shaped English sentences. In tonight’s episode, I reflect on the tragic beauty of being a Swedish man with a microphone and no filter. We talk about parenting, loneliness, oceans, boats, triangles on Venus, the impossibility of controlling an…

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This Is Not a Sleep Podcast (But Maybe It Is) 1:00:43

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Hi, Sleepy. Welcome to this oddly brave little boat of a podcast, wobbling out into the great English-speaking sea with nothing but mismatched oars, a thermos of lukewarm tea, and your host, Me: Henrik – a nervous Swede with no plan and all the feelings. This is the very first step, a humble monologue about nothing and everything: fear of failure, …

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Between You and me, Why did he join the navy? 1:00:18

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Sleepy, tonight’s journey to sleep is less about neat conclusions and more about wandering through the vaults of your childhood imagination—swimming in coins, stumbling through radish economies and spy mice in pillar boxes. It is what it is. What happens happens, and right now there’s nothing we can do but let our thoughts drift where they may. Let…

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Square Dancing with Ghosts 1:01:50

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Hi Sleepy. Tonight’s episode is a softly crumbling biscuit of memory, longing, and the strangely delicious ache of childhood love. We wander back to Linghed, where horses bite, letters go undelivered, and a small boy (me) tries to explain feelings with plastic pearls and lies about the post office. I wonder what love really is—whether it’s chemical…

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Debris, Please Stay Awhile 1:00:31

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Sleepy… what happens, happens. And right now, there’s nothing we can do about it. So let’s go... In this episode, I do what I do best: I forget what I’m doing halfway through doing it, and continue doing it anyway. I talk to you about disaster. Not the dramatic kind, but the kind you're born into—life as a pile of debris to build something beautifu…

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Conversations from the Lighthouse 1:00:10

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Hi Sleepy. So, here we are again—just you and me, Henrik. Tonight, I’m nervous and curious all at once, trying out this whole speaking-English-with-a-Swedish-accent thing. It makes me feel both exotic and, let’s be honest, a little awkward. I'll probably ramble about what it feels like when Swedes encounter confident English speakers abroad and how…

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Campfire Smoke 1:00:05

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Smoke gets in my eyes, Sleepy. Tonight, we wander through the fog—the good kind, the dreamy kind. The kind where thoughts are like lazy ghosts around a campfire, dodging the marshmallows and heading straight for your face. I talk about mopeds, naturally. And being an idiot. Also naturally. Youth, spicy food, graves under church carpets, and the wei…

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Wolf Shield’s Daughter 1:00:07

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Hi Sleepy. Tonight, we trace the tangled threads of Henrik’s lineage — from noble knights with goat-pensions and helmet-fields, to tall matriarchs in hypnotic 60's dresses, to smoky kitchen dances and secret jewelry sessions on shaggy bedroom carpets. We meet King Håkon Longlegs (or… do we?), Wolf Shield heiresses, and the dignified stillness of pe…

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A Gap Between Timelines 1:00:03

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In this meandering nighttime journey, Henrik takes us through the complex emotions of family reunions and generational differences. From a meaningful celebration of his parents' 50th wedding anniversary to reflections on his childhood as the eldest of six siblings, Henrik weaves together past and present in his signature stream-of-consciousness sty…

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Have you ever met a fox, Sleepy? 1:01:26

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In the enchanting realm of Henrik's stream of consciousness, this episode weaves a fantastical tale of a kingdom called Aurelia where power and wealth are concentrated in the hands of a few. We follow Jack, a clever trickster who encounters a magical woman in the Elderwood Forest and embarks on a mission to challenge the corrupt King Ulrik and his …

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The Dignity of Doubt 1:00:12

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In this meandering journey through consciousness, Henrik explores the complex relationship between certainty and humility, weaving together personal stories from his acting school days with reflections on leadership, fear, and the human need for control. From his first terrifying encounter with a carousel at age 10 to conquering his fears on the "C…

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I feel like I am taking care of Henrik 1:00:58

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In this unusually intimate episode, Henrik opens the door to his inner world, sharing the profound changes and transitions in his personal life. Through a meandering stream of consciousness that weaves between reflections on separation, love, and the nature of human connection, he explores what it means to be simultaneously broken and whole. As the…

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Sometimes you just need time to be sad 1:01:01

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In this deeply personal episode, Henrik navigates through a day of profound emotional exploration, weaving together themes of existential loneliness, parental relationships, and the nature of human connection. Starting from his living room, breaking his usual recording routine, Henrik shares his experience of a "sad day," not in a tragic sense, but…

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I like the concept of you 1:00:10

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In this episode, Henrik weaves an intricate tapestry of human existence through a collection of imagined lives, each one a reflection of our shared desire to be more than what the world expects of us. From a Mumbai call center operator who performs midnight poetry for stray cats, to a dentist who transforms extracted teeth into tiny animal sculptur…

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My Cold Core (CC) 1:00:38

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In this meditative journey, Henrik invites us into the depths of winter at Adventure Wolf, his studio sanctuary, where he contemplates the persistent cold that seems to take root within his very being. Through his characteristic stream of consciousness, he explores the concept of his "cold core" (CC) - a metaphysical space where frost meets philoso…

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A Day We Will Forget 1:00:31

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In this episode, Henrik weaves together an intimate tapestry of historical musings and personal reflections, creating a dreamlike exploration of the mundane moments that shape our shared human experience. From his own battles with winter darkness in Stockholm to imagining Cleopatra's private frustrations with a lost hairpin, Henrik invites us into …

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Oddly Specific Untrue Facts About Stockholm 1:00:26

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Join Henrik on a whimsical journey through the cobblestone streets of medieval Stockholm, where fact and fiction dance together in the candlelight. In this episode, Henrik weaves an intricate tapestry of entirely fabricated yet oddly specific historical "facts" about Stockholm's relationship with pickled herrings, psychic cats, and peculiar laws th…

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Kissing Coins Under Starlight 1:02:05

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In this deeply contemplative episode, Henrik takes us on an intimate exploration of what it means to exist in a universe full of wonder. Beginning with a characteristically self-deprecating introduction, he gently unfolds into a profound meditation on the nature of reality, touching everything from the dark matter holding galaxies together (much li…

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The New Years Episode 3:03:07

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This is an extra long New Years epsiode! Sleep Tight and happy New Year dear Sleepy! Thank you for supporting this embryo of a podcast during its first year! See you next week with a new original episode! /Henrik Episodes within this episode: I mourn her tiny ears Stand tall in the stream of annoyance Thoughts are guests in our mind Listen ad free …

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The christmas episode 3:00:37

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This is an extra long Christmas special! Sleep tight! Episodes within this episode: Eternal Nannie Delilah is living a very slow life The pregnant table's daughter Listen ad free and join my universe at: https://fallasleepwithhenrik.supercast.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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The Anatomy of Loneliness 1:00:04

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In this deeply personal episode, Henrik talks about his relationship with the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, weaving together themes of loneliness, redemption, and the healing power of storytelling. From his darkest days in a Stockholm suburb to his current life as a content creator, Henrik reflects on how fictional characters can become real co…

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Eternal Nannie 59:40

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Join Henrik as he drifts through a tapestry of time and space, weaving together the story of Nannie - an immortal soul trapped in eternal youth - and his own memories of a pitch-black river that speaks in whispers. Like a leaf caught in an endless stream, we float between reality and dream, exploring what it means to be frozen in time while the wor…

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I'm harmonized, are you? 1:00:09

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In this meandering journey through consciousness, Henrik takes us on an intimate exploration of growing pains, both as a parent and once as a child himself. Through an imaginative tangent about Star Wars featuring Luke's fictional brother Fluke, Henrik weaves together themes of acceptance, education systems, and the universal struggle of finding on…

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I'm not the optimal sun boy 1:00:07

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Join Henrik on a mesmerizing journey through the landscapes of imagination as he contemplates the nature of sleeping giants beneath our feet and safe havens high in snowy mountains. In this episode, Henrik weaves together thoughts about his dream of owning a control tower overlooking vast arctic landscapes, the peculiar sensation of houseflies walk…

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The Grand Fiesta of Existence 1:00:20

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In this cozy bedtime episode, Henrik invites us into his bedroom for an intimate exploration of existence, childhood television, and the comforting vastness of space. Through a meandering journey that begins with gratitude for his growing international audience, Henrik shares heartwarming stories from his days creating the Swedish children's show "…

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I was a child like 16 seconds ago 1:00:31

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In this deeply personal episode, Henrik meanders through thoughts about life's inherent chaos, childhood memories, and the bittersweet journey of growing older. Like a late-night conversation with an old friend, he shares his perspective on viewing life as a beautiful disaster – not in terms of tragedy, but as an endless opportunity to build someth…

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The Sun King's Secret Pain 1:00:38

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In this uniquely intimate episode, Henrik takes us on a meandering journey through his thoughts on the eve of a significant political event. With his characteristic blend of humor and contemplation, he explores everything from Game of Thrones' peculiar fashion choices to historical French monarchs with embarrassing ailments. As the episode unfolds,…

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The Cosmic Shopping Cart 1:00:19

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In this mesmerizing episode, Henrik takes us on an unexpected philosophical journey through the nature of pain, existence, and... bananas. Starting with a meditation on the true nature of physical sensations, he weaves together childhood memories of experimenting with pain, the concept of entropy, and our collective existence in what he describes a…

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I mourn her tiny ears 1:00:07

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In this deeply introspective episode, Henrik takes us on a journey through his childhood memories, parenting struggles, and the bittersweet nature of watching his daughter grow up. With his signature blend of humor and vulnerability, Henrik reflects on the strict rules of his upbringing, his experiences with bullying, and the complex emotions that …

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Arses and information 1:00:09

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In this episode, Henrik takes us on a journey through the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, focusing particularly on the everyday lives of elves. With his signature blend of humor and introspection, Henrik ponders the mundane aspects of immortal life that are often overlooked in fantasy literature. From questioning the practicalities of elven…