Finking Cap Podcast

This podcast is for Finnish learners at intermediate and advanced level. In this episode, Veera and I talk about what it's like to live in a small town in Finland after many years in Helsinki. What does living in the middle of nature feel like? Is living in a small town cheaper than Helsinki? What about family stuff? What pushed Veera to move from Helsinki to a small town? What about work? Listen to this podcast episode and practise your Finnish listening skills. On-screen transcript is available, and if you'd like to access more Finnish learning materials, including the teacher's notes for this episode, go to https://finkingcapclub.com/ and join the Finking Cap Club membership for Finnish learners.

Learn Finnish by listening to the Finking Cap Podcast!Finland is said to be the happiest country in the world, however, we have people here who don't have enough money to cover the basics like food. I wanted to make an episode about how food banks in Oulu work. In this episode of the Finking Cap, I interview Katja Suhonen, the food aid expert and director of the "hub" where food donations are sorted and distributed to different locations. This hub is called Prikkakeskus, and their operating model has proven to be so successful that the city of Oulu has made it a permanent service, starting from 2026.After the interview, I point out a few Finnish words from our conversation and I explain them to you, in Finnish, of course.I have made the PDF transcript available for members of the Finking Cap Club: https://finkingcapclub.com/.The Finking Cap Club has lots of Finnish listening content, grammar courses and exercises, so if you're thinking of spending your summer learning Finnish independently, check it out.

How do you say "Beats me" in Finnish? What about "Let me know"?Listen to this mini lesson in Finnish and read the Finnish transcript as you go. For the PDF transcript and extra podcast content, go to https://finkingcapclub.com/.

Veera is back! Listen to Veera and I talk about communities and sense of community in Finland. We talk about what life in the countryside is like compared with living in a "big" Finnish city like Helsinki. How does one find a community of people around them in Finland?The Finking Cap Podcast is a podcast for Finnish learners, in which we speak slower Finnish than we would usually speak.If you're a member of the Finking Cap Club, you will find a PDF transcript for this and all my other episodes at https://finkingcapclub.com/.

Learn intermediate and advanced Finnish by listening to the Finking Cap Podcast! This episode is for anyone who's interested in being an entrepreneur, or, more specifically, a micropreneur or a solopreneur, IN FINLAND.When you start a business in Finland, there are a few things you need to know. In this episode, my guest Liisa Hanén (from Micro and Solo Entrepreneurs Association, MYRY) talks to us about the various obligations, possibilities and challenges that entrepreneurs in Finland have. You will hear clearly spoken Finnish on a topic of entrepreneurship, and hopefully you'll be inspired to read more about the current news on this topic in Finnish.Want to access the PDF transcript and more Finnish content? This episode and more can also be found inside the Finking Cap Club, my online membership for Finnish learners: https://finkingcapclub.com/You can find MYRY, the Micro and Solo Entrepreneurs Association at https://www.mikrojayksinyrittajat.fi/