Get ready for spring and summer with our big pop culture episode featuring recommendations for music, TV and films to enjoy in over 22 languages. Lindsay introduces a helpful framework for getting the most out of pop culture in another language:

• Discover


• Consume


• Create

We hope you enjoy our recommendations!

Timestamps

Lindsay’s faves

MUSIC

• Rosalia - MOTOMAMI (Spanish with some Catalan and English and Japanese influence)


• Stromae - Multitude (French)


• Daddy Yankee - Legendaddy (Spanish)


• Tierra Adentro - Aguije (Spanish and Guarani)


• Dead Blonde - Propaganda (Russian)


• Monetochka - Raskpaski dla Vzrosluh (Russian)


• Toot Ard - Migrant Birds (Arabic)


• Waiata Reo Maori: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX9Ca1SohktgM


• Raices Indigenas: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX1aLJoYoaZnK


• Mosaic: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXd9vfK9DV3I6


• Organica: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX2pprEpa9URZ


• Borderless: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWZJmo7mlltU6


• Global X: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWUxHPh2rEiHr


• Folk Fabrique: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX62XscWX9t6h


• The Sounds of Spotify/Every Noise

FILMS

• La Famille Belier - CODA remade from this concept (French)


• Jiro Dreams of Sushi - he really really really likes sushi (Japanese)


• The Skin I Live In - phew! Banderas is on fire! (Spanish)


• Downstream to Kinshasa - moving. Loved seeing a different place. (Lingala, Swahili)


• Bad Lucky Goat - take me here too please sunshine (islander Creole English)


• Cairo Station - it’s OG Manic Pixie Dream Girl (Arabic)


• Song Without a Name - heartbreaking, real, honest, tonne of bricks (Spanish with Quechua)


• 5 Broken Cameras - life in Palestine looks tough as (Arabic, Hebrew)


• The Prince of Nothingwood - wanna watch all his films please (English and Arabic)



• Sweat - never connected to this lead before (Polish)




• TV: El Casa del Papel (Money Heist), How to Sell Drugs Online Fast

Kerstin’s faves

MUSIC

Indie, alternative, punk, rock music:

• Tocotronic, Kraftklub, Die Ärzte 🇩🇪


• Candelas, Swnami 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Dancehall, caribbean feel, afrobeat type of music:

• Mandi Classic 🇨🇩 (Swahili), Jamaican artists like Sean Paul and Spice, and Seeed 🇩🇪

BOOKS AND TV

Mysteries & Thrillers

Books: Arnaldur Indri∂asson’s Erlendur series 🇮🇸

On TV: The Bridge 🇩🇰🇸🇪 , Salamander 🇧🇪, The Killing 🇩🇰, Trapped 🇮🇸, Craith/Hidden 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, Dark 🇩🇪

FILM

• Patagonia (Welsh, Spanish, English)

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