Mask Off Podcast (Radio Inter FM)

Jinbin is an artist from China, who studied and works in Norway during COVID.

Bobby is an artist from Hong-Kong, who studied and works in Oslo during COVID time.

Bobby is an artist from Hong-Kong, who studied and works in Oslo during COVID time.

Dominic talks about the effects of Covid-19. 4 episode: learning new technology in Covid

Dominic talks about the effects of Covid-19. 3 episode: Challenges faced during Covid.

Dominic talks about the effects of Covid-19. 2 episode: the group talks about what they have done during Covid.

Dominic talks about the effects of Covid-19. 1 episode: introduction to the group.

Host name: Aylin Bloch.
Language: German.

Die heutige Folge geht darum, wie es für mich, als Teenager, war Korona  zu haben. Ob ich krank wurde? Ob ich meine Familie angesteckt habe? Wie  ich es hinbekommen habe, isoliert zu bleiben, während ich mit meiner  Familie wohnte.

Host name: Lidya Donmez.
Language: Norwegian.

Host name: Lidya Donmez.
Language / Språk: Turkish/Turkisk

Host name: Hayati Çengel

Language: Turkisk.

Episoden handler om hvordan studenter skal takle korona pandemien.

Host name: Hayati Çengel

Language: Norwegian.

Episoden handler om hvordan studenter skal takle korona pandemien.

Kabile Stephane from LOCA talks more about the details of his practice and future plans in this second episode. 

Kabile Stephane from LOCA talks in this first episode about curating art in Zambia during Covid-19

Host name: Xhena Galima

Language: English

Are you also worried about the new Omicron variant?   There are a lot of ongoing questions about this new covid variant. Where did this come from? Is it more severe than the other types of covid variants? Is it more contagious? And most importantly how well the Covid-19 vaccines will hold up against it? Find out more by listening to this episode. This podcast is powered by IMDI and Radio Inter FM.

Source list:

Norwegian Institute of Public Health. (2021, 29. November). Risk assessment of the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Norway. Source from: https://www.fhi.no/en/news/2021/risk-assessment-of-the-omicron-variant-of-sars-cov-2-in-norway/

World Health Organization (2021, 28. November). Update on Omicron. Source from:

https://www.who.int/news/item/28-11-2021-update-on-omicron

UNICEF (2021, 30. November). What we know about the Omicron variant. Source from: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/what-we-know-about-omicron-variant

Gallagher, J. (2021, 6. December). Omicron: how worried should we. BBC News source fr om: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-59418127

In the 4th and final episode Jonathan Dingali Sakala and Marita from LOCA perform a poem for hope. 

Jonathan Dingali Sakala from LOCA talks about new opportunities arising regardless of Covid-19.

Jonathan Dingali Sakala from LOCA episode 2: Covid and the launch of new creativity

Jonathan Dingali Sakala from LOCA episode 1: Covid-times

Bwanga 'Benny Blow' Kapumpa fra LOCA forteller om hvordan pandemien har påvirket ham i Zambia, og leser kapittel 3 av en upublisert historie han har skrevet.

Bwanga 'Benny Blow' Kapumpa fra LOCA forteller om hvordan pandemien har påvirket ham i Zambia, og leser kapittel 2 av en upublisert historie han har skrevet.

Bwanga 'Benny Blow' Kapumpa fra LOCA forteller om hvordan pandemien har påvirket ham i Zambia, og leser kapittel 1 av en upublisert historie han har skrevet.

I denne episoden snakker Hamza om hvordan Covid-19 har, og fortsatt påvirker mange deler av livet.

I denne episoden snakker Hamza om når smitten kommer nær

I denne episoden snakker Hamza om lockdown og hjemmeskole

I tried to look at crisis as a change, possibly a positive change. But how did COVID impact my relationship with my husband and family?

Wei Ting is a musician from Taiwan. What happened after every concert was canceled? How did we remain the income?

Did their family worry about them being a foreigner in Norway and without family aside during COVID?

Did lockdown make family closer? How does it feel to stay in quarantine for 14 days?

How did the way of the study change during COVID? Was it good or bad? 

Was Asian being bullied when COVID hit Norway?

Was it lonely to live alone during lockdown? How did we feel? Was it good or bad?

Was it lonely to live alone during lockdown? How did we feel? Was it good or bad? 

A group of young artists discussing how artists host exhibitions during COVID.

A group of young artists discussing how artists host exhibitions during COVID.

Host name: Xhena Galima
Guest: John Henry Araw-araw
Language: Filipino and English

In this episode, I will be interviewing a guest named Henry, and he will be comparing the difference between Philippines and Norway under the Pandemic. Henry came to Norway almost a year ago. He has has experienced the corona pandemic both in Norway and Philippines. Henry will be talking more about the rules and regulations back in the Philippines and how the students coped in school under the pandemic.

Philippines lockdown rules; ECQ (enhanced community quarantine) and GCQ(general community quarantine)
Source: Pinagkaiba ng ECQ, MECQ at GCQ – City Government of Muntinlupa (muntinlupacity.gov.ph)
Philippines Covid GCQ: What You Need to Know (ivisa.com)

You host Mavi, is having a conversation with her guest about business and working conditions under the pandemic, comparing Turkey and Norway.

Bu bölümde Mavi, misafiriyle Türkçe olarak, Türkiye ve Norveçte koronanın çalışma ve iş ortamlarını nasıl etkilediğini konuşuyor.

What's the current situation in Norway.

Mavi chats with Naz a university student.

Your host Mavi has a talk with Eda, her classmate from primary school. They compare the differences in Turkey and Norway.

In this episode, Sawsen Khechab as host interviews Samy D., an expatriate who left his native country to settle in Norway with his wife. He leaves behind his friends, family and a flourishing engineering career to join his lover. On his arrival, the pandemic is in full swing, Oslo is empty, cold, and only his footsteps can be heard at the train station. Today he is with us, and he tells us his story.

Language: French

Host: Sawsen Khechab
Production: Sawsen Khechab
Guest: Samy D

In this episode, Sawsen Khechab as host will be discussing the topics on mental health, emotional wellbeing and keeping yourself well during this time of crisis with guest, Amina LaTroche, who is a young and ambitious Oslo-based Algerian entrepreneur, who pursues a career in the borderline of business and IT.

Language: Arabic
Host: Sawsen Khechab
Production: Sawsen Khechab
Guest: Amina LaTroche

I denne episoden snakker jeg om de forskjellige reise reglene i Norge på tysk. Om man må i karantene ved innreise eller utreise, hvilke land som er trygge å reise til og om man må teste seg for korona ved innreise eller ikke.

In der heutigen Folge werde ich Ihnen über die verschieden Reise Regeln in Norwegen auf deutsch erzählen. Ob man bei Einreise oder Ausreise in Quarantäne muss, welche Länder die sicher sind mit Corona und ob man sich überhaupt bei Einreise für Corona testen muss.

Host name: Aylin Bloch

Production: Aylin Bloch

On today’s episode me and my guest Eda will be comparing how the corona situation is being handled. I live in Norway and Eda lives in Turkey. I interviewed her and asked her questions about the current corona restrictions and how she has experienced her vacation. We also compared how both countries handled the situation from the beginning of the pandemic.

Host name: Mavi Vural

Production: Mavi Vural

Guest: Eda

Dette er en teaser for episode 1 - Korona pandemien for unge nå

Podkaster: Aydogan Gursel & Arafat Aljabry

Produsert og redigert av Magdalena Swensen

Denne episoden snakker vi om hvordan pandemien for oss unge er nå og svarer på spørsmål som hvordan det er å feste under pandemien? Hvordan vaksinen ble laget så fort? og hvorfor unge ikke får kjøpt boliger?

Podkaster: Aydogan Gursel & Arafat Aljabry

Produsert og redigert av Magdalena Swensen

Introduksjon av podkasten. Hva handler den om? Hva vil vi gjøre? Hvem vil vi intervjue?

Podkaster: Aydo & Arafat

Produsert og redigert av Magdalena