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World Service,04 Feb 2023,49 mins

Author Ann-Helén Laestadius on reindeer herding

The Arts Hour

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Nikki Bedi is joined by best-selling Swedish author Ann-Helén Laestadius and cultural critic Karen Krizanovich They’ll discuss Brendan Fraser’s role as a morbidly obese man in The Whale. American author Jane Smiley talks about her novel A Dangerous Business, which is set during the Californian Gold Rush, Michelle Williams discusses her role in Steven Spielberg’s The Fablemans, which has earned her a Best Actress Oscar nomination Iranian actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi on Holy Spider Sami musician Maxida Marak on the vital importance of traditional singing in her life... And there’s Carnatic music from Sushma Soma and Aditya Prakash. (Photo: Reindeer in snow. Credit: Mona Dienhart/Getty)

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