Podcast Episodes

New York City's First Sauna Village | Culture of Bathing Gathering

Episode 124

Welcome to this episode of Sauna Talk recorded on multiple sauna benches at the Culture of Bathing Sauna Village in New York City. I'll keep this int…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Mikkel Aaland: Sauna Aid, Sustainability & The Future of Bathing

Episode 123

Today's episode comes to you from the recent West Coast Sauna Summit, outside Vancouver BC Canada, where I had the honour of interviewing Mikkel Aala…

5 months ago

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Sauna Ventilation Explained: The Lazy River & Deep Wave Heat with Keegan Kittock of Deep Wave Sauna

Episode 122

Today on the bench, we sit together with Keegan Kittock, co-founder of Deep Wave Sauna. With the rising tide of sauna also comes marketing talk, pe…

5 months, 1 week ago

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Chicago Sauna Circuit: Banyas, Bathhouses & Lake Michigan Plunges

Episode 121

Today on the virtual bench we visit with longtime thermal enthusiast, friend, and SaunaTimes contributor Kev who takes us through the public bathhous…

6 months ago

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American-Made Sauna Stoves: Inside the Top U.S. Manufacturers

Episode 120

Today, on Sauna Talk, and almost on the sauna bench, I'm pleased to bring you the folks behind the three major American sauna stove makers. American …

6 months, 4 weeks ago

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International Sauna Builders Roundtable | Live from Sauna Days 2025

Episode 119

Today on the bench, we bring you to Larsmont Cottages, Two Harbors. Minnesota for a special roundtable discussion with four sauna builders from four …

7 months ago

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Sauna, Science & Spiritual Health | Emory University Researchers on the Bench | Sauna Talk #118

Episode 118

Today on Sauna Talk, we are joined by the dynamic duo of researcher from Emery University, Deanna Kaplan and Roman Palitsky.

Deanna Kaplan

Deanna Kap…

8 months ago

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From Finland to Minnesota: Building a Backyard Sauna with Chris Heck

Episode 117

I've had the pleasure of sitting on the sauna bench with well over a hundred guests for Sauna Talk. Whether you're listening in your car, out for a w…

8 months, 1 week ago

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Inside the World of Aufguss | A Sauna Master at Farris Bad, Norway

Episode 116

Welcome to this episode of Sauna Talk, where we head back to Farris Bad, resort spa and wellness retreat South of Oslo, Norway. We get to sit with Je…

9 months ago

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Dr. Hans Hägglund on Sauna, Science, and Preventative Health

Episode 115

Today on Sauna Talk, we welcome a very special guest: Dr. Hans Hägglund.

Hans Hägglund, MD, PhD, is a physician, professor at Uppsala University in n…

10 months, 1 week ago

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