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Wind Machine Podcast

Wind Machine Podcast"s hosts provide commentary and critique of Eurovision songs from 1960 to the present. Incorporating a mix of pop-culture, music, history, geography and politics.

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Episode 23 – Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Excellent...

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2017/07/16

Listen to the episode here: Episode 23 – Bosnia & Herzegovina’s Excellent Adventure In this episode, Danie and Mark try to figure out what is going on with this very messy, but awkwardly polite country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, while discussing the history, war, geography, and politics of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Republika … Continue reading Episode 23 – Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Excellent Adventure

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Episode 22 – The Italian Job

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2017/06/29

Listen to the episode here: Episode 22 – The Italian Job Danie and Mark travel to Italy and cover the history and politics of the country, plus Catholicism, environmental issues, volcanoes AND Italy in Eurovision. Songs Include: Occidentali’s Karma – Francesco Gabbani (2017) L’Amore E’ Femmina – Nina Zilli (2012) No Degree Of Separation – Francesca Michielin (2016) … Continue reading Episode 22 – The Italian Job

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Episode 21 – Belgium Beyond

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2017/06/12

Listen to the episode here: Episode 21 – Belgium Beyond Danie and Mark travel to Belgium and celebrate their 1st Birthday with the 21st episode in the series. They also talk about the shared history with France, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, Austria, and Luxembourg, the geography and climate, and the politics of Belgium. Plus they get … Continue reading Episode 21 – Belgium Beyond

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Episode 20 – Russia Reloaded

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2017/05/28

Listen to the episode here: Episode 20 – Russia Reloaded Danie and Mark travel to Russia, the largest country in the world! They cover a brief history of the country, the geography, and the politics, while focusing on their Top 5 Eurovision songs based on a jury of two. Songs Include: Party For Everybody – Buranovskiye … Continue reading Episode 20 – Russia Reloaded

WMP Supplemental: Post-Eurovision 2017 Debrief

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2017/05/15

Listen to the episode here: WMP Supplemental 2 – Post Eurovision 2017 Debrief Danie and Mark have a quick chat about Eurovision 2017. We talk about how well we thought Australia went, compared our Top 10 to that of the final results, and how Australia voted. We also chat about our three happy/sad surprises, our most … Continue reading WMP Supplemental: Post-Eurovision 2017 Debrief

WMP Guest Spot #2: Refreshments Provided Podcast

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2017/05/15

A little while back, we joined Jason-Scott Watkins and Carly Findlay on Refreshments Provided Podcast! You can listen to the podcast here! Since Carly is new to Eurovision, Jason invited us to help her dip her toes in the glitz, glamour, politics, and music of the song contest. We also tried out Jason’s Ukrainian Poppy Seed biscuits! … Continue reading WMP Guest Spot #2: Refreshments Provided Podcast

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Episode 19 – Israel: The Man with the Golden Song

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2017/05/07

Listen to the episode here: Episode 19 – Israel The Man With The Golden Song Danie and Mark travel to the State of Israel and chat about the serious history, serious politics, and serious geography with Palestine, all which make up this Eurovision country that’s not actually in Europe. But seriously, don’t fight us on that … Continue reading Episode 19 – Israel: The Man with the Golden Song

WMP Guest Spot #1: Kids Love Balloons

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2017/04/26

Since we’re getting to the pointy end of Eurovision Mania, we were very honoured to be guests on Kids Love Balloons podcast this week, recorded in Richmond! You can listen to the episode here! We talked about why we love Eurovision, what people should expect from this year’s contest and more! We joined: Chris Holland, host of Kids … Continue reading WMP Guest Spot #1: Kids Love Balloons

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Episode 18 – Serbia and The Beast

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2017/04/17

Listen to the episode here: Episode 18 – Serbia and the Beast Danie and Mark return to usual programming to bring you all the facts about Serbia’s history, geography, politics, and of course their favourite Eurovision songs since 2000. Songs Include: Caroban – Nina (2011) Beauty Never Lies – Bojana Stamenov (2015) Ovo je Balkan – Milan Stankovic … Continue reading Episode 18 – Serbia and The Beast

WMP Supplemental: Eurovision 2017 Preview Episode

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2017/04/15

Listen to the episode here: Eurovision 2017 Preview Danie and Mark trawl through all 42* songs entered into this year’s Eurovision Song Contest and play their top 10, based on jury of two, and all votes verified by government supervisors** *yeah, thanks Russia. **our cats. Songs Include, in alphabetical order (only slight spoilers): … Continue reading WMP Supplemental: Eurovision 2017 Preview Episode