This week on Ordinary Observations Jack is joined by long time friend of the show Victor, a Swedish man who has seen a moose before. We spend the hour asking some heavy hitting questions like what do moose eat, where do moose like to live, how does a moose find love, and what should moose be afraid of? We discuss the rising popularity of Den Stora Älgvandringen (The Great Moose Walk) from Swedish public broadcaster SVT. We recount New Zealand's misguided moose introduction, and ask ourselves could the Fiordland Moose really have survived to the present day? All this and a whole lotta laughs, this time on Ordinary Observations as part of K103 Live Day.

Hosts: Jack Williamson & Victor Oskarsson

This is a podcast by K103 Göteborgs Studentradio.

Join Jack this week on Ordinary Observations for a sprawling discussion on a select few terrible popes. We start off with Pope Stephen XI, a man so incensed at his dead predecessor's actions, he had his corpse exhumed and put on trial, in what would come to be known as the Cadaver Synod. Next we have a long hard look at some of the behaviour of Pope John XII, who was elected Pope as a teenager and promptly turned the holy residence into an orgy of drinking, gambling, and extra-marital sex. Finally we turn to Pope Benedict IX, famed for being the only pope to serve three separate pontificates. Unfortunately, all of which would be marred in controversy, not least of all selling the Papacy. Listen in for these juicy details and more, this week on Ordinary Observations.

Host: Jack Williamson

This is a podcast by K103 Göteborgs Studentradio.

Mark & Jack once again join in on K103 Live Day, this time to put some Ordinary Observationism on the time-honoured, yet in-vogue hobby of running great distances in terrible conditions. Mark pulls the starting trigger with Marathon Des Sables, the 7 day long, 250+ km epic adventure race through the Sahara Desert in Southern Morocco. Jack registers a hearty DNF in the 1904 Olympic Marathon in St Louis. Terribly organised but featuring an array of colourful characters, this marathon has gone down as one of the most bizarre events in sporting history. Mark struggles to comprehend the mental fortitude displayed by Austrian man Rainer Predl, who ran 70 km in laps around his kitchen table. And we contemplate the horror of running 200 miles underground, in the darkness with only your own thoughts and 39 other sweaty ultra marathon runners. All this and a whole lotta laughs, this time on Ordinary Observations.

Hosts: Mark Stribling & Jack Williamson

This is a podcast by K103 Göteborgs Studentradio.

Join Mark & Jack for an ordinary discussion somewhere near the intersection of animal biology and scientific tomfoolery. This week we are taking a look at some questionable experiments performed on animals. How did we make cats glow green and how does that help us fight AIDS? Why did 1960s biologists care which body part of a female turkey got the male most excited? And how did they test that? Do rats really need cocaine to enjoy music? Weren't they happy enough eating dropped pizza in the subway? Any idea what happens when you give drugs to spiders? The flies seem pleased with the results. We answer these questions and have a few laughs along the way, this week on Ordinary Observations.

Hosts: Mark Stribling & Jack Williamson

This is a podcast by K103 Göteborgs Studentradio.

Join Mark & Jack this week as we pay homage to the greatest website ever created, Wikipedia. Spring is finally here, so why not lace up with us for a casual scroll through a few of our personal favourite entries. Mark gets started with a beautiful tale, found at the not-so-frequently-visited intersection of government policy, caving, and dairy. This is Government Cheese. Next, he lets his anarchist-leaning, animal-loving, sniffer-dog-averse side shine through with his poetic retelling of how a handful of lowly street mutts joined a fight for what's right and became beloved by the masses, in his recount of the wiki on Street Dogs. Jack proclaims his love for lists with an eclectic selection of individual cetaceans. We hear from 52-Hertz, the "World's loneliest whale". We pay our respects to KOBO, who would probably rather not be in a museum. And we wonder what really happened to Opo the friendly dolphin that fateful evening in the summer of 1956. All this and a whole lotta laughs this week on Ordinary Observations.

Hosts: Mark Stribling & Jack Williamson

This is a podcast by K103 Göteborgs Studentradio.

Join Jack and Mark once again for K103's Live Day! This time featuring long time friend of the show and budgeting expert Manoj, as well as Alva from the K103 music editorial team. This installment of Ordinary Observations focuses on all things money saving; tips and tricks to save your pennies in a world of inflationary pressures and cost of living crises. Jack goes through some common childhood grievances your parents would have when you wasted resources at home, Mark takes us through some food hacks, and Manoj lists off his favourite money saving vehicle tricks. All this and more on this week's episode of Ordinary Observations.

Hosts: Jack Williamson, Mark Stribling, Manoj Ramesh & Alva Fährlin

Join Jack and Mark on this installation of Ordinary Observations as they explore the culture rich world of performance art and meet some of the artists behind the work. We take a look at the dedication of Taiwanese endurance art performer Tehching Hsieh, with his profound series of One Year Pieces, including Cage Piece and Time Clock Piece. We marvel at the bravery of the grandmother of performance art Marina Abramović. A Serbian conceptual and performermance artist, most famous for her piece Rythm 0. And we wash it all down with a side eye look at some of the raunchier, more bizarre, more dangerous, and more interesting performance art pieces from throughout history. All this and and a whole lot more in this episode of Ordinary Observations.

Hosts: Mark Stribling & Jack Williamson.

This is a podcast by K103 Göteborgs Studentradio.

Welcome to the first episode of Ordinary Observations for 2025! Mark and Jack start the year as we mean to go on, with a few interesting stories of incredible human endurance. Mark runs us through the entire length of Africa with Hardest Geezer Russ Cook, who tore up the pavement all the way from South Africa to the tip of Tunisia. Jack gives himself shortsightedness with Beatriz Flamini, the Spanish woman who spent 500 days isolated in a cave, 70 metres below the surface. We wrap it all up with everybody's favourite Iceman, Wim Hof the Dutch daredevil famous for subjecting himself to extremely cold temperatures for extended periods of time.

Hosts: Jack Williamson & Mark Stribling

This is a podcast by K103 Göteborgs Studentradio.