277: How to raise a viking with Helen Russell

The Scummy Mummies Podcast

Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn

Kids & Family, Self-improvement, Parenting, Education

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

What makes the Danish some of the happiest people on earth? How can we steal their ideas, and what's stopping us? Why are Norwegian women like oil rigs? Answering all these questions is the amazing Helen Russell!

We talk about her brilliant new book,How to Raise a Viking. Join us as we go on a wonderful journey to a land where the streets are paved with trampolines, children are given knives to play with, and men are having VR sex in enormous spunk factories.

We talk about dating in Denmark, and the dark side of living Danishly - is it really all hygge, all the time? And to finish, we have some super Scummy Mummy Confessions involving cat pee and Easter treats.

Helen's book is out now! You can follow her on Instagram and X @mshelenrussell.

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0:57.0	Hello scumbeks, this is the scummy mummies podcast.
1:07.0	With your hosts, Ell's me Helen Thorne.
1:19.2	And it's Merely Gibson.
1:20.2	Ellie, I'm so excited.
1:21.6	Why? Because one of my most favorite people in the whole world is sitting between us.
1:27.0	It is of course the wonderful, the very talented, internationally renowned best-selling author Helen Russell.
1:34.0	Thank you for having me.
1:36.0	It's so lovely to be here.
1:37.0	Absolutely delightful to have you back because we had you on years and years ago
1:42.0	when you only had like a scattering of books yes and now you've got a whole
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