Danish Originals

From her home in Indianapolis, Glostrup-born, Herlev-raised Danish-American singer songwriter ANITA LERCHE describes her roles as acclaimed performer of Punjabi music, global ambassador of Punjabi culture, Grammy voting member and Recording Academy's Chicago Chapter Board governor. Alongside her contributions to world, new age, classical, pop, and jazz music, Anita talks about her mark on traditional Danish music and her mission as the Honorary Consul for Denmark in Indiana. 
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For today's episode, Anita Lerche chose Robert Indiana's LOVE, from 1970, from the collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana.
https://collections.discovernewfields.org/art/artwork/28170 
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Photographer: Dan Møller
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From his office in Holmen, Århus-born, Gilleleje-raised, Copenhagen-based Danish director of the National Film School of Denmark KRISTOFFER HEGNSVAD shares his thoughts on the school's role in training students from its nine departments to achieve their artistic best and to work collaboratively. He revisits his work as a filmmaker, film critic, and author, his three iconic documentaries, and discusses the potential of mainstream American films to be catalysts for public cultural conversations. 
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For today's episode, Kristoffer Hegnsvad chose Francisco Goya's The Drowning Dog, from 1820–1823, from the collection of the Prado Museum in Madrid.
https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/the-drowning-dog/4ea6a3d1-00ee-49ee-b423-ab1c6969bca6 
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Photographer: Ken Hermann
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This conversation with Tina Jøhnk Christensen occurred on August 20, 2026.
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From his home, Copenhagen-born and -based Danish vintage clothing store owner and PhD fellow JESPER RICHARDY talks about the life cycle of textiles. He shares his thoughts on quality, and on the systemic changes needed in the fashion industry as it concerns sustainability, circularity, waste, capitalism, and consumerism. Jesper talks about the evolution of his three different ventures, in Copenhagen and New York respectively, and how in 2017 Lady Gaga changed his trajectory. 
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For today's episode, Jesper Richardy chose School of Goya's Portrait of Luis María de Cistué y Martínez (1788-1842), from 1791, from the collection of the Louvre Museum in Paris.
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010067553
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Photographer: Nana Reimers
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This conversation with Frederikke Møller occurred on August 17, 2026.
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From her San Francisco office, American journalist and author JEANNE CARSTENSEN discusses her new non-fiction book A Greek Tragedy: One Day, A Deadly Shipwreck, and the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis, that portrays, through firsthand accounts, the largest single-day loss of life during the modern European refugee crisis on October 28, 2015. Jeanne shares thoughts on the timelessness of this very human story, and comments on historical patterns of migration as a global survivor's game.
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For today's episode, Jeanne Carstensen chose Ruth Asawa's installation of 15 Untitled, from 1955–1969, from the collection of Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
https://www.famsf.org/learn-engage/read-watch-listen/sharing-ruth-asawa-art 
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Photographer: Marissa Leshnov
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This conversation with Finn-Olaf Jones occurred on August 10, 2026.
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From his home in Østerbro, Copenhagen-born French-Vietnamese-Danish jazz bassist, composer, and band leader CHRIS MINH DOKY shares his journey that included a multicultural musical upbringing, becoming the house bass player at Copenhagen's La Fontaine at 17, and moving to New York at 18 to be closer to the music he loved, which resulted in a 30-year stay. Chris talks about discovering Miles Davis and the improvisational language of jazz that lends itself to superimposing on other genres. 
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For today's episode, Chris Minh Doky chose Antonio Corradini's Femme voilée (la Foi?), or Veiled Woman (Faith?), from 1800, from the collection of the Louvre Museum in Paris.
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010094893  
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Photographer: Camilla Winther
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This conversation with Finn-Olaf Jones occurred on July 15, 2026.
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