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Experience The Upper Bench for unique sauna expeditions. Immerse in Finnish sauna traditions, embrace the allure of hot-cold bathing, and relish wood-burning sauna tales. Ignite your passion for sauna culture as we cover topics like sauna tech, wellness, and others.
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The Radiant Debate (opens the original)
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The Radiant Debate Episode 78 - Sam, Risto, and Eero tackle the radiant question. Is radiant heat bad in the sauna?LINKShttps://www.theupperbench.comhttps://www.instagram.com/upper.bench.podcast/https://www.facebook.com/theupperbench CONTENT 00:00 Intro & Sauna Updates 11:21 What Is the Radiant Heat Debate? 13:50 How We Debate Matters 26:16 Radiant Heat: Good, Bad, or Personal Preference? 40:52 Rocks, Steel & Heater Design 50:09 Sharp vs. Intense Radiant Heat
Dan Sarya of Michigan Sauna (opens the original)
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Episode 77 - Dan Sarya of Michigan Sauna joins the Upper Bench crew. Dan's passion is to share the "smile" of his Finnish cultural heritage with the rest of North America. We hear how he started his mobile sauna business in Traverse City, Michigan and what his sauna trips to Finland are like.LINKShttps://www.michigansaunas.comhttps://www.saunaexperience.fihttps://www.theupperbench.comhttps://www.instagram.com/upper.bench.podcast/https://www.facebook.com/theupperbenchEpisode photos from: https://
A trip to Finland transformed Bill's perspective on sauna and health (opens the original)
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Bill Gifford, author of Hotwired, and sauna fanatic joins us to discuss the science of sauna and how a trip to Finland totally transformed his perspective on health. LINKS https://www.instagram.com/billgifford/ https://lnk.to/Hotwired https://www.theupperbench.com https://www.instagram.com/upper.bench.podcast/ https://www.facebook.com/theupperbench CONTENTS 00:00 Catching-up and news 03:31 Introducing Bill Gifford & growth of sauna scene in Utah 08:57 Hotwired book 09:45 Why humans sweat and the
Adventures in Researching the History of Finnish Sauna in North America (opens the original)
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Risto revisits his presentation from the Upper Peninsula History Conference in Marquette, Michigan: “Adventures in Researching the History of Finnish Sauna in North America.”From rare books and university archives to remote smoke saunas and unusual online discoveries, he shares more than a decade of exploring Finnish-American sauna culture. Along the way, he highlights historic public saunas, notable researchers, 360-degree sauna photography, favorite sauna books, and practical ways anyone can b
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