Modern life is built on a simple promise: the more comfortable, stable, and controlled our surroundings become, the better our lives will be. We insulate ourselves from weather, reduce friction in daily routines, and design spaces that are predictable and easy to navigate. Progress, in this view, means minimizing effort and exposure. But this logic may carry an unintended cost. This week, we return to our podcast archive. As the exhibition Tales of a Nomadic City at Halmtorvet 27 enters its final days, we revisit a conversation on nomadic life and forms of knowledge, asking what such ways of living might reveal about our own attachment to comfort. For If making life easier also reduces our engagement, then the pursuit of constant comfort risks becoming a trap; not because it feels bad, but because, over time, we begin to feel less at all. On the episode you will meet: Jeanette Lykkegård: A postdoctoral researcher in anthropology at Aarhus University. Her work explores how communities understand life, death, and transformation in Arctic and circumpolar contexts. Pavels Hedström: An award-winning Swedish architect based in Copenhagen and Tokyo. With a background in architecture and extreme environments, he investigates how design can reconnect humans with non-human life and broader planetary systems.

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