The Podgoblin’s Hat
Episodes
Bonus #12 Valentina Brullo
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Valentina has a unique pathway into the Moomins. She experienced just one story: The Moomins and the Great Flood, as an audiobook as a child. She neve...
Bonus #12 Mary
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a podcast first, we are interviewing a Moomin fan who is still a teenager and discovered the Moomins through Pinterest! Mary talks us through the c...
Bonus #11 Mendel Skulski
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode's special guest is Mendel Skulski, a podcaster, mushroom-enthusiast and musician who wore an excellent Snufkin costume to a fancy dress p...
Bonus #10 Helen Zaltzman
22 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For this Christmas-adjascent bonus, we're welcoming Helen Zaltzman, a podcaster and thinker about words. Helen came to the Moomins as a young child wh...
Bonus #9 Hanna Wołoszyn
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest for this out-of-season bonus episode is Hanna: a lifelong Moomins fan and reader of the books in Polish! We talk about faithfulness in adapt...
Cedric
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
And just like that, it's the end of the season! We're going out on a story that actually shows us what happens when someone has a problem and wonders ...
The Secret of the Hattifatteners
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How many times has Moominpappa gone off with the Hattifatteners? Are they really as wicked as they're cracked up to be? What does the birch bark scrol...
Bonus #8 Ali Baker
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest Ali Baker is a researcher in children's literature with a particular interest in children's voice and children's rights, so it's no surprise...
The Invisible Child
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're reading one of Tove's most famous short stories: The Invisible Child. It's a pretty bright and funny story with very dark themes. We b...
Bonus #7 Lou Sutcliffe
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest Lou has been a Moomin fan since childhood, and the character ey relate to is the Groke (iconic). This chat is lots of things, and one of the...
The Hemulen Who Loved Silence
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is this the underrated best story in this collection? We really think it might be. What can a Hemulen tell us about work under capitalism? Will any of...
The Last Dragon In The World
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This story's title promises so much in terms of dragon content! In actuality there is hardly any dragon in this story, but what there is, is very good...
Bonus #6 Ruby Miller
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There's so much to say about The Fillyjonk Who Believed in Disasters that we invited Ruby on to say some of it for us! We ponder on the exquisite comb...
The Fillyjonk Who Believed in Disasters
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're reading The Fillyjonk Who Believed in disasters, certified banger no matter who you ask! It's a melancholy, funny, poignant story that...
A Tale Of Horror
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Carrying on with our read-through of Tales from Moomin Valley, our story this week is A Tale of Horror! But don't get too excited. The scariest thing ...
Bonus #5 Matt Miller
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To round off our spring miniseason we've got a final (for now) look at The Spring Tune, with special guest Matt Miller, a poet and theatre maker. M...
Bonus #4 Martin Zaltz Austwick
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we've got a special guest in to talk all about the music of Tove Jansson, and the game we talked about last week (Snufkin: Melody of Moominv...
Bonus #3 Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're popping in with something a little different for you this week, it's a video game review! That's right, we're almost topical! Snufkin: Melody...
The Spring Tune
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The crocuses are up, the cherry trees are in bloom, and Snufkin is tramping back to Moomin Valley - it must be time for our spring miniseries! We'r...
The Fir Tree
24 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're wrapping up this year on the Podgoblin's Hat with Tove's Christmas offering: The Fir Tree. It's got everything you want from a Christmas stor...
Moominland Midwinter (part 2)
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're wrapping up Moominland Midwinter this week, and despite being only three chapters, it's 70% of the words in this book, so do strap in for a mamm...
Moominland Midwinter (part 1)
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to series 3! We're back with a banger: Moominland Midwinter. Nina has had this book hyped up by everyone who knows she's doing this podcast, a...
The Dangerous Journey & Villain In The Moominhouse
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
To wrap up season two we are bringing you the last two picture books set in the Moomin universe written by Tove Jansson. Both of these books are a ...
The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My & Who Will Comfort Toffle
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're breaking from our normal format for these next two episodes to bring you Tove Jansson's picture books. The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Litt...
Moominsummer Madness (part 2)
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Content note: discussion of suicidal thoughts in the What Would Snufkin do part of the podcast This book splits three ways on Midsummer Eve: Snufkin...
Moominsummer Madness (part 1)
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's summer in Moominvalley and this book truly hits the ground running. There's a volcano casually going off in the background, and another flood, an...
The Exploits (or Memoirs) of Moominpappa, part 2
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with the second half of Moominpappa's memoirs, in which our brave hero becomes the subject of a country run by an Autocrat, starts a colony...
The Exploits (or Memoirs) of Moominpappa (part 1)
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to a new season of the Podgoblin's Hat! This week, Nina is reading the Exploits of Moominpappa and Dave is reading the Memoirs of Moominp...
Bonus #2 Dr Eleanor Janega
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our special guest for this episode is Medieval historian Dr Eleanor Janega. Eleanor joins us to shout about how much she loves Comet in Moominland, sh...
Bonus #1 Heidi the translator
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this first guest episode, we're talking to Heidi Gilhooly, a lifelong Moomin fan and translator. Heidi did a comparative study of three versions of...
Finn Family Moomintroll (part 2)
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's the end of Finn Family Moomintroll, and the end of series 1! The Hattifatteners have their barometer back, Snufkin gets around to telling the ...
Finn Family Moomintroll (part 1)
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're reading the first half of Finn Family Moomintroll. Spring has sprung and the children have discovered a very interesting hat on top of...
Comet in Moominland (part 2)
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're reading the second half of Comet in Moominland by Tove Jansson, and what a rip roaring adventure it is! Moomintroll meets the fabled S...
Comet In Moominland (part 1)
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're reading Comet in Moominland, the first fully fledged chapter book. There's lots of to discuss! The Little Creature from last week has ...
The Moomins and the Great Flood
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's our first read-along and we're reading The Moomins and the Great Flood. We summarise this fairytale of Tove Jansson's, chat about her influenc...
Introductions!
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first episode of the Podgoblin's hat, with Nina and Dave. We will be introducing ourselves, our relationship with each other, and our r...
Teaser trailer
27 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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