Globeknot

Globeknot Sanity Check

Globeknot Sanity Check is a podcast that assesses the plausibility of current events, politics, and public debate. Through curious and in-depth conversations, the host engages with a variety of guests who share a common goal: to try to understand how things are actually connected. Using empirical evidence, representative data, and opinion polls, we pit reality against media logic and political spin to separate facts from opinions.
(The podcast was previously called Novus Sanity Check)

Three men are standing together in front of a dark background with the text “Sanity Check.” One of them is giving a speech, while the others are smiling. Below them is the title “The Forgotten Million” and the subtitle “Pension Myths, Reality, and Financial Security.”

Episode 110: The Forgotten Million, with guests Olof Gränström and Mattias Munter from Skandia on financial security

Three people are posing cheerfully in front of a green background: a woman in a brown jacket, a woman in a patterned shirt, and a man wearing glasses and smiling.

Episode 109: Torbjörn Sjöström and the founders of the nonprofit initiative Integrationsbyrån: Silvia Kakembo, vice president of Arenagruppen, and Malpuri Groth, whose background includes serving as deputy secretary general of the Swedish Women’s Organizations and as an investigator at the Discrimination Ombudsman’s Office.

Episode 108: The Paradox of Censorship, the September 11 Crisis, and Politics’ Tendency to Always “Turn It Up to Eleven” Torbjörn Sjöström interviews Mattias Svensson, author and editorial writer for Svenska Dagbladet.

107: The Fall of Civilizations, the Crisis of Trust, and the Myth of the “Extreme Present,” with Johan Norberg

106: From Lego and the Housing Crisis to Valentine's Day: What Our Gifts Reveal About the Present Day, Brill Ivarsson

105: Who Owns Our Public Space? On Digital Sovereignty, Secret Algorithms, and the Power of AI, with Carl Heath