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Published: April 1, 2020, 9:21 p.m.

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\\nI had the pleasure of interviewing G\\xedsli P\\xe1lsson for this episode of the podcast in his office at the University of Iceland. He recently retired, but he has served as a professor and Director of Institute of Anthropology at the university. He has written several books, including \\u201cThe Man Who Stole Himself\\u201d, the story about Hans J\\xf3natan, who was the first black citizen of Iceland.
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\\nTo get a good overview of that story you can check out the video below that I recently published about Hans J\\xf3natan on YouTube.
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\\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40chlDBLKwU&t=1s
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\\nDuring our chat, we talk about many different topics. It was fascinating to talk with him and below are some of the topics we discussed.
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\\nThe Questions I Asked G\\xedsli P\\xe1lsson During The Interview
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\\n1. You were born in the Westman Islands. Were you there
\\nduring the eruption of Eldfell in 1973?
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\\n2. What made you interested in studying anthropology?
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\\n3. When did you find out about he story of Hans Jonatan and
\\nwhy did you decided to write a book about him?
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\\n4. When you were researching for the book, did you find
\\nanything surprising or unusual?
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\\n5. Another one of
\\nyour books, \\u201cWriting on Ice: The 
\\nEthnographic Notebooks of Vilhjalmur Stefansson \\u2013 an arctic explorer and
\\npioneering anthropologist, is quite fascinating and a bit heartbreaking. How
\\ndid you uncover  the story of about his
\\nsecret family?
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\\n6. After the eruption of Eyjafjallaj\\xf6kull, you started a project called the
\\nVolcanologues. Can you explain a little bit about that project and why you did
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\\n7. Through you
\\nresearch and/collaboration with others, have you discovered other fascinating
\\nstories or information about Icelanders?
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\\n8. How do you choose what you want to research and write
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\\n9. What is your favorite Icelandic word or phrase?
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\\nSome of the Books Mentioned During the Episode
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\\n* The Man Who Stole Himself* Travelling Passions: Stefansson, the Arctic Explorer * Writing on Ice*