It's all about the fans I Moomin Podcast I Episode 1

Why do people love or identify with the Moomins? What makes someone tattoo their bodies with Moomins or pay thousands of euros for a Moomin mug? An entire subculture is built around Tove Jansson’s unique and curious creatures and characters from Moominvalley. “The Moomin Phenomenon” podcast series hosted by actress Jennifer Saunders explores the world of Moomin, shedding light on how it has become such a vast, worldwide phenomenon.

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In this first episode of the five-part series, listeners embarque on a journey starting in the North of Sweden, at a tattoo studio where a fan is ready to eternalise Moominmamma right onto human flesh. From there the trip continues to a Moomin park in where the Moomin fandom is taken to the next level. The search continues on an island in Finland, where the very first Moomintroll is painted on the wall of an outside loo. In London, actor Samuel West was instantly hooked when he bought his first Moomin books as a child. Listen also to a hard-core Moomin fan, whose childhood was made a lot brighter thanks to the Moomin stories, as well as others engaged in the world-wide Moomin fan community.

Participants:
Jennifer Sounders, host
Samuel West, actor and director
Malin Tjernström, medical secretary
Kim Gustavsson, actor
Robert Hirst, CEO
Rika Kawato, designer
Jakob Höglund, director
Natania Jansz, publisher
Sigrid Meulemans, photographer
Produced by Soundtelling, Producer Antonio de la Cruz and Melody Lovelin. Executive producer Tove Leffler, sound engineer Gustav Sondén

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www.moomin.com
www.tiktok.com/@moominofficial
www.instagram.com/moominofficial/
www.facebook.com/Moomin/
www.twitter.com/MoominOfficial