In 1987 an orca was spotted wearing a fish head as a hat — and in 2024 the trend has returned among orca pods.
1. Rushtid is a Norwegian talk/entertainment radio show on Radio Nova that airs Tuesday through Thursday from 4 to 6 PM.
2. The four hosts for this episode are Ulrik Laskovski (lead host), Ragnar Flekstad, Serge Bigvi, and Nathalia Merby on technical.
3. The episode's loose thread is New Year's resolutions and self-improvement in mid-January, treated with consistent comic skepticism.
4. Serge reveals his 2026 resolution is learning to float, admitting that while he can technically swim he resembles 'the dog in the water,' cycling his legs and exhausting himself within five minutes.
5. Ragnar's resolution, referenced from a previous episode, is to train 70 times in the year — approximately 1.5 times per week — which Ulrik defends as underrated and practically achievable.
6. Ulrik argues that five-times-a-week gym attendance, which a prior guest Einar described as normal, should actually earn social recognition every day.
7. Mathea discloses she has rheumatoid arthritis in one ankle and that her symptoms worsen with atmospheric pressure changes between high and low pressure fronts.
8. Mathea also mentions she recently got a boyfriend and that her 2026 love horoscope described 'boombox outside your window' as what she deserves — which she says matched her experience of him playing loud music as they kissed in the snow.
9. Ulrik presses Mathea on what mechanism connects star position to personality; she describes herself as a 'casual believer' who cannot explain the physics but finds the descriptions accurate.
10. Both Ulrik and Mathea are Geminis (June birthdays), which they celebrate briefly before agreeing the topic is beyond their academic depth.
11. Ulrik pivots to a Live Science article from November 27 2024 reporting that orca whales have revived an 80s behavior: swimming around with salmon heads balanced on their heads, described as a trend that peaked in the 90s, disappeared, and returned in 2024.
12. The crew debates orca motivation: Ulrik suggests it is about establishing authority or dominance, then draws a self-deprecating parallel to his own desire for more authority in the studio.
13. The group plays Fuck Marry Cruise — a variant of Fuck Marry Kill where 'Cruise' means a 365-day non-romantic shared-cabin cruise — with the candidates being Putin, Trump, and Elon Musk.
14. Mathea's answer: sleep with Putin, marry Elon for the inheritance, take Trump on the cruise because his dementia means he will spend generously every day and provide constant entertainment.
15. Serge settles on Trump for the cruise as a 'political distraction strategy,' keeping him occupied while American resistance movements operate back home; he avoids directly answering who he would sleep with.
16. Ulrik agrees Trump is the cruise pick, frames marrying Elon as the financially rational move, and argues Putin would kill him in his sleep so marriage is a protective measure.
17. The tone throughout is warm, rapid-fire, and self-referential; the hosts frequently interrupt each other and the conversation drifts easily between absurdist hypotheticals and genuine personal disclosures.
18. Studio guest Frida enters in the second half and describes a chaotic dentist visit with her OCD friend: sensory overload therapy involving a chaise longue, dinosaur stuffed animal, cowboy-boot shot glass for the spray, sunglasses, a pulse monitor, and a live Donald Trump Sweden broadcast the dentist was watching while simultaneously instructing Frida to massage the friend's feet and back.
19. Listeners who enjoy informal Norwegian radio conversation with recurring cast chemistry, absurdist tangents, and low-stakes personal confession will find this episode representative of the format.
20. Listeners expecting structured debate, topical depth, or the health content implied by the episode title ('From swimming to cancer') will be confused — the title refers obliquely to Serge's swimming anxiety and is not a content warning.
