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Skoðanabræður

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Fast Icelandic arguments with sharp elbows.

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Skoðanabræður runs on conviction, digression, and blunt argument. Episodes move from Icelandic politics and online media to personal development, money, history, and the messy business of deciding what is true.

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About Skoðanabræður

Skoðanabræður is an Icelandic opinion show with very little interest in sitting still. It talks fast. A small local example can suddenly become a theory of politics, money, media, history, or moral judgment, and the show seems most alive when an argument is still being sharpened in public. The excerpts suggest a format built around energetic conversation rather than polished interview craft. There are guests, but the main attraction is the pressure of the talk itself. Topics slide from Icelandic party feeling and parliamentary ambition to gender studies, social media, propaganda, personal responsibility, wealth, and the question of what makes a life larger. It can be warm toward its own community and harsh toward opponents. That combination is central to the show’s charge. One moment frames political division as something people must somehow meet across; the next delivers a sweeping dismissal of a whole ideological camp. The show is interested in truth, but not in a calm institutional way. Fact-checkers, misinformation experts, bias, and authority appear as contested objects, not settled referees. Digital platforms are treated as a major historical break: TikTok, X, Instagram, Facebook, Substack, and Snapchat become proof that one person’s ideas can now travel with almost no old gatekeeping. Self-improvement runs through the political talk. Fitness, money, business, Bitcoin, discipline, luxury, and the language of “leveling up” are not side details; they belong to the worldview. Sponsor segments can blend straight into the program’s lifestyle code, making consumption, status, and conviction feel like part of the same performance. The show also returns to Iceland’s scale, asking what happens when a small language community meets global media machinery. It is blunt, repetitive, and sometimes messy. It is rarely detached. Skoðanabræður suits listeners who want opinion with heat, speed, and personality, especially those interested in Icelandic public life as a stage for bigger arguments about freedom, ambition, persuasion, and belonging.

Made for: Best for listeners who enjoy high-energy Icelandic opinion, ideological sparring, and culture talk that moves quickly from local politics to bigger claims about life and power.

What sets it apart: Skoðanabræður stands apart through its mix of political provocation, self-improvement, platform-age media theory, and Iceland-specific urgency. It feels less like a moderated panel than a live current of conviction, jokes, ads, arguments, and sudden grand theses.

In their own words

www.patreon.com/skodanabraedurFremsta hlaðvarp landsins síðan 2019. Skoðanabræðralagið er samfélag sem sigrar saman.Bergþór Másson stýrir ferðinni og kynnir hlustendur fyrir cutting edge hugmyndum sem bæta líf þeirra.Viðtöl við sigurvegara, snillinga og sérfræðinga sem hugsa frjálst.Umfjöllunarefni eru: Menning, stjórmál, listir, viðskipti, heilsa. Ekkert er okkur óviðkomandi.5 þættir í mánuði.Fylgstu með á IG/X/Tiktok: @bm1995amorfatiBer er hver að baki nema sér bróður eigi.

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  1. 1

    #290 Skoðanir Ívars Orra Ómarsson *FRÍR ÞÁTTUR*

    ·1h 34m
  2. 2

    #381 Skoðanir Joey Christ og Daníels Perez

    ·1h 34m
  3. 3

    #380 Skoðanir Kjartans Þórissonar (2/2)

    ·2h 1m
  4. 4

    #379 Skoðanir Kjartans Þórissonar (1/2)

    ·1h 34m
  5. 5

    #378 Ísland þúsund ár

    ·1h 11m
  6. 6

    #376 Skoðanir Gunnars Jörgen Viggóssonar (Þáttur um David R. Hawkins)

    ·1h 49m
  7. 7

    #375 Þúsund litlir skurðir

    ·1h 11m
  8. 8

    #374 Skoðanir Kristjáns Inga Mikaelssonar

    ·1h 58m
  9. 9

    #373 Skoðanir Arnars Þórs Ólafssonar

    ·1h 41m
  10. 10

    #372 Að bjóða hinn vangann

    ·1h 2m
  11. 11

    #371 Skoðanir Hannesar Hólmsteins Gissurarsonar

    ·1h 53m
  12. 12

    #370 Skoðanir Núma Snæs Katrínarsonar

    ·1h 45m
  13. 13

    #369 Skoðanir Björns Jóns Bragasonar

    ·1h 55m
  14. 14

    #368 Skoðanir Daníels Perez

    ·1h 31m
  15. 15

    #366 Skoðanir Þorleifs Arnar Arnarssonar

    ·2h 9m
  16. 16

    #365 Bók mánaðarins: Caesar, Life of a Colossus

    ·24m
  17. 17

    #364 Tíu leiðir djöfulsins

    ·1h 19m
  18. 18

    #363 Skoðanir Ella Egilssonar Fox

    ·1h 56m
  19. 19

    Klassík: Skoðanir Bergs Ebba

    ·2h 7m
  20. 20

    #362 Kulnun er ekki til (með Snorra Mássyni)

    ·1h 10m
  21. 21

    #361 Skoðanir Heiðars Guðjónssonar

    ·1h 42m
  22. 22

    #360 Bók mánaðarins: Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success

    ·29m
  23. 23

    #359 Skoðanir Guðna Gunnarssonar

    ·1h 37m
  24. 24

    Klassík: Skoðanir Nökkva Fjalars Orrasonar

    ·1h 55m
  25. 25

    #358 Skoðanir Brynjars Karls

    ·2h 53m
  26. 26

    #357 Skoðanir Ásgeirs Kolbeinssonar

    ·1h 42m
  27. 27

    Klassík: Skoðanir Hjörvars Hafliðasonar

    ·2h 17m
  28. 28

    #356 Lífsreglurnar fjórar (ásamt Aroni Kristni)

    ·1h 27m
  29. 29

    #355 Bók mánaðarins: Play It As It Lays - Joan Didion (Fyrri hluti)

    ·32m
  30. 30

    #354 Skoðanir Magnús Jóhanns Ragnarssonar

    ·1h 56m
  31. 31

    #353 Skoðanir Lukku Pálsdóttur

    ·1h 25m
  32. 32

    #352 Skoðanir Haralds Erlendssonar

    ·1h 7m
  33. 33

    #351 Skoðanir Eiríks Magnússonar (Ishmael)

    ·1h 44m
  34. 34

    #350 Skoðanir Gunnars Jörgen Viggóssonar

    ·1h 43m
  35. 35

    #349 Bók mánaðarins: Ilíonskviða

    ·32m
  36. 36

    #348 Þín eigin persónulega frelsisbarátta

    ·1h 13m
  37. 37

    #347 Leið listamannsins

    ·1h 23m
  38. 38

    #346 Takk takk

    ·1h 31m
  39. 39

    #345 Skoðanir Vilhjálms Árnasonar

    ·1h 20m
  40. 40

    #344 Skoðanir Ólafs Stefánssonar

    ·1h 34m
  41. 41

    #343 Bók mánaðarins: White - Bret Easton Ellis

    ·45m
  42. 42

    #342 Skoðanir Hallgríms Helgasonar

    ·1h 39m
  43. 43

    #341 Skoðanir Söru Maríu Forynju

    ·1h 31m
  44. 44

    #340 Að drepa meistarann sinn

    ·1h 35m
  45. 45

    #339 Skoðanir Friðriks Rafnssonar

    ·1h 21m
  46. 46

    #338 Skoðanir Halldórs Armand

    ·2h 24m
  47. 47

    #336 Hamingjusamur, heilbrigður, auðugur?

    ·1h 6m
  48. 48

    #335 Lögmálin sjö um velgengni

    ·1h 45m
  49. 49

    #334 Menntun og psychedelics

    ·1h 2m
  50. 50

    #333 Vonandi hefur þessi maður ekki rétt fyrir sér!

    ·1h 7m
  51. 51

    #332 Þunglyndi er ekki til

    ·1h 2m
  52. 52

    #331 Ekkert hefur breyst frá 2005 (e. Stuck Culture) *OPINN ÞÁTTUR*

    ·1h 3m
  53. 53

    #330 Draumurinn um einokun

    ·1h 9m
  54. 54

    #329 Svona erum við heilaþvegin *OPINN ÞÁTTUR*

    ·1h 5m
  55. 55

    #328 Allt um einn mikilvægasta höfund samtímans (II. þáttur um Nassim Nicholas Taleb)

    ·1h 2m
  56. 56

    #327 Allt um einn mikilvægasta höfund samtímans (I. þáttur um Nassim Nicholas Taleb)

    ·1h 1m
  57. 57

    #326 Hið umtalaða MATRIX

    ·54m
  58. 58

    #325 Skoðanir Begga Ólafs

    ·1h 30m
  59. 59

    #324 MACHIAVELLI

    ·1h 5m
  60. 60

    #323 Þeim tekst ekki að brjóta okkur niður! (um Marc Andreessen)

    ·1h 9m
  61. 61

    #322 Skoðanir Gunnlaugs Guðmundssonar stjörnuspekings *OPINN ÞÁTTUR*

    ·1h 57m
  62. 62

    #321 Pólitískar skoðanir á gráu svæði

    ·1h
  63. 63

    #320 Merkilegasti Íslendingur allra tíma

    ·1h 10m
  64. 64

    #319 Nokkur atriði sem þú þarft að vita um Ísland (OPINN ÞÁTTUR)

    ·1h 7m
  65. 65

    #318 STEVE JOBS

    ·1h 12m
  66. 66

    #317 Þrjú lögmál Bergþórs og lífsreglurnar fjórar

    ·1h 5m
  67. 67

    #316 Versta valdastétt í heimi?

    ·1h 6m
  68. 68

    #315 Rætur vestrænnar menningar (þáttur frá Grikklandi hinu forna)

    ·57m
  69. 69

    #314 Íslensk endurreisn (Þáttur um Jónas Hallgrímsson og Fjölnismenn)

    ·1h 11m
  70. 70

    #313 Hver er óvinur ungra Íslendinga? *OPINN ÞÁTTUR*

    ·1h 4m
  71. 71

    #312 Lífsráð handa ungum manni

    ·1h 2m
  72. 72

    #311 Skoðanir Prettyboitjokko

    ·1h 42m
  73. 73

    #310 *FRÍR AFMÆLISÞÁTTUR* Sársaukafullt hlustunarpartí á fyrsta þáttinn frá 2019

    ·1h 26m
  74. 74

    #309 Betri tíð með blóm í haga

    ·57m
  75. 75

    #308 Vekjaraklukkan er að hringja

    ·21m
  76. 76

    #307 Skoðanir Guðmundar Emils Jóhannssonar

    ·17m
  77. 77

    #306 Það hræðilegasta sem Bergþór hefur séð

    ·18m
  78. 78

    #305 Öll eru vöknuð

    ·20m
  79. 79

    #304 Viðhorf, viðhorf, viðhorf

    ·16m
  80. 80

    #303 Svona grefurðu þig upp úr holunni! *FRÍR ÞÁTTUR*

    ·1h 4m
  81. 81

    #302 Að brjótast út úr fangelsinu

    ·11m
  82. 82

    #301 Þú þarft að byrja strax í dag!

    ·17m
  83. 83

    #300 Svona verðurðu ríkur

    ·21m
  84. 84

    #299 Eftir þrítugt verður ekki aftur snúið

    ·11m
  85. 85

    #298 The Woke Mind Virus (FRÍR ÞÁTTUR)

    ·59m
  86. 86

    #297 Ísland vs. Bandaríkin m/ Aroni Kristni Jónassyni

    ·8m
  87. 87

    #296 The Law of Attraction

    ·4m
  88. 88

    #295 Nýtt ár, ný tækifæri

    ·10m
  89. 89

    #294 Öll eru maður ársins! *OPINN ÞÁTTUR*

    ·1h 3m
  90. 90

    #293 Að reyna að hætta að hata jólin

    ·14m
  91. 91

    #292 Er kominn tími á stjórnmálaflokk?

    ·14m
  92. 92

    #291 Skoðanir Atla Steins Guðmundssonar

    ·19m
  93. 93

    #290 Skoðanir Ívars Orra Ómarsson *FRÍR ÞÁTTUR*

    ·1h 34m
  94. 94

    #289 Eðli mannsins

    ·18m
  95. 95

    #384 Skoðanir Eiríks Magnússonar (Ishmael)

    ·1h 43m
  96. 96

    BM heilagur andi - fyrsti þáttur

    Episode 1 of an Icelandic podcast (show: Skoðanabræður) is a solo monologue by a young Icelandic man, born around 1995, launching a channel aimed at positive masculinity for young Icelandic men who had no role models during 2011–2015.

    ·1h 1m·4 clips
  97. 97

    #382 Skoðanir Gunnars Jörgens Viggóssonar (Þáttur um greatness)

    Hidden gem

    Skoðanabræður #382, „Skoðanir Gunnars Jörgens Viggóssonar (Þáttur um greatness),” spends most of its time on Wallace D.

    ·1h 56m
  98. 98

    #383 Skoðanir Agnars Tómasar Möller

    Hidden gem

    Skoðanabræður #383 features Agnarr Tómas Möller discussing how to read financial statements, debt, and market behavior across companies and countries.

    ·1h 18m·5 clips
  99. 99

    #337 Snorri á þing

    Bergþór Másson hosts an episode discussing Icelandic society, politics, and personal freedom.

    ·1h 2m·5 clips