Oslo culture talk, gloriously off the rails.
The gist
Skumma Kultur treats culture as anything worth arguing about before lunch: food tubes, flag days, Facebook Reels, concerts, algorithms, Oslo restaurants, and suspect internet punchlines. The result is fast Norwegian radio comedy with a cultural agenda, but no patience for walking there in a straight line.
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About Skumma Kultur
Skumma Kultur is culture radio with its shoelaces untied. It comes from Radio Nova, but it behaves less like a formal magazine show than a panel trying to keep the hour from catching fire. The subject is culture in the widest, most elastic sense. That means concerts, food, films, books, TV series, algorithms, Oslo plans, birthday dread, flag etiquette, and the social meaning of frozen dumplings can all count. The show moves quickly. A normal question rarely stays normal for long. A birthday quiz turns into an argument about whether birthdays are worth celebrating at all. A discussion of online punchlines opens into a sharper thought about satire, numbness, and why terrible names become casual jokes. A food special starts with the need for a missing food program and ends up inventing crime-show logic around couscous. Skumma Kultur is often silly, but it is not empty. The comedy comes from treating tiny cultural details as if they reveal everything. The panel will seriously weigh Oslo sightseeing, Disney Channel-sounding names, Norwegian geography outside Oslo, trap aesthetics, physical media, and the moral status of brain-rot clips. Then someone will derail the point, and the derailment becomes the point. The show works best when everyone is half agreeing, half objecting, and fully committed to whatever strange premise has appeared. Its Norwegian base is peppered with English, internet phrasing, jingles, and station fragments, giving it the texture of young local radio rather than clean studio podcasting. It can be warm. It can be blunt. It can also be happily unreasonable about pop culture, which is part of the appeal. For PlayNext, Skumma Kultur sits closest to Norwegian radio comedy and satire, but the real category is messy cultural companionship: a weekday room where low-stakes opinions become urgent, and urgent topics are allowed to enter through a joke.
Made for: For listeners who enjoy fast Norwegian panel banter, local Oslo references, pop culture arguments, and comedy that turns ordinary annoyances into full studio events. Best for people who like keeping up rather than being gently guided.
What sets it apart: Skumma Kultur treats culture as both serious material and disposable nonsense, often in the same breath. Its edge is the panel's speed: jokes, corrections, jingles, and actual cultural judgment all arrive before the thought has fully parked.
In their own words
I over 30 år har skumma kultur strømmet ut av radioapparater rundt omkring i Oslo. I takt med tiden har programmet endret seg og variert mye, men temaet har alltid vært det samme: Kultur, i ordets bredeste forstand. Hver hverdag fra 9 til 10 hjelper vi deg å navigere i kulturjungelen. Om det så handler om musikk, kunst, litteratur, dans, teater eller alle slags andre former for høy- og lavkultur. I en time hver mandag til fredag tar vi deg med ned veier du ikke visste fantes, dunkle gater du ikke tør å gå ned alene og stier du trodde var gjengrodd...
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Couscous becomes a crime thriller, and somehow you are now debating cultural numbness.
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Episodes
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Fredag 10.04 - Lowkirkenuinely geita
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Torsdag 04.09 - Feliz Navidad, Mikkel!
This episode is a birthday-themed interview with Mikkel Olsen, featuring a quiz about him and discussions on topics like NASA, music, and World War II.
·34m - 3
Fredag 10.04 - Lowkirkenuinely geita
Skummakultur, a Norwegian-language culture and comedy show on Radio Nova, hosts Joachim, Mikkel Vibe, Theobald, Vibe, and American co-host Isolde for a Friday edition covering bad boys in Norwegian film and TV, a disastrous Big Thief opening act, the 'Charlie Kirk as internet meme' debate, and what cultural items hosts would bring to the international space station.
Apr 10, 2026·33m·2 clips - 4
Torsdag 04.09 - Feliz Navidad, Mikkel!
This episode is a birthday-themed interview with Mikkel Olsen, featuring a quiz about him and discussions on topics like NASA, music, celebrities, concerts, and World War II history in Norway.
Apr 9, 2026·34m - 5
Onsdag 08.04 - Euforisk tween har fransk på ungdomskolen og er coked up på amf
The hosts discuss Norwegian flag days, including how many there are and notable ones like May 17th.
Apr 8, 2026·34m - 6
Tirsdag 07.04 - Teokratiske autokratier, REBRAND og fysisk media!
This episode of Skommakultur on Radio Nova features a mystery guest, Eli Rusetlager, discussing topics like theocratic autocracies, rebranding, and physical media after the Easter break.
Apr 7, 2026·34m - 7
HEATED RIVALRY SPESIAL!
This special episode of Skommakultur features three hosts discussing a popular series with a heated rivalry theme, covering its release in Canada, the US, and Norway, and their experiences watching it.
Apr 7, 2026·44m - 8
PÅSKESPESIAL - MATSENDING
Hidden gemApr 5, 2026·1h 24m - 9
Fredag 27.03 - En Harry påske, Hole shit!
Hidden gemSkumma Kultur spends its opening on a Budapest story where Johanna says an eagle landed on her shoulder at Buda Castle while she was posing for photos.
Mar 27, 2026·33m·2 clips - 10
Torsdag 26.03 - AI appelsin som gjør deg høyreekstremist eller mordforsøk????
Hidden gem"They just don't hide it anymore" as David and Stian describe algorithm changes, porn, and "høyreekstrem" content.
Mar 26, 2026·36m·1 clip - 11
Onsdag 25.03 - Kvinneguiden spesial!
A comedic Norwegian radio show celebrates Women's Guiding Day with a satirical take on gender topics and cultural commentary.
Mar 25, 2026·40m - 12
Tirsdag 24.03 - FINN, Film og LinkedIn
Hidden gemAndreas calls Finn.no "verdens beste app" and starts phoning old buyers to check whether they were satisfied.
Mar 24, 2026·28m·1 clip - 13
Mandag 23.03 - En hyllest til Tobias Sten
Mar 23, 2026·34m - 14
Fredag 20.03 - De tre holy-fucking-hipsters
Mar 20, 2026·33m - 15
Torsdag 19.03 - DIN VÅTE DRØM
Mar 19, 2026·41m - 16
Onsdag 18.03 - Toasty milfs på Fruit Island
Mar 18, 2026·34m - 17
Tirsdag 17.03 - Arabisk elg på Nasjonalmuseet!
Mar 17, 2026·35m - 18
Mandag 16.03 - Sex i byen #satire #humor #staywoke
Mar 16, 2026·36m - 19
Fredag 13.03 - BRENN TOASTEN I DAG!
Mar 13, 2026·36m - 20
Torsdag 12.03 - ÅRETS NYORD ER...
Mar 12, 2026·31m - 21
Onsdag 11.03 - Nye høytider, Tarortkort og avhengighet
Mar 11, 2026·35m - 22
Tirsdag 10.03 - En ydmyk sending
Mar 10, 2026·33m - 23
Mandag 09.03 - Timoti Sjalamet er KANSELLERT!
Mar 9, 2026·37m - 24
Fredag 06.03 - Crazy Ass nudistkanin i Helsinki spruter edle dråper
Mar 6, 2026·37m - 25
Torsdag 05.03 - Sol, film og uføretrygda coaching
Mar 5, 2026·33m - 26
Onsdag 04.03 - Utforsk galaksen med oss!
Mar 4, 2026·36m - 27
Tirsdag 03.03 - Falske fjes og Boyband-epidemi
Mar 4, 2026·28m - 28
Fredag 27.02 - Chinamaxxing, 4DX og RIP Februar
Mar 3, 2026·30m - 29
Mandag 02.03 - "Skumma Kultur"
Mar 3, 2026·32m - 30
Torsdag 26.02 - Kast inn øret på Met-Gallaen!
The hosts of Skoma Kultur introduce their morning radio show on Radio Nova, teasing upcoming discussions about improv, scandals, the Met Gala, and games like Spille.
Feb 26, 2026·33m - 31
Onsdag 25.02 - Steinhard Fesk og Sansa Høstmælingen (Porno)
This episode of SKUMMAD KULTUR on Radio Nova discusses topics like lesbian representation in media, Minnie Moose's songs, and porn star names, with hosts Lotte, Eivind, Jan, and Mattia.
Feb 25, 2026·33m - 32
Tirsdag 24.04 - Affeksjonsverdi-utmattelse og apestemning ?!
The hosts of Skoma Kultur on Radio Nova discuss their stressful morning experiences, particularly a plane alarm in Oslo, while introducing themselves and setting a casual, humorous tone for the show.
Feb 24, 2026·32m