Slovenology: Life and Travel in Slovenia, the World's Best Country

About Slovenology: Life and Travel in Slovenia, the World's Best Country

This is The Ljubljana podcast, hosted by Slovenia's most enthusiastic expat resident, American professor and best-selling author and Slovenia's Ambassador of Tourism, Noah Charney. Noah hosts the award-winning official podcast for the Slovenian Tourist Organization, "Feel Slovenia," and the official podcast for Bled, "The Bled Podcast" and is the author of Slovenology: Living and Traveling in the World's Best Country" and "Bledology" among more than 20 books. This podcast covers Ljubljana and its surroundings, featuring interviews with fascinating locals and expats. It is produced by Urska Charney and Season 1 is brought to you by Hotel Mrak and Odprta Kuhna.

Publisher

Noah Charney, Urska Charney

Category

arts · society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Mar 2018

Latest episode

21 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

43 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Sept 2026

   The Ljubljana Coffee Guide

   Welcome to your specialty coffee guide to Ljubljana. Noah and special guest Alexander Nino Ruiz, a Colombian architect turned coffee expert who runs Črno Zrno in Ljubljana, set about on a "coffee crawl" of the city, visiting selected cafes known for specialty coffee. If you are a coffee lover then this is the episode for you. It is also published shortly before the Ljubljana Coffee Festival 2026.

2. 

   19 May 2026

   Cooking Slovenia

   Have you tried making Slovenian food? Baking potica at home, cooking with kranjska klobasa, or making bread the old fashioned way, with sourdough starter? This episode is about Slovenian food, but more specifically about adventures in cooking it. To learn more I invited two special guests who teach the world to cook Slovenian specialties: Michelle Pusic Ryall and Anita Sumer. Want to know what to eat but also how to cook the best of Slovenia? You are in the right place!

3. 

   22 Mar 2026

   Winter Olympics Behind the Scenes with Lila Lapanja

   What is it like to represent Slovenia at the Olympics? To find out, in this special episode of The Ljubljana Podcast, we spoke to Lila Lapanja, an alpine skier raised in America who competed for Slovenia at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina. What is it like behind the scenes for an Olympian representing Slovenia? Tune in to find out!

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

44 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 25 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

31

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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