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Sauna Talk is a show about the authentic sauna experience. Recorded (often) on the sauna bench, we talk with interesting guests about sauna including such aspects as building sauna, enjoying sauna, and health and wellness benefits to sauna. The rising sauna tide is lifting many boats and we look forward to some left turns that we hope to keep listeners on and off the more enjoyable and less trampled authentic sauna trail.

Jul 16, 2026

In Episode 135 of Sauna Talk, Glenn Auerbach welcomes psychotherapist Sierra Blake for a live conversation recorded at Sauna Days 2026 on the shores of Lake Superior.

Sierra brings a graduate background in mental health psychology from the University of Minnesota, along with clinical experience working in trauma and...


Jul 4, 2026

USA Sauna Celebration: Reflections on Good Heat, American Ingenuity, and the Spirit of Freedom

For this special July 4 edition of Sauna Talk, Glenn reflects from island cabin country near the Superior National Forest in northeast Minnesota, looking out across open water and thinking about sauna in America: where it came...


Jun 11, 2026

Recorded live before a full audience at Sauna Days 2025, this special episode of Sauna Talk brings together four authors, educators, and lifelong students of human experience for a conversation that moves well beyond sauna itself.

Joining me are Garrett Conover, author of Sauna Magic; Jesse Coomer, author and educator...


May 28, 2026

What happens when the exploding UK sauna movement meets the rapidly evolving North American sauna scene?

Recorded live at Sauna Days 2025 on Minnesota’s North Shore, this episode of Sauna Talk features a wide-ranging conversation with Jake Newport of Finnmark Sauna in the UK. Together, Glenn Auerbach and Jake explore...


May 14, 2026

In this of Sauna Talk, Glenn Auerbach is joined bench-side by Josh Leddy of Get Sweaty with Leddy and sauna builder Leif Kjorness of Excelsior Saunas for a deeply personal and wide-ranging conversation recorded after multiple sauna and cold plunge rounds on Lake Ann in Minnesota. 

What unfolds is more than a discussion...