Dec 31, 2025
Today on the virtual bench we visit with longtime thermal enthusiast, friend, and SaunaTimes contributor Kev who takes us through the public bathhouses in and around Chicago for this Sauna Circuit.
As you’ll hear in this episode, Kev is no stranger to the saunas, banyas, and bathhouses in his hometown. What’s cool...
Dec 6, 2025
Today, on Sauna Talk, and almost on the sauna bench, I’m pleased to bring you the folks behind the three major American sauna stove makers. American manufacturing at work!
- Garrett, Lamppa Manufacturing, Tower, Minnesota, Population 421
- Philip, Nippa, Beulah, MI, Population 303
- Lynn, Ilo, Dollar Bay, Michigan,...
Dec 1, 2025
Today on the bench, we bring you to Larsmont Cottages, Two Harbors. Minnesota for a special roundtable discussion with four sauna builders from four different countries as part of Sauna Days 2025.
- Alex, Bsaunasusa, Belarus
- Keegan, Deep Wave Saunas, USA
- Jake, Finnmark, UK
- Andrew, Sauna Builder, Canada
The weather was...
Nov 2, 2025
Today on Sauna Talk, we are joined by the dynamic duo of researcher from Emery University, Deanna Kaplan and Roman Palitsky.
Deanna Kaplan
Deanna Kaplan, PhD is a clinical psychologist with expertise in digital health technologies. She has more than a decade of experience using wearable and smartphone-based technologies...
Oct 22, 2025
I’ve had the pleasure of sitting on the sauna bench with well over a hundred guests for Sauna Talk. Whether you’re listening in your car, out for a walk, or sweating it out on your own bench, my goal as host is to help keep the conversation flowing. Like good löyly, Sauna Talk rises, rolls, and wraps around...