Interview from a June 2018 episode of the "History of Vikings" podcast. This is a somewhat discursive conversation, but some basic timestamps are here:

0:59 What was Old Norse? An introduction to the language.
11:19 How are the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda different? Starts with an intro. to the Prose Edda and Snorri Sturluson.
24:55 (continuing from the above) An intro. to the Poetic Edda.
31:32 Would the Norse have been quick to give up paganism for Christianity?
40:05 Who is god of what in Norse myth? How do these labels come to be?
42:38 What sort of ‘species’ are the giants? Are there any systematic differences between a god or goddess and a giant?

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Dr. Jackson Crawford is Instructor of Nordic Studies and Nordic Program Coordinator at the University of Colorado Boulder (formerly UC Berkeley and UCLA). He is a historical linguist and an experienced teacher of Old Norse, Modern Icelandic, and Norwegian.

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