{"id":586082,"date":"2026-10-07T11:11:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T08:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=586082"},"modified":"2026-10-07T11:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T08:41:08","slug":"no-small-talk-but-with-care-second-episode-of-pukst-in-the-north-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/no-small-talk-but-with-care-second-episode-of-pukst-in-the-north-released","title":{"rendered":"No Small Talk, but With Care. Second Episode of \u201cPukst in the North\u201d Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>The second episode of Reform.news\u2019 documentary project \u201cPukst in the North\u201d has been released on the YouTube channel \u201cSasha, What Are You Talking About?!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the new episode, <strong>Siarhei Pukst<\/strong> continues to recall his trips to Finland and tries to make sense of things that initially seemed to him like manifestations of Nordic reserve: the absence of small talk, restraint and an emphasis on personal independence.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_58312\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pIv4p3NU9u0\\?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=ru&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=0&fs=0&playsinline=1&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure>(https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pIv4p3NU9u0\\[\/embedyt)]<\/p>\n<p>In this episode, Pukst talks about life in an ordinary Finnish family, recalls his introduction to the designs of <strong>Alvar Aalto<\/strong> and reflects on why functionality can be a form of care, and respect for a person can be expressed not in words but in concrete actions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPukst in the North\u201d is a documentary series by Reform.news about the ties between independent Belarus and the Nordic countries through personal stories, music, literature, art and cultural exchanges. 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