Folkeopplysningen 2016

Folkeopplysningen checks out the self-help and motivation industry. Program director Andreas Wahl examines how to become a better version of himself. He is present when Øystein Wiik gives middle managers in Maxbo faith in himself. He lets =Oslo sellers test out The Secret, and Anne Marie Ottersen is commissioned to impress the business community with the refrigerator magnet philosophy.

Folkeopplysningen checks how good the economy experts really are. Program manager Andreas Wahl organizes stock exchange duel between professional stock exchange analysts and rose bloggers, he examines what the banks actually mean by "long-term strategy", and starts fundraising action for the Oil Fund.

Folkeopplysningen checks how dangerous it is to use cannabis. Does hashish only for batik, or even for lower IQ, schizophrenia and psychosis? Program director Andreas Wahl meets the researcher at the Police College who wants to have hashish on the pole, and the Minister of Justice who will not even think the thought.

Folkeopplysningen checks out the slimming industry. Program director Andreas Wahl discusses the courses, diets, books and research behind it all. He meets doctor Berit Nordstrand to hear about the honey and the olive oil's slimming effect, and he also meets the inventor of Norway's best-selling diet pill.

Folkeopplysningen checks out what benefits it has to choose organic food. Program director Andreas Wahl examines how many apples he can eat before he gets into dangerous amounts of pesticide residues, he tests organic wine at the Farmer's Market and visits cows that have lived both organic and conventional life.

Folkeopplysningen checks out genetically modified food. How skeptical do we have reason to be? Program manager Andreas Wahl examines the health and environmental consequences, he meets the environmentalist who became a GMO activist, learns new things about grapefruit, and serves Frankenfood to Kurt Oddekalv.

Can you communicate with the dead? Program director Andreas Wahl has made an agreement with a now deceased person for a secret code word that he or she will attempt to convey from the other side. Will Gro Helen Tørum, Kenny Corris, Lisa Williams or anyone else be able to convey the password?