Sauna Champions and Production Processes

The Weird World Sauna Championships

Sarah Everts | Walrus | 14th November 2025

If you thought sauna-ing was more about relaxation than competition, think again. At the world sauna theatre championships, competitors stage performances in saunas, complete with music, costumes, acrobatics and fancy towel-twirling. Some write their own stories, others adapt from other media (one entrant this year did Peaky Blinders). Judges award marks for both artistry and technical difficulty (2,300 words)

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What Is A Production Process?

Brian Potter | Construction Physics | 13th November 2025

Anything that isn't taken straight from nature and used in that form has some sort of production process. This useful essay maps this onto a simplified model comprised of five universal factors, from the transformation method used to turn materials into a product to the costs associated with doing so. To improve efficiency, one or more of these factors must become cheaper and/or faster (4,200 words)