Take Off

Take Off 77: Afterlife Pleasantries

Jozsef Horvath — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:08:26 GMT

Listen to a story written, performed and produced by Éliás Zoltán, a student at the University of Pécs, Hungary. Music composed by the author.

Take Off 76: Miroslav Kršňák from Nitra

Jozsef Horvath — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:38:46 GMT

Last week I went to a conference in Nitra, Slovakia. One colleague I met there is Miroslav Kršňák. Listen to the first part of what we plan to be a conversation that will span two episodes.

Take Off 75: Adán Reyes from Mexico City

Jozsef Horvath — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:42:34 GMT

Adán Reyes talks about his work as a chemist at the National Autonomous University of México, that special tool, the glovebox, and those amazing volcanoes, Popocatépetl and Iztaccihuatl. Music credit: from the Mahahual Music podcast. Please note that the first 20 episodes are available from me directly from now on as I had to delete them from Podomatic to make space for the new episodes. Send me email at jozsefhor@gmail.com if you need some of those episodes.

Take Off 74: Barna and Tibi About Ebooks

Jozsef Horvath — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:16:03 GMT

Two students, Barna and Tibi, managers at the Power Plant in Pécs, discussed views about ebooks in a recent class with me. A segment from that session.

Take Off 73: Evi, the Information Assistant

Jozsef Horvath — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:25:32 GMT

Evi is an information assistant, available on iPhones and Android phones. I got the app a few days ago and tested what it can do. It? She? You decide.

Take Off 72: Of Michael Jackson and the Moon

Jozsef Horvath — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:56:43 GMT

Six stories in this episode: five by high-school students who were among the visitors on our open day at the University of Pécs today, and one by Fülöp Eper Flóra, a second-year English major. The high-school authors: László Gábor, Decsi Liliána, Vörös László, Babos Tamás and Ferenczi Ágota.

Take Off 71: American Anthony

Jozsef Horvath — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:59:48 GMT

The last episode in 2011 features Anthony Krese, a.k.a. American Anthony, a teacher in Japan. Snippets from our Skype chat. Anthony's website: www.americananthony.com

Take Off 70: Skype Chat with Thékes István

Jozsef Horvath — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 07:44:59 GMT

Seventy episodes already! Listen to a chat with language educator and PhD student Thékes István, also known as Jerry Thékes. Technical background info: episode recorded on the iPhone 4, partly mixed and edited with the GarageBand app, also on the iPhone. Look for more tweaks and programming innovations as a result of this app in the future. Theme music by Kartali László. Acoustic guitar riffs by Horváth József

Take Off 69: Part 2 of the Interview with Kathy

Jozsef Horvath — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 08:51:18 GMT

Part 2 of the interview with Katharine Whitcomb. Kathy's website: http://www.katharinewhitcomb.com This episode was first released a week ago but was then mysteriously gone for a day. Hope this time it will be okay.

Take Off 68: An Afternoon with Katharine Whitcomb

Jozsef Horvath — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:42:30 GMT

Katharine Whitcomb is associate professor at Central Washington University. Currently she is guest professor at the University of Pécs. A poet and collaborative artist, she is also a great person to listen to. This episode is the first of a two-part series featuring her ideas and poetry. Her website: http://www.katharinewhitcomb.com Music credit: "Gone In" by Everyday Jones Theme music composed and played by Kartali László

Take Off 67: Eper to Fly to Texas

Jozsef Horvath — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:29:16 GMT

Fülöp Eper Flóra about her upcoming work experience in a Texas summer camp. Music credit: Blake Shelton's "Nobody But Me."

Take Off 66: Hana Humpolíková from Ostrava

Jozsef Horvath — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:55:54 GMT

Hana Humpolíková is a student from Ostrava, the Czech Republic, currently on an Erasmus scholarship at the University of Pécs. The other day, we got together in my office.

Take Off 65: Anna Back from Madrid

Jozsef Horvath — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 10:18:14 GMT

Rudolf Anna came back from Madrid to Pécs for a short visit last week. After a hot chocolate and coffee, we went to Széchenyi square to record an interview.

Take Off 64: Sounds

Jozsef Horvath — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 11:52:58 GMT

You can listen to a sound story -- and not only that. You can write it, too! Send entries to jozsefhor@gmail.com.

Take Off 63: Katarina on Writing, Words and Photos

Jozsef Horvath — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:15:40 GMT

Katarina Vesela, a colleague from Slovakia, speaks about her recently published book, Academic Writing, among others.

Take Off 62: Three Students from A Coruna

Jozsef Horvath — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:14:40 GMT

Horváth Bálint, Fekecs Adrienn and Szilas Péter, three good friends from the University of Pécs, are studying at A Coruna, Spain this semester. Last week they came to chat with me. This episode: soundbites fom our chat.

Please note that due to bandwidth limitations, some of my podcast episodes may not be available at the beginning of November. If you hear a Podomatic rep saying that my monthly bandwidth has expired, don't abandon Take Off: on November 4, my counter will be reset and all the episodes will be back on the air.

Take Off 61: Kovács Gabi's Blog

Jozsef Horvath — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:39:01 GMT

Second-year MA student Kovács Gabi tells us about her blog at http://kovgab.wordpress.com

Take Off 60: Sonia Valdiviezo on Her Novel

Jozsef Horvath — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:07:44 GMT

First we talked, and then we danced -- at the farewell party at Seggau Castle, Austria. Find out about Sonia Valdiviezo's novel-in-progress.

Take Off 59: Interview with Jonathan Smith

Jozsef Horvath — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:55:35 GMT

I met Jonathan at this year's Graz University Summer School. Snippets from an interview we recorded on the last day.

Take Off 58: Lovorka and Vladimir in Pécs

Jozsef Horvath — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:10:50 GMT

My Croatian colleagues, Lovorka Zergollern-Miletic and Vladimir Legac, and I went to have beer in Pécs yesterday. Guess who turned on his iPhone. Episode track: "Two Lessons to Learn" by Thalassa. More Thalassa music at http://www.ilike.com

Take Off 57: The Immortal Jellyfish

Jozsef Horvath — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:49:32 GMT

An article by Bryan Nelson about the only animal known to be immortal, the turritopsis nutricula. See text at http://bit.ly/93JXXO Episode track: "Mystique" by Marcin Borowski. Browse more Borowski music at http://www.ilike.com

Take Off 56: Szántó Gábor about Wikipedia

Jozsef Horvath — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:48:25 GMT

Graduating student Szántó Gábor shares ideas about the subject of his MA thesis, Wikipedia.

Take Off 55: Palin's Speech Opens Sixth Seal

Jozsef Horvath — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:06:34 GMT

Episode celebrates 55th milestone with a classic grotesque article from The Onion. Theme music by Kartali Lászó

Take Off 54: Winter Olympics Athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili Dies

Jozsef Horvath — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:46:48 GMT

First episode of 2010 features a part of Nancy Franklin's New Yorker article about the Vancouver Olympics. Theme music by Kartali László

Take Off 53: Taking Off with Szvath Dóra

Jozsef Horvath — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:21:17 GMT

Second-year student and two-time Blog Oscar Award winner Szvath Dóra narrates a passage from her short story, "Passengers." The full story is on her blog: http://senator888.blogspot.com Theme music by Kartali László

Take Off 52: Ian Frazier on Phones and Dogs

Jozsef Horvath — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:42:07 GMT

An excerpt of a feature from the October 19, 2009 issue of The New Yorker. Theme music by Kartali Lacek. Episode track: "Lions," by The Features.

Take Off 51: Iveszics Alexander's Essay

Jozsef Horvath — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:13:22 GMT

"I’m not saying that it’s alright to be nervous all the time, but helping stressed-out people is always better than scolding them." This idea and more in Alexander's essay. Theme tune by Kartali László. Music credit: Robyn Hitchcock and The Venus

Take Off 50: Voices from the Past

Jozsef Horvath — Sun, 17 May 2009 07:53:05 GMT

Kartali Laci is the composer and musician of the new theme tune. Tune in to listen to that and to seven people from the first 49 episodes: Dani, Bernadett, Gergő, Steve, Lovorka, Anna, and Scott. After this episode was published, Take Off really took off: it moved to 491st place overall. That's not bad with over 30,000 other podcasts trailing behind on Podomatic! Thanks for listening!

Take Off 49: Bernadett and Attila Comment on Podcasts

Jozsef Horvath — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:52:19 GMT

Józsa Bernadett and Hudák Attila talk about two podcasts: Take Off and Tokyo Calling, the latter by my favorite podcaster, Scott Lockmann. Music credit: "Melt Down the Knives" by Sin Fang Bous.

Take Off 48: Chat with Carol MacCurdy

Jozsef Horvath — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:46:53 GMT

Fulbright Professor Carol MacCurdy and I went to Paulus last week, and I asked her to talk about life and literature in the US. Snippets from the chat.

Take Off 47: Invasion from Space

Jozsef Horvath — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:12:19 GMT

Excerpt from a story by Steven Millhauser.

Take Off 46: Blog Posts by Kati, Dávid and Krisztián

Jozsef Horvath — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:27:28 GMT

Vasas Katalin's debut as a blog writer, plus Tomázy Dávid's and Ömböli Krisztián's stories.

Take Off 45: Meeting High-School Students

Jozsef Horvath — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:08:15 GMT

On Wednesday, Rudolf Anna and I gave a talk to high-school students. In the episode: sound bites from the event.

Take Off 44: Instant Karma

Jozsef Horvath — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:05:52 GMT

Listen to an article by Sasha Frere-Jones published in The New Yorker on January 12.

Take Off 43: Tomázy Dávid Talks About His Story

Jozsef Horvath — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:06:34 GMT

First-year student Tomázy Dávid talks about a story he will start writing soon.

Take Off 42: Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx

Jozsef Horvath — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:25:27 GMT

The last pages from Proulx's highly acclaimed novella.

Take Off 41: Student Voices: Oral Presentation Skills

Jozsef Horvath — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 08:56:22 GMT

Seven students from my Oral Presentation Skills course share opinions and plans: Balázs, Anita, Kitti, Kinga, Anna, Judit, and Krisztián.

Take Off 40: Meeting Would-Be Freshmen

Jozsef Horvath — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:18:33 GMT

First, some thoughts about meeting would-be freshmen last Saturday, and then a song by Cargo Cult. Photo: Zsélyi Eszter after our talk, with part of Kungl Zsófi's blog showing in the background.

Take Off 39: Reports by Sziszi, Angéla, István and Eszter

Jozsef Horvath — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:34:27 GMT

A nameday, an exhibition, a trip and a song: four students share their experiences on their blogs. Music credit: Michael Halaas, http://www.ilike.com

Take Off 38: Stories by Dóri, Évi and Lilla

Jozsef Horvath — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:43:46 GMT

Three blogs, three stories, three students: Szvath Dóra, Balázs Éva and Gazdóf Lilla. Music credit: a song by Ellen Says No, a free MP3 download from http://www.ilike.com/artist/Ellen+Says+No

Take Off 37: Amsterdam Calling

Jozsef Horvath — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:56:16 GMT

Kartali László, third-year student of Pécs, jazz musician, vocabulary master, and composer of the Take Off theme music, calls Amsterdam home this semester that he spends in Holland on an Erasmus scholarship. In this episode, we share a part of our Skype chat last weekend. Photo credit: Lacek's photo of the view form his apartment in downtown Amsterdam.

Take Off 36: Five Students Start Blogs

Jozsef Horvath — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:26:06 GMT

The site is up and running again! Enjoy these podcasts! Listen to the first posts of Andrea, Dóra, Zsófi, Kornél, and Krisztián. I am planning more episodes featuring students' blogs this semester. If you would like to read these and other blog posts, go to http://take-o-f-f.blogspot.com and look for the list.

Take Off 35: Last Vacation Episode

Jozsef Horvath — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:35:13 GMT

The last summer episode this year!

Take Off 34: Find the River with REM

Jozsef Horvath — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:39:51 GMT

In just a little more than a day, I'll be there with the crowd watching and listening to REM at the Sziget, Budapest, Hungary. I hope to be back from that concert with a special REM Live edition of the podcast. We'll see. What's sure is that the most recent episode features "Find the River." #rembudapest

Take Off 33: Frank Mills from Hair

Jozsef Horvath — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:39:45 GMT

That's right: this week, the lyrics comes from that 60s musical, Hair. Enjoy!

Take Off 32: Accelerate with REM

Jozsef Horvath — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:54:00 GMT

How about shifting into sixth gear with this fantastic track from REM's latest album? Plus listen to my rendition of the lyrics. Enjoy! Also, check out Take Off after the REM concert on the Sziget on August 16. I will be there and share with you some of the highlights of the show! #rembudapest

Take Off 31: Viva La Vida by Coldplay

Jozsef Horvath — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:57:55 GMT

The first summer episode! Enjoy your vacation and this story, the lyrics of Coldplay's Viva La Vida.

Take Off 30: Toronto, Starlight, and Zamárdi

Jozsef Horvath — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:39:31 GMT

Konkoly Kriszta, Horváth Bálint, and Szilas Péter, three English majors at the University of Pécs, talk about an exam and their summer plans.

Take Off 29: After the Conference

Jozsef Horvath — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:35:28 GMT

Lovorka Zergollern - Miletic, a colleague from the University of Zagreb, and I gave a talk on coherence and originality in student writing at a Pécs conference last week. After the presentation, we went to have a glass of wine downtown -- together with a team of participants. It was there that I made this recording. The song is by The Agape Rose. Find more great music by them and other bands at www.ilike.com.

Take Off 28: On the Terrace of Paulus

Jozsef Horvath — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:43:10 GMT

Kosóczki Kata, Buda Réka and Fodor Balázs, three students from my Oral Presentation Skills II course, are talking about Forster's novel, A Passage to India, and another passage. The song is "Sol naciente" by Cargo Cult. Go to http://www.ilike.com to listen to songs by them or other GarageBand musicians.

Take Off 27: Stephen Spinder's Stories

Jozsef Horvath — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:08:40 GMT

In the past three years, I have met Steve four times: at the annual Budapest Folk Dance Festivals. This past weekend I asked him to tell Take Off a little bit about his interest in things Hungarian and Transylvanian. Here's the cover photo of his album Ten Years in Transylvania: If you would like to see Steve's other photos, too, visit his site at http://www.spinderartphoto.com/

Take Off 26: The Untouchables

Jozsef Horvath — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:52:51 GMT

A scene from the movie starring Sean Connery and Kevin Costner, plus a conversation with Rácz Krisztián. The song is by the Mitchell Blues Band -- a free MP3 file from www.iLike.com

Take Off 25: Easter Island by Katherine Routledge

Jozsef Horvath — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:46:37 GMT

In this episode I read a passage about the prehistoric statues on Easter Island. Read the rest of the chapter and other sections in Routledge's book on Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=36yi7JgoBY8C&rview=1

Take Off 24: Through the Glasses of... By Rudolf Anna

Jozsef Horvath — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:39:25 GMT

Listen to Rudolf Anna's story from her blog at http://anchuk.blogspot.com The singer featured in the episode is Hannah Ild.

Take Off 23: Krupla Gergo About Reading and Writing

Jozsef Horvath — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:42:38 GMT

A talented writer, Gergo is a fourth-year student at the University of Pecs.

Take Off 22: Reka's Stories from the Park

Jozsef Horvath — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:42:41 GMT

This episode features Lugossy Reka and her stories.

Take Off 21: Nikolov Marianne on Vocabulary Learning

Jozsef Horvath — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:21:01 GMT

Another rerun of a segment from a Joe and Co. episode from last year, featuring Marianne's ideas about learning vocabulary. The music for this episode is by Everyday Jones, What I'm Missing. Used under the Creative Commons license. You can hear more Everyday Jones songs at http://www.podsafeaudio.com.