Take Off

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 2 All Over Again

Jozsef Horvath — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:29:17 GMT

I'll post the next episode in early August, after I come home from the Kapolcs Magic Days festivities. Meantime, you can listen to one of my favorite student stories, which also appears in my collection, the JPU Corpus.

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