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Take Off 53: Taking Off with Szvath Dóra
October 28, 2009 08:21 AM PDT
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 DogsOctober 17, 2009 02:42 AM PDT
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 EssayJune 04, 2009 09:13 AM PDT
"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 PastMay 17, 2009 12:53 AM PDT
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 PodcastsMarch 28, 2009 03:52 AM PDT
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 MacCurdyMarch 18, 2009 06:46 AM PDT
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 SpaceFebruary 22, 2009 09:12 AM PST
Excerpt from a story by Steven Millhauser. Take Off 46: Blog Posts by Kati, Dávid and KrisztiánFebruary 16, 2009 09:27 AM PST
Vasas Katalin's debut as a blog writer, plus Tomázy Dávid's and Ömböli Krisztián's stories. Take Off 45: Meeting High-School StudentsJanuary 30, 2009 09:08 AM PST
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 KarmaJanuary 11, 2009 08:05 AM PST
Listen to an article by Sasha Frere-Jones published in The New Yorker on January 12. Take Off 43: Tomázy Dávid Talks About His StoryJanuary 09, 2009 06:06 AM PST
First-year student Tomázy Dávid talks about a story he will start writing soon. Take Off 42: Brokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxDecember 31, 2008 08:25 AM PST
The last pages from Proulx's highly acclaimed novella. Take Off 41: Student Voices: Oral Presentation SkillsDecember 14, 2008 12:56 AM PST
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 FreshmenNovember 30, 2008 11:18 PM PST
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 EszterNovember 18, 2008 11:34 AM PST
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 LillaOctober 27, 2008 11:43 PM PDT
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 CallingOctober 21, 2008 03:56 AM PDT
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 BlogsOctober 01, 2008 09:26 AM PDT
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 EpisodeAugust 27, 2008 05:35 AM PDT
The last summer episode this year! Take Off 34: Find the River with REMAugust 13, 2008 11:39 PM PDT
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."
July 22, 2008 02:29 AM PDT
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 HairJuly 10, 2008 09:39 AM PDT
That's right: this week, the lyrics comes from that 60s musical, Hair. Enjoy! Take Off 32: Accelerate with REMJuly 01, 2008 11:54 PM PDT
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!
June 23, 2008 08:57 AM PDT
The first summer episode! Enjoy your vacation and this story, the lyrics of Coldplay's Viva La Vida. Take Off 30: Toronto, Starlight, and ZamárdiJune 04, 2008 10:39 PM PDT
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 ConferenceMay 19, 2008 12:35 PM PDT
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.
May 02, 2008 11:43 AM PDT
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.
April 14, 2008 01:08 AM PDT
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.
March 30, 2008 06:52 AM PDT
A scene from the movie starring Sean Connery and Kevin Costner, plus a conversation with Rácz Krisztián.
March 24, 2008 03:46 AM PDT
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 Next Page |
Podcast SummaryA series from Hungary, featuring students' stories as well as classics like The Catcher in the Rye and Breakfast at Tiffany's.To send a story or comment: email me. If you need the address of this page: http://jozsefhor.podomatic.com. Take Off blog: http://take-o-f-f.blogspot.com. About JozsefHello. I am a teacher of English at the University of Pecs, Hungary. I started podcasting in 2007. This show is a component of my Take Off project, which also includes a book and a blog for advanced university students of English as a foreign language.
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