Take Off show

Take Off

Summary: A series from Hungary, featuring students' stories as well as classics like The Catcher in the Rye and Breakfast at Tiffany's.

Podcasts:

 Take Off 54: Winter Olympics Athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili Dies | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 300

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 54: Winter Olympics Athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili Dies | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 300

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 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 360

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 53: Taking Off with Szvath Dóra | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 360

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 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 360

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 52: Ian Frazier on Phones and Dogs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 360

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 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 315

"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 51: Iveszics Alexander's Essay | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 315

"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 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 330

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 50: Voices from the Past | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 330

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 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 420

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 49: Bernadett and Attila Comment on Podcasts | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 420

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 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 405

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 48: Chat with Carol MacCurdy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 405

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 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 285

Excerpt from a story by Steven Millhauser.

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