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 32: Accelerate with REM | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 264

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 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 261

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

 Take Off 31: Viva La Vida by Coldplay | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 261

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 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1358

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 30: Toronto, Starlight, and Zamárdi | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1358

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 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 927

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 29: After the Conference | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 927

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 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 72

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 28: On the Terrace of Paulus | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 72

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 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 735

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 27: Stephen Spinder's Stories | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 735

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 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 647

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 26: The Untouchables | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 647

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 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 550

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 25: Easter Island by Katherine Routledge | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 550

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

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