Today the ladies are discussing death! But it's not as depressing as you may think. Olivia tells us all about Varanasi, a holy city where people go to die, while Johanna regales us with the story of Angie Berbuer, a woman who nearly died in a car crash at the age of 21.

Air Castles is a cultural anthropology podcast where Semi-Qualified Hosts/World Travelers/Best Friends Johanna Schöllauf and Olivia Schmitz try to learn more about world cultures one topic at a time.

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Did you know that you are 1-2 years older in Korean age than in international age? Johanna will tell you more about this different calculation of age while Olivia introduces us to Jeanne Calment who was the oldest person to ever live.

Air Castles is a cultural anthropology podcast where Semi-Qualified Hosts/World Travelers/Best Friends Johanna Schöllauf and Olivia Schmitz try to learn more about world cultures one topic at a time.

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Johanna:

“Ask a North Korean: Do you use Korean age in North Korea too?”: https://www.nknews.org/2017/04/ask-a-north-korean-do-you-use-korean-age-in-north-korea-too/

“Age and Asia: How old are we according to the East Asian age reckoning?”: https://www.1stopasia.com/age-asia-how-old-are-we-according-to-the-east-asian-age-reckoning/

“South Korea’s unique aging system”: https://www.insider.com/south-korea-aging-system-bill-eliminate-2019-6

“Lunar calendar”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_calendar

Olivia:

“Oldest person ever (female)”: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/oldest-person-(female)?fb_comment_id=534519726650546_648614835241034

“Jeanne Calment”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Calment

“'World's oldest woman' was 122 when she died, but researcher says she was lying about her age”: https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/worlds-oldest-woman-was-122-when-she-died-but-researcher-says-she-was-lying-about-her-age-20190106-p50pu7.html

Article from The Verge: “How we know the oldest person who ever lived wasn’t faking her age” https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/9/18174435/oldest-person-alive-woman-age-jeanne-calment-controversy-longevity-mortality-statistics

Two different cities associated with the color pink! In this episode you will learn more about Rimini, Italy, and its pink festival "La Notte Rosa" from Olivia while Johanna talks about Jaipur, India, and the "Holi" color festival.

Air Castles is a cultural anthropology podcast where Semi-Qualified Hosts/World Travelers/Best Friends Johanna Schöllauf and Olivia Schmitz try to learn more about world cultures one topic at a time.

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Johanna:

“Holi”: www.holifestival.org

“Wir erkunden die pinke Stadt Jaipur”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hoj9MW-vzj8

“7 Intriguing Facts About Jaipur That Will Confound You

“: ttps://www.nativeplanet.com/travel-guide/7-surprising-facts-about-jaipur-you-must-know/articlecontent-pf25531-005250.html

Olivia:

“Rimini”: https://www.britannica.com/place/Rimini-Italy

“Rimini to turn pink on Friday for La Notte Rosa”: https://ilglobo.com/news/rimini-to-turn-pink-on-friday-for-la-notte-rosa-43972/

“La Notte Rosa Lights Up the Riviera Adriatica”: https://www.italymagazine.com/news/la-notte-rosa-lights-riviera-adriatica

“Pink Night 2019: Top Events Not to be Missed”: https://blog.travelemiliaromagna.com/pink-night-top-events

“La Notte Rosa - the pink night”: https://www.zainoo.com/blog/en/2017/07/07/la-notte-rosa/

“15 Best Things to do in Rimini (Italy)”: https://www.thecrazytourist.com/15-best-things-rimini-italy/

If you can afford a night in one of the underwater hotels that Olivia talks about in this episode, then you're definitely an "overachiever!" Then, going into a completely different direction, Johanna compares two of the top educational systems in the world in this 5th episode of Air Castles.

Air Castles is a cultural anthropology podcast where Semi-Qualified Hosts/World Travelers/Best Friends Johanna Schöllauf and Olivia Schmitz try to learn more about world cultures one topic at a time.

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Johanna's Sources: 

"Education Systems Around The World: A Comparison": https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/education-systems-around-world-comparison-sashi-gundala/

Olivia's Sources: 

"The 8 Coolest Underwater Hotels in the World": https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2016-07-09/11-coolest-underwater-hotels-in-the-world

Pull out your banana slicers and pet fruit bats—it's the fourth episode of Air Castles! Olivia unveils the story of a failed Transcendentalist commune while Johanna dives into the socio-environmental implications of the avocado.

Air Castles is a cultural anthropology podcast where Semi-Qualified Hosts/World Travelers/Best Friends Johanna Schöllauf and Olivia Schmitz try to learn more about world cultures one topic at a time.

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Ever wondered which languages would be the hardest to learn? In this episode Johanna tells us about the supposedly hardest languages to learn while Olivia introduces us to different whistling languages around the world.

Air Castles is a cultural anthropology podcast where Semi-Qualified Hosts/World Travelers/Best Friends Johanna Schöllauf and Olivia Schmitz try to learn more about world cultures one topic at a time.

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Johanna's Sources:

"High and Low Context Cultures": https://www.researchgate.net/figure/High-and-low-context-cultures-Samovar-Porter-1997-p-24-Sueda-Fukuda-2011-p_fig3_327180415

"Japanese, Finnish or Chinese? The 10 Hardest Languages for English Speakers to Learn": https://unbabel.com/blog/japanese-finnish-or-chinese-the-10-hardest-languages-for-english-speakers-to-learn/

"9 of the hardest languages for English speakers to learn": https://www.businessinsider.com/hardest-language-to-learn-2018-5?r=DE&IR=T#arabic-2

Johanna and Olivia are back with a vengeance for episode 2! First Olivia fangirls about the Medellín Flower Fair, then Johanna teaches us Hanakotoba, the flower language of Japan.

Air Castles is a cultural anthropology podcast where Semi-Qualified Hosts/World Travelers/Best Friends Johanna Schöllauf and Olivia Schmitz try to learn more about world cultures one topic at a time.

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On this debut episode of Air Castles, Johanna explains to Olivia why Liechtenstein is the greatest tiny nation in the world. Then Olivia unfolds the story of Rodriguez, the mysterious musician who made it big in South Africa without knowing it.

Air Castles is a cultural anthropology podcast where hosts Johanna Schöllauf and Olivia Schmitz try to learn more about world cultures one topic at a time.

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