Language and Culture with Dr. J

An episode that ends with Matteo Fusella declaring, “When it comes to culture, I am Italian and German. When it comes to patriotism, I am European,” this  episode takes you on Matteo’s train journey from Italy to Germany and back, informing you along the way about the German - Italian connection that is everywhere to find. Matteo talks about his train rides and walks through various cities in order to inform us in an intimate and sometimes humorous way about his love-hate relationship with Italy and Germany. As with his previous article and episode, entitled “The Road to Self-Discovery and Peace – Matteo Fusella’s Camino de Santiago,” he always accompanies his personal observations and experiences with historical facts and interesting anecdotes. His articles in English, German, and Italian can be found on the cultureum.com website. Within this episode, he reads first in English, then from minute 23:14 in German, and finally, from minute 40:40 in Italian.  And now, here is Matteo.

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Swarali Talele talks about her childhood in India, about the caste system, and about the literary, philosophical, and cultural details she finds most beautiful in her home country.

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Not for the faint of heart, this episode attempts to go through all of the verb tenses and to provide a brutal, intensive review (-:  

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In this episode, Juliette Blanquart goes into the origins and the cultural significance of combat sports and touches specifically on boxing, judo, wrestling, and taekwondo. She reads her article first in English, then from minute 17:37 in French, and finally, from minute 31:11 Louis Rienaud provides a German translation for us.

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This episode focuses on telling you about fencing, gymnastics, weightlifting, and equestrian events. First in English, then from minute 19:30 in French, you will hear Juliette Blanquart’s articles, and from minute 30:51 Louis Rienaud’s German translation.

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From Bollywood to Indian classical dance, Swarali Talele tells us about her experiences studying and practicing dance in India. 

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This episode focuses on informing and exciting you about swimming, artistic swimming and diving, rowing, canoing and kayaking, as well as surfing. First in English, then from minute 18:34 in French, and finally, from minute 34:33 in German this episode features Juliette Blanquart and Louis Rienaud. The articles can be found on the cultureum.com website.

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In this episode, Tobias Westermann, a rower from Ratzeburg in Germany, tells us about how rowing has opened doors for him in his career, about his rowing experiences around the world, and about how, on the one hand, the sport facilitates communication among people of all nationalities, and on the other hand, it requires knowledge of very specific rowing terminology that differs even among native speakers of English. The interview is first in English, up until minute 32:41, when we switch to German, and minute 39:18, when we switch to French. The German and the French parts serve to review what was said in the English part, respectively, in Tobias’s native language and in the official language of the upcoming Paris Olympics. Even if you do not speak German and /or French, please listen in also to these parts and thus participate in the beauty of multilingualism.

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