Today’s show is about Green Erasmus. Have you ever wanted to adventure like Indiana Jones or simply wanted to travel without harming the environment? In today’s show we give two very real examples: Kalvin, an Australian exchange student living in Germany, who bicycled around Europe without pre-booked accommodation, and Jean, a German student who took … Continue reading "Intercultural Adventures +++ Green Erasmus +++ Solo Traveler +++ Absolutely Intercultural 249 +++"

In this episode we’ll be introducing you to a new online magazine and hearing about some language challenges for non-native English speakers. But be careful! Learning English could lead to some very strange results when you go back home! And why talking about mundane everyday things for ages could actually be a sign of something … Continue reading "coded English +++ Outside magazine +++ Absolutely Intercultural 248 +++"

Hello and welcome to show 247 of our podcast “Absolutely Intercultural”. Today’s show is about Working Abroad. Maybe you’ve always dreamed about stepping into a new work environment overseas? We will hear from Sandie, an Australian lecturer who taught in Germany, and Nika, from Georgia, who worked as a bartender in Norway. Our interviewer today is … Continue reading "New Skills +++ Professional Challenge +++ Working Overseas +++ Absolutely Intercultural 247 +++"

Well I hope that you have recovered from hearing about all those gory details about life on the farm in the last show! This is the first show of 2020 so Happy New Year! In this show we go to the UK because there, finally three and a half years after the referendum on whether … Continue reading "effect of accents +++ Brexit +++ Absolutely Intercultural 246"

Welcome to show 245 of “Absolutely Intercultural”! Today’s show is about farm life in Brazil, Germany and Australia. We will learn what childhood is like from three different farm environments in Brazil, Australia and Germany. Be warned, some of the stories may be shocking. We will hear Manoel from Brazil, Kalvin from Australia, and Laurence, … Continue reading "Flourishing on the Farm +++ Rural vs Urban Culture +++ Comparing Farms +++ Absolutely Intercultural 245 +++"

From a university internship to a career as an intercultural trainer we’ll be talking to people at both ends of their career in show 244 of absolutely Intercultural. My name’s Anne Fox and this show is coming to you from Denmark. First, Gabrielle Lachance, a French Canadian Masters student interning with a consultancy company in … Continue reading "remote surveys +++ formal language +++ intercultural training +++ Absolutely Intercultural 244 +++"

I am hoping that by the end of this show you will want to buy a book called ‘Toothbrush and other plays’, as this will help the wonderful Hands Up project which we are going to hear about. You will find the link to buy the book here. So what is this show about? It’s … Continue reading "Hands Up project +++ Palestine +++ Bilbrough +++ Absolutely Intercultural 242 +++"

In this show, we will find out what life in a container home in the most spectacular countryside in Queensland is like. We will discover how an industrial container from Hamburg has become the home for two Germans, Uwe Terton (lecturer at the University of the Sunshine Coast) and Katrin Terton (media artist). They have chosen … Continue reading "container-home +++ sustainability +++ self-sufficiency +++ Absolutely Intercultural 241 +++"

In this show, we are going to immerse you in the “culture of barber shops” which means you can expect to meet rough guys with motorcycles, full beards, dirty boots and, of course, a beer can in their hands. First, we will listen to Tomi, perhaps the happiest barber in Australia, who shares his daily … Continue reading "Australia +++ Scumbags Barbershop +++ hair dressing +++ political correctness +++ Absolutely Intercultural 240 +++"

Last week I was in Belgium in the beautiful city of Leuven for the SIETAR Congress. SIETAR stands for the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research and their biennial congress is a very friendly affair. Of course a Congress is always very diverse, forgive the pun, and in addition diversity was one of the … Continue reading "SIETAR +++ Syria +++ Pilbeam +++ diversophy +++ Absolutely Intercultural 239 +++"