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Ceci n’est pas un bidet– Magritte-style illustration of a duvet (btw we know the French word for duvet is different!). It’s coming up to the summer break and for some of us this means graduation and next steps. If you spent a semester abroad, you might now be considering a longer stay. Maybe you are … Continue reading "English for childcare +++ Sabrina Wilson +++ absolutely intercultural 320 +++"

Hello dear listeners, today, I want to bring to your attention a moment that doesn’t get talked about enough. It’s when you realize you’re not the same person in every place anymore, not completely who you were back home, but not entirely who you are here either. You laugh differently. You speak differently. Perhaps you … Continue reading "The In-between Identity +++ Absolutely Intercultural 319"

In the last show we heard about different working cultures but what if you are newly arrived in the country and you cannot get a job because you don’t speak the language, your qualifications and experience are not recognised and other challenges? In that case you may consider starting your own business. Welcome to absolutely … Continue reading "migrant entrepreneurship +++ Polychronopoulos +++...

Hello dear listeners, and welcome to Show 317 of Absolutely Intercultural!Have you ever looked at your desk and wondered: How much of my actual life is allowed to happen here?Today, we’re diving into a topic that affects almost all of us: Workplace Culture. Specifically, we are looking at where the “employee” ends, and the “human … Continue reading "Workplace Culture +++ Absolutely Intercultural...

Welcome to Absolutely Intercultural show number 316. My name’s Anne Fox and this show is coming to you from Denmark. In the last few weeks I began to see lots of videos by Zach Lincoln, an American who is moving to Europe. Why would he move to Europe? One of the things that struck … Continue reading "USA +++ UK +++ Zach moves abroad +++ Absolutely Intercultural 316+++"

Hello dear listeners, and welcome to Show 315 of Absolutely Intercultural!Have you ever wondered how much of who you are is shaped by where you are?Today we’re diving into a fascinating question:“Do we change our identity when we cross borders?”In a world that’s constantly on the move through study exchanges, remote work, or migration our … Continue reading "Between Cultures +++ Faith +++...

Happy New Year? How would you ensure that the world does not raise average temperatures above 1.5 degrees? “Kill all the cows!” was one answer. “Shut down all the coal mines!” was another when I asked my conference audience in Albania last month. Welcome to Show 314 of Absolutely Intercultural, the podcast about all things … Continue reading "En-ROADS +++ Climate Interactive +++ climate policies...

Hello dear listeners and welcome to show 313 of our podcast Absolutely Intercultural. Our topic today is one that touches the core of many societies: “Are modern values diluting religion?” We live in a time of rapid change, where new social norms often clash with centuries-old traditions. Does this mean faith is watering down, or … Continue reading "Modern Values and Religion +++ Marriage +++...

absolutely poeticThis show is about DEI, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and in a first for the podcast, we’ll go absolutely poetic and start with a poem.The book, in which this poem by Alan Maley appeared, is available free of charge from the British Council. It’s called Integrating global issues in the creative English language classroom … Continue reading "DEI +++ Verónica Higareda +++...

Our topic today is about “gender”, the way in which persons recognize and identify themselves. Traditionally you could only identify as a man or as a woman. Today, however, we will focus on transgender people. A transgender person is a “transitioning person”, someone who does not feel comfortable with the gender they have been assigned … Continue reading "Between Support and Struggle +++...