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7 March 2010, 4:03 pm - FOWL Returns: We're back!Hey! Thanks you 26 people for staying subscribed. We're back and now we've got two new Mac laptops, a MacBook and a MacBook Pro. In this episode we just talk about OS X and other time pass. Basically, we're back. We're back. Did I mention, we're back? Oh right, we're back.
FOWL Returns
Jingle: Noite De Carnaval by Code8 July 2006, 1:08 pm - A GOT IntroCheck out this intro I made for GOT: Getting Off Topic with CastBlaster. That program is quite good, but I imagine GarageBand beats it anyday. I neeeed Mac!
- Simran18 April 2006, 5:16 pm - GOT 1: Web 2.0 Discussion
Before we recorded FOWL 8, we had a small discussion on Web 2.0 and if it deserves its name or if it's just a buzzword. This is the first in a series of non-language discussions. Without telling Chris, I've gone ahead and named it "GOT" or "Getting Off Topic". Come get it.
Tell us what you think! We want feedback, we neeeeeed feedback!
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14 April 2006, 3:07 pm - FOWL Radio 8: April Fool's Edition
Chris: Here is the new show - enjoy! Notes below, courtesy of Simran.
This week we stray away from language and decide, that it's totally cool, that we do so - better than scrapping FOWL anyway. We just want to chat about stuff other than language sometimes and don't want to set up yet another podcast... (any objections? they're welcome too btw)
The song this week is by a jazz, Swiss band that Chris (knows personally? and) is going to see live later this month. The name of the song is Sugartree and is performed by the Oliver Friedli trio. It's available on their album Three Miles Off.
In this episode we talk about blogs, April Fool's Day and more.
Send us feedback! We want feedback, we neeeeeed feedback!
- email us at: [email protected]
- leave a comment on this blog
- record some audio feedback and email it to us
- fly (or walk if you want to take in the sights from a Froschperspektive) to schönenbuch, switzerland or poona, india and go running around on the streets screaming "I'm looking for Chris/Simran from FOWL Radio! Show yourself you podcaster!"
1 April 2006, 10:52 pm - FOWL Radio 7: DialectsHey listeners! Sorry for the 1 week delay, I'm all well again and we recorded FOWL 7 last night. Here are the show notes:
Dialects and diglossia.
Debate in Switzerland as trigger / PISA. PISA Polizei Podcast (German).
New word(s?) of the week: Nerd Valhalla.
The Queen's English, a.k.a. Received Pronounciation (thanks Joel!).
Next week's topic is slang and two friends of mine might come on the show (Bhavna and Clive).
Songs:
The file: FOWL Radio 7
Size: 46.8mb
Length: 50:58mins
Bitrate: 128kbps15 March 2006, 7:36 am - SendepauseWaiting for the new show of FOWL Radio? Well, that's very flattering!
Unfortunately, Simran had to take a week's sick leave during which he promised not to use his computer. Since FOWL Radio is not a monologue station and nobody volunteered to substitute for him, so we'll just take a break until he returns. Why don't you join me in wishing him to get well soon?!!7 March 2006, 11:38 pm - FOWL Radio 6: Learning LanguagesHey everyone This is our 6th episode! This week we talk about the languages we are proficient in and the ones we're still grappling with. We had no show notes for this episode! It was all spontaneous. We do a play a song by Rob Costlow, from the Podsafe Music Network. It's called L.A. / Passing By. Tell us what you think, we love your feedback.
The file: FOWL Radio 6
Length: 47:20 mins
Size: 22.5 mb
P.S. This is the japanese podcast Chris talks about.28 February 2006, 7:02 am - FOWL Radio 5: Humo(u)rFOWL Radio 5: Humo(u)r
This week we talk about humour, how it's universal and how it's different.
Stereotypes, French humour (how the French didn't have a word for humour till the 1930s) and how we love British humour and the TV series, Black Adder. Also, a few jokes, a poem and a new word coined.
Here are the links we promised:
Blonde Joke (courtesy ahajokes.com)
Thrammed (the new word of the week. coined by Karn, a listener and defined by Simran)
Indian Jokes - Santa and Banta
French Humour (economist.com)
Poem by Willheim Busch (Captain's Log)
Ship Of Fools (Religious Humour.. includes the GodPod)
Music courtesy DJ Ma Faiza!
The File: Fowl Radio 5
Size: 18.1 MBs
Length: 38:05 mins19 February 2006, 1:09 pm - FOWL Radio 4: Switzerland
Here we go again! In this show, we're unfortunately back to two producers. Good luck to Torsten for his thesis, which has to take priority over a podcast, of course.
For some factual information about Switzerland, check the CIA World Factsbook. But maybe, you're into more credible sources ...
The Xenophobe's Guide to the Swiss is a very entertaining guide (including the map above) to the Swiss. If you want to see some amusing stereotyping the Swiss in the year 50 BCE, go to Asterix in Switzerland. You've been warned, though: the geography is seriously warped! Also, we don't usually throw people in lakes any more if they loose their piece of bread in the fondue, although they tend to have to sing a song or do something similarly embarrassing.
So, without further ado, here's the show!
The file: FOWL Radio 4
Duration: 40:08 minutes
Size: 36.8 MB12 February 2006, 9:47 pm - FOWL Radio episode 3: Torsten and the RechtschreibreformShow notes:
Torsten Kathke joins us as a third show-host and we discuss:
What the $§%&# is a Rechtschreibreform? We take a trip to the history of German spelling. Plus: Mark Twain makes an appearance and complains about the awful German language.
PS: This is our first episode with three people so please bear with a few more hiccups.
And here's a picture of Chris's Grandfather clock.
The file: FOWLRadio3.mp3
Length: 52:23 mins
Size: 48.1 MB4 February 2006, 5:52 pm - More Episodes? Get the App
