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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 317"

  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 +++ Identity +++ Home +++ New Beginnings+++ Absolutely Intercultural 315"

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 +++ Susan Golden +++ absolutely intercultural 314 +++"

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 +++ Fasting +++ Progressive vs Conservative +++ Absolutely Intercultural 313"

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 +++ authenticity +++ Absolutely Intercultural 312"

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 +++ Transgender People +++ Gender Identity +++ Misunderstandings +++ Absolutely Intercultural 311"

You thought you were signing up for an English class and the teacher wants to persuade you to become a change maker. Could this be a way of coping with eco-anxiety? But are there any limits on what you can do in an educational setting? Welcome to show number 310 of absolutely intercultural. My name’s … Continue reading "eco-anxiety +++ Harry Waters +++ ELT +++ positive anger +++ absolutely intercultural 210 +++"

This question about male and female leadership styles is prompted by a female Indian sultan who ruled from 1236. Welcome to Show 309 of Absolutely Intercultural, the show about all things intercultural. Today I’m very happy to be talking once again with Fahad Siddiqui who I last spoke to in 2023 about his plan to … Continue reading "Fahad Siddiqui +++ Razia Sultana +++ Young Trees +++ Bambu +++ Absolutely Intercultural 309 +++"

Welcome to Absolutely Intercultural, the podcast about all things intercultural, even unexpectedly scented toilet paper! My name’s Anne Fox and this show is coming to you from Denmark, where Mia, who we’ll be hearing more from, also originates. We’ll be talking to Mia about how she was able to get some financial support to go … Continue reading "Switzerland +++ EU unemployment support +++ job hunting +++ Absolutely Intercultural 308 +++"