This podcast focuses on interviews with performing and visual artists, as well as on thought-provoking and engaging discussions about the cultural habits, practices, and values that shape who we are. The older episodes center more around the connections between language and culture, and examine the cultural aspects of mono- and multiculturalism, third-culture kid identity, and the challenges of living and working across different parts of the world.
Most of the episodes are in English, but I bring you occasional interviews in German, French, Spanish, and Hungarian.
Episodes
![Meet the Artists: András Siebold from Kampnagel and the Band Sazou [English]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/6085495/icon-image-with-cultureum_300x300.jpg){kind=icon}
Tuesday May 05, 2020
Tuesday May 05, 2020
András Siebold is the Artistic Director of the International Summer Festival at Kampnagel, a well known theater in Hamburg, Germany. He joins Dr. J to talk about working with artists from around the world and the linguistic and cultural opportunities and difficulties this generates. András Siebold talks about Robert Wilson, Jonathan Safran Foer as well as many other artists and performers he has worked with, including La(Horde), Aszure Barton, Josh 'Socalled' Dolgin, Vasya Run and Kuro Tanino.
The Hamburg band Sazou joins Dr. J for the second part of this episode and generously performs one of the songs from their recently released album.
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LinkedIn: Dr. Henriette J. Runte
Instagram @cultureumdrj
Monday May 04, 2020
Monday May 04, 2020
Senator Ties Rabe starts off this episode with his views on teaching languages in schools. Senator Rabe and Dr. J tackle questions about bilingualism and multilingualism, studying abroad, and the role of parents in language learning. Dr. J then continues discussing language acquisition in children with several educators from Kindergarten to High School—elementary school teachers Esther Sydow and Dr. Tatjana Kuhn, high school teacher Rainer Pieper and kindergarten teacher Diana Cortés.
Languages spoken in this episode: The interviews in this episode are in German. The narration and interview summaries are in English.
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LinkedIn: Dr. Henriette J. Runte
Instagram @cultureumdrj
Thursday Apr 23, 2020
Thursday Apr 23, 2020
The topic of this episode is saying hello in English and in German. Dr. J speaks to three expats in Hamburg, Germany - Ben Feddersen from the US, Orla Mac Mahon from Ireland and Peter Witchalls from England – as well as to an international group of university students, producer Sarah and a retired Hamburg firefighter. The focus is not the words and vocabulary used in greeting somebody, but the intricate social and psychological aspects of starting up a conversation, whether you do so in your mother tongue or in a foreign language or culture.
Languages spoken in this episode: English. There is one brief interview at the end in German.
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LinkedIn: Dr. Henriette J. Runte
Instagram @cultureumdrj