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 Code…

Check 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! - Simran由Christian & Simran

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! email us at:…

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) Th…

Hey 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 sl…

Hey 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…

FOWL 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 (courte…

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 entertainin…

Show 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 p…

The file: FOWL Radio 2 Length: 40:52 mins Size: 37.7 MB We made it to our second episode! Hopefully we get the snyc problems right this time around. You gotta give us some credit though, eh, this is Switzerland to India - we're continents apart! In this episode we cover India, Hindi and more stuff about and India. We also play a cool song by "Donni…

This is our first episode of FOWL Radio, our podcast about language and how to have fun with it. FOWL, once more, is an acronym for "Fun Of & With Language". Our podcast is and going to be about Hindi, German and English - in English. Chris, from Switzerland is interested in Indian culture, Hindi and podcasting. Simran is a German language student …