Talking Texts

In this special episode, Jill (Writing Centre) and Bernadette (Language Centre & host) share practical ways the Writing Centre can support your academic writing. We’ll also introduce a unique opportunity that could give your writing a real boost — and yes, a spot might still be waiting for you . Curious? Tune in! 🔗 Links: 📩 Contact Jill ✍️ Writing Centre Info 📚 Writing Retreat

Join hosts Nabila and Valdas as they delve into the intriguing dynamics of Millennial and Gen Z working styles. In this episode, Nabila and Valdas explore the defining traits of each generation and how they shape modern business practices. From tech savvy to entrepreneurial spirit, the two hosts dissect the nuances that drive workplace culture. Stay tuned for insightful discussions and an exclusiv...

"From tea gifts to eating habits, join Manisha and Lina on a journey of cultural revelations!" Manisha shares her journey from Sri Lanka to Germany, navigating cultural differences like gift-giving and direct communication. Lina adds insights into German behavior. They discuss punctuality, reservedness, and eating customs, offering perspectives on adapting to new cultural norms and experie...

With climate change and Covid, times might look bleak but there is hope out there. According Murray Bookchin’s text The Ecology of Freedom  the origin social and ecological problems are intertwined and cannot be solved by ignoring one party they are also equally rooted in the attempt to dominate everyone and everything. In this episode Bernadette and Tim will introduce you to the concept of Social...

In episode 05- Introducing Multidimensional poverty Fabian Schmidl and Miriam El Agha talk about the multidimensional poverty index and the progress of countries, which have managed to reduce multidimensional poverty. The hosts address the following questions: When are households considered to be multidimensionally poor? Is there a threshold? What impact does Covid-19 have on multidimensional pove...

In episode 0-introducing Talking Texts season 02 you will hear about what topics are covered in this season why you should listen and what the hosts like so much about the episodes. Time cues 00:23.1             01:06.2             What is talking texts 01:06.2             02:8.7              The single episodes in the season 02:08.7             03:19.4             Question 1:What are the episodes...

In this Interview Tim and Blair discuss Social Ecology, what it is and how it can help tackle the crieses of today. Blair talks about his background in environmental and social activism and provides examples where the concept has already been sucessfully applied and how it can give hope to everyone. Time cues 00:00.0 00:18.7 Preliminaries 00:18.7 03:50.0 Introduction 03:50.0 06:12.0 Why is Social...

In episode 4b we, Karina and Bernadette, explain some of the notions of error and statistical concepts. We then discuss one of the tasks from the text and present our solutions . Time cues episode 4b 00:00:39 Part 3: different concepts in inferential statistics 00:01:09 Inferential and descriptive statistics 00:02:18 Error in studies 00:03:20 Errors of observation 00:04:58 Errors of non-observatio...

In episode 4a of talking texts inferential statistics – mind the gap We, Karina and Bernadette,discuss the text: “Inference and error in surveys” in: Survey Methodology by Groves et al. We explain the meaning of the words inference and error, summarize the text and talk about why it is relevant. In addition, we talk about Sherlock Holmes and how statistics can make the world a better place. Time c...

Introduction Welcome to episode 3 of the podcast “talking texts”. In this episode “skipping class – Is attendance, the solution for good grades?”, Jimmy and Luisa explain the main results of the scientific paper “Skipping class in college and exam performance: Evidence from a regression discontinuity classroom” and discuss their own experiences with skipping.   Time cues 00:00 Introduction 00:45 O...

This is the podcast Talking Texts: the podcast about important texts from your degree program.  In episode 2 – Is abortion a crime? the hosts Marzia and Marlow will talk about the text “Abortion regimes of the OECD countries and their determining factors by comparison” by Edith Gindulis. This text deals with the issue of abortion and its criminalization. It also discusses which countries have ques...

In today's episode of Talking Texts, the hosts Christoph and Rick explain the economic use of Nudging in everyday live and how the number of organ donations can be increased using nudging techniques. While giving several examples of how Nudging can affect any of us, their episode is based on the award-winning bestseller book: “Nudge: Improving-Decisions-Health-Happiness” from Richard H. Thaler...

This episode of talking texts introduces the hosts and single episodes of the first season. We will talk about the purpose and aim of the podcast as well as how it can help you with difficult texts from your degree program. Here is the link to the webpage: https://talkingtexts.de You’ll find the single episodes by clicking on the respective links: Ep. 0 https://talkingtexts.de/episode-0/ Ep. 1 htt...