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Professor Maggie Sokolik teaches writing at UC Berkeley as well as worldwide. Her massive open online course, or MOOC, was launched in November. In this episode, you can listen to her ideas about writing and the MOOC itself. Also featured: Bence Lissák, a third-year student at the University of Pécs. Take a listen. If you would like to find out more about the college writing MOOC, please visit https://courses.edx.org/courses/BerkeleyX/ColWri2.1x/3T2013/info Shorter versions of this episode are posted on the MOOC podcast page at https://audioboo.fm/CollegeWritingMOOC and at my new Take Off podcast page at https://audioboo.fm/boos/1772792-free-from-anxiety Take Off 85

Barbara and Kinga are two students in my Print and electronic media class, where an optional project is producing a podcast. So the other day we made this episode together. Enjoy! Take Off 84

An übershort shout-out to all my friends out there listening to Take Off. And for the record, this is episode 83, not 82 as I say at the beginning. More to come soon!

A Skype chat with Catherine Fisher Carr, Haiku Deck vice president for marketing. To see one of her Haiku decks, visit http://www.haikudeck.com/p/kvovrxeXoI/about-me Take Off 82

Visiting professor Gabriel Loiacono from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh speaks about his work in progress. Take Off 81

Croatian student extraordinaire reads his story, "The Dream." Take Off 80

Sounds and voices from the University of Pécs Roundtable Conference in Applied Linguistics. Take Off 79

Some results of a study on originality in students' writing that I conducted with my colleague at the University of Zagreb. The full paper is available here: http://books.google.hu/books?id=VnR3DZsHG6UC Take Off 78, the first in 2013!

Episode 77: Listen to a story written, performed and produced by Éliás Zoltán, a student at the University of Pécs, Hungary. Music composed by the author.

Episode 75: Adán Reyes talks about his work as a chemist at the National Autonomous University of México, that special tool, the glovebox, and those amazing volcanoes, Popocatépetl and Iztaccihuatl. Music credit: from the Mahahual Music podcast. Please note that the first 20 episodes are available from me directly from now on as I had to delete them from Podomatic to make space for the new episodes. Send me email at jozsefhor@gmail.com if you need some of those episodes.

Episode 74: Two students, Barna and Tibi, managers at the Power Plant in Pécs, discussed views about ebooks in a recent class with me. A segment from that session.

Episode 73: Evi is an information assistant, available on iPhones and Android phones. I got the app a few days ago and tested what it can do. It? She? You decide.

Episode 72: Six stories in this episode: five by high-school students who were among the visitors on our open day at the University of Pécs today, and one by Fülöp Eper Flóra, a second-year English major. The high-school authors: László Gábor, Decsi Liliána, Vörös László, Babos Tamás and Ferenczi Ágota.

Episode 71: The last episode in 2011 features Anthony Krese, a.k.a. American Anthony, a teacher in Japan. Snippets from our Skype chat. Anthony's website: www.americananthony.com

Episode 70: Seventy episodes already! Listen to a chat with language educator and PhD student Thékes István, also known as Jerry Thékes. Technical background info: episode recorded on the iPhone 4, partly mixed and edited with the GarageBand app, also on the iPhone. Look for more tweaks and programming innovations as a result of this app in the future. Theme music by Kartali László. Acoustic guitar riffs by Horváth József

Episode 69: Part 2 of the interview with Katharine Whitcomb. Kathy's website: http://www.katharinewhitcomb.com This episode was first released a week ago but was then mysteriously gone for a day. Hope this time it will be okay.

Episode 68: Katharine Whitcomb is associate professor at Central Washington University. Currently she is guest professor at the University of Pécs. A poet and collaborative artist, she is also a great person to listen to. This episode is the first of a two-part series featuring her ideas and poetry. Her website: http://www.katharinewhitcomb.com Music credit: "Gone In" by Everyday Jones Theme music composed and played by Kartali László

Episode 67: Fülöp Eper Flóra about her upcoming work experience in a Texas summer camp. Music credit: Blake Shelton's "Nobody But Me."

Episode 66: Hana Humpolíková is a student from Ostrava, the Czech Republic, currently on an Erasmus scholarship at the University of Pécs. The other day, we got together in my office.

Episode 65: Rudolf Anna came back from Madrid to Pécs for a short visit last week. After a hot chocolate and coffee, we went to Széchenyi square to record an interview.