Jena - Home of Hegel, Schiller, Goethe, and the University of the Casual Arts

This is a podcast experiment.

Each week, The Old Man will record discussions related to American culture with students from all over Europe and release them as podcasts. Of course these will also include some sweet sweet American music.

The plan, however, is to develop this into a discussion with American listeners. After listening to the podcasts, visit the discussion forum and let us know what you think.

UCA 01 - Individualism

This recording didn't work. The café was too noisy. Damn.

UCA 02 - Equality

The first UCA podcast took place in a café calle Einstein in the center of Jena. Topics included The Turkish minority in Germany and parallels with American minorities...

Timetable and Playlist:

0:00-3:00 - Intro / University of the Casual Arts concept

3:00-6:00 - Tom Waits - Table Top Joe

6:00-8:00 - Dialog / Email Address: Artscast@casualarts.net

8:00-14:00 - Intolerance in Britain & Germany

14:00-14:30 - Honesty

14:30-20:00 - Turkish minority in Germany

20:00-21:00 - East & West Gemany

21:00-24:00 - East German Immigration

24:00-28:00 - Moon Blazers - Gotta Go to Work

28:00-29:00 - Work & class

29:00-38:00 - Class in Germany / Language

38:00-41:30 - Tarkan - Simarik

41:30-42:00 - Turkish music

42:00-43:00 - Minority music

43:00-45:00 - Getting Americans to listen to this

45:00-47:00 - End

UCA 03 - FFFFreedom

Timetable and Playlist:

0:00-3:00 - Intro / New Forum

3:00-5:00 - Small Talk

5:00-6:30 - Air Force Band - God Bless the USA

6:30-12:00 - Patriot Act / Freedom

12:00-20:00 - The Stasi and East Germans' ideas about freedom

20:00-23:30 - Del the Funky Homo Sapien - 17 Slaves

23:30-26:00 - Freedom and Security

26:00-41:00 - Censorship in America / Media Freedom

41:00-42:30 - Optimism & Hurricane Katrina coverage

42:30-45:00 - America bashing

45:00-46:19 - Next time & Goodbye