Look Both Ways! Special Reissue

About this episode

The episode explores the cultural implications of street crossings in various cities while introducing a new segment called Wordplay.

Whether you’re enjoying the start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, or autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, it’s a great time for an outdoor stroll – with ‘Oops, Your Culture’s Showing!’ playing in your ears, of course. But when you’re navigating street crossings on this stroll, are there cultural implications attached to what you and those around you are doing? (Hint: There are!) Find out more about those, and much more, in this special reissue of our 34th episode, “There’s no chicken lane in Amsterdam!”, from August 2022. Enjoy, and don’t forget to look both ways! Why did Dean, the global cultures expert, cross the road? To chat with Tom about navigating street crossings in cities from Rome to Hong Kong, and the corresponding cultural implications – of course! Plus: Don’t miss the exciting premiere of Wordplay!, a subset of Grammar Time, later in the episode. We’re giving you the walk sign to stroll through this episode and enjoy it, hopefully without jaywalking involved (but if you do, we won’t – and can’t – tell on you). ***Dean’s book, “Business Beyond Borders…

People in this episode

Hosts: Tom Peterson, Torin Peterson

Guest: Dean Foster

Topics covered

• cultural implications
• street crossings
• outdoor strolls
• global cultures

Keywords

• spring
• autumn
• navigating streets
• Wordplay
• Grammar Time

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Wordplay, Business Beyond Borders: Stories, Tales, and Lessons Learned from Working in 100 Cultures Around the World

Books & works: There’s no chicken lane in Amsterdam, Business Beyond Borders, Stories, Tales, and Lessons Learned from Working in 100 Cultures Around the World, Culture’s Consequences, CultureQuizzes

Places: the Northern Hemisphere, the Southern Hemisphere, Rome, Hong Kong

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