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You’ll Need a Bigger Box You’ll Need a Bigger Box
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- Samhälle och kultur
A European culture podcast following the lives and exploring the past times of this multicultural group of European friends who met in Budapest back in 2018, whilst on the Erasmus Exchange Programme. Since their first boozey encounter, the boys have been through many drunken nights and endured seemingly incurable hangovers. Now they want you to be apart of it and show you how living abroad can change your life! So come and join us for a complete European state of mind podcast.
Email us on - youllneedabiggerbox@gmail.com
Instagram - @youllneedabiggerbox
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Episode 1 - THE REUNION
Season 2 is finally here!
After some months off Jack, Claudio, Luca and Bene catch up about their respective summers sharing some stories with yous and talking about their near futures, including plans for a November reunion in the sweet city of Nice! With Jack moving to Italy after attending a wedding in Canada, Luis escaping for some months in Brazil and much more, there is plenty of content for you to enjoy so... ENJOY!!!
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Episode 14 - The season 1 finale !
On the final episode of season 1 of the podcast the boys are back on their on for the first time in a few weeks. After a string of Interesting guests coming on the podcast from all over the world throughout season 1 to promote studying abroad from their perspectives the boys finish the season by discussing what their plans are for the near future and how they have been dealing with the covid-19 pandemic. As always the episode if filled with hilarious past stories from the boys time together around Europe! Also, in the final Erasmus based topic of the season the boys help the listeners understand the differences in studying at a home university compared to on an Erasmus exchange. Connor our friend from South Africa is also in Nice with Lucas and joins at the end of the episode to discuss with Jack, as two native speakers of English the differences in study level at a European university compared to their home universities
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Episode 13 - from Czech Republic with love
This week episode is a banger! We finally managed to get Viktor on the podcast, a czech friend of ours who was Claudio's flatmate in Budapest. He starts off talking about how he got vaccinated on national news and describing the situation in Czech Republic in COVID terms before moving on to what he does for a living and how he spends his freetime between dj sets and running a bar with his friends, thus expandining the point of view that "You'll need a bigger box" tries to showcase. On we go and the boys talk about living with flatmates from around the world and the peculiarities and the fascinating aspects which come along with sharing a house with strangers. Enjoy!
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Episode 12 - Italy winning the EUROs and how ERASMUS boosts your career
On this week's episode, Claudio, Jack, Bene, Luca, and Claudia are talking about the final of the EUROs won by ITALY. Each member of the podcast tells us how they lived this experience and obviously the most exciting are those of Claudia and Claudio who live in Italy and experienced unique celebrations. Later we talked about how unsportsmanlike the English are, the way they jinxed the game and their behavior that has turned into racism towards some players of their national team.
In the second part, Claudia tells us about her work experience in one of the best law firms in the world, Jack tells us about his job offer as a teacher in Italy and both explain how their experience in Budapest helped them reach these achievements. The group also discussed how the exchange program changed their mindset and how it helped craft their perspectives on life.
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Episode 11 - From South-Africa to Budapest
On this weeks episode, Claudio, Lucas, Bene, and Luis are joined by their South African friend Connor who still lives in Budapest. Connor will share with us how he fell in love with Hungary that much whilst on exchange thar he decided to live there. His stories are fascinating as he tells us about how his first year was spent in the Hungarian country side, coming straight from South-Africa and how he ended up learning one of the hardest languages in the world. He also discusses the kind nature of the Hungarian people in the countryside. We'll learn on which aspects Hungary and South-Africa are different (Nature, security, working life). And since Connor still live in Budapest, he'll tell us his vision of the city with the point of view of a full time student during and the changes of the cities life during COVID-19. Luis will also use this opportunity to ask Connor few questions to help him to make a decision for his next move, since he plan to go to South-Africa for his master degree. So take notes ! And enjoy this episode.
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Episode 10 - A Canadian perspective on studying abroad!
On this weeks episode to celebrate Canada Day - Jack, Luis and Lucas are joined by their Canadian friend Taylor who lives in the Saskatchewan region of Canada. Taylor discusses the benefits behind moving from Canada to Budapest as an exchange student and the various culture shocks he encouraged upon arrival. He also tells the boys all about the reasoning behind choosing Budapest as a location for an exchange programme and how it was moving away from home all the way in Canada for the first time.
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