GGG Language Lessons, Rob Stuart

Our first guest today was GGG's Baseldeutsch teacher Lotty Hermann.  Joel has been taking Baseldeutsch lessons for some time now and he's hoping Lotty and his experience will inspire you to also learn the local dialect.  The GGG Sprachschule has 18 languages they teach, including Basel and Hoch Deutsch.  There's a convenient time for every schedule and the classes are a great way to meet others commited to assimilating into the local culture or staying longer in the Basel region.  Here's your first free lesson: 'Schnupperlektionen' which means a free trial class that you can take at the GGG with any of their language classes.

Our cinema expert Rob Stuart talked about the summer offerings on screens right now: The Beguiled, directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Colin Farell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst and Elle Fanning and documentary Whitney: Can I Be Me at the Kultkino. Summer blockbusters include Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazars Revenge, with Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) and Captain Salazar (Javier Badem) as well as Wonder Woman, starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine and Robin Wright. For more details, and more films, go to Rob's cinema page!

It's the 4th of July, so our music theme was All-American! We played:

Don McLean - American Pie

Green Day - American Idiot

James Brown - Living in America

Jay Z featuring Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind

Kim Wilde - Kids in America

Rammstein - Amerika

Madonna -American Life

Simon & Garfunkel - America

Tom Petty - American Girl

Lenny Kravitz - American Woman

Woodie Guthrie - This Land is Your Land