An Australian speaks with a Londoner about accents in London, England. They compare an Australian and a London, or Cockney, accent.

A father sits his daughter on his lap and tells her a story. She listens and participates.

Several guys talk about federal taxes and drug money in a pool hall.

Mark talks with an Australian World War II veteran about his experiences in India. “The countryside was very much like Australia.”

Mark talks with a Canadian fellow, named Burke, from Ontario. Burke talks a bit about his life as a young adult there.

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at Edgeworth Johnstone 2

(the sound of a passing vikram)
Mark: Ok so I am just sitting at a cafe in New Delhi and I am sitting next …

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at edmittance

Man: So multi-level marketing…
Woman: That is right.
Man: So what exactly is that?
Woman: Oh just. You can go into the website. There are just thousands. It …

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at haversack

Londoner: Great Dover Street. SE1. You know Great Dover Street? Near the Bricklayer’s Arms.
Ninety-four year old year old Cockney Man: EC1?
Londoner: SE1. SE1.
Ninety-four year old …

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at Tambako

Mark: So John..
John: Yeah.
Mark: You are working on a dissertation for a PhD. That is for an American university?
John: Yeah, that is right. It …

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at Your Guide

Mark: So you were born in Brooklyn and you like did you go to high school there?
Steve: Correct.
Mark: And then you went to university?
Steve: …

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at clstal

Mark: I am just sitting here at a cafe in the Pahar Ganj area of New Delhi with Michael. Michael, you are not feeling very …

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at davey-boy

Australian: What language do they speak in Jersey?
Scotsman: English.
Australian: But like they don’t speak French?
Scotsman: Jersey patois occasionally.
Australian: What is that?
Scotsman: A cross between French …

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at kanaka pacifica

Mark: Elder Tiave, that is not a common English name. What is your ethnic heritage?
Elder Tiave: No, I am part Filipino. I am Samoan …

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at Library of Congress

(the sound of a coffee machine)
Interviewee: I was born in the UK and when I was two we moved to the United States.
Interviewer: …

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at kabl1992

First Bloke: I was born in Papua New Guinea. I lived there for ten years then I moved to England with …

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at ton3vita

Woman: When I finished school I went to university, Melbourne University, and studied science, a bachelor of science . I then did my honours …

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at ton3vita

An American Guy: One of the critical events (in his life) was when he was looking up in the sky and the sky split …

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at irp

(Swami talks for the first 25 seconds of recording. Then transcript begins.)
Mark: So the creation is sustained by prayer?
Swami: It is sustained by divine will. …

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at drp

Axel: What kind of churches were they?
Isabel: There are churches now, but they were not obviously churches then, but they are temples in the shape …

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at Write Pics

The Canadian: It is a land-based rig.
The Aussie: Uh-huh.
The Canadian: And we are drilling mainly for gas.
The Aussie: M-hm.
The Canadian: Natural gas. The wells …

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at CFAGELNYC

Australian Man: Five thousand years ago?
Chinese Man: Maybe two thousand five hundred years ago.
Australian Man: Years ago.
Chinese Man: During the Qin Dynasty.
Australian Man: Uh-huh.
Chinese Man: …

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at Monique Hofland

Mark: So you came to Toronto when you were about two and a half?
Burke: M-hm. Yep.
Mark: And your parents, were they Canadian or?
Burke: Yeah …

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at flaxxx

Australian Guy: So in 1979…
American Guy: Seventy-nine I moved to San Francisco. And at that time… it was the height of the punk season. …

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at WHS images

First English Bloke: Have you been to Cuba?
Australian Guy: No, I would like to go. I really like Castro.
First English Bloke: It …

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at John W

Mark: Ok so. You. So. Misun. You were born in Japan. Is that right?
Misun: Mm. (Yes)
Mark: Where were you born?
Misun: I …

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at jzakariya

Mark: You were born in Lahore?
Indian Lady: Lahore. It is now Pakistan.
Mark: At that time it was India.
Indian Lady: It was India.
…

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at design ministry

Luis: So It is like you see it and it is like on a stage. Something is not working here. I mean an English …

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at zoomar

Australian Guy: So Mao’s wife was married to Chiang Kai Shek’s wife?
American Guy: No.
Australian Guy: Mao’s wife and Chiang Kai-Shek’s wife were sisters.
…

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at irp

Mark: So you are making a documentary?
French Guy: Yes.
Bjorn: Yeah right.
Mark: Yes? Where are you from?
Bjorn: The basic crew is from …

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at wonker

Yorkshireman: What it is… It is just like it is something that everyone can relate to. It is like someone; you know like when you …

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at luis mauricio

On the sandy bank of the Ganges near Rishikesh, Mark ran into a man who lived in the nearby ashram. They stood on the …

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at Andrew Coulter Enright

Australian Fellow: When you make a cup of tea, like, do you, like, put the milk in first or put the sugar in …

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at irp

Mark: Poetry is the Rigveda?
Swami: Poetry is the Rigveda because it has a specific number of characters with a form and a syntax and …

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at egg

London Bloke: Personally to myself, Class A drugs are drugs that…Ok I will put it this way…
Australian Bloke: Speed. Co…?
London Bloke: I will …

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at fooey

Mark: What was your name again?
Hannan: My name is Hannan Benetan.
Mark: One more time.
Mark and Hannan: Hannan.
Mark: Hannan. How do spell …

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at scandblue

The Guy from Virginia: No. Marriage is a family-oriented….family institution. If you want to have a family…
The Other Guy: The family is sacred.
…

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at Parksey1964

(Can you tell a person from Southampton by the way they talk; by their accent?)

First English Guy: Oh yeah.
Englishwoman: That’s Southampton. It is about as …

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at irp

Mark and Axel from Australia teamed up with Luis from Spain and Alex from France to hike to Malana in Himachal Pradesh. Gilles helped …

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at lu6fpj

Australian Guy: How is the Argentinian economy now, like there was a crash a few years ago wasn’t there?
Argentine Guy: The crash was in …

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at serena sundai

Mark: So Eric, you are from France?
Eric: Yes.
Mark: Which part?
Eric: Which park?
Mark: Which part?!
Eric: My part is Marseilles. My …

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at drinksmachine

Australian Guy: I am hungry.
English Guy: I am hungry.
Australian Guy: I am very hungry.
English Guy: I am starving.
Australian Guy: I am really very …

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at Irp

Swami: So you have the five senses.
Mark: Mm. Mm.What is the relationship between Atman and Brahman?
Swami: Brahman and Atman are the same thing.
…

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at Lynnintokyo

Wayne, from northern Kentucky, explains to Aaron the difference between mashed, smashed, and whipped potatoes.
Aaron: What’s the difference between mashed potatoes, smashed potatoes, and whipped …

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at Only Alice

Three guys are sitting by the lake in Phnom Penh talking about Christiania and the death of hippie culture in Copenhagen.
Mark: Christiana. What year …

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at noaman

Reporter: Uh-huh.
Tamil Man: Open this one. (the digital recorder; “turn it on”)
Reporter: Yeah.
Tamil Man: Very important.
Reporter: Good.
Tamil Man: The Sri Lankan Government; what they …

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at el rabbit

A group of friends start to talk about Dogon villages in Africa and end up talking about nationalism.
Mark: What is the Dogon village like?
…

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at pingnews.com

Australian Fellow: How many Nepali people are there in Burma and how did they come to be there?
Nepalese Chap: We are half a million …

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at catmer

Mark met a Norwegian woman at a cafe.
Mark: What part of Norway do you come from?
The Norwegian Woman: Just outside Oslo.
Mark: Oh Yeah. …

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at Jonathon Ah Kit

Mark: So Kirsten what part of Tasmania do you come from?
Kirsten: I come from a place called Launceston in the north of the …

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at Irp

Mark: What are the five elements?
Swami: The first is earth.
Mark: Earth.
Swami: The most solid. Rough is the earth.
Mark: Matter.
Swami: Matter. …

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at lee benjamin

Mark: I am in Phnom Penh and I am talking to Elder Swenson. You are from Utah?
Elder Swenson: I am actually from …

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at Myyogaonline

Mark ran into a Japanese guy at a travel agent in Rishikesh.
The Japanese Guy: Do you think I ought to take a local bus all …

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at walt jabsco

Mark: So Pahl what part of Cambodia do you come from?
Pahl: I come from Kompong Cham Province.
Mark: Kompong Cham. And you were …

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at Tmuna Fish

Mark: So Eran what part of Israel do you come from?
Eran: I am from Rishon. Rishon le Zion.
Mark: From where?
Eran: Rishon …

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at grabthar

Syrian Guy: There. What happened there? You know?
Mark: You were talking about Ishtar. The old Assyrian goddess.
Syrian Guy: Ishtarte. Ishtarte.
Mark: Ishtarte. Yeah.
Syrian …

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at pingnews.com

Mark: What part of South Africa were you born in?
Isabel: In those days it was called the western Transvaal.
Mark: Right.
Isabel: These days …

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at davidgraymaclean

Mark: So… so Dahi, what part of Ireland do you come from?
Dahi: I am from Cork. It is in the very south.
Mark: …

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at Patryck

Mark: Sorry what did you say your name was again?
Kath: My name is Kath. Short for Katherine.
Mark: Katherine. Katherine. Mark
Kath: Hello. (laughs)
…

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at elkrusty

A guy from Indiana talked to Mark about the war in Iraq.
Mark: Which oil cartel?
Guy: OPEC.
Mark: OPEC. Right. And they were gonna like …

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at Irp

Swami: If you are meditating anyway there is a lot of heat.
Mark: Mm.
Swami: I have a lot of heat so that is why …

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at Neil101

Mark ran into Nick from Manchester in the village of Malana in Himachal Pradesh.
Mark: So Nick you are from Manchester?
Nick: Yeah.
Mark: How long …

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at Gayatri

Swami: Where are the cricket grounds in Australia … where test cricket is held?
Mark: Every city.
Swami: Every city?
Mark: I am from Brisbane.
Swami: Ah-ha Brisbane! Queensland.
Mark: …

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at Motographer

Mark: So Adrian, what part of Germany do you come from?
Adrian: I’m coming from the southwest of Germany.
Mark: What’s the name of the area?
Adrian: It’s …

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at roxeteer

Aaron: Hey Aili, what movie did you watch tonight?
Aili: Totoro.
Aaron: Totoro? Did you like it?
Aili: Yes. Makkuro Kurosuke.
Aaron: There …

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at *heloise*

Mark: What’s your name?
Annette: Annette.
Mark: Annette. And where are you from, Annette?
Annette: I’m from Denmark.
Mark: Oh really? What part …

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at Kevin Sall

Mark: You were born in..What state were you born in, Aaron?
Aaron: I was born in Tennesee.
Mark: What part of Tennesee?
Aaron: Memphis, Tennesee.
Mark: Memphis, Tennesee. …

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at Monique Hofland

Mark: Did you say…? Burke! Did you say you were…? Did you say you grew up on the road?
Burke: Ahm. Well. Actually I …

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at premasagar

Mark: So what is meditation?
Alec: Hmm..good question. Well meditation is a huge variety of techniques that are used to move people into the moment…or to …

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at Hartfried Schmid

Mark talked to Tim at his office in Bangkok.
Mark : Hello everybody. I am just sitting here in Bangkok at a UNESCO office with …

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at dashingyankee

Mark: So I am just sitting in an Indian restaurant with my friend, Arthur. Arthur, you have been to India, haven’t you?
Arthur: Yes.
Mark: Tell us …

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at pianoforte

Mark talks to Tony about a job in Kuwait

Mark: What kind of job in Kuwait?
Tony: Oh it would be ahh…well…it could be a number of …

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at *hendrik

Mark asks Tony about his experiences in Bangkok during the Vietnam War.

Tony: I didn’t go to Vietnam. I was in the air force.
Mark: Right.
Tony: They …

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at SideShowMom

Mark: There is this big lake in the middle of Australia: Lake Eyre…and it is below sea level..
Craig: Right…
Mark: And normally the rivers in Australia…they …

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at stephanie-sas

Craig and Mark and some friends talk about a horseback journey from Canada to South America.
Craig: One night Mark and I came up with an …

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at Dey

Mark and Pedro and Be and Kenni are comparing Indian music and western music.
Mark: Hello everybody. I am just sitting here with Kenni and Pedro …

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at leonie_x

Mark: Ok, so, a minute ago you were talking about your uncle and you said that he was one of the pioneers in Davao.
Miriam: Yes. …

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at Caretakr

Aaron: Where are you from?
Derek: I’m from Laveen, Arizona.
Aaron: Where is Laveen?
Derek: Laveen is Southwest of Phoenix.
Aaron: Southwest of Phoenix.
Derek: Phoenix is the capital of …

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at Joe_B

Mark: So, Steve, you are from Brooklyn?
Steve: Yes.
Mark: That is one of the boroughs of New York City?
Steve: Correct.
Mark: How many boroughs are there, do …

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at omnos

In this conversation, Pedro, Kenni, Mark and Be talk about energy centers in the body (chakras) and then start to sing. In their conversation they …

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at Aktiv Phil

Mark: Where are you from Miriam?
Miriam: I am from the Philippines. I was born in Manila, actually.
Mark: Right.
Miriam: … in 1961
Mark: Your parents …

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at emeeelea a.k.a mela

Kenni and Pedro talk with Mark and Be about South America.

Mark: So, Kenni, are you from Santiago as well?
Kenni: Yes, I am from …

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at novanglus3

Mark and Pedro and Kenni and Be are talking about the Bhagavad-Gita after dinner.
Mark: Hello everybody. I am just sitting here with Pedro. We have …

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at the_life_and_times_of_the_

Mark talks to Eric about an incredible animal experience. Note that the word ‘buck’ means ‘dollar‘ and also ‘male deer’.
Eric: So I was in…I think …

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at eesti

Mark and Eric talk about wild animals in Japan.

Mark: When you go on these motorcycle trips, do you see much wildlife?
Eric: Well often I ride …

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at maidrin_rua

Mark and Aaron talked to an eighty-six year-old Japanese poet and political activist who had lived in India and China.

Mark: Ok so you came back …

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at vidalia

Mark met Tony in Bangkok. They talked and ate together.
Tony: Can I eat while I am talking?
Mark: Yeah, yeah yeah yeah..
Tony: You ever heard a …

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at novon

Mark asks Eric about motorcycling in Japan.
Mark: Hey, Eric! You’ve got a motorcycle, haven’t you?
Eric: Ahh, yes, I have two.
Mark: What kind?
Eric: I have a …

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at glenelg48

Mark talks to Seiko about her time in San Francisco, Beijing and Amsterdam and they wander on to the topic of languages and being bilingual …

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at babasteve

In this interview Mark talks to his friend, Eric from Oklahoma about the cowboy culture in that part of the United States.
Mark : Hello everybody. …

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at Farl

In this conversation, Mark asks Lerato about where she has been in Africa and they get talking about ideas of color and the mutilation of …

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at carlosoliveirareis

In this recording Mark interviews Lerato, who comes from South Africa.
M: Ok so…Hello everybody I am sitting here with Lerato from South Africa. What part …

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at teaspout

Mark interviews Steve Yenik, a friend and co-worker of his, who lives in Kyoto, Japan. In it, Steve talks a little bit about the Midwest …

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Tom and Klaus are two senior Danish immigrants who came to Australia as young men in their twenties. They are talking with Mark and Lyndell about …

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In this podcast, Mark White interviews Matt, a U.S. marine who is now stationed in Japan and who fought in the Battle of Baghdad.
Mark: Ok, Matt. …

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In this podcast, Mark White interviews Archie, a sheep man from the town of Emmaville in New South Wales, Australia. Archie talks about the …