The Student Podcast Alanus Punkt.Landung

Unlike usual, this episode features students from the Studium Generale and revolves entirely around the artist Michelangelo Buonarroti. In a course by Maurice Saß, the students explored the life and art of Michelangelo and created short podcasts that we do not want to withhold from you.

Was Michelangelo a brilliant artist? What rumors are hidden behind his art? And what does the depiction of women and men have to do with him?

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This time, Janos and Sissy invited artist and lecturer Prof. Kathrin Böhm to their shared digital table and wanted to know what potential lies in the lived connection between art, business, and society.

Do you want to know why creating artistic spaces of freedom and liberating art from the ivory tower is a serious task, what has inspired Kathrin Böhm on her life path, and how it is possible to foster shared thinking so that more people come together at one table?

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Hans Joachim Pieper is both rector and lecturer at our university and answered the podcast team’s questions on philosophy and what it means to be a rector.

We also explore why we humans are not unaffected by our own (presumed) mortality, what advantages studying philosophy offers with regard to the skills of the future, and whether philosophy has the potential to replace religion in the long term.

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What does architecture and art in dialogue actually mean? How does studying at Alanus differ from studying at a public university? And what role does sustainability play in architecture? Architecture professor Willem-Jan Beeren in conversation with Janos and Saskia. Click here for the episode.

What are the responsibilities of a university chancellor? What was the past year like for her? What plans are already in place for the coming year? And what is her top relaxation tip? Myrle answers these and many more interesting questions in conversation. Click here for the episode.

What does good leadership look like? How can lifelong learning be integrated into your life? And do you always have to study to do so? In an inspiring conversation with Dr. Inez von Weitershausen, Janos and Saskia got answers to these and many more questions. Click here for the episode.

Why did the two students Hannah and Lissi decide to help shape the university, and what does that actually mean? What topics are the two of them concerned with in the Student Council, and what does Doctor Strange have to do with it? Among other things, that is what we talked about in this episode of the student podcast Alanus Punkt.Landung. Click here for the episode.

What is meant by sustainable business? Why do researchers engage with the topic? And can there even be such a thing as sustainable economic growth? Janos and Julian received exciting answers to these and other questions from our expert Stephan Hankammer from the Department of Economics! Click here for the episode.

Waldorf education—what exactly is that? And what role does sustainability play in it? Professor Jost Schieren addressed these and other questions and helped Saskia and Janos gain insight into this field of educational science. He explains the topic and also talks about his own experiences, his first points of contact with it, and what ultimately led him to become a teacher at a Waldorf school himself. Click here for the episode.

A conversation with Professor Dominik Schiefner: Starting in autumn, the new degree program “Business & Acting” will begin at Alanus University. What makes this degree program so unique? What do students learn there? Why is it meaningful? And how on earth do business & acting fit together? Saskia and Janos confronted Prof. Schiefner, who works not only as a lecturer but also, among other things, as an actor, director, and mediator, with these and many other questions and found out what lies behind this interesting degree program. Click here for the episode.

What would it be like to have an unconditional basic income for everyone in Germany: would we no longer have to work, and how could it even be financed? Prof. Dr. Sascha Liebermann is the expert in this field and answered Christina and Julian’s questions. Among other things, he explains what unconditional basic income actually is, to what extent it would change society, and why the topic is discussed so controversially. Click here for the episode.

Punkt.Landung. The new podcast from Alanus University by students for students. At regular intervals, we would like to start conversations with people at the university and find out who they are and what topics concern them. But who actually makes the podcast? Find out more in the trailer.