Potential topics for your podcast:
”Heroes and/or villains in popular culture”
What are common stereotypes in popular culture about a
hero/villain? What do they normally look like? How do they talk?
Behave? Interact with others? Where will you normally find this
character?
How are heroes/villains used in films, books and other forms of
popular culture today? What do popular heroes/villains have in
common and what does all this say about our society? What is a
hero or a villain to you?
Famous English speaking author(s)
Paint a portrait of the life and works of a famous English writer. What does this writer
often write about (common themes in his/her writing) and why? Is there anything in
his/her life that explains his/her choice of subject? How and why do you think that this
author has achieved success? Who is the intended audience of the writer’s books? Why
should people read this author’s work?
You may choose two authors and compare and contrast the two. How are they similar
but also different from one another?
Examples of famous writers: Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, John Grisham, Steven King, J.K.
Rowling, George Orwell, Mark Twain, Hemingway, C.S Lewis, Tolkien and many more…
Famous English speaking director(s)
Paint a portrait of the life and works of a famous English director. What are the works of
this director often about (common themes) and why? Is there anything in his/her life
that explains his/her choice of subject? How and why do you think that this director has
achieved success? Who is the intended audience of the director’s films? Why should
people watch his/her films?
Examples of famous directors: Tim Burton, Stanley Kubrick, Nora Ephron, Woody Allen,
Steven Spielberg, Ridley Scott, Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese, Baz Luhrmann, Sofia
Coppola, Kathryn Bigelow, the Coen brothers and many more…
English World Wide
How important is English on a global scale? How many people speak English worldwide?
How is the language used and when? Why are there so many different dialects and what
are some of the most interesting forms of English? Do you believe that English will
continue to grow or will other languages take over as lingua franca? What is the
importance of English in a country like Sweden?