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[972] I talk with multilingual actor Ivan Doan about his multicultural background, his learning of languages and his work as an actor. Ivan shares his insights and experiences of learning English, dealing with different accents in film & TV roles, and the importance of mindset an ...  Show more

[971] Part 2 of 2. Here is the continuation of last week's episode about changes you can make to your lifestyle, mindset and habits in order to become a better learner of English in 2026. Each of these tips is backed up by scientific research from the fields of psychology and psy ...  Show more

The podcast is taking a short break for the month of May 2025. It will return in early to mid-June. We'll be back soon! If you want to contact me in the meantime about an episode or anything chess-related, you can do so here. 

The Pod-Pals are back on the podcast for another catching up session! Recorded just after the summer holidays, there is talk of Paul's hatred of the beach 🏖️, the English tradition of building epic sandcastles 🏰, other famous people with our names (including an "evil" teacherlu ...  Show more

In the beginning of June we decided to make our summer premium episodes free for everyone for the whole summer and try monetize our podcast with ads.  Now that the summer's almost over we have decided to make a few changes to how we release new content. 1. First of all, all prem ...  Show more

Big News: I'm taking a (short) break from the podcast!

We won't be airing new episodes for the next couple of months, but we will be working behind the scenes on some content so we can start releasing some fun new episodes in Marc ...