We did a special episode! We catch up and read an article about European traditions. Hope you enjoy it and all have an awesome year!
Guest Carolina tells us about her trip and we read an article about an experience at Glacier National Park
We read an article about the origins of the Halloween holiday.
We read an interesting article about Saturn's Rings after catching up.
In this episode we catch up about our last few weeks and read an article about the challenges of hearing dialogue while watching streaming video content.
We are back!! We talk about Stas' new job working in freight logistics so we read an article about trucking logistics, and discuss professional English.
Miles talks about his new quadcopter camera drone and we read an article on the physics of flying.
This last Sunday was Mothers Day and I took my mom to the coast, so Stas and I read an article about the Oregon coast, and discuss various sea creatures and temperate coastline features.
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This episode we discuss using Chat GPT as a tool for learning English, reading and discussing some short stories it put together with a few random English words.
This week we read the beginning of the book Hitchhikers Guide to the galaxy. Classic satirical science fiction from the British author Douglas Adams, written in 1979. I will attach some photos of the pages for people to follow along with in the comments on our Telegram page. We discuss the writing and try to catch uncommon vocabulary and explain the humor and author's intent.
We read an article about visiting Taipei Taiwan, and try a new style, where I ask Stas to explain what he just read, trying to find more common synonyms for journalistic language. Enjoy!
In this episode we attempt to play a game where we think of a person or character and the other person has to ask questions until they get to the answer. Due to language barrier and different cultural references we fail completely at it. Then we read an article about farmers markets in Winter.
We read an article about exploring the South Island of NZ, which is the less visited of the two islands with a colder climate.
We talk about Avatar 2 and read an article about classic video arcades
Back from our holiday hiatus we discuss our holiday activities and read a NYT travel section article about Steamboat Springs Colorado
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Stas and I return after taking a week break. I talk about getting my new phone, wandering around town testing aspects of the camera, and we read an article about the state of skiing in the US.
Miles ends his Thanksgiving vacation and we read a NYT real estate section article about the community of New Haven Connecticut.
We read an article about things to do while you visit Mexico City. They mention an artist who
's one of my favorites, José Clemente Orozco. I'd love to see his frescos someday!
This week we read an interesting article about conservation efforts in Mexico bearing fruit, as the endangered jaguar population in the Yucatan is steadily increasing.
We read an article about my town, Mcminnville Oregon and some of the wine tasting and foodie tourism going on there.
