The Fluent Show

Words of the Year 2023

Welcome to the Fluent Show's annual WOTY Extravaganza ✨ Exploring AI language goals, language bots, and a global banquet from rizz to crisis mode. This episode has something for everyone! Get t...

2024-01-15

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Inside the Mind of a UN Interpreter and AI Expert: Meet Josh Goldsmith

Welcome to episode 242, introducing a very special guest. I'm pretty excited for this interview with my friend Josh Goldsmith from techforword. Josh is a super impressive person: UN and EU interpr...

2023-09-11

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Words of the Year 2022

Aren't words of the year the BEST?? Definitely no quiet quitting or shrinkflation over here because today is a bonus! We're coming out of goblin mode for this special topic (what a vibe shift)...

2023-01-16

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The Farewell Episode: The Joy of Finishing Good Things

So this is it and the last episode is a good one!! Lindsay and I close this chapter of the Fluent Show in true style, with lots of YOUR listener feedback and beautiful messages why finishing things ...

2022-05-30

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How Learning Languages Has Changed my Life (with Bec from Language Chats AU)

content warning for one mild reference to explicit images at about 24 minutes In this episode I'm joined by my friend Bec Howie, a passionate language lover from Australia. Bec and I chat about h...

2022-05-16

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Learn a Language with Online Language Exchange

In this episode, you'll learn about language exchange and how you can use it to become fluent in a new language. My guest is Brian Heavey, international events organiser and director at Online La...

2022-05-02

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🍿 Music, TV & Films in Your Favourite Languages

Get ready for spring and summer with our big pop culture episode featuring recommendations for music, TV and films to enjoy in over 22 languages. Lindsay introduces a helpful framework for getting the...

2022-04-18

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Feminism in Our Language World (Panel Discussion)

Today I’m bringing you a special, a recording of an expert panel discussion I moderated at the recent Women in Language conference, entitled *“Feminism in Our Language World”. * This is a top quality...

2022-04-04

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Grammar Girl Crush

In this episode, my guest is Mignon Fogarty - better known as Grammar Girl. She's a language podcaster, founder of the Quick and Dirty Tips network, a bestselling author, Podcasting Hall of Fame ...

2022-03-21

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Rock Solid Habits: Reviewing ‘21 with Polyglot Shannon Kennedy

Shannon Kennedy is a professional musician, learner of 16 languages, and a language learning expert at Eurolinguiste, Fluent in 3 Months, and Women in Language. She's also my buddy and we have a t...

2022-03-07

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What Women in Language Will Bring You in 2022

Women in Language is an online event filled with talks presentations from female language experts who have done amazing things and documented their journey. The conference is open to everyone, and it...

2022-02-21

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An Impossible Snapshot of India (with Eli Kutty and Jessica Kumar)

Their eyes met at Dubai airport...and it started a love affair with Malayalam! In this episode, my American-born guests Jessica Kumar and Eliza Keyton (Eli Kutty) share their stories of falling in lo...

2022-02-07

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Words of the Year 2021

If you're the kind of person who doesn't want to hear about vaccines, just press "stop" now. Welcome to our 2021 Words of the Year episode - somewhat dominated by one concept. It&#...

2022-01-24

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5 Great Pieces of Advice for Learning a Language in 2022

Welcome to the new year! In today's small solo episode, I'm introducing a few updates to this podcast and sharing my big projects for the year. This includes an update on my languages: some &q...

2022-01-10

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Why You Need to Start Reviewing Your Routine

Have you tried to set goals and track what you are studying, but things are still frustrating? If you feel like you are adding too many things to your list you've no time to do all you want to...

2021-12-06

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Language Trends and Trendy Languages

Ahh, kids these days, all learning Korean on TikTok! Or was it Italian by input method? In this episode, Lindsay and Kerstin went into the fascinating world of language trends. In this episode: How...

2021-11-29

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Bilingual Episode (German and English): Discovering ELF 🧝🏼 and EU Interpreting 🇪🇺 with Karin Reithofer

An Italian native speaker and a Portuguese native speaker walk into a bar. They are speaking to each other. Which language are they using? Is it English or ELF? What even is ELF? In today's epi...

2021-11-22

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No Language Robots! A fresh look at the concept of consistency

If you don't study many hours read all my news in the target language watch tv with target language subtitles keep the streak going in my apps ...are you still learning a language? Uhh, YES...

2021-11-15

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Australian Passion for Culture and Language with Penny Wilson

If you are obsessed with East Asian languages and travel, Penny Wilson has some words of wisdom to share. Penny is a language lover from Australia, currently learning Mandarin Chinese and Vietnamese...

2021-11-01

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👻 Five Frightful Language Learning Monsters 🎃 for Hallowe'en

Language monsters are everywhere. Lurking in the shadows of your study routine, beckoning you with frightening challenges, haunting texts. But they aren’t real. Don’t be scared of language learning m...

2021-10-25

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