

The Actual Fluency Podcast for Language Learners
The Actual Fluency Podcast features inspirational stories from world-class language learners, industry experts, and regular people who embraced multilingualism in one way or another.
In the episodes we dive deep down in the why that pushed people to learn a new language, the how to figure out how they best achieved it, and of course a lot of great stories of the experiences that speaking multiple languages can bring to people's lives.
Licensing
"Fretless" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
In the episodes we dive deep down in the why that pushed people to learn a new language, the how to figure out how they best achieved it, and of course a lot of great stories of the experiences that speaking multiple languages can bring to people's lives.
Licensing
"Fretless" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Episodes
Mentioned books

Aug 31, 2019 • 53min
AFP 163 - Mait Müntel: From discovering the Higgs-Boson to language learning
On this episode I chat to Lingvist founder Mait Müntel, who was part of the Higgs-Boson discovery team at CERN.
His big passion is furthering human learning using machine learning, artificial intelligence, and the power of spaced repetition.
Show Links:
Lingvist - Mait's company
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Jul 18, 2019 • 47min
AFP 160 - Steve Kaufmann: YouTube, Travelling, and learning languages when retired
On this episode I catch up with Steve Kaufmann to hear what he's been up to in the last 5 years since he was last on the podcast. We also chat about his popular YouTube channel, travelling for language learning, and how he's learning languages as a retiree.
Show Links:
LINGQ
Steve's YouTube Channel
LangFest in Montreal (August 23-25)
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Jul 5, 2019 • 48min
AFP 159 - Nelson Dellis: Using Memory techniques for languages
On this episode of the podcast I chat with Grandmaster of Memory and 4x US Memory Champion Nelson Dellis about his mission to learn Dutch, his heritage language - and to get some insight on how memory techniques relate to learning languages.
Show Links:
Nelson's Website
REMEMBER IT - Nelson's book
MEMORY GAMES - A Netflix film about memory, featuring Nelson
DROPS - One of the Language Applications we discussed
MEMORY LEAGUE - Digital memory competition platform
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Jun 29, 2019 • 1h 10min
AFP 158 - Ben Worthington: Improve your English and pass the IELTS exam!
On this episode of the podcast I chat with Ben from IELTSPodcast, about how you can improve your 4 key skills in English, and specific tips and advice for passing the IELTS exam.
Show Links:
IELTSPodcast
IELTS Vocabulary
IELTS Online Course
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Jun 21, 2019 • 1h 3min
AFP 157 - Pablo Roman: Japanese in 6 months and DreamingSpanish
Pablo Roman, founder of DreamingSpanish, shares his experiences learning Japanese in 6 months, learning Thai, and developing materials for learning Spanish. They discuss the importance of focus in language learning, the value of one-to-one tutoring lessons, and the implementation of a language learning method in a Thai program.

May 26, 2019 • 52min
AFP 156 - Iker Uriarte: italki past, present, and future
Head of Marketing for italki: Iker Uriarte comes on the show to share his language background and how he got involved with italki. He also shares some behind the scenes stories and visions for the world's biggest tutoring platform.
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May 10, 2019 • 59min
AFP 155 - Marija Dobrovolska: Confidence in language learning and teaching German
Marija Dobrovolska comes on the show to talk about her experiences with learning languages, the importance of confidence and how she got into teaching German on her very successful YouTube channel (over 17 million views and counting!) and website: "Deutsch mit Marija"
https://deutsch-mit-marija.de/
YouTube Channel
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May 3, 2019 • 59min
AFP 154 - Silver Ilves: Language Startups and Development
Silver from MagicLingua comes on the show to share his multilingual experiences, as well as his new startup MagicLingua, which uses speech recognition technology to revolutionise language learning.
Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1427862973/start-speaking-your-new-language-from-day-1-magicl (running for 1 more week at the time of publication.)
Website: https://www.magiclingua.com/
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Apr 26, 2019 • 1h 9min
AFP 153 - Tamara Marie: Teaching Spanish through Music (Spanish Con Salsa!)
Tamara from Spanish Con Salsa comes on the show to talk about the benefits of using music in teaching and learning languages.
Links:
Website: https://www.learnspanishconsalsa.com
Podcast: https://www.learnspanishconsalsa.com/podcast/
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Apr 19, 2019 • 60min
AFP 152 - Norbert Wierzbicki: Learning, teaching, and travelling!
Norbert from Ecolinguist.com comes on the show to share his own learning experiences, as well as his experience teaching people foreign languages. In the episode we go over some of the fundamentals in language learning success, and how you can become a language teacher and travel the world (if you want to!)
Links:
Website: http://ecolinguist.com/
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ecolinguist
Instagram: @learn_polish_with_ecolinguist
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ecolinguist/
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