School of Duda English Podcast

Episode 13: A story by James

In this episode James tells a short story about his life that he wrote for his English course, The Art of Storytelling. It is a story about love, patience and how he is very lucky to be alive.  
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Episode 12: Are we alone in the Universe?

Episode 12: Are we alone in the Universe?  
In this episode James invites his cousin Pedro on to the podcast to talk about The Fermi Paradox. They discuss the high probability of other intelligent civilizations existing in our galaxy and 10 possible theories for why we don’t see them. 
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Episode 11: Should you use Duolingo to learn English?

In this episode James shares his own experience of using Duolingo and gives his opinion about whether you should use this app. You might be surprised by his answer!
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Episode 10: Why polyglots are fascinating

In this episode James talks about three of the most experienced polyglots alive today and how they have inspired him to change the way he approaches learning languages.
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Episode 9: A Brazilian psychoanalyst, pilot and pizza delivery boy

In this episode James talks to his student Guilherme Magnoler about the mind, psychoanalysis, Freudian slips, learning English in London as a pizza delivery boy, if free will is an illusion, the BBC, propaganda, politics in Brazil and the role of emotional intelligence in chess.
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Episode 8: Londoner Harry talks languages, fluency & AI chat bots

In this episode James talks to Harry Snow, an experienced language learner who also has his own podcast where he chats in Spanish. Harry shares his experiences of learning a foreign language from studying at university and living abroad to his current position working for a language company in London.
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Episode 7: A Brazilian polyglot

In this episode James talks to his friend Juana Olila, a Brazilian polyglot, who also lives in São Paulo and teaches languages. Juana shares her process, passion and experience of learning five languages.
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Episode 6: How & why I learnt German

Twenty years ago I had a secret. This is the story of how I went from believing that I had no talent for learning languages and being the worst in my class to how I became fluent in German and ended up graduating with the highest mark in the history of my school.
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Episode 5: British Expressions from my life as the son of goat farmers

In this episode James teaches six British expressions from his memories of life growing up as the son of goat farmers.
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Episode 4: What I learned from 10 years living in Brazil (PART 2)

In this episode James continues his story about living in Brazil and shares more lessons from his experience living in this country. 
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