The spot to be for anyone who says to themselves, "I want to watch more movies, or read more books, but I don't know where to start." Co-hosts Evan English and Addie Rzonca bring a passion for media consumption that is hard to find, and dive into the culture of movie-watching and book-reading from a unique perspective. A fun and interesting time for all involved.
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Want to improve you English pronunciation, speak more naturally, and communicate without fear or frustration? Listen to English Speaking Secrets to achieve your goals faster than you thought possible.
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There are numerous methods you can improve your spoken English on your own. Here, we've compiled some of the greatest techniques for improving your speech fluency and pronunciation even if no one else is there to hear you.
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The best sporting analysis from either side of the Mississippi.
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Here I will be speaking in English and in Japanese to help me learn Japanese, as well as to help others with their English listening skills.
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Designed to help you improve your listening and understanding, fluency, pronunciation, retainment of the language, and knowledge of the American English culture. So whether you’re planning on coming to studying abroad, for business, vacation, to live, are currently in America learning ESL, or just simply interested in American English this podcast is geared to help you! ATTENTION: I have stopped the podcast due to costs. If you are interested in funding the podcast or would like to buy perso ...
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This podcast is aimed at helping people become confident speakers of the English Language with excellent pronunciation skills and perfect diction.
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MAIL BAG HERE We're back in action once again, with a wrap-up for both March and April this time. The best of what we read and watched, and whether you should check it out too: Intro & How our weeks have been (00:00) Mailbag (11:20) Books we read (12:36) Movies we watched (26:50) What's coming up next episode (1:34:14) Albums for the week (1:38:00)…
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187: Book Club 28: The Life and Times of Billy S.
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MAIL BAG HERE Book Club is back, and this time we read Stoner by John Williams. This book is a frank portrayal of a life with all of its ups and downs, and we thought it was a bleak yet oddly satisfying read. Other Episodes mentioned: Wings of Desire - ep 184 Thanks for listening !
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186: The 3rd Annual Speaking English Awards
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MAIL BAG HERE The Shiners have arrived once again! Tune in to see who took home the prizes in the biggest movie award show around ! Intro (00:00) Our Previous Shiners episodes: 108, 152 What We Did This Week (02:30) Quick Oscars Discussion (09:46) The Shiners Begin (15:20) Ensemble Cast (16:30) Best Soundtrack (20:16) Screenplay (22:57) Sound Desig…
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185: February Wrap-up 2024
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LINK TO SHINERS VOTING (LAST CHANCE TO VOTE) We're back with another wrap-up for the month of February 2024. All the best of what we read and watched over the past month. Thanks for listening !
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184: Interdimensional Double Feature
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SHINERS VOTING HERE We're back after another fairly long break with two movies for the price of one. This week we watched Wings of Desire (1987) and After Life (1998), two more entries from the Criterion Channel's Interdimensional Romance collection. Thanks for listening !
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VOTE FOR THE SHINERS HERE It's our first regular movie episode of the year, and this time around we watched Starman (1984). We wanted to choose something from the Criterion Channel's Interdimensional Romance series and so we did just that. Thanks for listening !
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182: Big January Wrap-up 2024
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VOTE FOR THE SHINERS HERE We're back at it with a new wrap-up episode. Happy February one and all! Celebrate the beginning of the new month with a wrap up of what we read and watched in the month of January 2024. Enjoy ! Episodes Featuring movies/books we talked about here: 4, 75 : PlayTime (1967) 24: Oldboy (2003) 82: I Married a Witch (1942) 112:…
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Bonus: Evan's 100 Years Ago Project 2023
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All the movies from 1923 that should still be seen today (according to me) Lists here on Letterboxd: Features Shorts Canon (will be linked once I make the list) Movies mentioned that aren't from 1923: The Cameraman's Revenge (1912) Corpus Christi (2019) Sherlock Jr. (1924) - Watched for the pod in ep 149 Sunset Boulevard (1950) Shanghai Express (19…
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181: Shiners Nominations III
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LINK TO THE VOTING FORM We're back this week for the third annual Speaking English Awards nomination show. We talk about the best of the best of what we watched for the pod in 2023 and nominate up to five movies or people for each category. Enjoy ! List of movies eligible for nomination: Color Out of Space (2019) A Separation (2011) Stranger Than P…
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180: Book Club 27: Not Back to the Future
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MAIL BAG LINK Book Club returns once again. This time we are discussing Kindred by Octavia Butler. It was a great discussion for all involved. Thanks for listening !
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179: New Year Special IV
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MAIL BAG HERE We're back in action with another New Year's Special. Our fourth all-time, which is crazy. The best of what we watched and read last year, as well as some resolutions for this one. Thanks for listening !
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MAIL BAG HERE Our pre-Christmas episode this week, we watched Bell, Book and Candle (1958). We got to talking about that one, as well as a different movie from the same year, featuring the same two leads: Vertigo. Enjoy, and have a happy holiday season. Thanks for listening !
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MAIL BAG HERE Movie episode this week, as we watched Torn Curtain (1966) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Here is where we discussed it, among a few other things. Thanks for listening and do great things this week ! We both believe in you
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176: Ultra November Wrap-up 2023
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MAILBAG We're back in action to talk about what we read and watched in the month of November. This is quite a long one (Our new longest episode ever!) , so buckle up as we jump around through all sorts of topics for discussion. Thanks for listening !
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175: An Episode of Doomed Men and the Women They Associate With
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MAIL BAG HERE We're celebrating Noirvember this week with a double feature of two of the greats. Double Indemnity (1944), and In a Lonely Place (1950) are on offer for this week. Can we find Addie at least one classic Noir to like? Find out on this episode ! Thanks for listening !
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174: Book Club 26: Around the Seas in 20,000 Leagues
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MAILBAG HERE Book Club is back in action once again! The long-awaited return brings us 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, a science-fiction/adventure banger from the brilliantly creative mind of Jules Verne. Buckle up for an adventure under the high seas, as we discuss this great work. Thanks for listening !…
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173: October Here We Go Again
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MAIL BAG HERE We're back with another long October Wrap-up. The best of what we read and watched in the month of October 2023. Let us know about your favorite remakes or any dream remakes you'd like to see Thanks for listening !
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172: Prom Queen Carrie
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Mailbag Here Our last October movie has arrived! This week we watched a classic, with Brian De Palma's Carrie (1976). A fun one for us, checking out a horror classic that neither of us had seen before. For the mailbag this week, we'd like to hear about your favorite remake or if you have a dream remake you'd like to see. Let us know! Thanks for lis…
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MAIL BAG HERE We're back in action after a quick turnaround with The Lure (2015) directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska. Another horror-musical! We had a lot to say about this one. Thanks for listening !
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MAILBAG HERE We make our return with the first of our October programming: Phantom of the Paradise (1974) directed by Brian De Palma. We also discuss Cria Cuervos (1976) and more fun topics. Thanks for listening !
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169: Speaking English Once Again
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MAIL BAG LINK It seems like each time we take a little hiatus it is for a longer and longer amount of time. No matter. We are back once again with a bit of a wrap-up/update on the last month-and-a-half or so. Just in time for Spooktober, which we love to get into the spirit of. More stuff to come in the coming weeks and months, but it feels good to…
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168: Book Club 25: No Men Here
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MAIL BAG Book Club is back, and this time around we read I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman. It was a great time for all involved. Thanks for listening !
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167: July Wrap Up 2023
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MAIL BAG HERE We're back again, this time for some wrap-up awesomeness. July was a tumultuous month, but we were each able to read and watch some stuff. Here is where we talk about it all. Thanks for listening !
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166: Barbenheimerpalooza
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MAILBAG HERE We're back in action with somewhat of a double feature. Two movies that just came out? unheard of for this podcast ! Yet here we are. We watched both Barbie and Oppenheimer for this week, and we talk all about them here. We did have a bit of a delay when recording, so any audio weirdness can be explained by that. Should be fixed by nex…
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165: Back in Business
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MAIL BAG The Speaking English Pod returns after a bit of a break. This week we cover what we've been up to recently, some stuff we saw in June, movie-watching burnout, and Asteroid City. A full episode, but not too full. Let us know what you've been watching or reading while we've been gone in the mail bag above and we'll talk about it next week. W…
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164: Book Club 24: Jude the Dude
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MAILBAG HERE Book Club is back! This time around we read Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy, and we talked all about it. Thanks for listening!
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MAIL BAG HERE For this week, we watched Amelie (2001). There were a lot of French people and things in it. Give a listen to see what we had to say about it and add to the discussion in the mail bag linked above. Thanks for listening !
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162: Creepy People Challenge Week
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Mailbag Here Challenge Week is back, and this week we watched Inglorious Basterds (2009) and Nightcrawler (2014). Two movies with some creepy dudes. A fun time for all involved though. Thanks for listening !
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161: May Wrap-up of 2023
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Mailbag Here What we read and watched in the month of May, 2023. Thanks for listening !
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160: Do You Remember High School?
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Mail bag here We had a re-watch week for this time around, and we decided to revisit The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012). A very fun and interesting watch, and here is where we talk about it. Thanks for listening !
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159: Somebody Probably Knows
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This week we watched Nobody Knows (2004), and here is where we talk about it. The episode we talk about Kore-eda's other picture, Still Walking (2008) is 21. And the link directly to our postbox is right here . Say whatever there, and also let us know if there is a director you think we should tier-list. Thanks for listening !…
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158: Back From the Grave: The April Wrap-up of 2023 (and more)
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We return with one of our longer episodes ever, and we have a lot to talk about. What we read and watched in April 2023, and a bonus movie discussion. Welcome back, and thanks for listening !
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This time we're at Wuthering Heights to watch the movie (1939). Here is where we talk about it, as well as how it compares to the book. Thanks for listening !
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156: Book Club 23: Keep On Wuthering
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Book Club is back, and this time around we read Wuthering Heights, a classic Gothic novel by Emily Bronte. Thanks for listening !
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A fun one for this week ! We watched Charlie's Angels (2000), and here is where we talk about it. Thanks for listening !
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154: The March Wrap-up of 2023
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What we read and watched in March 2023. We got to talking about a lot of different stuff in this one too. Thanks for listening !
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153: Good Vibes in Bad Lands
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Back to a movie episode for this week, we watched Badlands (1973), Terrence Malick's directorial debut. A nice, chill episode for a nice, chill movie. Thanks for listening !
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152: The Second Annual Speaking English Awards
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This week the only award show that matters takes center stage, as we hand out the coveted Shiners to the most impressive movies we watched for the pod in the year of 2022. Tune in to see who won and join us for a celebration of our favorites. Thanks for listening and voting to whoever voted for these awards !…
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151: Large Metropolitan Area
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VOTE FOR THE SHINERS HERE We watched our first Ray this week as we checked out The Big City (1963). A nice compassionate movie for these trying times. The Shiners air next week, get your votes in while you still can. Thanks for listening !
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150: February Wrap Up 2023
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VOTE FOR THE SHINERS HERE What we read and watched in the month of February 2023. Thanks for listening !
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149: The Short Episode
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VOTE FOR THE SHINERS HERE For the first time, we are tackling a program of shorts instead of a single or double feature in one of our movie episodes. Today we watched Sherlock Jr. (1924), Night and Fog (1955), and La Jetee (1962). All superlative pictures, and we had a great time discussing them, as well as the format in general. Thanks for listeni…
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148: Book Club 22: Kinda Loud on the Western Front
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LINK TO VOTE FOR THE SHINERS Book club is back after a little while, and this time around we read All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. It was a wild time and quite a good read. We talk about some other stuff here too. Thanks for listening !
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147: The Real American Dream
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LINK TO VOTE FOR THE SHINERS Please vote, it would mean a lot to us ! This week we watched Stranger Than Paradise (1984) a somewhat big deal for the American Independent scene, and a springboard for Jim Jarmusch's career. We had a good time talking about it and other stuff here in this episdoe. Thanks for listening !…
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146: January Wrap-up 2023
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Shiners Voting Here What we read and watched across January of 2023. A fun time for one and all. Thanks for listening !
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145: The Second Annual Shiners Nominations !
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VOTE HERE The Second Annual Speaking English Awards are just around the corner! This week is our nomination show, where we line up the categories and decide who is deserving of winning what. Feel free to participate and vote, as voting is now open ! Thanks for listening !
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This week we watched A Separation (2011) and discussed it. A tough watch, but a great picture. Thanks for listening !
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Our first movie episode of the new year, and this time around we watched Color Out of Space (2019), inspired by our recent H.P. Lovecraft book club. It was. . . an interesting time. Thanks for listening !
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142: New Years Special III
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Oh yeah, we're back in business. It's a new year, and with it time to go over the best of what we watched and read in 2022 and set some goals and resolutions for this year along the way. Sorry for missing a week, but we're happy to be back now and ready to take on the new year. Here is Addie's and Evan's Letterboxd pages, feel free to check them ou…
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141: Book Club 21: H.P. Loves Crafts (and Also Christmas Special)
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Book Club is back and this time we read The Call of Cthulu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft. We talked about it as well as some Christmas stuff. A fun time for all involved. Twitch link is here for anyone interested Thanks for listening !
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