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) and having a lot of fun learning words from all over the world, including the UK, Australia, USA, Germany, Austria, Portugal and Norway.

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Links:

• Oxford Word of the Year 2022 | Oxford Languages
• Collins - The Collins Word of the Year 2022 is...
• Teal is Australia's 2022 Word of the Year
• macquarie-wspdigitalproduction-com.s3.amazonaws.com/media/hosted_files/Public_Longlist_WOTY2022.pdf" title="Public Longlist WOTY2022 - Public_Longlist_WOTY2022.pdf">Public Longlist WOTY2022 - Public_Longlist_WOTY2022.pdf
• macquarie-wspdigitalproduction-com.s3.amazonaws.com/media/hosted_files/Shortlist_WOTY2022.pdf" title="Macquarie's Shortlist">Macquarie's Shortlist
• 🇦🇹 Wort des Jahres 2022 – oewort
• I predicted the ‘vibe shift’ – and watched it sweep the world. Here’s what it actually means | Fashion | The Guardian — Surely the worst written article ever published in a newspaper
• Duden | Wort und Unwort des Jahres in Deutschland
• webster.com/words-at-play/word-of-the-year" title="Word of the Year 2022 | Gaslighting | Merriam-Webster">Word of the Year 2022 | Gaslighting | Merriam-Webster
• » All of the Words of the Year, 1990 to Present American Dialect Society
• Pronunciations for 戦 (from 戦々恐々と to 戦々恐々)
• Krympflasjon er årets ord 2022
• PALAVRA DO ANO
• Enigmatology (WORD PUZZLES) with David Kwong by Ologies with Alie Ward | Podchaser
• Heardle
• WORLDLE UNLIMITED - Guess the country! ⭐

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 can be beautiful, and how to escape the dreaded feeling of "what could have been"
• a look at the secret box of lost Fluent Show episodes that we never got to make
• a QUIZ!! Hah, didn't think we'd skip that did you?

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In this episode I'm joined by my friend Bec Howie, a passionate language lover from Australia. Bec and I chat about how languages have made a difference in our lives. You think of them as a hobby, but we've found that learning a language has..

• changed our career paths
• given us amazing new options
• helped us find love
• made us more confident

Listen in for a massive boost of motivation!

Plus: The Fluent Show's FINAL Episode

The next episode, number 240, is pretty special... because 😰 it is going to be the final episode of the Fluent Show. This podcast I have created and hosted for 9 years is coming to an end.

I’m going to miss you all so much, your feedback, your voices when you send in intros, questions, and your long and short emails that you sent me to share what you thought about the new episodes.

During the 9 years of running the Fluent Show, I have grown as a person, a podcaster, and a language professional. I’ve learnt so much, and there have been hundreds of wonderful guests. While this will be the final Fluent Show episode, I am not going to tell you it’s forever.** Please make sure you stay subscribed on this feed for further news.**

YOUR TURN: I want to hear from you!

I want YOUR voices, your stories, your feedback on the last episode! You can send me anything, but especially your Fluent Show memories.

Which episodes stood out to you? Have you made friends who are listeners too? How did you discover the show? What’s the weirdest place you’ve ever listened?

I want to know it all!!!

• Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thefluentshow
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• Email me (ideally WITH audio!!) at kerstin@fluentlanguage.co.uk and I will be so delighted to add your story to our extra special episode 240.

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Special Guest: Rebecca Howie.

Links:

• 3 Lessons Podcasting Has Taught Me About Life and Languages by Fluent Language
• Map of Indigenous Australia | AIATSIS
• Do you know whose country you're on? - ABC News
• Language Chats Podcast — Language Lovers AU — Hear Bec and Penny's language obsessed podcast!
• Karla Zuluaga | LinkedIn — Our friend who learns and advocates for indigenous languages in Australia
• Podcasts for Language Lovers | Podcast List on Podchaser
• The Fluent Show: Words of the Year 2021
• Dead cat strategy - Wikipedia
• The Fluent Show: Words of the Year 2020
• Zeitenwende—The Dawn of the Deterrence Era in Germany | Strengthening Transatlantic Cooperation — Early word of the year candidate

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 Language Exchange & Real Events Ireland.

Brian has been running language exchange events for 10 years now, with thousands of participants learning languages together. In April 2020, he pivoted his business to create Online Language Exchange providing online exchanges during lockdown.

Brian speaks Spanish, Portuguese and a bit of Irish, and is raising a multilingual family in Dublin.

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Thank you to Brian for this episode introduction.

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Special Guest: Brian Heavey.

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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 most out of pop culture in another language:

• Discover
• Consume
• Create

We hope you enjoy our recommendations!

Timestamps

Lindsay’s faves

MUSIC

• Rosalia - MOTOMAMI (Spanish with some Catalan and English and Japanese influence)
• Stromae - Multitude (French)
• Daddy Yankee - Legendaddy (Spanish)
• Tierra Adentro - Aguije (Spanish and Guarani)
• Dead Blonde - Propaganda (Russian)
• Monetochka - Raskpaski dla Vzrosluh (Russian)
• Toot Ard - Migrant Birds (Arabic)
• Waiata Reo Maori: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX9Ca1SohktgM
• Raices Indigenas: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX1aLJoYoaZnK
• Mosaic: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXd9vfK9DV3I6
• Organica: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX2pprEpa9URZ
• Borderless: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWZJmo7mlltU6
• Global X: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWUxHPh2rEiHr
• Folk Fabrique: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX62XscWX9t6h
• The Sounds of Spotify/Every Noise

FILMS

• La Famille Belier - CODA remade from this concept (French)
• Jiro Dreams of Sushi - he really really really likes sushi (Japanese)
• The Skin I Live In - phew! Banderas is on fire! (Spanish)
• Downstream to Kinshasa - moving. Loved seeing a different place. (Lingala, Swahili)
• Bad Lucky Goat - take me here too please sunshine (islander Creole English)
• Cairo Station - it’s OG Manic Pixie Dream Girl (Arabic)
• Song Without a Name - heartbreaking, real, honest, tonne of bricks (Spanish with Quechua)
• 5 Broken Cameras - life in Palestine looks tough as (Arabic, Hebrew)
• The Prince of Nothingwood - wanna watch all his films please (English and Arabic)

• Sweat - never connected to this lead before (Polish)

• TV: El Casa del Papel (Money Heist), How to Sell Drugs Online Fast

Kerstin’s faves

MUSIC Indie, alternative, punk, rock music:

• Tocotronic, Kraftklub, Die Ärzte 🇩🇪
• Candelas, Swnami 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Dancehall, caribbean feel, afrobeat type of music:

• Mandi Classic 🇨🇩 (Swahili), Jamaican artists like Sean Paul and Spice, and Seeed 🇩🇪

BOOKS AND TV Mysteries & Thrillers Books: Arnaldur Indri∂asson’s Erlendur series 🇮🇸

On TV: The Bridge 🇩🇰🇸🇪 , Salamander 🇧🇪, The Killing 🇩🇰, Trapped 🇮🇸, Craith/Hidden 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, Dark 🇩🇪

FILM

• Patagonia (Welsh, Spanish, English)

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Links:

• ‪#‎langtwt‬ – Explore | Facebook
• What does liner mean in kpop? - Answers
• Spotify – The Sound of ...
• Discover Spotify, the App for Learning Languages With Pop Songs by Fluent Language
• Music Maestro Workshop Tickets

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 conversation I think you should hear. It isn’t a talk about how to learn vocabulary or find conversation partners in some kind of feminist way. It’s an examination of the world we live in, and how it may impact us as humans, not just language learners.

> "Feminism helps me to get space to just say what I want to say and not feel like I can't say my message."

> "A lot of people still see "feminist" as the extreme end of the spectrum and so are reluctant to use the term to describe themselves."

> "I can talk all day about the intersectionality of all things. But when you're not in a place where you can make mistakes, we're not in a place where you can make change."

> "To become the best version of yourself, you need to stand for the humanity of someone else."

I am grateful to Lindsay and Shannon as well as our panelists Archana Parmar, Chesline Pierre Paul, Martina Gerdts, and Samantha Lassaux, for allowing me to put this audio out on the podcast.

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Special Guests: Archana Parmar, Chesline Pierre-Paul, Martina Gerdts, and Samantha Lassaux.

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Links:

• The Mill on the Floss - Wikipedia
• Women and Leadership a book by Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
• Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More a book by Janet Mock.
• Invisible Women: the Sunday Times number one bestseller exposing the gender bias women face every day a book by Caroline Criado Perez. — https://uk.bookshop.org/a/6226/9781784706289
• Hidden Brain : NPR
• BBC Sounds - NB: My non-binary life

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 inductee, and she's even been a guest on the Ophrah Winfrey show! In other words, we have a super expert on the podcast today.

In this fun conversation, Mignon and I chatted about

• the biggest misconceptions people have about grammar
• the reality of being women (not girls!) who have "expert podcasts"
• the truth about using grammar correctly - how important is it really?

And then she took YOUR questions - that burning issue of the Oxford comma is finally solved!

Enjoy the show! You can find out more about Mignon here and about

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Thank you to Mignon Fogarty for this episode introduction.

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Special Guest: Mignon Fogarty.

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Links:

• Mignon Fogarty Interview: Life and Times of the Grammar Girl – Smashing Interviews Magazine
• Tips for Learning a New Language: The Fluent Show | Grammar Girl

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 tradition: Every year, Shannon visits the show to share how the last year went.

Don't miss this incredible conversation where Shannon shares

• how she creates structure and stability for hers
• the difference between goal-oriented and stats-oriented habits
• pre-committing as a way to follow through on good intentions
• why Shannon is definitely not learning a new language this year (I don't believe her!)
• and why you need holistic awareness of your languages

Listen to Shannon's reviews of 2020, 2019 and 2018.

Apps mentioned in this episode Duolingo Lingq* Streaks

Books mentioned in this episode All the Rage by Darcy Lockman* Fair Play by Eve Rodsky* The One Thing by Gary Keller* Indistractable by Nir Eyal*

Links with * are affiliate links

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Special Guest: Shannon Kennedy.

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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's organised by Kerstin, Lindsay and Shannon. In this episode, I've got 10 speakers from the conference sharing exactly why they love this event and what they'll be bringing you this year. Make sure you get your $29 ticket at www.womeninlanguage.com today!

You will hear from

• Jessica Kumar on privilege in linguistics
• Irene Cangi on reaching higher language levels of Italian
• Lauren Williams introducing AAC - what is it, why do you need it? She has the answers!
• Mariana Favila-Alcala and Belen Nuñez on why feminism matters in the language industry
• Sara Holmes on how to teach your baby American sign language
• Abigail Fulbrook on taboos in the language classroom
• Marjolein Benschop on her talk about learning when you are multipassionate
• Vickie Kelty and Laia Moret on why they're going to bring some games to the event

Get the full speaker line-up at www.womeninlanguage.com

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Thank you to Valerie for this episode introduction.

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Special Guests: Jessica Kumar and Sara Holmes.

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Links:

• Fluent Language Mastermind
• The Fluent Show: Inside the Women in Language Conference: 12 Guests Tell ALL
• The Fluent Show: How to Run an Online Conference Like Women in Language
• The Fluent Show: Should You Come to Women in Language 2021?

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 love with India - well, some of it! You'll hear about

• how Jessica and Eliza travelled the world
• what family traditions in India mean for independent women like these two
• why one person's experience can never show you all that India has to offer
• how learning a language can change your experience of India, no matter where you are
• why both of them decided to share their experiences by podcast and instagram

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A transcript of the interview is available for this episode

Special Guests: Eliza Keyton and Jessica Kumar.

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Links:

• Invisible India Podcast - With Abhishek and Jessica
• hindi-anywhere.teachable.com/p/hindi-hacks-you-never-knew-you-needed?affcode=1191942_gwidz3nj" title="Learn Hindi with Jess Kumar">Learn Hindi with Jess Kumar
• Achieve Higher Language Levels With the Fluent Language Mastermind