This is a short Persian podcast for elementary learners about two friends that are planning to go for a walk in the park.

TheFarsiPod

7. Everyday activities: go walking

🏠 Diálogo: Roomies con Problemas de Convivencia 🚪

Ana: Oye, Luis, tenemos que hablar…

Luis: ¿Sobre qué?

Ana: Sobre la convivencia. Últimamente, siento que no estamos respetando las reglas del apartamento.

Luis: ¿A qué te refieres?

Ana: Por ejemplo, dejas los platos sucios en el fregadero por días.

Luis: ¡No es para tanto! A veces estoy cansado y lo dejo para después.

Ana: Sí, pero ese "después" nunca llega y me toca lavarlos a mí.

Luis: Ok, lo entiendo. Intentaré hacerlo más seguido.

Ana: Gracias. Y otra cosa… tus amigos vienen todo el tiempo sin avisar.

Luis: ¿Eso te molesta?

Ana: Sí, a veces quiero tranquilidad y de repente hay ruido hasta la madrugada.

Luis: Lo siento, no me di cuenta.

Ana: No digo que no invites a nadie, solo que me avises antes.

Luis: Está bien, te avisaré la próxima vez.

Ana: Genial. Y ya que estamos hablando… el alquiler está para pagarse y aún no has puesto tu parte.

Luis: ¡Ups! Lo olvidé, te lo transfiero hoy mismo.

Ana: ¡Gracias! Es importante que cumplamos con nuestras responsabilidades.

Luis: Lo sé, Ana. Voy a mejorar, lo prometo.

Ana: Eso espero, porque si no… ¡buscaré otro roomie!

Luis: ¡Jajaja! No quiero que me eches, así que haré mi parte.

Learn Spanish Conversation

Learn Spanish conversation part 58

Entrevisté a Mane Tatulyan, filósofa y escritora  de origen argentino y armenio sobre el posthumanismo.

Full episode coming soon
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Mucho que decir

Posthumanism  (EXTRACT)

Vidéo avec sous-titres et images ici: 
https://youtu.be/A8DTt_M9kyo?si=z3Zb4jJU8TtclZLX


French Stories For All

French Voc Hacks - Dette -

Today is ANZAC Day, which remembers the soldiers of Australia and New Zealand.

The Social Evolutionary

Fight... for Freedom, but Forgive for True Peace.

We’ve been told that positivity is the key to learning a language. But what if the opposite is true? In Episode 94 of 111 Tips for Learning a Language, I explore how pessimism—or clear-eyed realism—can actually make you calmer, happier, and more consistent in your studies. By accepting limits, releasing the struggle for perfection, and embracing mistakes as inevitable, you may find more freedom and even more fluency. Listen now and discover the bright side of gloom in your language journey.

Which part of “pessimism as freedom” resonates most with your language learning?

Facing reality and acting for its own sake?

Accepting limits and stopping the struggle?

Embracing failure as non-destructive?

Using defensive pessimism to prepare better?

Episode 94 challenges the idea that positivity is the only path to language learning success. Instead, we explore how pessimism—rooted in reality and acceptance—can set you free. Facing reality helps you value learning for its own sake rather than for a distant fantasy. Accepting limits reduces stress and allows you to appreciate small wins. Embracing failure as inevitable removes the fear of mistakes, and defensive pessimism turns anxiety into thorough preparation. Research in intrinsic motivation (Deci & Ryan), acceptance-based coping strategies, and defensive pessimism (Norem) shows that this approach can reduce stress, improve memory, and keep you consistent. The episode concludes with an invitation to stop bracing for perfection and instead find joy in the imperfect but deeply worthwhile present of learning.

💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 94 - (ง ◉ _ ◉)ง Do you have what it takes to be a pessimist? How it can help you learn a language.

Learn about the people and the businesses that thrived during the pandemic.

New English US

Business English: Pandemic Millionaires (upper-intermediate)

When will horoscopes tell you the truth? Are we just desperate to hear that for once, life might get better?
Maybe we should make our own luck.
A very short podcast. I'm just joking about the horoscopes - I wish you the very best!