Happy New Year! 🎍 A new year has begun. Have you decided on your "New Year's Resolutions" yet?

In this episode, I talk about my two main goals for the year:

Podcast Consistency: I aim to create and upload episodes twice a week, more than I did last year. Let me know what topics you'd like to hear about!

Swimming: I’ve started going to a local sports center twice a week. Currently, I can swim about 15 meters using the breaststroke, but my goal is to reach 50 meters! 🏊‍♂️

Swimming is great for health and fitness. I’d love to hear your resolutions too—please share them in the comments!

かいわのためのポッドキャスト-Japanese for conversation-

あけましておめでとうございます

En este episodio hablo un poco sobre series españolas de televisión / In this episode I talk a little about Spanish TV shows (find more content on minutopodcast.carrd.co)

Minuto Español

Series españolas (Spanish TV Shows)

Egg prices are rising in America. The average cost of a dozen eggs hit a record $4.95 in January — up 53% from a year earlier. The price was below $2 in early 2022.

While the coronavirus pandemic and inflation have affected prices, experts say the real problem has been bird flu. An outbreak that began in early 2022 has become the largest in US history, affecting more than 100 million egg-laying hens.

To cope with rising egg prices, some Americans have been going straight to the source — and renting hens.

Rent The Chicken in New Hampshire is letting people rent egg-laying hens for six months at a time. For $595, you get two egg-laying hens and a guide on how to take care of them, as well as chicken feed and a coop to keep the birds in.

The birds actually aren't very difficult to take care of, explains Brian Templeton, owner of Rent The Chicken. "You just let them out and walk around and they go in at night on their own," he told CBS News.

"People really enjoy it," he added.

Rent The Chicken says two hens should produce eight to 14 eggs per week.

That comes to about $25 for every dozen eggs — so it's not really a savings.

You can also get four hens for $735, which would reduce your cost to about $15 per dozen eggs.

However, if you'd like to keep your chickens and coop at the end of your rental period, you can — for an extra $350 to $450.

According to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, hens will usually live for six to eight years, and produce eggs for three to four of those years.

So that might bring your price down over time.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Americans Rent Chickens as Egg Prices Rise

For intermediate level learners of Japanese
今日は第２２課～第２５課で勉強したことばが出てくるお話を聞きましょう！

★せめて　★むだ　★せっかく　★しょっちゅう
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わたしの家の となりに住んでいるおばあさんの話です。

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役に立つ日本語のことばを私たちと一緒に勉強しましょう！ 
Come study useful Japanese words with us！

第２５課 しょっちゅう
第２４課 せっかく
第２３課 むだ
第２２課 せめて
第２１課 ねほりはほり
第２０課 やっぱり
第１９課 けっこう・なかなか
第１８課 わざわざ
第１７課 気がしない（１）（２）
第１６課 頭の慣用句
第１５課 たまたま
第１４課 なんか
第１３課 （１）思わず（２）つい・うっかり
第１２課 喉元過ぎれば熱さ忘れる
第１１課 とにかく
第１０課 てしまう（１）（２）
第　９課 しっかり
第　８課 開いた口がふさがらない
第　７課 いちいち
第　６課 てくる
第　５課 ネコをかぶる
第　４課 ずいぶん
第　３課 てたまらない
第　２課 顔から火が出る
第　１課 あまり

毎月１０日２０日３０日更新！　
Updated on the 10th, 20th and 30th of every month!　

NEW PRACTICAL JAPANESE WORDS -intermediate podcast lessons!!

Listening CHALLENGE！ となりの おばあさん

Starting early, so you get to hear the cicadas! Also, I said "fattoria organica", but I should have said "biologica".

Bedside Italian

Bedside Italian #13 - Pomeriggio al fiume e limonata alla liquirizia (ft. the cicadas!)

let's see what  " I am on it" means: 

It means: 
I have got this ! Don't worry . I will do it and I will start it right now !!!

Leave it all to me !!

English for Work with James

Episode 1 : I am on it !!

Já viu alguém fazer algo que você achou que era exagerado, inaceitável? Aqui no Brasil, temos uma expressão muito conhecida que costumamos usar nessas situações e neste episódio nós vamos te ensinar qual é essa expressão.  

"Uncover the Hilarious Brazilian Expression for Those Jaw-Dropping Moments! Have you ever witnessed someone doing something so excessive or unacceptable that it left you speechless? Well, here in Brazil, we've got a popular expression that perfectly captures those mind-boggling situations. Get ready to master a Brazilian gem that will have you laughing and shaking your head in disbelief. Don't miss out on this enlightening episode!"

Keep Speaking Portuguese

Aquele de quando alguém faz algo que é inaceitável

In this episode of Streetwise English Podcast, I talk about using basketball to meet new friends. My teacher profile: https://italki.com/teacher/1947582 Thanks for listening!