Welcome to the next in the Podcast Showcase series, where we share podcasts with you in the words of the podcasters themselves. This time, we talk to StoryLearning Podcast.
Sum up your podcast in three sentences
If you’re learning a new language, this is the podcast to help motivate, educate and inspire you to fluency. Host Olly Richards, who speaks eight languages, answers your language learning questions every week so that you can get the answers you need to whatever is standing in your way to multilingualism!
Who is your ideal listener? Who loves your show?
Anyone who is committed to changing their life by learning a new language.
What made you start this podcast?
I’ve spent my my life learning languages, and started my blog back in 2013 to help others find success themselves.
I myself have always been a podcast listener, though, and so I wanted to do something in audio in order to reach those people like me! That’s why the podcast was born.
What have you learned about your subject thanks to this podcast?
The podcast is all about hearing from people, and answering their questions. This has meant that I’ve heard directly from many language learners all around the world, which has been incredibly educational for me.
It’s helped me understand what real people struggle with in language learning, and develop content that better matches their needs
What has your experience of podcasting been? What do you love / hate about the process?
Things have come on a lot in recent years. At the beginning, I was editing my own audio files in GarageBand, and uploading an MP3 to the feed.
These days, there are far more tools to help you with the whole production process, such as inserting pre-recorded segments.
I still feel that podcasting is a minority medium, but that’s what gives it its charm, so I hope it stays that way!
If someone wants to start listening to your podcast, which episode would you recommend they start with? Why?
Two options! First, just browse through the hundreds of episodes I have and choose one that seems interesting to you. Alternatively go right back to the beginning and start from number one – many people do this.
Which other podcasts do you love listening to?
The Rest Is Politics is my current favourite podcast, mostly due to the dire state of our politics! What is interesting about this is that it affirms the notion that the personality of the presenters is really what makes a podcast.
If people want to find you online, where can they do so?
- Search “StoryLearning” in your favourite podcast player
- StoryLearning.com
- YouTube.com/@StoryLearning
- Instagram.com/iwillteachyoualanguage
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