Thinking Out Loud in English

Thinking Out Loud in English


Latest Episodes

Thinking Out Loud - Summer Break
June 19, 2024

Hi Thinkers!We're heading for summer break and we'll be back in September with the episode number 100 Have a beautiful summer!

Thinking Out Loud 099: Do Cities Have Souls?
June 12, 2024

Hi Thinkers!This week we're considering whether cities have souls and what does that actually mean? What makes up the soul of a place? Why excessive migration and tourism kill the character of a city? Aside from that there is a small talk about the s

Thinking Out Loud 098: More Post Conference Reflections
June 05, 2024

Hi Thinkers!This week we're revisiting Barcelona and the Innovate ELT conference, reflecting a bit on what happened there. We don't forget to mention the heat wave in India and the upcoming elections to the European Parliment, so it gives you the

Thinking Out Loud 097: Sexy Barcelona Girls
May 29, 2024

Hi Thinkers!Hi Thinkers!This week Jedrek and Masha dive into a deep analysis of the sexy girls strolling the streets of Barcelona. All this in the context of another Innovate ELT conference where Jedrek gave a plenary speech titled "ELT and the e

Thinking Out Loud 096: Everybody Like Americans
May 22, 2024

Hi Thinkers!This week it's just the two of us, your hosts, and our conversation revolves around education. We are talking about the future of education, which is also the theme of our newsletter this week. With linguistic barriers largely destroyed b

Thinking Out Loud 095: Ask The Psychologist with Alona
May 15, 2024

Hi Thinkers!This week we have an enormous pleasure hosting Alona, a psychologist who is joining us from Greece. We're not wasting any minute of this meeting bombarding her with questions: does language hijack our soul? How does it feel like leaving y

Thinking Out Loud 094: Teaching English vs. Teaching Jujitsu
May 08, 2024

Hi Thinkers!We're back with another spontaneous conversation between Masha and Jedrek. What is the difference between teaching Ju-Jitsu and English? Is there an equivalent of a native speaker in martial arts? How to find courage to teach your way wit

Thinking Out Loud 093: People, Systems and Rules with Agata
May 01, 2024

Hi Thinkers!This Labor Day we have the honor of hosting Agata, the very same Agata who you may know from out newsletter and her column "The Bright Side of Life?"We start in the middle of nowhere, inspired by the PC game Classified France '

Thinking Out Loud 092: Masha And Jedrek Are Going To Japan! With Martyna!
April 24, 2024

Hi Thinkers!Masha and Jedrek are going to Japan, just like the Simpsons, except our stay there is purely virtual and so less prone to disasters. we are joined by Martyna who is based in Nagano (or nearby) and who is living her Japanese dream. We intervie

Thinking Out Loud 091: Can Technology Solve Loneliness?
April 17, 2024

Hi Thinkers!Each Sunday we're sending out our newsletter called "In The Same Boat" because we're really in the same boat when it comes to learning English. Subscribe here: https://tolpodcast.substack.com/And now: loneliness is quietly