Thinking Out Loud in English

Thinking Out Loud in English


Latest Episodes

Thinking Out Loud 509: Quality and Condition with Boris
July 26, 2023

Hi Thinkers! This week we're hosting Boris to discuss the difference between good quality and good condition. What happens to a car when it hits a tree? Does it lose its quality or does just its condtion change? What about a yoghurt long after its be

Thinking Out Loud 508: Raising and Taming Children with Julia
July 19, 2023

Hi Thinkers!This week we're discussing parenting with a brave Ukrainian mother, Julia, who is currently living in Warsaw, Poland. What is the difference between raising and training (or taming) children or animals? The end result seems to be the same

Thinking Out Loud 507: Culture and Civilization with Michał
July 12, 2023

Hi Thinkers!We're always on the lookout for some interesting non-native English speakers and if we find them at an airport, so be it ;) That is the case of Micha who is joining us from the CDG Airport in Paris, to answer our burning question about t

Thinking Out Loud 506: Being A Pro with Yzoja
July 05, 2023

Hi Thinkers!This week on the show we're exploring the concept of professionalism - is it only about skills? Or does character count too? Can an a**hole be a pro? This and much more with our special invitee, Yzoja, a Polish-born, Irish-based designer-code

Thinking Out Loud 505: Pace of Life with Dawid
June 28, 2023

Hi thinkers!This week on the show we're hosting Dawid, a non-native English speaker from Elblg in Poland, who is helping us to dissect the concept of the pace of life. What makes up the pace of life? Is it the size of the city, the numer of activiti

Thinking Out Loud 504: Destiny vs. Fate with Mateusz
June 21, 2023

Hi Thinkers!This week on the show we are hosting Fr. Mateusz, a Polish catholic priest based in France, and one of our fans from Twitter, and we're discussing absolutely fascinating subjects concering plans, agency, destiny, fate, courage, virtues, a

Thinking Out Loud 503: Compliments and Self-Esteem with Aga
June 14, 2023

Hi thinkers!What is the relation between compliments and self-esteem? Why is it sometimes hard to accept them, and what makes the Central and Eastern Europe a particular place on Earth where compliments are often seen as unnecessary or fishy? This and mu

Thinking Out Loud 502: Computing vs. Thinking with Sam
June 07, 2023

Hi Thinkers!Can computers think? This questions has been on our minds for a long time, and this week, finally, we found a perfect guest for it: Sam Gravell. Sam is an English teacher based in Germany who's keen on AI in education, but apart from that

Thinking Out Loud 501: Charisma vs. Charm with Ambra
May 31, 2023

Hi Thinkers! This week on the show, we are joined by Ambra Pacchioni a.k.a. Busybee, a great English teacher from Italy (and not only as you will quickly learn;) who is helping us to draw the line between two human superpowers: charisma and charm. The co

Thinking Out Loud 420: Education in The Era of Technology
May 24, 2023

Hi thinkers!This week Masha interviews Jedrek Stepien who has just came back from Barcelona where he delivered a plenary speech at the Innovate ELT 2023 conference. Jedrek develops some of his thoughts from his speech and dives into the future of educati