Thinking Out Loud in English
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Thinking Out Loud 305: Does Bill Gates Have More Freedom Than You?; Does A Non-Expert Have The Right To Criticize?
Hi Thinkers! This week on the show: after a short recap of Innovate ELT 2022 conference where Jedrek is trying to count how many beers he downed, Masha tries to explain if Bill Gates (and Brad Pitt) have more freedom than ordinary people (and what’s the d
Thinking Out Loud 304: Are We Addicted To Oxygen?; Naive vs. Stupid
Hi thinkers! There is a lot happening in this episode: after a brief discussion about how the second language is learnt, Masha and Jedrek jump into two wide discussions: the first one is about additctions and dependencies (how to tell them apart?), and th
Thinking Out Loud 303: Reducing CO2 = Reducing Inequalities?; Trusting vs. Believing
This week Jedrek and Masha discuss whether reducing CO2 emissions is compatibile with reducing inequalities (how come when everything green is more expensive?), and in the second part of the show Masha asks Jedrek a hammer question: what is the difference
Thinking Out Loud 302: Prize or Gift - which has more value?; Science or Art - which is a better guide through life?
Hi thinkers! Here are your two favorite teachers, Masha and Jedrek, discussing another set of interesting questions. Jedrek tries to weigh gits and prizes as to their value, and Masha chooses between science and art as a better guide through life. Thanks
Thinking Out Loud 301: Natural vs. Wild; Give In vs. Give Up
Hi friends! Masha, Jedrek and their Thinking Out Loud emerge back from the shadow of the war! Listen to their conversation about the difference between natural and wild as well as an attempt at decoupling giving in from giving up. Don't forget that you ca
Thinking Out Loud 202: Invulnerable vs. Strong; Lies or Facts
Still a bit shaken by te ongoing war in Ukraine, Jedrek and Masha come back with the second episode of this slightly irregular season. After a brief report on Masha's situation, your favorite teachers start cracking open another pairs of concepts. First,
Thinking Out Loud 201: War and Peace: an interview with Masha about the situation in Ukraine
Masha and Jedrek are back with their podcast recorded between France and Ukraine. Their first episode of the new season is an interview with Masha who lives in Kiev and who was a witness of the Russian agression on Ukraine. Masha shares her point of view
Thinking Out Loud 013: Behind the scenes: how are our questions born?
Have you ever wondered how our questions are born? Of course you have ;) So this week we are letting you behind the scenes of how we design them :) It's a somewhat different episode than the previous ones but there is still a lot of exploration of everyda
Thinking Out Loud 012: Prisoner vs. Slave; New vs. Fresh
Hi! Two people struggling with freedom: a prisoner and a slave - how much different are they? This is what Jedrek explores in round one, and in round two, Masha is trying to separate New from Fresh and see what is the connection between cold temperature a
Thinking Out Loud 011: Dreams vs. Goals; Imagination vs. Fantasy
This week on the show Masha and Jedrek use their Global English to discuss the difference between dreams and goals and try to find the border between imagination and fantasy. Keep in mind that before being podcasters we are teachers of English and you can