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How did Sam go from studying politics at university to becoming an English teacher for seven years? In this episode, Anna asks Sam about his journey, from getting rejected for a council job, working miserable night shifts in a supermarket, booking a one-way flight to Madrid with almost no Spanish, teaching seven-year-olds who'd been kicked out of other schools, and eventually building an online English community.

We also talk about the ship/sheep/beach problem, why most university degrees don't prepare you for real jobs, and the difference between teaching in person and teaching online.

This episode is perfect for intermediate and advanced English learners who want to improve their listening skills with real, natural conversation.

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Europe is boiling. In this episode, Sam and Anna catch up about the recent heat wave hitting Poland and the UK. How do you survive 39-degree heat with no air conditioning? Why did Anna's cat make himself even hotter? And why do British people love complaining about the weather so much?

We also talk about how Anna designed and built her own house in Poland, why all new-build houses in the UK look exactly the same, the disaster of UK train infrastructure, and what "dog eat dog world" means.

This episode is perfect for intermediate and advanced English learners who want to improve their listening skills with real, natural conversation.

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What's the best way to actually improve your English? In this episode, Sam and Anna talk about why learning English inside an online community is different from learning alone, working with a tutor, or going to a traditional school. Anna shares how she went from not being able to speak at all to completely forgetting she was even speaking English during a conversation.

We also talk about why being forced to speak English with people from different countries is so powerful, how meeting people from all over the world makes learning fun instead of feeling like homework, and why practice makes progress, not perfect.

This episode is perfect for intermediate and advanced English learners who want to find a better way to practise speaking.

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