Best Subway Steve Podcasts (2025)

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77- Season 6 - A trumpeter's tale 29:57

1d ago29:57

29:57

The multilingual Esteban Battalán, principal trumpet of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass, shares how his language odyssey has sounded important notes in his music odyssey. Hear his story on Episode 77 of the America the Bilingual podcast, “A Trumpeter’s Tale.” America the Bilingual is a project of the Levenger Foundation, which supports bilingu…

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The Journey with Mr. Harris eps. 19 | Willy Rodriguez - Co-Founder, International Salsa Museum 31:42

2M ago31:42

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Mr. Harris welcomes Willy Rodriguez to The Journey for an enlightening discussion about the new Salsa Museum coming to the Bronx and a some background on Willy's upbringing. The conversation explores the museum's strategic location, the history of Salsa, and highlighting how it will enrich the borough's artistic landscape. Willie shares his vision …

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The Journey With Mr. Harris | Subway Surfing Part 3: From Train Surfing To Surfing Waves 22:42

2M ago22:42

22:42

The Journey with Mr. Harris: Interview with Lou Harris – From Subway Surfing to Real Surfing In this inspiring episode of The Journey with Mr. Harris, Mr. Harris sits down with Lou Harris, a Black surfer from Long Island who is making waves in his community. Lou shares his incredible story of how he’s now on a mission to steer kids away from danger…

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The Journey With Mr. Harris | Subway Surfing Part 2: "My Son Was A Subway Surfer" 20:58

2M ago20:58

20:58

In this episode of The Journey with Mr. Harris, we continue our vital discussion about subway surfers affecting our community through an emotional interview with a mother whose son was involved in this dangerous activity. The conversation examines how local news coverage and harmful content on social media platforms influence young people's decisio…

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The Journey With Mr. Harris | Subway Surfing Part 1 26:18

3M ago26:18

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In this episode of The Journey with Mr. Harris, we dive into an important conversation with members of the Renaissance Youth Council about the dangerous trend of subway surfing. As this risky activity continues to affect communities, Mr. Harris and the council discuss the risks involved, its growing prevalence, and the devastating consequences it c…

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76 - Season 6 - Meet the maestro behind the new language gym 28:22

4M ago28:22

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The conventional description of someone who speaks as many languages as Akshay Swaminathan does is “polyglot.” But as you’ll quickly hear when you listen to this episode, there’s nothing conventional about how this Knight-Hennessy scholarship recipient and PD Soros fellow approaches languages.There is, however, a solid commitment to use what he’s l…

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The Journey With Mr. Harris eps. 15 (Part 2) | Steve Ritz and The Green Bronx Machine 16:23

5M ago16:23

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Part 2 of the Episode 15 with Steve Ritz and the Green Bronx Machine. Tune in to learn more about how Steve is actively working to create a greener Bronx and spread knowledge on Agriculture and health.

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The Journey With Mr. Harris eps. 15 (Part 1) | Steve Ritz and The Green Bronx Machine 21:25

5M ago21:25

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On this episode of the Journey, Mr. Harris speaks with Steve Ritz about The Green Bronx Machine, STEM, healthy living, community and more right in the heart of the Bronx. Stay tuned for part 2 of this exciting and knowledgeable conversation.

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The Journey With Mr. Harris eps. 14 | Exploring STEM with Rohit Unnam and Paul Bravo 25:47

5M ago25:47

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On this episode of the Journey, Mr. harris speaks to Rohit unnam and Paul Bravo about STEM and the future of STEM at RYC.

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The Journey eps. 13 | STEM with Rohit Unnam, Director of STEM Education, & More. 19:56

5M ago19:56

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Hey folks, Mr. Harris RYC is back with an exciting episode of The Journey. After catching up on the latest news and updates, we've got some incredible stories to share with you all. Stay tuned as we dive into Episode 13 of the Journey with special Guest, Rohit Unnam, STEM Director at the Renaissance Youth Center. #podcast #newepisode #newpodcast #n…

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75 - Season 6 - Recipe: Mix Jewish with Mexican, Add Maine 27:13

6M ago27:13

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Meet Margaret Boyle, coauthor with Ilan Stavans of “Sabor Judío: The Jewish Mexican Cookbook”. Margaret and Ilan have added their own ingredient to the cookbook: the history behind many of the recipes, some of them their families’, others the history of Jewish immigration to Mexico over the centuries. If you’re a foodie, find history fascinating, o…

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74 - Season 6 - The unexpected truth about languages in America 26:40

8M ago26:40

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The United States leads the world in bilingualism.No kidding.Because of this, no country understands the world as well as the United States.Seriously.Ah, you may be thinking, there must be a catch. No catch—just a different way to understand the uncontested data that’s been accumulating for decades.So…how did we get here, and how might we use this …

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73 - Season 6 - Global English: Blessing or Curse? 29:39

10M ago29:39

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While the whole world does not speak English, it’s nevertheless a ubiquitous language worldwide.Is that a good thing or bad? Or is it, perhaps, more complicated than that?Professor Rosemary Salomone, both linguist and lawyer, knows how to answer this question perhaps better than anyone. In this episode, she and Steve discuss her newest book, The Ri…

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72 - Season 6 - Kim Potowski’s master class in heritage languages 23:32

11M ago23:32

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Hear why Kim Potowski, a professor of linguistics at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has a passion for preserving heritage languages, and how she teaches speakers of these languages. De-stigmatizing the way that a Spanish bilingual speaks his or her home language, in Kim’s view, “is a question of social justice.” Listen now to Episode 72 of …

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The Journey Ep. 12: Youth Council 24:33

1y ago24:33

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During this Episode of the Journey, Mr. Harris interviews members of Youth Council. Our Youth Council responds to the desire of young people in the Bronx and beyond to confront issues they are passionate about and affect change while staying within the broader scope of the Renaissance mission: empowering youth to fully maximize their potential as p…

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The Journey Ep. 11: Music With a Message Band 25:25

1y ago25:25

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This week Mr. Harris interviews the Music With a Message band from the Renaissance Youth Center. Watch the full episode to learn more about the members and their experiences. Learn more about MWAM at www.musicwam.org

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The Journey. Ep. 10: Ms. M, Stephanie, and Sincere (RYC STAFF) 27:27

1y ago27:27

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Welcome to The Journey with your Host Bervin Harris. Tune in each week as Mr. Harris talks about education, music, STEM, civic engagement, and other topics on the Journey. Mr. Harris Podcast Disclaimer:Mr. Harris resumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions in the content of this site. The information in this podcast is simply…

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The Journey. Ep. 9: Ms. M 25:44

1y ago25:44

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Welcome to The Journey with your Host Bervin Harris. Tune in each week as Mr. Harris talks about education, music, STEM, civic engagement, and other topics on the Journey. In this Episode, Mr. Harris interviews Ms. M, the Assistant Program Director of the Renaissance Youth Center, about her experiences growing up in the Bronx, her life experiences,…

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71 - Season 5 - The Surprise in That Subway® Sandwich: Languages 29:42

1y ago29:42

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Want to know what really goes into that Subway® sandwich? Localization. Internationalization. And one more: transcreation. Hear how Subway’s Carrie Fischer is making languages part of Subway’s linguistic palate worldwide, in this new episode of the America the Bilingual podcast.This episode was written and directed by Mim Harrison, the editorial an…

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The Journey. Ep. 8: iBelong (Part 2) 18:50

1y ago18:50

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Welcome to The Journey with your Host Bervin Harris. Tune in each week as Mr. Harris talks about education, music, STEM, civic engagement, and other topics on the Journey. Mr. Harris Podcast Disclaimer Mr. Harris resumes no responsibility or liability for anyerrors or omissions in the content of this site. The information in this podcast is simply …

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The Journey. Ep. 7: iBelong - A Social Development Program to Reach Teens & Adults (Part 1) 20:26

1y ago20:26

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Welcome to The Journey with your Host Bervin Harris. Tune in each week as Mr. Harris talks about education, music, STEM, civic engagement, and other topics on the Journey. In this Episode, Mr. Harris interviews students and Counselors from Renaissance Youth Center to talk about STEM and their experiences at RYC. Mr. Harris Podcast Disclaimer Mr. Ha…

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The Journey Ep. 6: Ron E 30:17

1y ago30:17

30:17

Welcome to The Journey with your Host Bervin Harris. Tune in each week as Mr. Harris talks about education, music, STEM, civic engagement, and other topics on the Journey. In this episode, Mr. Harris interviews Ron E, an artist, songwriter, musician, and producer. He speaks on his collaborations with artist such as @RnBMoneyPodcast , @ChrisBrownTV …

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The Journey Ep. 5: STEM Champion Repping the Bronx 20:26

1y ago20:26

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Welcome to The Journey with your Host Bervin Harris. Tune in each week as Mr. Harris talks about education, music, STEM, civic engagement, and other topics on the Journey. In this episode, Mr. Harris interviews Treyonna Sullivan, a high school senior and student of the Renaissance Youth Center. Treyonna Sullivan is a part of the Music With a Messag…

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The Journey. Ep. 4: How Are After School Programs Approaching STEM Part 2 26:19

1y ago26:19

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Welcome to The Journey with your Host Bervin Harris. Tune in each week as Mr. Harris talks about education, music, STEM, civic engagement, and other topics on the Journey. Mr. Harris Podcast Disclaimer Mr. Harris resumes no responsibility or liability for anyerrors or omissions in the content of this site. The information in this podcast is simply …

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The Journey. Ep. 3: How Are After-Achool Programs Approaching STEM Part 1 15:59

1y ago15:59

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Welcome to The Journey with your Host Bervin Harris. Tune in each week as Mr. Harris talks about education, music, STEM, civic engagement, and other topics on the Journey. Mr. Harris Podcast Disclaimer Mr. Harris resumes no responsibility or liability for anyerrors or omissions in the content of this site. The information in this podcast is simply …

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The Journey. Ep. 2: Things to Think About When Starting a Non-Profit 23:00

1y ago23:00

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Welcome to The Journey with your Host Bervin Harris. Tune in each week as Mr. Harris talks about education, music, STEM, civic engagement, and other topics on the Journey. Mr. Harris Podcast Disclaimer Mr. Harris resumes no responsibility or liability for anyerrors or omissions in the content of this site. The information in this podcast is simply …

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The Journey Ep. 1: The Journey first show first guest ( Teacher/Coach in the making) 12:30

1y ago12:30

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Welcome to The Journey with your Host Bervin Harris. Tune in each week as Mr. Harris talks about education, music, STEM, civic engagement, and other topics on the Journey. Mr. Harris Podcast Disclaimer Mr. Harris resumes no responsibility or liability for anyerrors or omissions in the content of this site. The information in this podcast is simply …

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The Free Store - Building Community Through Sharing 15:57

1+ y ago15:57

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New York Is a dense metropolis where people with too much and people who don't have enough live side by side. New Yorkers became hyper-aware of that disparity when the Coronavirus pandemic brought the city's economy to a halt. The problem was visible in every neighborhood. The Free Store Project founder Myles Smutney saw an obvious solution - New Y…

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70 - Season 5 - A whisper to god 27:01

1+ y ago27:01

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The American journalist, linguist, and author Michael Erard (Babel No More) has lived in South America, Asia, and now in Europe. He’s always had an ear to the native languages as much as for them.A deep researcher of language, he shares in this episode why he believes that “human beings are meant to have very complex linguistic systems in their bra…

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69 - Season 5 - What is life when you leave the U.S. and become United Stateless? 34:33

1+ y ago34:33

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The 20th-century novelist Thomas Wolfe famously pronounced that “you can’t go home again.” But what if you have little choice?This is what a number of Latino immigrants, who have long made their home in the US, face when immigration laws require that they return to their country of birth.In this episode of the America the Bilingual podcast, Alexand…

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68 - Season 5 - Amy Chua, the Original Tiger Mom, Has Bilingual Stripes 23:40

1+ y ago23:40

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Join Steve for a lively, upbeat and often surprising conversation with first-generation Chinese American Amy Chua. A Yale law professor who gained fame as the Tiger Mom, she made sure that her children grew up as she did: bilingual. Listen as Amy describes three traits American immigrants share that help them excel. She also explains what the revie…

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67 - Season 5 - Meet a Spanish Teacher in Maine Named Mohamed 29:16

1+ y ago29:16

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Call him señor Mo. That’s what Mohamed Kilani’s third-to-fifth grade students in Falmouth, Maine, call him. Mohamed is an Iraqi by birth, a Jordanian by virtue of war, and now an American by virtue of a selfless and brave mother. Listen to this Arab refugee’s odyssey of finding home and the many languages he speaks that have played a role. Among th…

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66 - Season 5 - How Joe Keenan came to write a breakout book on learning Spanish 33:48

2y ago33:48

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As a native English speaker who became smitten with Spanish, the American journalist Joe Keenan decided that nobody else had written how to break out of beginniner’s Spanish, so he would have to do it himself. That’s just how he titled his first book, back in 1995. It became a bestseller, one that continues to sell more than 20 years later, and in …

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65 - Season 5 - How Dario Wolos Turned a Taco into Tacombi 21:12

2y ago21:12

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Why are Tacombi restaurants winning hearts across the US as America’s taco sensation? And just what is a Tacombi, anyway? Mexican American founder Dario Wolos shows how being not just bilingual but bicultural is turning Tacombi into a beloved brand that crosses borders. Hear his story, and the story behind the name, in Episode 65 of America the Bil…

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64 - Season 5 - A global audio storyteller: the journey of Martina Castro 31:40

2y ago31:40

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Martina Castro, the award-winning production impresario behind Duolingual’s popular multilingual podcasts and NPR’s Radio Ambulante, has become a major force in audio storytelling. Hear this Uruguayan American recount her own story of being bilingual in America, in Episode 64 of the America the Bilingual podcast, “ A Global Audio Storyteller: The J…

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63 - Season 5 - Mexican American chef Pati Jinich takes time out from PBS for a podcast conversation 20:56

2y ago20:56

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The award-winning star of the popular PBS cooking show, “Pati’s Mexican Table,” and of the PBS docu-series “La Frontera” (“The Border”) brings her love of her native Mexican culture and food to everything she does—including this conversation. Listen now to Episode 63 of the America the Bilingual podcast, and get a taste for how this Mexican America…

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62 -Season 5- Writing in Two Worlds: How a Peruvian American Novelist Embraces Her Bilingualism 19:29

2y ago19:29

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“I don’t know that I would have become a writer had I not grown up with this very deeply rooted fascination with language and the ways that for me it existed in these two worlds.”That’s the Peruvian American author Natalia Sylvester, whose newest book, “Breathe and Count Back from Ten,” was named a 2022 Today Show Pick. In Episode 62 of the America…

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61 - Season 5 - Where Children’s Books Become Bilingual 19:04

2y ago19:04

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“If you limit yourself to writers from your own country, you’re missing out on the whole rest of the world.”That’s Arthur Levine, the founder of Levine Querido Publishing, which is making a name for itself—in many languages—in translated books for children.In Episode 61 of America the Bilingual, find out how they’re doing it, and why they will neve…

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60 - Season 5 - Crossing the Borderlands of America’s Immigration 23:58

2+ y ago23:58

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“I do consider Puerto Rico a borderland of the United States,” says Brenda Piñero of her homeland, which is both a part of, and apart from, the U.S. In Episode 60 of the America the Bilingual podcast, Brenda shares what it’s like to work on the border in South Texas as an American immigration attorney from a part of America that is a territory rath…

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59 - S5 - From fast food worker to renowned Film Critic: Carlos Aguilar and why DACA is important 25:02

2+ y ago25:02

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“My dad died in 2018 and I wasn’t able to go to his funeral. It was too much of a risk.” For the film critic Carlos Aguilar to have left his home in the US to attend his father’s funeral in Mexico would have put his re-entry into the United States in jeopardy. A native of Mexico City who has lived and worked in the US since he was young, Carlos is …

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58 - Season 5 - Reclaiming the Language That History Wanted Lost 18:49

2+ y ago18:49

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In 1491, the Taíno people of the Caribbean and their language were thriving. After 1492, both had been extinguished.Or so many history books would have you believe. In Episode 58 of the America the Bilingual podcast, Priscilla Colón—whose DNA tested YES for Taíno—shares what it’s like to reclaim a language that was nearly lost. The language that wa…

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57 - Season 5 - How the New York Mets Turned a Green Beret into a Polyglot 29:59

2+ y ago29:59

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Long before his college graduation, Jack Clarke had his life mapped out: “I was going to be an Army officer and language capability would enhance my career.” Getting there was quite the adventure.His Spanish took him parachuting into countries on Special Forces mission. His German found him alone in the mountains of… North Carolina. And his French …

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56 - Season 5 - For a Star of Classical Piano, Languages Hold the Key 24:52

2+ y ago24:52

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Concert pianist Andrew von Oeyen has been learning languages even longer than he’s been performing with the world’s top orchestras—and he made his professional debut at age 16. In Episode 56 of the America the Bilingual podcast, he explains how his fluency in three other languages infuses his work with greater meaning (and did a lot for his relatio…

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Episode 3-the lost episode! 8:03

3y ago8:03

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Here is our review of free water at Starbucks and Panera

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55 - Season 4 - Language learning: why tax your brain when there’s technology? 13:49

3+ y ago13:49

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This is our second of two episodes on what technology can and can’t do for language learning…and perhaps more important, what technology should and shouldn’t do.Listen as Steve shares the week he spent in Silicon Valley attending the futuristic technology incubator called Singularity University. He had a chance to ask the high priest of language te…

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54 - Season 4 - To App or Not to App: That is the Language Learner’s Question 11:22

4y ago11:22

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Everyone, it seems, has an opinion on using technology for learning a language. That includes the many bilinguals Steve interviewed for Episode 54 of the America the Bilingual podcast. It’s a brief meditation on the merits—and demerits—of language technology.How much should we depend on language technology to talk for us? What are technology’s limi…

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53 - Season 4 - America is too big for bilingualism. Fact or fiction? 9:41

4y ago9:41

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From sea to shining sea, English is spoken throughout all 3.8 million square miles of the US. Does it make sense to speak anything else?To answer this question, in Episode 53, Steve takes you on a tour that starts in Little Rock and ends in Montreal, by way of Casablanca and Mali.Enjoy this seventh free audiobook chapter of America’s Bilingual Cent…

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52 - Season 4 - True or false? The best way to learn a language is total immersion 10:26

4y ago10:26

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Want to learn Japanese? Go to Japan. Portuguese? Portugal or Brazil. Hindi? India. Immersion is absolutely the best way to learn another language…or is it? In Episode 52, Steve weighs in, and his answer might surprise you.Enjoy this sixth free audiobook chapter of America’s Bilingual Century by Steve Leveen. You’re listening to Chapter 36, narrated…

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51 - Season 4 - What they don’t teach you in Harvard’s Spanish classes 32:10

4y ago32:10

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A middle-aged guy named Steve walks into an intermediate-Spanish class for Harvard undergrads, and does a quick assessment of their advantages versus his.Theirs: They’re smarter. They take tests really well. They’ve had more Spanish. They can hear perfectly fine. They’re highly motivated to get good grades. They seem to relish the mental struggle.S…

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50 - Season 4 - How to give your kids the gift of two languages 20:10

4y ago20:10

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Are there certain best practices for starting your children on a lifelong path to bilingualism? Absolutely, and in Episode 50, Steve shares the three that are most essential. They can work even if parents are not (or not yet) bilingual.You’ll also meet two families who started their children off as bilingual speakers and one family who wished they …

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