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Guest interviews
Video podcast
English
United States
27 episodes
since Dec. 23, 2024
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This week on Beyond the Accent, I sat down with writer and Russian literature creator Olga Ruchina to talk about why Dostoevsky continues to haunt readers around the world, what happens to a novel when it crosses languages, and why some stories survive centuries while others quietly disappear. We …

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There’s a strange moment that happens to many adults when they start learning a new language. In the rest of their lives, they’re competent. Experienced. Used to knowing what they’re doing. And then they try to say a sentence in a new language — and suddenly they feel twelve years old again. My …
What if the question “Where are you from?” isn’t small talk — but a trapdoor? In this episode, I’m joined by Xenia: Russian-speaking trilingual living in Madrid, English and Spanish teacher, American accent coach — and someone who knows what it means to live in several voices at once. We talk abou…
What happens to confidence when your voice crosses languages?In this episode, Aviya Gavriel, Israeli-born accent coach and psychology student based in Los Angeles, joins me to talk about the space between our native and adopted selves, and what it takes to feel at home in both. We trace her s…
Today I sit down with Alex — American in France, language teacher, and co-founder of Peasy Anglais — to explore what happens when your sense of self stretches across languages. We talk about French becoming the language where Alex feels her emotions most fully, about couple-created words (quat = q…
What if I told you that “sounding spontaneous” isn’t about winging it – it’s about structure? In this episode, we’re busting the myth that speaking off the cuff means chaos or brilliance by chance. From jazz musicians to Stanford tour guides to your next team meeting, the secret to speaking …
What happens when your British self is calm and structured… but your American self is loud, messy, and totally free? In this intimate duo episode, I speak with Annie (a.k.a. Anita) — a pronunciation coach, multilingual thinker, and unicorn of the accent world — about what it’s like to live in mult…
Imagine a language that spent nearly two millennia asleep. Not forgotten—just… paused. Whispered in prayer, never yelled in traffic. Then one day, it woke up. And started swiping on Tinder. Ordering coffee. Dropping slang. This episode is about that language—Hebrew. But not the one locked in lit…
In this episode, I sit down with British accent coach and pronunciation expert Olga Sytina to explore what accent training is really about. (Spoiler: it’s not just about sounding “native.”) We dive into the emotional, physical, and linguistic layers that make up this work — from rhythm and prosody …
The Voice You Hear — and the Silence You KeepWhat does your inner voice sound like in English?And what do your pauses say — in a culture that’s not your own? In this introspective deep-dive, we’re exploring two powerful, often-overlooked aspects of speech: inner monologue and cultural silence.You'…
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