Podcasts about accents

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#WHATSHAPPENING: Gary and Shannon dive into today's biggest stories, starting with the latest on Atlas 31 and what's next in the world of space exploration and defense. Then they tackle a fascinating topic — could AI mean the end of human accents as we know them? From voice cloning to speech leveling, the future of how we sound might be changing faster than we think. And it's Whatcha Watching Wednesday! The crew shares what's streaming, what's worth skipping, and what's got everyone talking this week in TV and film.

A 10h, ce mercredi 29 octobre 2025, les GG : Barbara Lefebvre, professeur d'histoire-géographie, Bruno Poncet, cheminot, et Didier Giraud, agriculteur de Saône-et-Loire, débattent de : Les accents régionaux en voie de disparition, regrettable ?

Avec : Pierre Rondeau, économiste. Yael Mellul, ancienne avocate. Et Frédéric Hermel, journaliste RMC. - Accompagnée de Charles Magnien et sa bande, Estelle Denis s'invite à la table des français pour traiter des sujets qui font leur quotidien. Société, conso, actualité, débats, coup de gueule, coups de cœurs… En simultané sur RMC Story.

Welcome back to Lexis. This is episode 75 and it's a bumper edition. We pick up on a recent survey of teachers by Teacher Tapp about teachers' accents and run with it…We talk to teacher, Arun Sharma about his experiences, we interview Alex Baratta, Amanda Cole and Rob Drummond and we discuss the survey results in more detail and cover some other stories about accents in the news. Teacher Tapp's blog about this: https://teachertapp.com/articles/how-teachers-feel-about-their-accents/ Teacher Tapp: https://teachertapp.com/ The stories we discuss in Lang in the News:http://archive.today/2025.09.23-223722/https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/sex-relationships/article/it-only-took-a-term-at-oxford-for-my-grimsby-accent-to-go-posh-z52g9pqfh https://archive.ph/2025.10.05-173953/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/why-actors-are-ditching-queens-english-for-their-old-regional-accents-rtr29rcdt https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyv638r2dglo?app-referrer=deep-linkLexis is on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lexispodcast.bsky.social ContributorsLisa Casey blog: https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/ & Twitter: Language Debates (@LanguageDebates)Dan Clayton blog: EngLangBlog & Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/englangblog.bsky.social Jacky Glancey Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackyGlanceyRaj RanaMatthew Butler Twitter: https://twitter.com/MatthewbutlerCA Music: Serge Quadrado - Cool Guys Cool Guys by Serge Quadrado is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. From the Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/serge-quadrado/urban/cool-guys 

Son enregistrement des Quatre saisons de Vivaldi avec son ensemble Gli Incogniti avait fait sensation et révélé son sens des couleurs, de la narration comme des textures sonores. Depuis, Amandine Beyer n'a cessé d'explorer le répertoire italien mais aussi la musique de Bach, comme en témoigne notamment sa remarquable intégrale au disque de ses sonates et partitas pour violon. Elle a choisi, aujourd'hui, de mêler ces deux univers, italien et germanique, au sein d'un double album, publié par Harmonia Mundi, mettant en regard des concertos particulièrement colorés et chatoyants de Bach avec des pages de compositeurs italiens qui l'ont inspiré.Mention légales : Vos données de connexion, dont votre adresse IP, sont traités par Radio Classique, responsable de traitement, sur la base de son intérêt légitime, par l'intermédiaire de son sous-traitant Ausha, à des fins de réalisation de statistiques agréées et de lutte contre la fraude. Ces données sont supprimées en temps réel pour la finalité statistique et sous cinq mois à compter de la collecte à des fins de lutte contre la fraude. Pour plus d'informations sur les traitements réalisés par Radio Classique et exercer vos droits, consultez notre Politique de confidentialité.Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

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Sarah AND Susie had MRIs (separately, but still), and let's just say it didn't go well. Hear them trauma bond about it. We learn that cows have accents depending on where they live, and even their mood and what they're mooing about. And we learn how we even know that. We discuss how inspired we are by the work and life of Jane Goodall, and how her legacy will live on. We talk about how there are different expectations for different circumstances and how standards change all the time and expectations affect our perceptions. We learn about a school that is limiting the number of times students can use the bathroom, and we debate whether this is a good policy or not. And Sarah reveals the difference between having an orgasm with a woman vs. having an orgasm with a man.Brain Candy Podcast Presents: Susie & Sarah's SpOoOoOoOoktacular Spectacle, October 30, Oriental Theater, Denver, Colorado: Get your tickets! Brain Candy Podcast Website - https://thebraincandypodcast.com/Brain Candy Podcast Book Recommendations - https://thebraincandypodcast.com/books/Brain Candy Podcast Merchandise - https://thebraincandypodcast.com/candy-store/Brain Candy Podcast Candy Club - https://thebraincandypodcast.com/product/candy-club/Brain Candy Podcast Sponsor Codes - https://thebraincandypodcast.com/support-us/Brain Candy Podcast Social Media & Platforms:Brain Candy Podcast LIVE Interactive Trivia Nights - https://www.youtube.com/@BrainCandyPodcast/streamsBrain Candy Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/braincandypodcastHost Susie Meister Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susiemeisterHost Sarah Rice Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imsarahriceBrain Candy Podcast on X: https://www.x.com/braincandypodBrain Candy Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/braincandy (JOIN FREE - TONS OF REALITY TV CONTENT)Brain Candy Podcast Sponsors, partnerships, & Products that we love:Get 15% off OneSkin with the code BRAINCANDY at https://www.oneskin.co #oneskinpodDownload Hily from the App Store or Google Play, or check out https://highly.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we're replaying some of our favorite episodes on the ice. In this episode from May 2024, linguistic research suggests that American hockey players sometimes start to sound more like Canadians as their hockey careers continue. Plus: The Atlantic Road uses seven bridges to connect a bunch of islands in Norway together, giving people the chance to drive right along the ocean. How do you pronounce “hockey”? US players say it with “fake Canadian” accent. (Ars Technica)The Atlantic Road (Explore Scandanavia)For just one Canadian loonie a month you could back our show on Patreon!

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In this episode of Bardic Quest, the adventurers gather around for some tea and lively conversation. They discuss their preferences in herbal teas and share stories about past encounters. The group deliberates joining a hunt for a dire bear and strategizes on how to approach and defeat such a fierce creature. Along the way, they dive into some intriguing history and culture, particularly focusing on the elusive Elder Wild. As they prepare for the evening's theater performance, they uncover more about each other and the mysterious new king of Windmere Vale.▶ CHAPTERS:00:00 Tea Time Beginnings00:34 Choosing the Perfect Tea04:00 Discussing Past Fights04:22 Accents and Backgrounds05:08 Giant Tales and Oddities08:44 Preparing for the Hunt12:24 Hunting Strategies16:22 Exploring the Tea House19:23 Office Tour20:29 Exclusive Content and Community21:06 Exploring the Office23:31 Royal Papers and Coronation24:06 The New King: Landor30:13 Diabe and Elder Wild36:41 Theater Bells and Preparations37:26 Heading to the Theater40:10 Episode Conclusion and Patron Shoutout▶ CREDITSOpening credits artwork by James RPG Art: http://www.patreon.com/jamesrpgartOpening credits theme 'Rise' by Isaac FinchHand-drawn character artwork by the fantastic Emmi Fog: https://www.instagram.com/art_emmif/3D Character Design by Aiden Bunyan using HeroForge under a Media Usage license.▶ DISCLAIMERSBardic Quest is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the © Wizards of the Coast LLC Fan Content Policy. This show is not sponsored, endorsed, approved, or affiliated with © Wizards of the Coast LLC.

Voilà bientôt un an que la Serbie est secouée par un important mouvement de protestation contre la corruption. Depuis la catastrophe de la gare tout juste rénovée de Novi Sad, qui a fait 16 morts le 1er novembre 2024, le régime autoritaire d'Aleksandar Vucic est dénoncé par des manifestations et des blocages de rues. Alors que le président, notoirement proche de la Russie, refuse toujours d'organiser des élections anticipées, les étudiants sont à la pointe de ce mouvement résolument pacifique et démocratique. Mais depuis plusieurs semaines, ils font face à une répression de plus en plus violente. Comme des milliers de jeunes Serbes, Dusan Svetkovic a passé l'été à bloquer les rues de Belgrade pour exiger des élections anticipées. Mais le 14 août dernier, lors d'un rassemblement près de la place Slavija, le destin de cet étudiant en physique bascule. « Je me tenais tranquillement près de la fontaine quand une voiture sans plaque est arrivée. Des hommes en civil en sont sortis, et l'un d'entre eux s'est précipité vers moi et m'a violemment jeté au sol. Quatre ou cinq autres hommes sont arrivés, et ils ont commencé à me frapper et à me donner des coups de poing au visage. Ils m'ont frappé la tête contre le sol, et l'un d'entre eux m'a donné des coups de pied avec ses bottes, alors que j'avais la tête sur le goudron », se souvient-il. Embarqué par les hommes de cette unité spéciale, Dusan affirme avoir été battu et menacé de mort dans un garage situé sous le siège du gouvernement, avant d'être relâché trois heures plus tard. Le lendemain, à quelques centaines de mètres de là, Alexandra Nikolic tombe à terre lors d'une charge policière. Elle reçoit un coup de matraque sur le crâne du policier. « Vu comment la police s'est comportée pendant ces dix derniers mois de contestation, je ne m'attendais à rien de bon de leur part. Mais je n'imaginais même pas qu'ils nous frappent par derrière, alors que nous étions deux femmes tombées au sol », explique l'étudiante en droit, montrant les photos de son visage ensanglanté. Elle dénonce la dérive autoritaire du régime du président Aleksandar Vucic : « La justice, la violence, les médias, les insultes... Les autorités utilisent tous les moyens dont elles disposent pour réprimer leurs citoyens. Personnellement, je considère que cela relève d'un type de fascisme. Avec cette philosophie du "où vous êtes avec nous, où vous êtes contre nous", pour moi, il est clair que l'État emploie des méthodes fascistes. » Usage illégal de la force, séquestration dans des lieux non officiels, absence d'avocats... Les méthodes de répression employées par le pouvoir sont aujourd'hui documentées par plusieurs ONG. Les étudiants et les opposants dénoncent notamment la mainmise du SNS, le parti présidentiel, sur l'appareil judiciaire. Des pratiques bien éloignées des valeurs de l'Union européenne, à laquelle la Serbie est toujours officiellement candidate. Alors que le président Vucic se montre inflexible, des élections pourraient avoir lieu en avril 2026. En attendant, les étudiants se préparent et envisagent de présenter leur propre liste lors de ces législatives. Espérant ainsi ouvrir des premières brèches dans un système jusque-là verrouillé. À lire aussiSerbie: le président Vucic tente de reprendre la main à l'occasion d'un défilé militaire   Un reportage à écouter en entier ici, dans le podcast Accents d'Europe.

How Can Changing Your Accent Unlock New Roles - Without Losing Your Identity?Actors often worry that altering their accent means giving up part of who they are - but what if it actually helps them connect more deeply with characters and audiences alike?In this episode, vocal coach and music teacher Lloyd breaks down the art and science of accent reduction. Whether you want to sound clearer on camera or explore a more American tone, you'll learn how to shift your speech without sacrificing your uniqueness.Here's what you'll take away from the conversation:– Why tweaking your accent can open doors without erasing your roots– Small, powerful speech changes that make a big difference fast– The truth behind accent coaching - and what most people get totally wrongListen now to discover how to speak with clarity and confidence in any role you take on.Lloyd's Contact Info:Lloyd MossTel. (310) 919-9127 WhatsApprockpiano@me.comContact Info:Email: martin@cityheadshots.comWebsite: https://www.martinbentsen.comAdditional Resources:Headshots: https://www.cityheadshots.comShoot Footage for Your Reel: https://www.actorscreenershoot.comEdit Footage Into a Reel: https://www.demoreelsnyc.comThis show dives deep into the world of acting in film, exploring the journey of movie acting with stories, building confidence among aspiring actors, navigating auditions and productions, and offering insights from acting agents, coaches, and the challenges of becoming SAG-AFTRA eligible to advance your acting career, skills, and landing roles.

Voilà bientôt un an que la Serbie est secouée par un important mouvement de protestation contre la corruption. Depuis la catastrophe de la gare tout juste rénovée de Novi Sad, qui a fait 16 morts le 1er novembre 2024, le régime autoritaire d'Aleksandar Vucic est dénoncé par des manifestations et des blocages de rues. Alors que le président, notoirement proche de la Russie, refuse toujours d'organiser des élections anticipées, les étudiants sont à la pointe de ce mouvement résolument pacifique et démocratique. Mais depuis plusieurs semaines, ils font face à une répression de plus en plus violente. Comme des milliers de jeunes Serbes, Dusan Svetkovic a passé l'été à bloquer les rues de Belgrade pour exiger des élections anticipées. Mais le 14 août dernier, lors d'un rassemblement près de la place Slavija, le destin de cet étudiant en physique bascule. « Je me tenais tranquillement près de la fontaine quand une voiture sans plaque est arrivée. Des hommes en civil en sont sortis, et l'un d'entre eux s'est précipité vers moi et m'a violemment jeté au sol. Quatre ou cinq autres hommes sont arrivés, et ils ont commencé à me frapper et à me donner des coups de poing au visage. Ils m'ont frappé la tête contre le sol, et l'un d'entre eux m'a donné des coups de pied avec ses bottes, alors que j'avais la tête sur le goudron », se souvient-il. Embarqué par les hommes de cette unité spéciale, Dusan affirme avoir été battu et menacé de mort dans un garage situé sous le siège du gouvernement, avant d'être relâché trois heures plus tard. Le lendemain, à quelques centaines de mètres de là, Alexandra Nikolic tombe à terre lors d'une charge policière. Elle reçoit un coup de matraque sur le crâne du policier. « Vu comment la police s'est comportée pendant ces dix derniers mois de contestation, je ne m'attendais à rien de bon de leur part. Mais je n'imaginais même pas qu'ils nous frappent par derrière, alors que nous étions deux femmes tombées au sol », explique l'étudiante en droit, montrant les photos de son visage ensanglanté. Elle dénonce la dérive autoritaire du régime du président Aleksandar Vucic : « La justice, la violence, les médias, les insultes... Les autorités utilisent tous les moyens dont elles disposent pour réprimer leurs citoyens. Personnellement, je considère que cela relève d'un type de fascisme. Avec cette philosophie du "où vous êtes avec nous, où vous êtes contre nous", pour moi, il est clair que l'État emploie des méthodes fascistes. » Usage illégal de la force, séquestration dans des lieux non officiels, absence d'avocats... Les méthodes de répression employées par le pouvoir sont aujourd'hui documentées par plusieurs ONG. Les étudiants et les opposants dénoncent notamment la mainmise du SNS, le parti présidentiel, sur l'appareil judiciaire. Des pratiques bien éloignées des valeurs de l'Union européenne, à laquelle la Serbie est toujours officiellement candidate. Alors que le président Vucic se montre inflexible, des élections pourraient avoir lieu en avril 2026. En attendant, les étudiants se préparent et envisagent de présenter leur propre liste lors de ces législatives. Espérant ainsi ouvrir des premières brèches dans un système jusque-là verrouillé. À lire aussiSerbie: le président Vucic tente de reprendre la main à l'occasion d'un défilé militaire   Un reportage à écouter en entier ici, dans le podcast Accents d'Europe.

In this episode of 'You Are Beautiful' hosted by LZ, Chrissy Metz, famed for her role in 'This Is Us,' dives deep into a heartfelt conversation. Chrissy discusses emotional and physical self-worth, personal struggles with body image, and the search for grace amid challenges. The dialogue covers profound themes of vulnerability, personal healing, and societal perceptions of beauty. Touching on topics like anxiety, addiction, and the impact of COVID-19, the conversation is both raw and inspirational. Highlights include Metz's experiences on set, her views on self-care, and the importance of gratitude and self-love. The episode is illuminating, providing solace and validation to listeners navigating their own journeys.Menu:00:00 Welcome and Introduction00:53 Special Guest: Chrissy Metz02:10 Life in Nashville04:58 The Power of Self-Love09:03 Struggles with Food and Addiction15:05 Finding Comfort in Shared Experiences18:21 The Importance of Self-Compassion23:37 The Comfort of the Familiar24:07 A Candid Conversation24:34 The Impact of Kate Pearson25:16 Behind the Scenes of Filming25:46 Body Image and Representation27:15 Unexpected Encounters29:03 The Cast's Bond35:08 Portraying Single Moms37:28 Accents and Authenticity41:51 Real Stories, Real Impact43:46 Children's Books and Big Feelings47:58 Final Thoughts and Reflections

Alex from the Haus of Decline comic and podcast is here to talk about the force of nature Toronto Blue Jays and all the other stuff that's happened since the start of the postseason. Support the show at Patreon.com/BattingAround and get access to bonus episodes and watch alongs with the host throughout the postseason.

Before my wife traveled to Zimbabwe recently, we sat at the dinner table one night chatting, and she said she felt some type of way about going home. Not dread exactly. Not simple excitement either. Something more tangled. Love and distance sitting next to each other, both equally true, both equally present.I understood exactly what she meant. That mix of longing and apprehension. Wanting to go and wanting to have already left. Missing home while wanting to keep the distance.We talked for a long time that evening, circling around something we both knew but struggled to name. The conversation kept returning to the same uncomfortable truth: home doesn't feel the same anymore. Not really. Not in the way we used to fit there, effortlessly, without thinking about it.We love the place we come from: Bulawayo. I miss it in ways that surprise me, in the middle of ordinary days when I'm doing something completely unrelated and suddenly the longing hits like a physical thing in my chest. But loving a place and fitting in it aren't the same thing. We're learning that the hard way.Maybe you know this feeling too. That pull toward home that sits alongside a quiet dread. The way you count down to a visit with genuine excitement and genuine anxiety living in the same breath. The strange guilt of missing a place while simultaneously knowing you can't stay there long. If you've felt this, if you've tried to explain it to someone and watched your words fail to capture the complexity, this is for you. Not to fix the tension but to name it. To give you language for what you already know inside but can't quite say out loud.I love reading fantasy. Right now I'm working through The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. It's a long series. Fourteen books. Epic in every sense of the word. While on a walk yesterday, I finished Book Five (I was listening to the audiobook) and as I was reflecting on what I had just experienced, that conversation with my wife came back to me and wouldn't leave because I'd found something that explains the feelings we were having.The story of the Wheel of Time follows a group of young people from a farming region called the Two Rivers. Small, quiet place. Everyone knows everyone. But they're forced to leave the Two Rivers to go on an epic adventure. One of them, Rand, discovers he's the prophesied Dragon Reborn. By Book Five, he's learned to channel immense power that could level cities if he loses control. He's seen wonders and horrors that no one from the Two Rivers could imagine. He's made choices that ripple across nations, decisions that affect the lives of thousands of people he'll never meet. He carries the weight of the world now. Literally.As I reflected on the ending of book five, the thought that was stuck on my mind is that there's no way Rand could go back to the Two Rivers and fit in anymore. He's become too big for it. The shape of his life has changed so fundamentally that the old mould can't hold him anymore.While I haven't quite gone on an epic adventure of world-changing proportions, I know that feeling. I live in it.There's a saying in isiNdebele. ‘Ukuhamba kuzal' inkosi,' which translates to ‘Traveling gives birth to kings.' When I was a boy, I thought it meant wealth and status. Kings as men with big houses and German cars that never break down and people who never stand in line at the bank. Now I know it means something quieter and heavier and harder to explain to someone who hasn't felt it. Travel enlarges you. It stretches the borders of who you are and what you can see and how you understand the world. And once you expand like that, you can't shrink back to your old size. Not without incurring a cost, anyway. The box that used to hold you comfortably now feels too small.Bulawayo raised me well. The city gave me a lot I needed to become who I am. It was a good childhood. A happy one. I have many fond memories.During the week after school, I rode bikes with friends. We were a small gang of boys, and we ruled our little corner of the world with the absolute certainty of children who don't know yet how small their kingdom is. We wandered the suburbs exploring. Down streets we weren't supposed to go down. Into yards we weren't supposed to enter. We walked kilometers and kilometers without thinking about it, without getting tired, just moving for the sake of moving and seeing what was around the next corner. Then we had to rush back to be home by six. That was the rule. Six o'clock before parents returned from work. We came back with dust up to our knees. Thick white dust that got into everything. You had to wash your legs before getting into the house. Rinse off all that evidence of your adventures before you were allowed to sit on the sofas or walk on the clean floors.If I was hanging out at a friend's house around mealtime, I'd be counted in automatically. No one asked if you'd eaten or if you were hungry. You were there so you were fed. The same isitshwala and mbida at every table, part of the shared life.Back then, every adult was your parent. In theory and in practice. If you were doing something you shouldn't be doing, any adult could correct you, and you accepted it because that was just how things worked. You knew all your neighbors. Not just their names but their business, their struggles, their joys.It was a small world. Homogeneous in ways I didn't realise then. We were all black. Almost all Ndebele. We all went to the same types of schools and the same types of churches. Our parents were teachers or nurses or clerks or government workers. Solid middle class or aspiring to it. We had the same references, the same jokes, the same understanding of how the world worked. Everyone fit the same basic mold with only minor variations.But it was the whole world. It was all I knew, and all I needed to know. The edges of that world felt far away, theoretical, not something I'd ever actually reach.Then I left.School finished. I worked for a few years. Opportunities appeared. I went to South Africa first. Then eventually moved to London. Each move feeling necessary at the time, practical, the obvious next step.But those moves weren't just geographic. They weren't just about changing addresses or learning new streets. They changed something fundamental to how I saw the world and my place in it.South Africa was the first crack in the homogeneity. Suddenly I was surrounded by people who weren't like me. They spoke different languages, practiced different religions, came from different economic realities entirely. I met some who grew up so poor that my middle-class Bulawayo childhood looked like luxury to them. I met others who grew up so wealthy they genuinely didn't understand what it meant to worry about money.I remember the first time I met someone who'd never been to church, who hadn't grown up with any religion at all. It broke something in my brain in a necessary way. In Bulawayo, you could assume everyone was Christian. Even people who didn't go to church regularly, even people who weren't particularly devout, still operated within a Christian framework. They knew the stories, the references, the basic moral architecture. But here was someone who didn't. Who saw the world through a completely different lens. Who'd built their ethics and their understanding of meaning from completely different materials.And there were people. A whole community of people who became our people for that season. We found a group of friends in South Africa who felt like our tribe. Like the kind of connection that happens once in a lifetime and surely lasts forever. We took trips together. Long road trips filled with singing and food and getting lost, but it didn't matter because getting lost was part of the adventure. We sang together at different churches, our voices finding harmonies that felt like something bigger than any of us individually. Sunday afternoons that stretched into evenings, having a braai at someone's house, talking about everything and nothing.It felt permanent. That's something you come to discover about these seasons. They feel permanent while you're in them. You can't imagine a version of your life where these people aren't central to it. This is our community. These are our people. This beautiful thing we've built together, it's going to last.It didn't. When we visit South Africa now, we sometimes see them. The friends from that season. We meet for coffee or dinner, and the warmth is real. The love is still there. But something has shifted. They've moved on to new things, new communities, new versions of themselves. We have too. We talk about the old days with affection and nostalgia, but we can't recreate them. Those people still exist, but that community doesn't. It served its purpose for that time and then it dissolved, the way morning mist dissolves when the sun gets high enough.That dissolution used to hurt more than it does now. The first time I really felt a community come apart, I fought it. I thought if we just tried harder, stayed more connected, made more effort, we could keep it alive. But communities aren't just about effort. They're about season and proximity and shared purpose and a thousand other factors that shift whether you want them to or not. Some relationships endure beyond the community. Those ones you carry with you, fold into the next chapter, hold on to across distance and time. But the community itself, that specific configuration of people in that specific place at that specific time, it has a lifespan.Then London. London has been something else entirely. A city so large and so diverse that you could live here for years and still only scratch the surface of it. On the Tube, you could hear ten different languages from five different countries between Baker Street and Paddington. At work, I collaborate with people from every continent, every background you can imagine. People who pray five times a day. People who have never prayed in their lives. People whose parents own businesses that span countries. People whose childhoods included winters that got to -40 degrees Celsius.Each of these encounters did something to me. Stretched me. Challenged assumptions I didn't know I was making. Showed me that the way I grew up wasn't the only way, wasn't the default, was just one option among infinite possibilities.And once you see that, once you really internalize it, you can't go back to thinking your small corner is the whole world. The box expands. The borders move. You become larger than you were.And here too, in London, we found people. Different people. A new community. We're part of something now that feels good and right and like it might last forever. Except we've been here before. We know how this goes. We can feel it already, the subtle shift. Not everyone at the same pace. Some people moving toward different things. The community is still beautiful, still real, but we're not at the apex anymore. We're on the other side of the hill. The slow, inevitable drift has begun. Now I'm learning to hold these dissolutions with more grace. To honor what was without demanding it last forever. To let the community be beautiful for its season and then let it go when the season ends. To trust that the next place will have its own people, its own version of belonging, its own sweet spot before it too shifts into something else.When I visit Bulawayo now, I aim for a sweet spot. Two weeks maximum. Week one is pure delight. Landing at the airport and stepping out into that heat that hits you like a wall. The heat in London is never like that. It's never this specific, this thick, this full of dust and sun and something else I can't name but would recognize anywhere. The air smells different. Feels different on your skin.People light up when they see you. Literally, like you're returning from war. Someone will say you look darker or lighter depending on their mood and the light. Someone will inspect you closely and declare you've gained weight or lost weight, both said with the same mix of concern and approval.You greet everyone. That's important. You have to get it right, or the elders will talk about how you've lost your manners overseas.The first morning you wake up early. Not because you set an alarm but because your body hasn't adjusted to the time and also because the sounds are different. Birds are singing in the trees at five in the morning. A rooster somewhere in the distance, because even in the city people rear their own chickens. The neighborhood waking up with its own particular rhythm.You take the long way to buy bread. You don't need to, but you do it anyway because you want to pass that corner where you used to meet up. You want to see if the tree's still there, if the wall still has that crack in it, if the world has stayed the same in your absence. Mostly it has.Friends come by. Friends you haven't seen in years but who fall back into conversation with you like no time has passed. You laugh from the belly about stupid things you did as kids. Remember that time when. Remember when we. The stories get better each time you tell them, embellished with time and distance and affection.For those first few days, it's all warmth. All belonging. You fit into the spaces you left behind like a hand sliding into a familiar glove. You belong to this place, and this place belongs to you. You could live here again. Of course, you could. How did you ever leave?Week two rolls in. There's no clear boundary, no moment when you can point and say here, this is where it shifted. It creeps in at the edges.At first, it's just a small tug. A quiet discomfort you can't quite name. The streets feel narrower somehow. Conversations start to loop back on themselves. The government, and power cuts, and the same stories about the same old people making the same choices. You've heard these stories before. You'll hear them again tomorrow. You still love the food. The braai meat, isitshwala, the texture of it in your fingers, the way it fills you differently than anything you eat in London. Smoke in your eyes. It's perfect. It's home.But by midweek, something else is present too. You can feel the box. The box has walls. The walls are closer than they used to be. Topics you can't discuss because they're too far outside the shared frame of reference. Questions you don't ask because you know the answer will just confirm the gap. You start to notice all the ways you've changed and they haven't, or they've changed and you haven't, or you've both changed but in different directions and now you're standing on opposite sides of a distance that love can't fully bridge.You start counting days. Six more. Five more. By the weekend, the sweetness is gone entirely. If you stay longer, nostalgia curdles into something else. Ache. Then impatience. Then a version of yourself you don't like. Complaining about everything. Feeling trapped in a place you're choosing to be.I've learned to leave before I sour. Before I start resenting the place I love. Before the people who love me start to see that restless part of me that can't settle.This is the pattern we've learned. Most times when that longing for home hits us, we go as far as South Africa instead of all the way to Zimbabwe. Not to meet family necessarily. That's not the main driver. We go to satisfy the ache without fully committing. To dip our toes in the water of home without diving all the way in.Because South Africa occupies this interesting middle space for us. It was the first place that loosened the homogeneity we grew up with. The first place where difference sat next to you on the taxi without anyone making a scene about it. People from everywhere. Accents from all over the continent and beyond stacking on top of each other. The people at the mall looking like a map of the world. Languages switching mid-sentence. Different ways of being existing side by side.It's bigger than Bulawayo. It breathes. It has room for multiplicity, for variation, for people who don't fit the standard mold. We can taste home there, catch the flavor of it in the accents and the food and the mannerisms, without feeling the walls close in quite as fast. We can last longer. Three weeks. Sometimes a month. Before the sweet spot ends and the confinement begins again.This is the part I struggle to explain to people back home. From their perspective, it can look like pride. Like we think we're better because we live overseas now. You think you're too good for us. That's the unspoken accusation, sometimes the spoken one.But it's not that. I wish it were that simple because then I could just correct my attitude and everything would be fine. It's not about better or worse. It's about geometry. About shape and fit. The shape of my life has changed. The container that used to hold it comfortably can't hold it anymore. Not because the container is bad or small or insufficient. Because I'm different. I've been poured into a larger mold and set there, and now I've hardened into a new shape.How do you explain that to someone who hasn't experienced it? There's a song by Sara Groves called “Painting Pictures of Egypt.” She sings: “And the places I long for the most are the places where I've been. They are calling out to me like a long-lost friend.”I feel that deeply. The places I long for most are the places where I've been. Bulawayo calls to me. South Africa calls to me. Not as they are now but as they were when I fit in them, when I belonged without question. Not just the places but the people. The communities that formed and felt permanent and then dissolved like they were never supposed to last at all.The song goes on: “And I want to go back, but the places they used to fit me cannot hold the things I've learned.”And there it is. The whole ache in two lines. I want to go back. The longing is real and deep and constant. But the places that used to fit me can't hold the things I've learned. Can't contain what I've seen. Can't accommodate who I've become. And the communities that once held me can't reform because we've all become different shapes, traveling different roads, even if we still carry affection for what we once had together.And then this line, the one that really gets me: “I am caught between the promise and the things I know.”Between the past and what's coming. Between what was and what might be. Between the comfort of the known and the pull of the unknown. Between the place I came from and the person I'm becoming. Between the communities that were and the ones that might yet be.That's where I live now. In that caught-between space.London is not home. Not yet. Maybe not ever in the way Bulawayo was home when I was a boy, and home meant the place where you belonged without having to think about it.Some days it feels like it might become home. Days when the city reveals some new corner, some unexpected beauty. Other days, it feels completely foreign. Like you're an actor playing a role, always slightly outside yourself.I have small rituals that stitch a sense of belonging in it. A particular bench in a park where the light falls a certain way in the afternoon and I sit and listen to my book. The Turkish restaurant where I order the same thing every time. A church where the singing rises in a way that feels like worship, even if it's not the four-part harmony I'm used to.So, I pack Bulawayo into my pockets and carry it with me. A proverb that surfaces when I need it. A recipe I recreate in a kitchen thousands of miles away that never quite tastes right, but it's close enough. The cadence that returns to my voice when I'm tired, the way I spoke when I was young, slipping through. I carry South Africa in my stride. That wider breath, that willingness to occupy space without apologizing. And I carry the people from there who still reach across distance, who check in, who remember. Not the whole community, but the threads that endured.I'm learning to be in many places at once without being torn apart by it. To hold multiple identities without having them collapse. To accept that communities form and dissolve and that's not failure, that's just the rhythm of a life lived across many places. It's exhausting. The constant negotiation, the code-switching, always standing at the border between worlds. Always saying goodbye to communities that felt permanent, always starting over with new people, always carrying the grief of what dissolved and the hope that this next thing might last. But it's also rich. I see things people who've only lived in one place can't see. I understand multiplicity in a way that only comes from living it.Frodo saves the Shire in The Lord of the Rings. He endures everything to protect it, to make it possible for hobbits to keep living their simple comfortable lives. He succeeds. He returns. The Shire is saved.But he can't live there anymore. The hearth is warm, but he feels cold in a way that no fire can touch. His friends celebrate and feast and marry and settle into peace, and he can't join them. Not really. He can be physically present, but he's not there the way he used to be there. The journey has marked him too deeply. It has changed him in ways that can't be undone.So eventually he leaves. Gets on a ship and sails away to a place where the changed and the marked and the unbelonging go. It's not defeat exactly. It's just honesty. An acknowledgment that some transformations are irreversible.I think about that a lot. About irreversible transformations. About the ways we save the places we love by becoming people who can no longer fully inhabit them. About how we form communities that feel eternal and then watch them dissolve, not because anyone did anything wrong but because that's what communities do when the season changes.This hits especially close to home for so many people I know. My friends who left Zimbabwe. My friends here in London. Most of us didn't leave for adventure or curiosity. We left for survival. For opportunity. To earn enough to support families back home. To pay the black tax. The responsibility to send money home.But here's the cruel irony: the places that pay you enough to save home are the same places that change you so fundamentally you can't fit back home anymore. You see different ways of life, meet people with different values, and form new reference points. Your frame of reference expands. Your assumptions shift. The way you think about time, about work, about what's possible - it all changes. Until one day you go back and realise you can no longer inhabit the place you're saving.The tax isn't just the money you send back. It's the piece of belonging you trade away to earn that money. You can't have both. If traveling makes kings, it also makes exiles. That's the part the proverb doesn't say out loud, but it's there in the subtext if you know how to look.The crown is vision. The ability to see farther, to connect dots across greater distances, to understand complexity and multiplicity and nuance. That's the gift. That's what you gain.The exile is the cost. You belong less easily. Home becomes complicated. The borders that used to feel solid and protecting now feel like walls that are too close, too rigid, too confining. Communities that felt permanent reveal themselves to be temporary. Relationships that seemed unshakeable shift when distance enters the equation. You can't unknow what you know. You can't unsee what you've seen. You can't shrink back down to fit in the space that used to hold you perfectly.That's freedom in one sense. You're not limited to one way of being, one way of seeing. The world is larger for you than it is for people who never left. It's also grief. Deep and ongoing grief for the simpler version of yourself who fit so neatly, for the belonging you can never quite reclaim, for the communities that dissolved, leaving only the sweetness of memory.I'm learning to let the freedom expand me and let the grief soften me and somehow keep both happening at the same time. It's not easy. Some days I do it better than others.I don't aim to fit perfectly anywhere now. I think I'm done with that as a goal.Could I go back if I had to? Yes. Humans are adaptable. Some people I know found middle grounds I didn't - stayed closer to home while still expanding, or settled in nearer countries where the distance isn't quite so far. Given enough time and necessity, I could reform myself to fit the old mould. But I'd have to make myself smaller. I'd have to let go of all those other places I've seen, those other ways of being or carry them silently, never speaking about them, living in permanent longing. Before circumstances force me to shrink back down, I'm choosing to honor the new shape I've become. To carry multiple homes instead of fitting completely in one.Perfection was an illusion anyway. It only felt perfect because my world was small enough that I couldn't see beyond its edges.Now I want something different. I want to carry this expanded world faithfully. To let it make me kinder because I've met people unlike me and learned they're still deserving of dignity. To make me more curious because every person might have a completely different map of reality. To make me less certain that my way is the only road. I want to keep space at my table for someone whose map looks nothing like mine, whose journey led them to conclusions I don't understand. To listen more than I defend.I want to honor the communities that form without demanding they last forever. To leave before I sour and return before I forget. To know my limits and respect them.Home is not a single address for me anymore. It's not a dot on a map. It's a constellation. Multiple points spread across distance, all connected by invisible lines, all part of the same larger map.Bulawayo lives in me, the dust on my legs after a long walk, kombis rattling past with bass thumping from speakers bigger than they should have, that comfortable embrace of familiarity. South Africa taught me difference doesn't have to mean distance, that multiplicity is just reality when you zoom out far enough, that beautiful communities can form and then end and that's fine. London is teaching me to be many things at once without apologizing, to build home from scratch in a place that doesn't know my childhood and forces me to be myself in the present tense. To start over again, with new people in a new place, knowing it might not last but showing up anyway.The constellation moves when I move. I carry it with me. Every place where I've stopped long enough to become a slightly different version of myself. Every person who walked alongside me for a time. Places and people. Enduring connections rather than permanent communities. Many ways of belonging rather than one.The work is simple in concept, difficult in execution. One star at a time. One small ritual. One phone call. One visit before I sour. One return before I forget. One season with people who matter. One graceful goodbye when the season ends.That's the work I'm learning. And if you're reading this, maybe it's your work too. Find your sweet spot. Honor it. Respect it. Return before you forget. Leave before you sour.And know that you're not alone in this strange expanded world. Some of us are walking this too. Carrying constellations. Learning to belong partially in many places rather than completely in one. Building homes that move when we move.Thanks for reading Just Reflections! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit justreflections.bhekani.com

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This week on ‘The Write Question,' host Lauren Korn speaks with Irish author Kevin Barry, author of ‘The Heart in Winter' (Doubleday Books; Penguin Random House) and the featured speaker at the inaugural Festival of Irish Writing in Butte, Montana: October 3-4, 2025.

On this episode of The GAP Luke Lawrie and Joab Gilroy talk about Sam Neill's accents. The games they've been playing this week include Hades 2, Silent Hill f, Spider-Man: Magic the Gathering, and more. Over in the news EA has just been acquired in a $55 billion buyout, and PlayStation x Reebok 30th-anniversary sneakers are going on sale soon. Joab also talks about his new fundraising campaign for men's mental health which you can support. This episode goes for 1 hour and 45 minutes, it also contains coarse language. You can also check out Joab's latest book on Amazon. Timestamps – 00:00:00 – Start 00:17:20 – Spider-Man: Magic the Gathering 00:36:25 – Silent Hill f 00:54:43 – Hades 2 01:12:37 – News 01:26:03 – Questions 01:30:14 – Weekly Plugs 01:35:47 – End of Show Subscribe in a reader iTunes / Spotify

This week on ‘The Write Question,' host Lauren Korn speaks with Irish author Kevin Barry, author of ‘The Heart in Winter' (Doubleday Books; Penguin Random House) and the featured speaker at the inaugural Festival of Irish Writing in Butte, Montana: October 3-4, 2025.

The new Netflix drama 'House of Guinness' was released recently, and on this morning's Gift Grub, Michael Flatley had a bone to pick with the accents on the show. Pierce Brosnan had a thing or two to say though. Hit play now to hear the episode in full.

Minute 5 watching Jaws in the Expanded Jaws Universe (EJU). Utilizing The Book of Quint to draw out conclusions and context. Waking up with Ellen and Martin Brody on Friday June 27, 1974 at 6:30 AM. An extreme look into the dialog and setting, as well as the use of filmmaking tools by Director Spielberg and Editor Verna Fields, to trace a backstory for the Brody family's move from New York City to Amity Island. Updates on the Book of Quint progress from the UK to Connecticut and back to Martha's Vineyard in a month. Autographed books now available at Edgartown Books - order today before they sell out. Major Announcement to final appearance for the Book of Quint 2025 Jaws 50th Anniversary tour.  Topics covered in Minute 5:  - Dissolve edit by Verna Fields and the passage of time  - When the Brody's bought their Amity house in the fall of 1973  - Amity tourism at a 10 year high  - When was Mayor Vaughn elected  - Brody's uniform on call and ready for work  - Brody's dogs are Spielberg's dogs  - Brody bedroom decor and who's house was it before  - Accents from Boston to New York Special Edition Hardcover The Book of Quint - signed copies now at: edgartownbooks.com Phone orders only: Orca: A New Tide of Adventure https://orcatribute.com/ For all links to The Book of Quint: https://linktr.ee/bookofquint For all the latest: https://www.instagram.com/bookofquint/ Video YouTube: https://youtu.be/SbLrH0AHbW8?si=L0hSINUCwnMv9r9Q Quint Blend Coffee! https://www.thecrackedbeanroastery.com/product/quint-blend-coffee/131?cs=true&cst=custom Anniversary Exhibition Shirt — Living Sharks Museum https://www.livingsharks.org/museumshop/bookofquint Show notes & photos: https://t.me/jawsob https://linktr.ee/bookofquint Ryan Dacko (@bookofquint) • Instagram photos and videos https://www.instagram.com/bookofquint/ Show notes & photos: https://t.me/jawsob The Book of Quint Amity Point Publishing amitypointpublishing.com Email: JawsOB2025@gmail.com Jawsob.com BookofQuint.com Jaws Obsession UK (@JawsObsessionUK) / Twitter Jon Tedder and Quint's Sharkin' Shack: https://www.etsy.com/shop/QuintsSharkinShack ORCA REBUILD - Home (weebly.com) https://www.youtube.com/c/OrcaRebuild/featured (7) Orca Rebuild | Facebook @orca_rebuild • Instagram photos and videos Music composed by Karl Casey and White Bat Audio https://karlcasey.bandcamp.com/  https://www.youtube.com/c/WhiteBatAudio/     

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Between Sue with her Western Mass accent and Intern STefano being a Long Island native -- Kendra is trying to teach them the right way to pronounce certain town names!

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On this episode of Say Something Interesting Brent and Megan discuss last weekend's talk at EastLake. Other topics include drama club, hockey prizes, and asking God to hold on to things.

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La famille Trump rêve de développer ses innombrables projets immobiliers dans les Balkans. Sa fille Ivanka et son mari Jared Kushner ont ainsi de grandes ambitions en Albanie. Le couple veut y investir plus d'un milliard d'euros pour transformer l'île militarisée de Sazan en un nouveau lieu branché pour les ultra-riches. Les autorités albanaises déroulent le tapis rouge à la famille Trump, mais les écologistes s'inquiètent pour l'écosystème exceptionnel de la région et certains habitants redoutent de se faire expulser de leurs terres. Reportage dans la région de Vlora, dans le sud de l'Albanie. Un reportage à retrouver en entier sur le site de RFI rubrique podcast Accents d'Europe. À lire aussiLa Vjosa : en Albanie, l'un des derniers fleuves sauvages d'Europe, menacé par le tourisme...

Cathy et Orianne Robert Du Camp D'Orgas se penchent sur les défis d'apprendre le français en Suisse.Elles explorent les complexités du multilinguisme en Suisse: diversité culturelle et stéréotypes mais aussi les défis de l'enseignement des langues à l'école et la place de plus en plus importante de l'anglais. Elles parlent sans filtre des difficultés et discriminations rencontrées par les immigrants faisant face à la barrière des langues et des tests de niveau requis pour obtenir les visas. Oriane et Cathy partagent leur point de vue sur les limites des examens type DELF, DALF, TCF, TEF, Fide pour évaluer le niveau réel et leur utilité pour les apprenants qui souhaitent évoluer professionnellement.Sommaire00:00 Le multilinguisme suisse02:10 Un si petit pays avec 4 langues officielles!05:04 Différences culturelles : Suisse romande francophone vs Suisse alémanique germanophone07:14 C'est quoi l'accent suisse?10:39 Les défis de l'enseignement des langues en Suisse face à l'hégémonie internationale de l'anglais14:41 Les défis de l'apprentissage des langues pour les immigrés19:24 Les tests de langue sont-ils réellement utiles?23:19 Le rôle d'un coach linguistique selon Orianne et CathyTranscription disponible: https://francais.mypolyglotlife.com/2025/09/26/coach-de-francais-en-suisse-pour-vous-accompagner/Devenez membre Patreon pour accéder à la fiche de vocabulaire de l'épisode et enrichir votre lexique: https://www.patreon.com/c/cathyintro

Charles and Link discuss driving Lincoln's sports car to the office. Charles gives a holler out to the famous shag club in Myrtle Beach, Fat Harold's. The two react to a paint show from the '90s that's been going viral on the internet, a blind man attempting to paint a wall, and the lie detector test that Rhett & Link gave their moms years ago. Plus, Charles confronts a cheater in another edition of "I'll Help Ya Get Out Of The Woods!" C'mon and have a good time with us! Reels: 90s Painting Ladies Blind Man Tries Painting Link's Southern Accent To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Improve your English listening skills as Isi tries to guess where these 7 strong accents from the UK are from... Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:22] Hiya everybody, welcome to the Easy English Podcast. Isi: [0:27] Hello. Mitch: [0:28] I'm overdoing my enthusiasm I feel, because we are in a low energy state. We've just come back from Berlin and we both caught the dreaded Corona. Isi: [0:44] Dreaded. Mitch: [0:45] So, we've been a little bit under the weather. So, I'm going to try to infuse some extra energy to the podcast, right Isi? Isi: [0:54] Please. I don't have it today. Mitch: [0:56] Aww... but before we carry on actually, because we have just come back from Berlin and we met lots of really nice people, it wasn't anything to do with Easy English we were actually there for the Easy German Summer School. But we met loads of you who were also Easy English Podcast listeners, so huge shout-out! Isi: [1:17] Shout-out to everyone. And we also did a new episode for Easy English. Mitch: [1:21] We also made an episode in Berlin, about Berlin, comparing um... cultural, culture shocks, that we noticed in our time there, the one week we spent, before we caught the dreaded (Co)rona. But that's not what we're discussing today. Today, a little bit of a follow-on from last episode, where Isi tested me on cultural slang words. Isi: [1:46] Yes. Mitch: [1:46] The reason she did that, was because, we like to play a game now, where she quickly, guesses the accent of a person, when we're in the UK. And she's on fire. She's on a hot streak of victories. Isi: [2:02] Well... God, you make me scared. Mitch: [2:06] So I searched online and found some... because Brighton is very southern, most of the time. Only rarely do you hear someone from the far reaches of the UK, so I went and found accents from the far reaches of the UK. So we're going to play a little game, maybe you can play along with us, and pause and try to guess yourself, where you think this person's from, and we're going to discuss little hints and tips as to why we think they sound like where they're coming from. Because there are some giveaways in all of these, because they're quite strong, regional accents. Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership

This week on Two Beers and a Mic, the crew takes on a mix of laughs and bold opinions. We kick things off by debating the top accents—from smooth to downright questionable—and make our Two Beers and a Bet picks of the week. Then, we crack open and review Community Beer Co.'s Funnel Cake Ale, a brew that stirs up as much conversation as it does flavor. To wrap things up, we get creative with some new and different ways to dress beers, pushing the boundaries on what belongs in a pint glass. Tune in for banter, bold takes, and a few surprises along the way.Visit Cantrip and USE THE CODE: TWOBEERS for 30% off your first purchase!Cantrip: https://drinkcantrip.com/

Our Special Subject for September 2025 led us to watch a couple of wartime British films starring Laurence Olivier and his amazing accents: Québécois in Powell and Pressburger's The 49th Parallel (1941), which opposes a Platonic Idea of Canada to Nazi ideology, and Russian in Anthony Asquith's The Demi-Paradise (1943), an alarmingly Soviet-friendly use of the romantic comedy genre to promote cross-cultural understanding. The accents may lack technical accuracy (much like the films' depictions of various cultures), but the ideas on display are worth grappling with and the presentation entertaining, while Olivier himself is rivetingly eccentric and weirdly endearing. Other notable players include FOP Penelope Dudley-Ward, Margaret Rutherford, Glynis Johns, Leslie Howard, Felix Aylmer and Powell/Pressburger regulars Eric Portman and Anton Walbrook.  Time Codes: 0h 00m 25s:    The 49th Parallel (1941) [dir. Michael Powell] 0h 43m 38s:    THE DEMI-PARADISE (1943) [dir. Antohny Asquith] +++ * Listen to our guest episode on The Criterion Project – a discussion of Late Spring * Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s * Intro Song: “Sunday” by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of The Internet Archive) * Read Elise's piece on Gangs of New York – “Making America Strange Again” * Check out Dave's Robert Benchley blog – an attempt to annotate and reflect upon as many of the master humorist's 2000+ pieces as he can locate – Benchley Data: A Wayward Annotation Project!  Follow us on Twitter at @therebuggy Write to us at therebuggy@gmail.com We now have a Discord server - just drop us a line if you'd like to join!  st drop us a line if you'd like to join! 

Thursday's 7am hour of Mac & Cube began with a preview of Auburn vs. Oklahoma by looking at the rather full injury report, Jackson Arnold's ability, and the plan for the Auburn Tigers; then, Berry Tramel, who covers Oklahoma for the Tulsa World, tells us why John Mateer has lived up to the billing, if Jackson Arnold is viewed as a villain, and how he sees the game against Auburn playing out; later, Cole gets enamored with the accents of some broadcasters; and finally, listeners chime in with their favorite accents. "McElroy & Cubelic In The Morning" airs 7am-10am weekdays on WJOX-94.5!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Carioca Connection, Alexia and Foster dive into the world of television and series, discussing how these have been a comfort during challenging times. They explore the impact of watching series like “Succession” on their lives and touch on cultural insights about acting and accents. With humor and warmth, they reflect on the year's ups and downs and the therapeutic nature of storytelling through TV. This conversation is full of real-life Brazilian Portuguese and cultural nuggets that aren't found in textbooks. Enjoy!E agora em português…

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Davina McCall, one of TV's most popular presenters has a new book out, Birthing, co-written with the midwife, Marley Henry. Davina joins Anita Rani to talk about her stellar career so far, including hosting Big Brother for 10 years, campaigning for better menopause care and building a fitness empire. What makes her tick? And what drives her forward to clear hurdles such as an usual childhood, drug addiction and most recently, brain surgery for a benign tumour that she nicknamed Jeffrey.Funding of at least £2 million a year needs to be restored to help combat Female Genital Mutilation in the UK, according to a new report by the Women and Equalities Committee. It says that access to health services for FGM survivors in the UK is inconsistent and a postcode lottery. Anita hears from the Chair of the Women and Equalities Committee, the Labour MP Sarah Owens and from Hibo Wardere, the educational lead and co-founder of the charity Educate Not Mutilate.Last month Scottish history was made at the Glenurquhart Highland Games as the World Female Heavy Events Championship was held for the first time. The Championship brought together women from across the globe to compete in the heavyweights, including tossing the caber. As we reach the end of the season, athletes Elizabeth Elliott and Emmerleigh Barter, who competed in the games, join Anita Rani to discuss how it felt to compete at this level on home soil.If you're making your way through Essex on the train in the coming days, you might notice poems being read over the PA system, with young women and girls sharing how they feel about their accent. It's part of a new project from the University of Essex and c2c Rail, celebrating the Essex accent. Anita is joined by Dr Tara McAllister-Viel who led the project and the comedian Esther Manito who is from Essex.Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Rebecca Myatt

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GOOD CHAT | This week we delve into the topic of Childhood Heroes; We find out which accent we find sexy; Is there one type of party we prefer of the others, we discuss; We talk nerdy hobbies; and we ask how soon after returning from a trip do you unpack Catch Mick in the Morning LIVE from 6-9am weekdays on 105.1 Triple M. To watch Mick in the Morning in action, head to YouTube. And for a laugh-fuelled feed, follow @molloy and @triplemmelb on Instagram. Remember to like and share!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

En Ukraine, la religion vit au rythme des soubresauts de la politique. Après la création d'une église orthodoxe d'Ukraine indépendante de Moscou en 2018, le gouvernement a fait passer en 2024 une loi qui permet de poursuivre en justice toutes les églises encore affiliées à l'orthodoxie russe et soupçonnées d'ingérence pro-russe. Sur le terrain, religieux et fidèles ne peuvent que subir les pressions qui s'exercent à des fins partisanes. Reportage dans le village de Bobryk, dans la région de Kiev.  De notre correspondante de retour de Bobryk,  ► Un reportage à retrouver en version longue dans Accents d'Europe À lire aussiLes vétérans ukrainiens victimes des coupes budgétaires américaines

Il y a dix ans, l'Allemagne faisait face à l'arrivée de plus de 890 000 réfugiés. L'année 2015 a marqué un tournant dans l'histoire du pays, et le 31 août, la chancelière prononçait une petite phrase devenue depuis un morceau d'histoire, « Wir schaffen das », soit « nous y arriverons », en référence à l'intégration de ces personnes. Dix ans plus tard, portrait d'un jeune Syrien qui a parfaitement réussi son intégration et qui s'inquiète du tournant politique pris par sa nouvelle patrie.   De notre correspondante à Berlin, Un reportage à retrouver en entier sur la page du podcast Accents d'Europe. À lire aussi«Wir schaffen das»: dix ans plus tard, la politique migratoire d'Angela Merkel divise l'Allemagne

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It is an extra (((special))) episode on Uncertain Things as Ruth Wisse, senior fellow at the Tikvah Fund and author of Jews and Power, hosts Adaam for Friday afternoon cookies and Talmud. The two discussed the wave of resentment that threatens to consume American culture (or Annihilism, as Adaam stubbornly calls it), the problem (or lack thereof) of inequality, the Jewish rejection of Weakness Worship, and what it means to stand witness to evil.On the (((agenda))):-Neocons love assimilation [1:30]-Accents are genocide [9:00]-The idea that disparity is evil is evil [17:00]-Charity and dignity (and pity) [27:00]-Gratitude, resentment, and feminism [34:00]-What's up with American Jews… plus American liberalism… plus standing witness to evil [48:00]Also:-Adaam and Yuval Levin talk about the nature of liberalism, beauty and conservatism-Howard Jacobson at Tablet Magazine on the death of a tailor Get full access to Uncertain Things at uncertain.substack.com/subscribe

The crew revisits the 1985 release Southern Accents from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.  Rock On!Live in Wantaugh, NY July 14, 1985:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS-iStZ-z_Q&list=RDHS-iStZ-z_Q&start_radio=1&pp=ygUgdG9tIHBldHR5IGxpdmUgMTk4NSBmdWxsIGNvbmNlcnSgBwE%3DTheme song "Trance" by The Steepwater Band.  On tour now!Website: https://ridiculousrockrecordreviews.buzzsprout.comContact us! e-mail: ridiculousrockrecords@gmail.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/R4podcastTwitter/X: @r4podcasterInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/r4podcaster/

When your family is from a place with a distinctive, often-mockable accent, and you don't have that accent but can (and do) readily fall into it as soon as you get around anyone who does their vowels like a Minnesotan, you learn to love accents. And then, as soon as you take any class (or read any text) in the anthropology/sociology/cultural analysis realm, you start thinking about accents as signifiers: of place, of race, of social status, of education, of insider/outsider status… the meanings feel endless. I'm SO thrilled to have Dr. Nicole Holliday on this week's episode to go deep and nerdy on all of your very complicated (or, sometimes, deceptively simple) questions about accents — most of them American, but we've got a few Canadian questions in there, too. And I can pretty much guarantee: you're going to absolutely devour this episode. It's the platonic ideal of a Culture Study ep, and I can't wait to discuss it. Thanks to the sponsors of today's episode!Zbiotics Sugar-to-Fiber: Go to zbiotics.com/CULTURESTUDY and use CULTURESTUDY at checkout for 15% off any first time orders of ZBiotics probiotics. ZBiotics has a 100% money-back guarantee, so if you're unsatisfied for any reason they will refund your money, no questions asked.Article: Article is offering our listeners $50 off your first purchase of $100 or more. To claim, visit ARTICLE.COM/culture and the discount will be automatically applied at checkout.Head to moshlife.com/CULTURE to save 20% off plus free shipping on the best sellers trial pack or the new plant-based trial packHead to Ollie.com/CULTURE, tell them all about your dog, and use code CULTURE to get 60% off your Welcome Kit when you subscribe todayJoin the ranks of paid subscribers and get bonus content, access to the discussion threads, ad-free episodes, and the knowledge that you're supporting an indie pod trying to make its way in the world. If you're already a subscriber-- thank you! Join us in the discussion thread for this episode! Got a question or idea for a future episode? Visit culturestudypod.substack.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit culturestudypod.substack.com/subscribe

Hey there, it's Trey Kennedy, joined by Jake, my wife Katie, and Derek behind the cameras for a lively Correct Opinions episode. So, I found this weird bug bite, and my dermatologist mentioned Lyme disease, which sent me down a Google rabbit hole, panicking about ticks. Katie and Jake, of course, had a field day teasing me about it. Somehow Katie mixes up Spider-Man with “Superman Spider.” Jake correctly points out how British and Australian singers fake their accents.  Oh, and a huge thank you for supporting my Basic Cellars wine! Use code RECTIE for 33% off and grab some rosé for your summer gatherings.  http://basiccellars.com Function is offering 160+ Lab Tests for $365 to anyone who signs up between July 7th and July 11th visit http://functionhealth.com/TREY Download the Cash app today! https://cash.app/download Use our exclusive referral code [CORRECTOPINIONS] in your profile, send $5 to a friend within 14 days, and you'll get $10 dropped right into your account. Join the patreon! http://patreon.com/treykennedy Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL3ESPT9yf1T8x6L0P4d39w?sub_confirmation=1