Jachym Simko
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Hey folks, I'm a total aficionado of all kinds of sports, e. g. badminton and cycling. I'm interested in languages and civil engineering.
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Where did you meet with the lucky woman, to curious minds usually known under the nickname "your wife"? Was it in the UK, Italy or Malta?
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Hi
Alastair Budge
you have done an excellent job for the past year. It's pretty amazing.
You have shared with us the top ten countries with most listeners from. Do you also have the same statistics applied per country's population? The statistics would be quite different, I think.
you have done an excellent job for the past year. It's pretty amazing.
You have shared with us the top ten countries with most listeners from. Do you also have the same statistics applied per country's population? The statistics would be quite different, I think.
I agree wholeheartedly.
Alastair Budge
, you've done a tremendous job so far and I'm sure next year's gonna be even better!
I'd also like to congratulate
Ramsay
. You're doing a great job writing all these blog posts. I'd really like to see the possibility to comment on them, because many of the posts are excellent starting points for discussion.
A big thank you to both of you!
I'd also like to congratulate
A big thank you to both of you!
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Thanks for your kind words
Jachym Simko
, and of course for your membership, engagement and enthusiasm. It's awesome 💪
As to your question, the statistician in me wants to do nothing more than spend hours cross-referencing population & census data with the download numbers for all sorts of different countries in the world...
I'm also a little 'against the clock' trying to write, record, edit and schedule everything so that I can have a little 'time off' over the festive period while it still appearing like I'm hard at work.
So I am going to have to save that particular bit of analysis for January....but here are some initial observations
- When looked at as a percentage of population, the Czech Republic is quite a popular place for the podcast. It accounts for 0.65% of all downloads, but the Czech Rep is around 0.14% of the total population.
- Comparatively speaking, nobody listens to it in China. Only 0.4% of total downloads are from China, but, of course, China accounts for a lot more of the global population than that. Specifically, China is 18.47% of the world population.
So, to the question of 'how much more popular is the podcast with the average person in Czech Rep vs. the average person in China', the answer is 214 times more popular*.
I can see how this could quickly get very fun but also eat up my entire day, so I'm going to stop here, but is this the sort of thing that you were asking about?
*If my calculations are correct...
As to your question, the statistician in me wants to do nothing more than spend hours cross-referencing population & census data with the download numbers for all sorts of different countries in the world...
I'm also a little 'against the clock' trying to write, record, edit and schedule everything so that I can have a little 'time off' over the festive period while it still appearing like I'm hard at work.
So I am going to have to save that particular bit of analysis for January....but here are some initial observations
- When looked at as a percentage of population, the Czech Republic is quite a popular place for the podcast. It accounts for 0.65% of all downloads, but the Czech Rep is around 0.14% of the total population.
- Comparatively speaking, nobody listens to it in China. Only 0.4% of total downloads are from China, but, of course, China accounts for a lot more of the global population than that. Specifically, China is 18.47% of the world population.
So, to the question of 'how much more popular is the podcast with the average person in Czech Rep vs. the average person in China', the answer is 214 times more popular*.
I can see how this could quickly get very fun but also eat up my entire day, so I'm going to stop here, but is this the sort of thing that you were asking about?
*If my calculations are correct...
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Hi
Alastair Budge
,
I have got one more feedback for you.
I believe that before the last update it was possible to see the bar with the time and the play button all the time, but since the last update when I scroll down to the transcript, the bar is no longer there.
I'd be very glad if you put the feature back.
Thanks
I have got one more feedback for you.
I believe that before the last update it was possible to see the bar with the time and the play button all the time, but since the last update when I scroll down to the transcript, the bar is no longer there.
I'd be very glad if you put the feature back.
Thanks
You are quite right
Jachym Simko
, thanks for pointing that out.
If you check it again now, it should be fixed.
If you check it again now, it should be fixed.
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I'm surprised nobody has suggested it yet. I'm missing the "skip backwards (forwards) 5 second" button.
It would be a great feature and I think many people would find useful. You could make the time selectable so you would fit everyone's needs.
It would be a great feature and I think many people would find useful. You could make the time selectable so you would fit everyone's needs.
Good idea
Jachym Simko
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I think I actually disabled this on the player (to try and make it less cluttered / cleaner), but I will look into it asap and implement it if it's possible.
I think I actually disabled this on the player (to try and make it less cluttered / cleaner), but I will look into it asap and implement it if it's possible.
I had previously not done this because I thought it looked too crowded on a mobile.
What do you think?
It's there, perfect... almost. If there were a possibility to change in the settings by how many seconds it shifts, I would rate it as perfetto.
I wonder how many people work with the transcripts on their mobile phones - do you have some data?
EDIT: I love that arrows work as skip forward/backward button.
I wonder how many people work with the transcripts on their mobile phones - do you have some data?
EDIT: I love that arrows work as skip forward/backward button.
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The huge advantage for foreigners is that they come with a transcript.
However, I'd like to ask you if you know any British podcast producer with podcasts accompanied by transcripts. And I am talking about podcasts for natives.
It's a great question
Jachym Simko
, and I fear that in this category British podcasters are slightly behind our colleagues across the pond.
One that you might be interested in checking out is something called Curio - https://curio.io/
It's not a podcast, as such, but it makes audio versions of really interesting articles from a variety of publications. There's a free version which allows you to listen to 10 stories a month, and a paid version (which gives you everything).
They all have transcripts, and the ones I've listened to are all spoken in a British accent.
Have a listen and let me know what you think :)
One that you might be interested in checking out is something called Curio - https://curio.io/
It's not a podcast, as such, but it makes audio versions of really interesting articles from a variety of publications. There's a free version which allows you to listen to 10 stories a month, and a paid version (which gives you everything).
They all have transcripts, and the ones I've listened to are all spoken in a British accent.
Have a listen and let me know what you think :)
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Hi Alastair,
I'd like to contribute again to your superb podcast in form of episode suggestion. Aren't you tired of me yet? 😀 I hope not.
Anyway, your podcast is quite related to language learning and it's based on learning from natives who provide great educational content, you being one of them. It is doubtless bad if there's no native speaker in your country, but I suppose it's worse if there isn't any native on the whole planet and the language is unknown to everyone. And in this case, we have to use a method called decipherment . Maybe you could present us what techniques are employed by language decipherers nowadays, and tell us some interesting stories about how languages were deciphered?
Do you (all) think it would make for an interesting podcast?
I'd like to contribute again to your superb podcast in form of episode suggestion. Aren't you tired of me yet? 😀 I hope not.
Anyway, your podcast is quite related to language learning and it's based on learning from natives who provide great educational content, you being one of them. It is doubtless bad if there's no native speaker in your country, but I suppose it's worse if there isn't any native on the whole planet and the language is unknown to everyone. And in this case, we have to use a method called decipherment . Maybe you could present us what techniques are employed by language decipherers nowadays, and tell us some interesting stories about how languages were deciphered?
Do you (all) think it would make for an interesting podcast?
That's a really interesting idea
Jachym Simko
. Let me look into it properly.
Have you listened to this one? What Happens When Languages Die? - it doesn't go into decipherment, but I imagine there is some overlap.
Have you listened to this one? What Happens When Languages Die? - it doesn't go into decipherment, but I imagine there is some overlap.
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Have you ever met a curious mind from Leonardo English in real life?
Maybe we can have a Leonardo English get together in Malta one day? 1-week full-immersion learning 🤩😍
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I forgot to thank
Larissa Rizzo
for moderating our group. We wouldn't have moved in the conversation if there weren't for you. So, thank you very much, Larissa.
Looking forward to our next Q&A session 🤓
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I'd like to suggest you a topic for an upcoming episode. My idea is to make an episode about superstitions in general, the history behind Friday the 13th, black cats and other superstitions, and if people still believe in them.
I reckon it might make up a fascinating story. After all, your interpretation makes any story fantastic.
The ones I've done about conspiracy theories (and pseudoscience) have all been quite popular, and I have to admit that I find the area pretty interesting myself.
You are too kind - I only try to make these stories as interesting as I can, and if I've achieved that, well that makes me happy.
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Who doesn't love English pronunciation?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZV40f0cXF4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZV40f0cXF4
What's spelling like in Czech?
English is terrible like this, and I feel sorry for any learner. There are as many exceptions to the rules as there are rules, sometimes.
However, the fact that English spelling/pronunciation can be so difficult does lead to some strange results.
Have you heard of the concept of a 'Spelling Bee'?
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