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Welcome to the Fluent Show's annual WOTY Extravaganza ✨

Exploring AI language goals, language bots, and a global banquet from rizz to crisis mode. This episode has something for everyone!

Get the full show notes and links to all words of the year at https://www.fluent.show/243

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Welcome to episode 242, introducing a very special guest. I'm pretty excited for this interview with my friend Josh Goldsmith from techforword. Josh is a super impressive person: UN and EU interpreter, successful entrepreneur, and an all-round sunny soul.

In this episode, you'll learn about

Interpreting - what's it like and how do you get the good jobs?

Tech for Languages - why does it change the game for language learners...and what to remember if you're scared it'll be hard to use

Artificial intelligence! - will the robot butlers become our future language tutors?

But best of all, Josh is my partner for a brand new language learning project! We're calling it AI Language Club, and starting next month we will start bringing you the freshest ideas and experiments so YOU can use new AI tools to help you learn languages faster.

We would LOVE to have you join us in AI Language Club, our project that aims to make language learning fun and engaging by exploring different AI tools. Join the waitlist at www.ailanguageclub.com

"Technology helps us do our jobs better, be more efficient, be more accurate, and it's also a lot of fun." (Josh)

by the way..

This interview marks the start of a new era in the Fluent Show...maintenance mode! How do you like it? Want to send feedback? I always love hearing from you at kerstin@fluentlanguage.co.uk or Instagram: http://instagram.com/kerstin_fluent/. If you like, use #thefluentshow for your post!
Special Guest: Josh Goldsmith.

Aren't words of the year the BEST?? Definitely no quiet quitting or shrinkflation over here because today is a bonus! We're coming out of goblin mode for this special topic (what a vibe shift) and having a lot of fun learning words from all over the world, including the UK, Australia, USA, Germany, Austria, Portugal and Norway.

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So this is it and the last episode is a good one!! Lindsay and I close this chapter of the Fluent Show in true style, with

lots of YOUR listener feedback and beautiful messages

why finishing things can be beautiful, and how to escape the dreaded feeling of "what could have been"

a look at the secret box of lost Fluent Show episodes that we never got to make

a QUIZ!! Hah, didn't think we'd skip that did you?

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In this episode I'm joined by my friend Bec Howie, a passionate language lover from Australia. Bec and I chat about how languages have made a difference in our lives. You think of them as a hobby, but we've found that learning a language has..

changed our career paths

given us amazing new options

helped us find love

made us more confident

Listen in for a massive boost of motivation!

Plus: The Fluent Show's FINAL Episode

The next episode, number 240, is pretty special... because 😰 it is going to be the final episode of the Fluent Show. This podcast I have created and hosted for 9 years is coming to an end.

I’m going to miss you all so much, your feedback, your voices when you send in intros, questions, and your long and short emails that you sent me to share what you thought about the new episodes.

During the 9 years of running the Fluent Show, I have grown as a person, a podcaster, and a language professional. I’ve learnt so much, and there have been hundreds of wonderful guests. While this will be the final Fluent Show episode, I am not going to tell you it’s forever.** Please make sure you stay subscribed on this feed for further news.**

YOUR TURN: I want to hear from you!

I want YOUR voices, your stories, your feedback on the last episode! You can send me anything, but especially your Fluent Show memories.

Which episodes stood out to you?

Have you made friends who are listeners too?

How did you discover the show?

What’s the weirdest place you’ve ever listened?

I want to know it all!!!

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Email me (ideally WITH audio!!) at kerstin@fluentlanguage.co.uk and I will be so delighted to add your story to our extra special episode 240.

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Special Guest: Rebecca Howie.