Rick and Dave answer not-made-up questions from non-fictitious listeners for the benefit of providing information to actual listeners and not simply for the sake of hearing themselves talk and thinking that they sound smart and wonderful. All hail Rick and Dave. Download The Audio Show Notes Some highlights so you can avoid the lowlights: 01:22 …
Episode 6: Sound Advice (Accents and Pronunciation)
How do you acquire a decent accent? What do those weird symbols in transcriptions and fancy books mean? What does our mouth need to do in order to sound like an authentic Mongolian speaker, and will it get us arrested or admired? Heck if we know, but we talk like we do. Now with 20%…
Episode 5: Do You Have What It Takes?
What are some qualities that will help you with language study? Do you have to be a language nerd? Should you aspire for perfection? What do Rick and Dave think are helpful traits for language learning? If you answered “yes, I can!” to any of these questions, go back and read them again because your…
Episode 4: I Can’t Do This Alone (How Your Loved Ones Can Help)
In this episode, Rick and Dave talk about how you might get your family and/or friends to support your foolish language habit. But don’t expect anyone to be happy about that hat you’re wearing! Download The Audio
Episode 3: Reality vs. Hype (and How Long Does It Really Take?)
In this episode, Rick and Dave explore the myths of learning languages in unreasonably short periods of time and describe how painfully hard it is to learn a language. In fact, learning a language is almost as hard as listening to Rick talking. Still want to listen to the podcast and/or study a language? You’re…
Episode 2: Pick a Language, Any Language…?
In this episode, Rick and Dave discuss how to pick a language based on their advanced qualifications (Pfft! Darn, I knew I couldn’t say that with a straight face) and years of experience of trying to pick the “right” language to learn. There’s romance, car chases, and an ending so shocking and unexpected that you…
Episode 1: Introductions (and Some Lollygagging)
In this episode, Rick (pictured left) and Dave (pictured right, inebriated) introduce themselves, discuss their experience learning languages past and present, and are totally oblivious to the poor sound quality and horrible edits made to the audio. Hey, the first time is never perfect! (And usually results in someone swearing a lot and my car…