Canguro English

Episode

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  Canguro in the Wild 005 17.09.2026 1j 36mnt

  Join Christian and Matt as they analyze a famous film scene starring Tom Cruise & Jack Nicholson.
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  Word Routes 005 11.09.2026 54mnt

  Join Christian and Matt as they take a surprising word journey from die to hazard.
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  Ask Canguro 004 03.09.2026 1j 28mnt

  Join Christian and Matt as they answer listener questions. Today's big question: Why is English spelling so irregular, and can it be replaced with a better system?
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  Canguro in the Wild 004 28.08.2026 1j 25mnt

  Join Christian and Matt as they look at 10 interesting words & expressions from a short news report.
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  Word Routes 004 20.08.2026 51mnt

  Join Christian and Matt as they take a surprising word journey from a sausage to a wedding.
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  Ask Canguro 003 13.08.2026 1j 26mnt

  Join Christian and Matt as they answer listener questions. Today's big question: How many English words should we know to speak fluently?
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  Canguro in the Wild 003 06.08.2026 1j 27mnt

  Join Christian and Matt as they rank the top five nouns, verbs, and multi-word constructions from a heartfelt poem about a dog.
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  Word Routes 003 30.07.2026 47mnt

  Join Christian and Matt as they take a surprising word journey from a wife to the Louvre.
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  Ask Canguro 002 23.07.2026 1j 19mnt

  Join Christian and Matt as they answer listener questions. Today's big question: Is grammar important?
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  Ask Canguro 001 16.07.2026 1j 16mnt

  Join Christian and Matt as they answer listener questions. Today's big question: How to move passive vocabulary into active vocabulary!
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  Canguro in the Wild 002 09.07.2026 1j 30mnt

  Join Christian and Matt as they rank the top five multi-word constructions, cultural references, and medical words from a famous Steve Jobs speech.
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  Canguro in the Wild 001 02.07.2026 1j 34mnt

  Join Christian and Matt as they rank the top five adjectives, verbs, and phrasal verbs from a famous Steve Jobs speech.
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  Word Routes 002 25.06.2026 47mnt

  Join Christian and Matt on an exciting journey through English vocabulary from horse to helicopter.
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  Word Routes 001 19.06.2026 46mnt

  Join Christian and Matt on an exciting journey through English vocabulary from mouse to chef.
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  The podcast is back! 17.06.2026 20mnt

  The Canguro English podcast is back! In this episode you will learn about why the podcast stopped, why it's returning, and what you can expect in the future. See you in class!
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  Accent and identity (with Erik Singer) 13.07.2021 1j 21mnt

  If you know me and my work then you know that I talk a lot about identity, and especially how your accent is a big part of your identity: your accent tells the story of your life. But if you do want to change your accent, or improve your pronunciation, how do you do it? Recently I had the pleasure of talking to someone with expert answers to that question: Erik Singer, a dialect coach who helps film and television actors to speak with an accent that is not their native accent, and because of this he knows exactly what it takes mentally and physically to change the way you speak. In this interview we talk about how to change your accent, the best ways to practice, but more importantly if and why you should try to ‘speak like a native’. I hope you enjoy it.
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  The state of modern linguistics | The Story of Language | Bonus episode 13.06.2021 1j 4mnt

  Welcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. In this bonus episode we talk about the state of modern linguistics, including the effects of the replication crisis, scientific fraud, Anglocentrism, and how the underappreciated work of Charles Sanders Peirce might offer a universal theory of how language works.
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  Embodied cognition | The Story of Language | Episode 12 06.06.2021 1j 7mnt

  Welcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. In this episode we discuss embodied cognition and the uncontroversial fact that the brain is an organ of the body, which then leads to the very controversial conclusion that our brain is no more important than our skin, and that imagining the world as if you had eyes in your toes can lead to some revolutionary new thinking.
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  Dark matter of the mind | The Story of Language | Episode 11 30.05.2021 1j 31mnt

  Welcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. In this episode we discuss the content of Dan’s book Dark Matter of the Mind, which lays out Dan’s theory of culture. The book contains bold statements as ‘brains do not learn’ and ‘science is NOT pure rational thought’, but after this conversation you might change your mind about the raw power of viewing the world from the perspective of Dark Matter.
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  The cognitive revolution | The Story of Language | Episode 10 16.05.2021 1j 16mnt

  Welcome to The Story of Language: an original podcast series about language, linguistics, cognition, and culture. In this episode we talk about the cognitive revolution, and whether the revolution really exists at all. We discuss the beginnings and the state of the art of the study of cognition and show why it’s important to celebrate all discoveries as progress, even if they are doomed to failure.