The boys kick off the second year of the podcast with some quick updates including Cody's plans to return to Canada, Markus buzzing with his language routine and Ian stuck in quarantine taking copious amounts of italki lessons. First the guys discuss the advantages and disadvantages of having a language partner on a platform like HelloTalk compared to having a tutor on italki. Then the convo shifts to a debate and deliberation on the most optimal way to optimize vocabulary acquisition and how ultimately polyglots use a multi-pronged approach to this dilemma.