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Welcome one and all, especially if this is your first time visiting us. We decided that our first episode doesn't really paint a good picture of what we do here, so we made a bonus episode as an intro to the pod.

So this is what Speaking English is all about: a little about ourselves, what you can expect from us here, and what we do in our different types of episodes.

Thanks for listening, and hope to see you around !

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We're back in action this week again with another wrap-up episode of the best of what we read and watched in May 2024:

Introduction and Weeks (0:00)

Mailbag and Op-Ed (12:19)

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance featured in Ep. 15

Books we read (17:22)

Federico Garcia Lorca by Ian Gibson

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

La Nochevieja de Montalbano by Andrea Camilleri

Movies we watched (32:46)

The Addams Family (1991)

Red River (1948)

The Blues Brothers (1980)

My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

Evil Does Not Exist (2023)

City Lights (1931)

When Marnie Was There (2014)

Challengers (2024)

Perfect Days (2023)

Ivan's Childhood (1962)

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Coming Up on the Pod (1:21:54)

Our Album Recs (1:23:09)

Ladies of the Canyon -Joni Mitchell

A Sailor's Guide to Earth -Sturgill Simpson

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It's a new movie this time around, as we watched The Fall Guy (2024) d. David Leitch, a PG-13 picture we may add. A fun time for all involved.

Bullet Train was discussed in Episode 158 for the record.

Introduction and what we've been up to (0:00)

Mailbag (7:36)

The Fall Guy (17:34)

What's Coming up on the Pod (44:40)

Our album recs (47:22)

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We're back at it this week with another movie episode, this time watching What a Way to Go! (1964). It was a wonderful time for one and all.

Intro and Our Weeks (0:00)

Mailbag and Editorial Corner ? (8:36)

What a Way to Go! (15:02)

What's coming up on the pod (54:34)

Our Album Recs (59:53)

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We're back with a movie episode this week: The Face of Another (1966) d. Hiroshi Teshigahara. Listen to hear what we thought about it, as well as some other fun stuff.

Intro (00:00)

All about our weeks (1:45)

Mailbag (12:27)

The Face of Another (12:40)

What's Next on the Pod (45:18)

Our Album Recs (50:10)

Other Episodes mentioned:

The Devil All the Time Ep. 30

100 episode special Eps. 99-101

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We're back in action once again, with a wrap-up for both March and April this time. The best of what we read and watched, and whether you should check it out too:

Intro & How our weeks have been (00:00)

Mailbag (11:20)

Books we read (12:36)

Movies we watched (26:50)

What's coming up next episode (1:34:14)

Albums for the week (1:38:00)

Other Episodes mentioned:

Norwegian Wood: Ep. 51

La Notte: Eps. 95 &96

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Book Club is back, and this time we read Stoner by John Williams. This book is a frank portrayal of a life with all of its ups and downs, and we thought it was a bleak yet oddly satisfying read.

Other Episodes mentioned:

Wings of Desire - ep 184

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The Shiners have arrived once again! Tune in to see who took home the prizes in the biggest movie award show around !

Intro (00:00)

Our Previous Shiners episodes: 108, 152

What We Did This Week (02:30)

Quick Oscars Discussion (09:46)

The Shiners Begin (15:20)

Ensemble Cast (16:30)

Best Soundtrack (20:16)

Screenplay (22:57)

Sound Design (25:20)

Editing (27:30)

Costuming (31:13)

Production Design (33:38)

Supporting Performance (35:32)

Cinematography (37:41)

Most Unique Picture (40:50)

Direction (43:11)

Lead Performance (45:15)

Best Picture (47:50)

Award Show Conclusion (51:38)

- I wanted to point out here that Nobody Knows is also one of our favorite movies of last year that didn't end up winning any awards

What's Coming Up on the Pod (54:31)

Our Album Recs (55:58)

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We're back with another wrap-up for the month of February 2024. All the best of what we read and watched over the past month.

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We're back after another fairly long break with two movies for the price of one. This week we watched Wings of Desire (1987) and After Life (1998), two more entries from the Criterion Channel's Interdimensional Romance collection.

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