Welcome to the new Beyond Fluency — a consolidation of The Fluency Fix, Native To Me, and Teach Me, Too into one cohesive podcast exploring language learning through critique, conversation, and resource.

In this inaugural episode, LJ explains why running five podcasts became unsustainable, how the three-energies framework works, and what listeners can expect moving forward. Using the theme "What Does It Mean to Sound Like Yourself?" — the episode demonstrates how critique (dismantling accent reduction myths), conversation (exploring linguistic identity through a student's story), and resource (introducing the Voice Mapping exercise) work together in every episode.