StoryLearning Podcast

About StoryLearning Podcast

Got a burning language learning question? I’m Olly Richards and I've learned 8 languages through stories. Every Wednesday, I answer your questions and chat to world-class language experts. Whether you're learning Spanish, German, Japanese, or something else, tune in for insider tips and practical strategies to get fluent fast. Each week you get: - Answers to your biggest language learning challenges - Story-based techniques to accelerate your progress - Tried and tested tips from my 25+ years of experience No flashcards or memorisation. Just story-based learning that actually works.

Publisher

Olly Richards

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Apr 2015

Latest episode

21 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

22 of 491 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   555: How to actually SPEAK your new language (starting today)

   👉 Grab your FREE Guide, How to Speak in ANY Language: https://l.storylearning.com/speak 👉 Sign up now for the StoryLearning App: https://l.storylearning.com/read-in-15 In this episode, I'm going to go rapid fire through questions on speaking your new language, because a lot of people are asking me about freezing up, people switching to English or being shy and anxious. These are real problems. What's interesting is that most of them aren't linguistic problems. They're not about learning the language. They're about use of the language. And the thing about using a foreign language is that it involves people. When it comes to people, we all have all different kinds of struggles, from social anxiety to shyness, to self-imposed pressure. So we're going to get into how to fix that in this episode. Mentioned in this episode: 🤖 AI tutoring from Langua: https://l.storylearning.com/langua-ai 👉 Got a question you want Olly to answer on the podcast? Submit it here: https://storylearning.com/ask_Olly_your_question 👉 Get a 7-day FREE trial to one of my story-based language courses: https://storylearning.com/Language_Courses 👉 Check out my all-inclusive VIP language programme with guaranteed results: https://storylearning.com/StoryLearning_VIP_Info #storylearning #learnthroughstories

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   14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   554: How to Read a Language You Can't Read ... Yet!

   Host Olly Richards shares strategies for reading in a foreign language even when the script is unfamiliar, empowering learners to overcome script barriers.

3. 

   12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   553: This weird study habit gets you fluent FAST (even if you're lazy)

   Host Olly Richards reveals a surprisingly simple study habit that accelerates language fluency, even for the unmotivated.

Inside a recent episode

555: How to actually SPEAK your new language (starting today)

Published 21 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] You could prepare something, read that aloud and record yourself. It's a good way to kind of monitor. what's being said right so you first of all you output you speak and then you record and that allows you to self monitor which gives you a good awareness of how you're speaking so there's a few ideas for you there second people switch to english this is the classic curse of the english speaker we know the language we grow up speaking the language that is now used by everyone around the world what a blessing right Until you try to practice Dutch with a Dutch person and realize they have absolutely no interest in speaking Dutch with you and they're just going to switch to English. […]

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• Lamont McLeod
• Xiaoma NYC
• Arieh Smith

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

247 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

79 ratings

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