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Be Fluent in Russian Podcast — 240 episodes

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E240 - Detailed: About weather

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E239 - The most difficult part of immigration

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E238 - How Dostoevsky met his wife

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E237 - Practicing pronunciation with Pushkin

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E236 - Easy-Medium-Hard listening about pets

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E235 - Slow Russian - what my typical trip to Russia looks like

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E234 - Slow Russian - New methods of teaching

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E233 - I've finished War and Peace (3 levels of difficulty)

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E232 - Finishing Requiem

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E231 - Akhmatova's most iconic piece - Requiem

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E230 - Why Ahmatova's poems were not written

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E229 - Ahmatova's major life event

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E228 - Ahmatova's short biography

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E227 - Talking about politics in the world

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E226 - My goals for 2026

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E225 - Unknown story about War and Peace

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E224 - My thoughts on War and Peace

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E223 - War and Peace of Tolstoy

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E222 - Culture shocks I've experienced when I got to the US

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E221 - My thoughts on Turgenev's Rudin

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E220 - Story about Turgenev and a Hunter

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E219 - Ivan Turgenev's biography

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E218 - We got a dog! Let's talk about it :)

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E217 - The origins or psychological theatre

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E216 - My information detox

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E215 - Difference between Soviet and US cartoons

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E214 - Winnie-the-Pooh in the Soviet Union

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E213 - Thinking out loud

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E212 - Ivanov's greatest work

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E211 - Tereshkova's secret

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Be Fluent in Russian Show #4 - How I got fluent in English

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E209 - Flights and all the details about flying

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E208 - Story about Tolstoy

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Be Fluent in Russian Show #3 - Russian Education System, How to learn grammar

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Be Fluent in Russian Show #2 - "The father" of Russian, never forget vocab

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E205 - My recent 10k race

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Be Fluent in Russian Show #1 - Victory day, long-term fluency, 10 crucial verbs

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E203 - Our recent trip to Japan

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E202 - Talking about Saharov

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E201 - Who works for BeFluent

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E200 - Was Dostoyevskiy a gambler?

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E199 - Slow Russian - Moving places

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E198 - My plans for April - Fast Russian

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E197 - Slow Russian - Going to Russia this past month

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E196 - The reason why everyone should be in nature more

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E195 - The reason why I love cooking

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E194 - Things I do when I get back home

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E193 - Griboyedov's call for more life in our lives!

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E192 - My latest obsession - Soviet Movies

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E191 - A true treat from Brodskiy

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E190 - How Russians celebrate the New Year

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E189 - Lermontov's Angel

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E188 - The sports we played in school

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E187 - Learning from Lermontov's poem on a beggar

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E186 - Russia's math lessons (well, in my school anyway)

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E185 - Tsvetaeva's call for understanding

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E184 - The devices I use - Listening practice

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E183 - We're still learning from Marina Tsvetaeva!

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E182 - Things we used to read in school

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E181 - Tsvetaeva's greates poem for language learning

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E180 - A story about unexpected ice

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E179 - Marina Tsvetaeva's most famous poem

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E178 - Listening to Russian music

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E177 - Reading Chekhov together #18

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E176 - Reading Chekhov together #17

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E175 - Pushkin's The Covetous knight - my thoughts

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E174 - Reading Chekhov together #16

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E173 - Podcast about my health and overall thoughts

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E172 - Pushkin's The Captain's Daughter

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E171 - Reading Chekhov together #15

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E170 - about how I used to take vocal lessons

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E169 - Reading Chekhov together #14

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E168 - Reading Chekhov together #13

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E167 - 100% natural Russian speech, no slowing down.

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E166 - Surprising facts about Pushkin's biography

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E165 - Reading Chekhov together #12

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E164 - Why we went to Russia (back in 2021)

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E163 - Reading Chekhov together #11

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E162 - Reading Harry Potter for the first time

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E161 - Reading Chekhov together #10

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E160 - Top 3 foundational mistakes Russian learners make

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E159 - Reading Chekhov together #9

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E158 - Listening practice - What's our approach to teaching Russian?

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E155 - Reading Chekhov together #8

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E156 - Listening practice about sports

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E155 - Reading Chekhov together #7

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E154 - Some slang and listening practice

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E153 -Reading Chekhov together #6

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E152 - Story about a bear - for ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS!

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Talks with Victoria #47 - Dealing with prefixes and small talk

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E150 - Reading Chekhov together #5

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E149 - Reading Chekhov together #4

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Talks with Victoria #46 - What book are you reading?

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E147 - Reading Chekhov together #3

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E146 - Reading Chekhov together #2

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E145 - Our work on BeFluent

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E144 - Reading Chekhov together #1

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E143 - Recent travels (Part 2)

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E142 - Talking about my recent travels (and useful vocab)

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E141 - Listening practice for ABSOLUTE beginners!

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E140 - Let 2024 begin!

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E139 - How we prepare for the Camps

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E138 - My 2023 reflection

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Talks with Victoria #45 - Happy Thanksgiving!

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Talks with Victoria #44 - Watching a 40s Movie

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E135 - Reading poems all Russian 1st-graders learn

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Talks with Victoria #43 - Our Halloween Weekend

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E133 - Working on my health

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Talks with Victoria #42 - Going out with friends again!

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E131 - Another poem! This time - Esenin!

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Talks with Victoria #41 - Weather, slang, and our first date!

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E129 - Reading Pushkin's Poem!

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E128 - My Real Russian - talking about an obsession

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Talks with Victoria #40 - watching Sex Education and our thoughts on it

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E126 - We both got sick:(

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E125 - Social Media and mental health

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E124 - Knowledge Day!

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Talks with Victoria #39 - Victoria went to a Russian speaking club!

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E122 - My dream house

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Talks with Victoria #38 - How well you know prefixes?

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E120 - Everything I did in a week

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Talks with Victoria #37 - Our trip to Batumi

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E118 - Things I learned about credit!

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E117 - how do Russians get educated?

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Talks with Victoria #36 - Чё докопался???

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E115 - Test if you're A1 level!

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Talks with Victoria #35 - Meeting a new friend again!

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E113 - How I got my scar...

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Talks with Victoria #34 - We made new friends

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E111 - A new game I recently got into

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Talks with Victoria #33 - How was your day?

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E109 - My first time travelling alone!

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Talks with Victoria #32 - Your birthday next week!

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E107 - Ideal path of your Russian learning

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Talks with Victoria #31 - How was your week?

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E105 - How I almost became a rapper

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Talks with Victoria #30 - What do you like about me?

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E103 - Top verbs with prefixes

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Talks with Victoria #29 - The time someone lied to you

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E101 - Content I listen to and watch regularly

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Talks with Victoria #28 - 100th EPISODE!!!

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E99 - family reunion in Armenia

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Talks with Victoria #27 - Doing sports

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E97 - the only office job that I had

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Talks with Victoria #26 - Talking about schools in Russia VS schools in America

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E95 - Talking about doctors and hospitals

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Talks with Victoria #25 - Victoria's new favorite show

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E93 - about КИНО band

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Talks with Victoria #24 - How was your day?

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E91 - How I got into cooking

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Talks with Victoria #23 - Choosing between Paris, Moscow, and St. Petersburg

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E89 - How I got into gaming

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Talks with Victoria #22 - Where were you, Victoria?

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E87 - A story of how I got to NYC... tough one

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E86 - Resolving your learning roadblocks in Russian

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E85 - Talking about family

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E84 - 20 beginner verbs

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E83 - basic talk about groceries

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Talks with Victoria #21 - A story about living in the wilderness

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E81 - My evergrowing love for COFFEE

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Talks with Victoria #20 - Pronunciation struggle

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E79 - Education

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Talks with Victoria #19 - Cooking or ordering food?

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E77 - Let's talk about...furniture!

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Talks with Victoria #18 - 7 More phrases + Dialogue in Russian

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E75 - Music vocabulary + My new favorite bands

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Talks with Victoria #17 - 10 Amazing phrases! The progress is real!

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E73 - My typical schedule as a kid in school + some cultural stuff:)

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Talks with Victoria #16 - How is OUR diet these days?

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E71 - My health right now, and what I do to lose weight

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Talks with Victoria #15 - Do you like to dance?

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E69 - St. Valentine's Day in Russia!

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Talks with Victoria #14 - How are the cases going?

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E67 - Why I LOVE Winter

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Talks with Victoria #13 - Talking abour art!

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E65 - 3-year Anniversary of our marriage:) Talking about it!

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Talks with Victoria #12 - are languages taught RIGHT?

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E63 - Talking FAST about my week. LOADS of useful vocabulary!

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Talks with Victoria #11 - What FOOD do like most?

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E61 - Communication in the age of the INTERNET

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Talks with Victoria #10 - Did you like Tinder Swindler?

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E59 - Let's talk about our childhood

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Talks with Victoria #9 - New Year's Resolutions

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E57 - a bit sad about the New Year:(

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Talks with Victoria #8 - 3 Best Russian Christmas Songs

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Talks with Victoria #7 - Victoria's Pronunciation NIGHTMARE EPISODE!

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E54 - Hogwarts Legacy coming out soon!

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Talks with Victoria #6 - Let's talk about TV Shows!

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E52 - Driving and Car Vocabulary. Do I like driving?

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Talks with Victoria #5 - Last podcast on Work!

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E50 - I Love food! Food vocabulary + monologue

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Talks with Victoria #4 - Victoria is cursing in RUSSIAN???

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E48 - Let's talk BETTER about work!

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Talks with Victoria #3 - Talking about work

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E46 - Redesigning my Studio + ПИТЬ with prefixes

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Talks with Victoria #2 - I watched an interview last week

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E44 - A1 Dialogue about our Free TIme!

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Talks with Victoria #1 - How was your day?

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E42 - Slow Russian - Getting used to a new place + Sleep vocabulary

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E41 - My crazy life this past month + Learner's Diary

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E40 - Super easy A1 Text - My teacher

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E39 - Simple Story - Podcast VS YouTube

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E38 - Food at my Univesity + 10 Cool phrases!

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E37 - A1 Story about a Friend

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E36 - How I met my Wife - Short story

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E35 - A1 Story about Family - Super EASY!

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E34 - How I got into an American college - Full Russian

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E33 - A conversation between 2 friends - Me and Vadim:)

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E32 - Story abour LENIN'S ASSASSINATION

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E31 - Some things about my YouTube journey

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E30 - LOTS OF USEFUL WORDS TO LEARN TODAY

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E29 - My HOOLIGAN school years!

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E28 - Best of both Worlds - USA and Russia

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E27 - Talking about the Camp and what I've learned

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E26 - Hour-by-hour my weekend!

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E25 - Friend and Friendships - Advanced level monologue

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E24 - Verbs + Prefixes | Talking about my friends

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E23 - Speaking REAL RUSSIAN about my life

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E22 - SLOOOOW talking about movies and shows!

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E21 - Full Russian Story on Hollywood!

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E20 - My injury story + Streamers Vocab in Russian!

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E19 - My take on success and fame

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E18 - Speaking Russian about MOVIES!

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E17 - My plans for the week

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E16 - What I did over the weekend

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E15 - Playing video games monologue

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E14 - Easy Russian about sports

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E13 - Is reading books that necessary?

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E12 - Most popular Russian NEW YEAR SONG - Full Russian

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Episode #11 - Full Russian - Train your listening

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Episode #10 - How I went from beginner to FLUENT in 12 years

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Episode #9 - How to make learning Russian more fun!

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Episode #8 - ГРАДУСЫ Song breakdown

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Episode #7 - Kino Songs Breakdown

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Episode #6 - Dialogue about work

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Episode #5 - Dialogue between 2 Brothers

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Episode #4 - Great habits for you to learn

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Episode #3 - A1-A2 Story about a Friend

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Episode #2 - Simple Story A1-A2 Level

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Episode #1 - Pushkin Meets Emperor