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3 months or 3 years?
My next big language mission is Irish B2!
Three Months in Italy to Bring My Italian Back
My completely free digital immersion setup
I prepared for one career and built another
Why More Language Study Isn’t Always the Next Step
Why it's good to be the worst in the room
Summer language project: Boosting my Irish
Celebrating 23 years of speaking from day one
The Pros of Being Somewhere Touristy
You Don't Need a Good Memory to Learn a Language
Everyone in the Room Thinks They're the Worst
The Instant Community a Language Hands You
Mexico or Spain Spanish? You're Asking the Wrong Question!
The conversation you're having with ChatGPT doesn't count!
I forgot I was speaking Spanish
The Mexican States project
Major cities vs deeper travels
Update and my daily routine during my Chinese project
Are you not ready yet, or is the situation what’s wrong?
Why My First Mandarin Project Almost Broke Me (And How I Fixed My Approach)
Wrapping up Malaysia and Brunei
Benny's next language project
My 50th country! But, what's the right number to visit?
Life challenges that made me a better language learner
How ADHD made me a better language learner
Kicking off my Malay/Malaysian adventure
End of year language boost
Benny's next travel/language project is...
How I’m immersing myself in Irish… in Texas!
My story with the Irish language
Life in the US and visiting all 48 contiguous states
Language updates: ASL and... Irish!
Converting between units quickly
The logarithmic advantage of beginners
Which Operating System is best for language learners?
Travel update: 4 new US states
Comparison is your enemy in a big project
Finding meet-ups and friends while travelling solo
Benny’s last big US road trip
Why you should learn a sign language
Juggling and maintaining multiple languages
Thoughts after 4 months of deep travels through Indonesia
The disadvantage of intensive language learning projects
Is travelling alone... lonely?
The Day I Made a Friend Entirely Through Indonesian
Time to ditch Duolingo
The language talent myth
The confidence plateau
Month 2 Language Project update
Your language learning space: A simple but effective hack!
The benefits of AI for language learners
Solving the listening comprehension problem
Month 1 update on my 2025 intensive language learning project
How I became an alien of extraordinary ability: US visas
Future of travel: Go to popular places ASAP!
Future of travel: Avoiding the "hotspot problem"
Picking the right teacher for a language project
Kicking off my 2025 language learning project
Saving money with the world's easiest language
Announcing my big 2025 language and travel project!
What is it like to visit every state of Brazil?
Moving abroad: What to think about (part 2)
Moving abroad: What to think about (part 1)
Improving language skills through learning other new things
Several tools to share your travel itinerary
Using travel to get in shape
How I became a polyglot
Travel Health Hacks: Avoiding and Managing Illness on the Road
Escaping Depression? Why Travel Isn't the Answer
Getting detained by the Federal Police: Travel mishap story
Area codes around the world to help with your travels
21 years a nomad: What's changed since 2003?
Benny Travel Update: 3 Months in the Amazon
Benny's travel update: 3 huge South American travel projects for 2024
Benny shares his optimism and enthusiasm about his favourite AI language tool
Ask Benny: Benny Shares His Skepticism About AI's Role in Language Learning
Ask Benny: Other ways to avoid being an obvious foreigner
Ask Benny: The interesting trick; teaching people other info so they´ll put up with my bad language skills
Ask Benny: How to be the 1st ever
Ask Benny: Mental health struggles and being a language learner
How to dive deep into dialects (Benny's 2024 language plan)
Ask Benny: How to learn a language in 2024: Taking a resolution and turning it into a true project
Ask Benny: Geoguessr, Geography, country studies (How Benny relaxes)
Ask Benny: When should I move on to the next language, if I want to be a polyglot?
Ask Benny: What are the resident logistics of a nomad? Benny's Travel update and long-term travel plan
Ask Benny: Melting ice: Constant work to push through a plateau
Ask Benny: Travel update: downsizing
Ask Benny: Dialects: when should you learn them?
Ask Benny: Dance lessons and online tutorials in your target language
Ask Benny: Why November 1st is the most important date in my language learning story
Ask Benny: Virtual immersion: Do what you normally do in the target language!
Ask Benny: Benny's late-2023 language learning update
Ask Benny: Deep thought: Does age make us worse learners or is it something else?
Ask Benny: Different types of language exchange events: Stand-up and sit-down
#141 Dan Mirea on TikTok, Psychology & Linguistics
Ask Benny: What Was Your Biggest Mistake During Your Korean Mission?
Ask Benny: What Are Your Favourite Korean-Learning Resources?
#140 Peggy on “Little Victories”
#139 Will Scott on Learning French Daily