This week we talked to  アーサー (IU-Connect), who runs a YouTube channel with over 250k subscribers teaching English to a Japanese audience. In the episode we chat about how he learned Japanese to a high level, his stories with living in Japan, and his experience teaching English on his YouTube channel IU Connect. Check out the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Tl-r3gvaNWQ ..read more

This week we talked to Dr. Capital (ドクター・キャピタル ) ! He is a guitarist, vocalist, university professor and has an ACTUAL doctorate of musical arts. He speaks impeccable Japanese on his YouTube channel covering Japanese music. In the episode we dive into how he learned Japanese, how music theory helped him acquire pitch accent, and his stories of studying abroad and staying with a Japanese host family. Check out the episode on YouTube! https://youtu.be/WjvkdpxYAG4 ..read more

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/EgT2hKM0AmQ This week we talked to  Steve's POV (スティーブ的視点 ) ! He runs the channel Steve's POV where he shares his love for Japanese culture and cars, and makes video purely in Japanese. He runs a company for the Japanese and American market and he owns over 15 cars (including Japanese cars) in the US. We were really blown away by his level of Japanese and we just had to interview him to learn more about his story.  In the podcast we hear about his experience learning Japanese, how he got into Japan and cars, and his thoughts on American and Japanes ..read more

This week we talked to Amandumb, a half Japanese content creator that makes content around Japan including translating songs into Japanese and covering them and cultural content as well. Her work has been featured in the Oscars and she has garned over 580K followers on TikTok with over 16 million likes. Check out the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yfq-CGlL-Ew ..read more

This week we talked to Julien Gaudfroy, one of the best foreign speakers of Mandarin of all time. We hear about his personal story living in the country, language learning philosophies, the nuances he's picked up the years, and his advice for those trying to reach the highest levels in a foreign language. Check out the podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/oai17s8_3EQ Outline:   0:00 Who is Julien Gaudfroy   2:46 How Julien Started Learning Mandarin Chinese  05:54 "Learning Languages is Easy Compared to Being a Musician"  6:40 How Long Did it Take To Reach Perfect Pronunci ..read more

► Join HelloTalk: https://brc.hellotalk.com/KoreKaraPodcast ► Join the KoreKara Squad: https://discord.gg/korekara This week we talked to ALBO, who makes videos about the Japanese Car Culture on YouTube. We talk about his story of coming to Japan, how he got into cars, crazy stories of street racing, and more. Check out the podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OrO6NXkFlc0 Outline: 0:00 Introduction   0:38 How Albo Got to Japan 3:00 Gunma and Initial D 3:50 How and Why Albo Stayed in Japan 6:24 Illegal Street Racing Stories in Japan 9:50 Albo's Approach to Studying Japanese   13:21 ..read more

► Join Riverside Today: https://bit.ly/Riverside_KoreKara ► Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qdI5qRpPps0 This week we talked to Peter Barakan, a professional broadcaster and host of Japanology! He's written several books mostly about music all in Japanese and has been living in Japan for almost half a century. We talk to him about his experience working in Japan, his approach to learning Japanese including pitch accent, and what he struggles with the most to this day ..read more

► Join HelloTalk: https://brc.hellotalk.com/KoreKaraPodcast This week we talked to  @Ryan Kulp (라이언 컬프)  who is a tech entrepreneur turned K-Pop Star. We talked about his experience with learning Korean, stories with entrepreneurship, joining the entertainment industry in Korea, and why he's decided to move on from Korea and leave the country.   ► Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Korepoddo ► $10 free italki credits (after first lesson): https://go.italki.com/korekara ► Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wKskakQ6Eac ..read more

Richard Simcott is a hyper polyglot who has studied over 50 languages and speaks 16 languages fluently. He runs the Global Polyglot Conference and also the language learning blog Speaking Fluently. Check out the podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MkCBbHt4qrk ..read more

On this episode we talk to Landin who is a Japanese learner aspiring to delve into Nanpa (Pickup) in Japan and we talk about his embarassing stories as well as some success stories that he has had so far. Check the episode out on YouTube! https://youtu.be/SXKWhP6IOEQ ..read more