Learning A Love Of Language w/ Steve Kaufmann

Extra Pack Of Peanuts Podcast Learning A Love Of Language w/ Steve Kaufmann

Have you always wanted to learn a new language? How about 20 of them? Joining me today is someone who retired ex-diplomat, who has 50 years of travel under his belt, and who speaks 20 languages, Steve Kaufmann from lingq.com.

What language(s) do you want to learn? Let us know by tagging us in a post on Instagram at @ExtraPackofPeanuts.

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In This Episode

  • 02:10 The Language Learning Beginnings
  • 05:45 How To Make Your Brain More Flexible
  • 08:15 Best Ways To Learn A Language
  • 15:40 Lingq Language Learning
  • 19:20 Is Isolated Vocab Necessary?
  • 21:40 Comprehension & Tenses
  • 24:40 How Long Does It Take To Learn A Language
  • 28:45 How Important Is Immersion
  • 32:35 How To Decide Which Languages To Learn
  • 34:15 Which Languages Did He Give Up On
  • 36:30 Learning Multiple Languages At Once & Losing What You’ve Learned
  • 40:50 The Extensive Travel Life
  • 42:55 Top of List Destinations
  • 43:40 Diplomat Life & Living Anywhere
  • 47:50 Travel Stories & Mishaps

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Only One Country…For The Rest Of Our Lives

Extra Pack Of Peanuts Podcast Only One Country...For The Rest Of Our Lives

 

Today we are answering one of our listener’s questions that we received through our Instagram account and we thought it was so good that it deserved its own podcast episode. We all know how much Travis loves his lists and he agonized over it up until this recording (TBH it was during the recording as well) while Heather was able to put her’s together in less than 5 minutes but that is not to say that there wasn’t a ton of pros and cons to navigate. The question is (drumroll please…) if you could only go back to one country for the rest of your life, where would you choose?

And of course, Trav has his ground rules for this question & is the flip flop master which you will hear when you check out this episode.

Today’s podcast is sponsored by Oregon State University ECampus.

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In This Episode

  • 04:30 The Question
  • 05:30 Trav’s Ground Rules
  • 07:45 Heather & Trav’s Reasoning & Honorable Mentions
  • 14:15 Let The Lists Begin
  • 31:10 Number One’s
  • 40:00 What Is Your Top 5?

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The Art Of Pivoting In Travel & Life w/ Lia & Jeremy

Extra Pack of Peanuts podcast The Art Of Pivoting In Travel  & Life w/ Lia & Jeremy

Joining me today are two people with Californian accents (even though one of them is from Kentucky), a couple who has driven a BMW into a medieval castle in France and are fellow stroopwafel addicts, Jeremy and Lia from PracticalWanderlust.com. After a disastrous year-long honeymoon they now share down-to-earth travel tips from their many (mis)adventures on their podcast and blog and we dive into those stories & tips in today’s episode.

Today’s podcast is sponsored by Oregon State University ECampus.

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In This Episode

  • 6:00 Coming Home From The One Year Honeymoon
  • 14:20 Better Work/Life Balance with Travel
  • 17:45 Why The Jump Into Travel & The Spreadsheet
  • 29:00 The Disasterous Honeymoon
  • 37:00 Reality Checks & How-To Pivot
  • 44:35 Amazing European Highlights & Castle Crashing
  • 50:20 The End Of The Trip & Processing It
  • 57:00 The Machu Picchu Misadventure
  • 01:07:00 What Is Coming up Next

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Top 6 Places To Get Quarantined

Extra Pack of Peanuts Podcast Top 6 Places To Get Quarantined

 

For our Quarantine Diaries we did a “Ask us Anything” series and some of the questions deserved a full episode so today Heather and I go through the top six places to be quarantined! The mountains, the ocean, a lake, a city… what will we choose? You have to listen to find out! 

Where would you want to be quarantined? Let us know by tagging us in a post on Instagram at @ExtraPackofPeanuts.

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In This Episode

  • 5:30 Where would you choose to be quarantined?
  • 7:47 Heather’s honorable mention
  • 10:09 Headed here in the fall?
  • 12:48 The ocean, good restaurants, and impeccable weather!
  • 13:53 Headed to an island?
  • 23:39 Anything you would change?
  • 25:30 Living on the water
  • 26:50 Where do you want to be quarantined? 

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The Two Year Bike Trip w/ Chris Haag

Extra pack of Peanuts Podcast The Two Year Bike Trip w/ Chris Haag

Joining me today is someone who fell in love with biking in the city of Detroit, who enjoys being (and peeing) outdoors, and who is on a two-year bike trip from Alaska to the southern tip of Argentina, Chris Haag from ThePlacesIPee.com.

Today’s podcast is sponsored by Oregon State University ECampus.

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In This Episode

  • 3:16 Being and Peeing Outdoors
  • 6:10 Riding a bike from Alaska to the southern tip of Argentina
  • 9:49 Budgeting for an Epic Biking Trip
  • 14:00 What To Do When Reality Sets In
  • 26:30 Getting Stuck in Sticky Situations
  • 30:55 Advice for Other Riders
  • 27:18 Most Difficult Places to Ride 
  • 35:03 Mental Toughness 
  • 39:10 Passing Time While Riding 50 Miles a Day 
  • 41:00 Favorite Places to Ride
  • 52:18 Facing the Unexpected
  • 1:08 Better Than You Imagined?

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