Best Sensei Michelle Podcasts (2024)

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Word Exhibitions: Bringing People Together (Advanced Program) 10:57

1h ago10:57

10:57

Roger Basick and Marina Santee share about the history of World Expo’s, why they were started and what they accomplished and continue to do for the world. https://spotlightenglish.com/science-and-technology/world-exhibitions-bringing-people-together/ Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app for iOS at http://…

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We Visit With our Friend Shihan McKinnon about his Book 22:37

1h ago22:37

22:37

A Budoka Odyssey is the title of the book by our guest Shihan TD McKinnon. It's always fun to talk with Shihan, and this is no exception. We talk about where to buy the book - and of course Amazon is there, but so is a site called Lulu.com. Shihan has been a guest many times. I'm going to attach 2 of them here. Back in 2021 interviewing Shihan was …

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Treat Cyber Security Like Self Defense - A Visit with Sensei Liam 24:46

2d ago24:46

24:46

In our interview with Sensei Liam he manages to make cyber-security interesting, fun and quite helpful. He shares a book: The Art of Invisibility by Kevin Mitnick and a site to help you. Here is a website that Sensei thinks you might find handy on this subject: Bruce Schneier: https://www.schneier.com And one more site to note is The Electronic Fro…

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Doing Anything with Philippe Croizon (Advanced Program) 9:47

16d ago9:47

9:47

Patrick Woodward and Megan Nollet share about Philippe Croizon and how his disabilities has not kept him from unbelievable physical and mental achievements. https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/doing-anything-with-philippe-croizon/ Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotli…

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Catching Up With Landyn and a Couple of K Words 23:57

10d ago23:57

23:57

Finally, Landyn has returned for a day to record. We took this opportunity to catch up with his adventures. We hope you like hearing about them as much as Sensei Jackie and I did. While catching up with Landyn, we discussed obligations. And, of course, we did an episode on that. Here is the link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/9763317 A…

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Gaming for Good (Advanced Program) 10:46

17d ago10:46

10:46

Megan Nollet and Andrew Devis share about video games and how they help people manage mental health. They also discuss about the possible dangers of video games. https://spotlightenglish.com/your-life/gaming-for-good/ Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-apple Facebook: …

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Expect the Unexpected 23:06

17d ago23:06

23:06

Like every week, we had fun today talking with Sensei Randy about this well known saying. Sensei Randy has been on so many times. Here's one of his many appearances. It is about character: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/3554455 Again, like every week, we're all over the map when we talk. We touch on ego. Here's that episode: https://www.buzzspro…

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Continuing our Fun with Dr. Melissa - Nutrition Part 2 24:34

26d ago24:34

24:34

We're continuing to wind our way through the crazy world of food, drinks and working our way to healthy eating. Don't be fooled into thinking we're talking like adults. We had fun, and shared our crazy experiences. We even mention some things that experts have shared. In case you missed the first nutrition episode (last week), I'll tag it here. htt…

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Nutrition with Dr. Macy - Part 1 22:48

1M ago22:48

22:48

Welcome to Part 1 of our riotous conversation with Dr. Macy (aka Sensei Melissa) on Nutrition. Sensei Melissa has been on a few times. She mentions the time she came on and we talked about breathing. Here's a link to that episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/12326414 Unfortunately, planning IS a part of nutrition (if you're the cooking head o…

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English Idioms : Rain (Advanced Program) 10:15

1M ago10:15

10:15

When learning a new language, idioms are important but also fun to learn! Gillian Woodward and Colin Lowther tell us how the word “rain” is used with several different meanings. https://spotlightenglish.com/how-to-learn-english/english-idioms-rain/ Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app for iOS at http://bi…

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The Samurai People - Original air date: 4.2020 19:42

1M ago19:42

19:42

Since September is a 5 week month-and therefore a 'rerun' month, I thought that this was a nice fit with 2 of the episodes of August - The Last Samurai battle and man. This episode doesn't need much explanation. Don't forget, though, that we ARE on insta @ wildcatdojoconversations. Hey - can I use the word 'remastered' for our reruns. I try to upda…

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We Review a 1980s Era Movie- The Octogon 22:54

2M ago22:54

22:54

Welcome to the beginning of our look at karate movies from the 80s with our friends Sensei Ben and Sensei Lydia. Campy fun ensues. Sensei Lydia was on our 3rd episode ever! It was on advantages and disadvantages. Here's a link back to 2019: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/1781812 The first time Sensei Ben came on the show, we discussed Super Sent…

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Fukuda Sensei: Strong and Gentle (Advanced Program) 11:12

2M ago11:12

11:12

Do you practice martial arts? Andrew Devis and Megan Nollet tell about the philosophy behind the art of judo and share the amazing story of a woman who practiced and taught judo well into her 90’s. https://spotlightenglish.com/biography/fukuda-sensei-strong-and-gentle/ Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app…

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Saigo Takamori - The Real Last Samurai 21:00

2M ago21:00

21:00

This episode is a follow up on the Satsuma Rebellion - which we aired 2 weeks ago and is tagged below. We enjoyed looking at the life of Saigo Takamori with Sensei Randy. His first visit to the podcast was in 2019 - our first year. Here's the episode in case you'd like to hear a little about him: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/1815622 During thi…

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The Martial Arts: A Children's Book Episode 20:17

2M ago20:17

20:17

This week we’re joined by Matthew and Kim to discuss The Martial Arts by Laura Scandiffio – a kid’s book. This book was fun to read and even more fun to talk about. So many subjects came up during the recording because the book is an introduction to almost every style of Martial Art. Since we’ve discussed many of them on this show, here are links t…

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Uluru - A Special Rock (Advanced Program) 10:01

2M ago10:01

10:01

In recognition of the UN's "International Day of World's Indigenous Peoples", Bruce Gulland and Liz Waid tell about Uluru/Ayers Rock in Australia. The native people and the government both claim this special place. Who decides what happens to this rock? https://spotlightenglish.com/culture/international-day-of-the-worlds-indigenous-peoples-uluru-a-…

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No Sex for Fish (Advanced Program) 10:35

2M ago10:35

10:35

Bruce Gulland and Megan Nollet tell the story of Justine Obura and the incredible challenge and amazing success she has had in giving women living in poverty of Lake Victoria in Kenya a better life. https://spotlightenglish.com/your-life/no-sex-for-fish/ Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app for iOS at htt…

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Satsuma Rebellion aka The Last Samurai 22:00

2M ago22:00

22:00

Enjoy this conversation with Sensei Lydia, Sensei Jackie and myself on this eye opening piece of history. One thing I got wrong is this: I referred to the mini series on Hulu as The Last Samurai, but it is actually a remake of a mini series from the 80s called Shogun. Oops! Hope it doesn't insult your ears. If you make it through, please think abou…

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Interview with Taiko Drummers and Friends 24:59

3M ago24:59

24:59

Taiko is a Japanese term for any kind of drum. Over time the art of drumming, like other art forms, became a world wide phenomenon. I was lucky enough to make a friend of one such artist - Ben. Sensei Jackie and I were extra lucky to go to their dojo and see many of their drums, meet a student - Orion and get this interview. I know you're going to …

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Godzilla the Greatest Monster (Advanced) 12:36

3M ago12:36

12:36

Patrick and Gillian Woodward share about the creators of “Godzilla” and what influenced them when they created this famous monster. https://spotlightenglish.com/?p=3621 Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-apple Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spotlightradio Are you l…

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A Cool Subject and an Even Cooler Guest 20:00

3M ago20:00

20:00

We have fun recording this episode on a saying by Matsamura Sokon. Our guest is Hanshi Steven Malanoski. Jic you're not familiar with him. I'm including his interviews with us from 2021. Here is the first one: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/9551496 And he was kind enough to continue the conversation a few weeks later: https://www.buzzsprout.com/…

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Wrestling's The Great Togo - An Archived Episode 20:04

3M ago20:04

20:04

This archived episode from our Wrestling series is worth listening to for so many reasons. If you're hearing it for the first time or as a repeat, you laugh and learn. A fun 20 minutes that includes Sensei James as our guest. The first time he was on we discussed Miyamoto Musashi. Here's a link, in case you missed it: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477…

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Living without Time: Michel Siffre and the Internal Clock (Advanced Program) 10:11

3M ago10:11

10:11

Marina Santee and Patrick Woodward share about an extreme experiment, the important discoveries that were made about the importance of human touch. https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/living-without-time-michel-siffre-and-the-internal-clock/ Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app for iOS at http://bi…

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Fun Conversation about Teaching 24:41

3M ago24:41

24:41

Thanks for checking out today's episode. The words we're discussing are: To be good, find a good teacher, to master teach. This is something I heard Master Kelljchian say decades ago. Sensei Derek joins us today to mess around with the concept. We had fun - as we always do. Before we got into this weeks episode we discuss 2 pieces of listener mail …

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Stories, Tangents and Bloopers From the First Half of 2024 22:50

4M ago22:50

22:50

We love doing remnants from past episodes. This one has so many stories! All the episodes referenced were in the last 6 months - except during the word bloopers when we have quite a few from a weird weapons episode from last Dec. Here it is if you missed it: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/14134852 A couple of other episodes that we reference are…

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International Asteroid Day | DART (Advanced Program) 10:18

4M ago10:18

10:18

In recognition of the UN's "International Asteroid Day", Colin Lowther and Alice Irrizary talk about the DART project and how scientists are working on a future planetary defense system. https://spotlightenglish.com/science-and-technology/dart/ Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app for iOS at http://bit.ly…

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Recovereing from Addiction (Advanced) 9:55

4M ago9:55

9:55

Alice Irrizary and Colin Lowther talk about the power of addiction and some helpful advice on how to overcome it. https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/recovering-from-addiction/ Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-apple Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spotlight…

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Another New Friend: Juanita Kapp 24:58

4M ago24:58

24:58

What fun we had interviewing Ms. Kapp. Between her podcast (Meticulous Moments), her motivational speaking and her training in Shotokan , the conversation was lively and went to fast. Speaking of Shotokan, we have discussed Gichin Funikoshi a few times. Here's one of them: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/10908006 Now back to Juanita Kapp. Her sch…

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Chinese Spears and Swords with Sifu Jones 23:15

4M ago23:15

23:15

Chinese weapons with Sifu Jones is on the menu today. Our first interview with Sifu was back in 2021. Here's a link in case you missed it: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/8931796 Sifu talks about swords and spears he uses and owns. I put a video of him on our twitter (and insta) page. Here's a link: https://twitter.com/wildcatdojo We mention that…

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Age is Just a Number (Advanced Program) 10:19

4M ago10:19

10:19

What will you do when you are old? In recognition of the UN’s “World Elder Abuse Awareness Day”, Spotlight tells about very old people doing very amazing things! https://spotlightenglish.com/health-medicine/world-elder-abuse-awareness-day-age-is-just-a-number/ Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app for iOS …

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Johannes Gutenberg's Famous Invention (Advanced Program) 11:47

4M ago11:47

11:47

Roger Basick and Katy Blake talk about how the printing press was invented and how it changed the world. https://spotlightenglish.com/?p=3576 Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-apple Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spotlightradio Are you learning English? Are you lo…

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Haiku - An Unusual Book Episode 20:20

4M ago20:20

20:20

Spending time with friends A memory forever That makes me smile. Enjoy our latest book episode - we take a little bit different approach today - a few books on one subject - Haiku. The first thing that happened was that Sensei Jackie mentioned that Haiku reminded her of our episode reviewing the movie Budo. Heres the link so you can see for your se…

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The Authors of One of Our Most Read (and re-read) Karate Books 23:02

5M ago23:02

23:02

Sensei Lydia joins in this week to talk about John Corcoran and Emil Farkas - the authors of The Overlook Martial Arts Dictionary and the book Martial Arts Traditions, History, People. We covered so much information in this episode. Somehow we got to Ninja - and of course - we did an episode on that. Here's a link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379…

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Plan Your Work And Work Your Plan 24:00

5M ago24:00

24:00

Geraldo returns today to talk about a maxim we attribute to Grandmaster Peter Urban. Geraldo was on 6 months ago, when we discussed note taking in karate. Here's a link - in case you missed that episode. https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/14235323 Today the conversation ranges from how many famous people have said the phrase to long term planning to…

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Bad Ass Queens from Britain 24:47

5M ago24:47

24:47

What fun we had learning about Queens that fought in Britain with our guest Shihan T.D. McKinnon. Shihan has been on many times. Just last November we discussed Kata with him. The episode I want to tag here is the one where he talks about life as a bodyguard. Listen - if time allows: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/12796037 This is not our first …

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Finally We Tackle the Letter F 23:48

5M ago23:48

23:48

Sensei Jay joins the conversation today as we tackle Focus, Fighting Spirit and Fuki Bari (Looking it up? Type in Fuki Bara). What fun! Join us by listening and letting us know your thoughts. We can't talk about focus without bringing up Kimi. We did a whole episode on that. Here's the link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/8501411 And while we we…

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Audie Murphy: The Most Decorated Soldier of WW II 19:40

5M ago19:40

19:40

We're joined by Sensei Jay on our first in a series of episodes about people who have seen war and lived to tell about it. Today it is Audie Murphy. One of the things I wanted to look up and add to the recording was the definition of a military campaign. Since I missed that moment, I'm adding it here. There could be one or two of you who are like m…

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The Invasion of the Huge Goldfish (Advanced Program) 9:16

6M ago9:16

9:16

Marina Santee and Roger Basick talk about goldfish that live in the wild and their effect on the environment. https://spotlightenglish.com/?p=3562 Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-apple Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spotlightradio Are you learning English? Are y…

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Goals, Journeys and being Human 22:52

6M ago22:52

22:52

Today Sensei Jackie and I discuss how to get out of our own way - mostly mentally - in a world full of distractions and with a brain that likes to push us around. It is much funnier than it sounds .We touch on aging. So for those of you that missed the aging episodes, here's a link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/11508081 And you have to touch o…

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Female Ninja - Did They Exist? I Hope So 20:43

6M ago20:43

20:43

Finally we talk Female Ninja. We're joined by Sensei Lydia, so the conversation is fun and often off topic. Here's a few things we managed to talk about other than these awesome women. Back in 2020 we tackled the subject of Ninja. Here's a link, in case you missed it: https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/4401074 The conversation also turned to one of …

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Brazil's Most Mysterious Tunnels (Advanced Program) 11:16

6M ago11:16

11:16

Colin Lowther and Alice Irrizary talk about an interesting discovery from a very old tunnel. What kind of animal would have dug the tunnel and how long ago? Find out by listening to this program. https://spotlightenglish.com/?p=3552 Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-a…

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Experience - The Good, the Bad and The Funny 25:06

6M ago25:06

25:06

We're joined by our old friend Darlene today, to discuss a quote about experience as a teacher....It relates to us at all ages and stages of life. For example we talk about the fact that a decade ago I created 3 songs for my Pre K students. One was called "Think Before you do it." Sensei Jackie brought it up so I'm tagging it here: https://youtu.be…

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The Naval War College; The Oldest of the War Colleges 21:18

6M ago21:18

21:18

A year ago, we did an episode on the National War College (there's a link below, of course). Finally, we're following up with another episode. This time on the Naval War College. It's true we learn about the history, founders, and famous graduates. But seriously - how did we laugh this much! After you listen you can send us some advice on how to be…

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Time Isn't Always on Our Side- An Archived Episode 23:06

7M ago23:06

23:06

In this episode, from Jan of 2020, we're visited by our friend and student Alex. Somehow we get into Mad Libs and Yes it IS an on line game now. Full time listeners may remember that we use months with 5 weeks to share archived episodes. If you likethese old episodes, I'm in the middle of uploading them to YouTube. Check other episodes (with slide …

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An Interview: Sensei Jackie is on the Hot Seat 23:30

7M ago23:30

23:30

Finishing our trilogy on interviewing your 3 hosts - we finally talked Sensei Jackie into hers. This one includes stories from 'back in the day' and fun thoughts right now. She tries to turn the tables on us a few times by mentioning our interviews. So here are links - in case you missed them. Here's Landyn from back in January: https://www.buzzspr…

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Finishing our Discussion of Some Guidelines from Grandmaster Urban 21:03

7M ago21:03

21:03

Glad you could be here as we finish our discussion of some words from Grandmaster Urban's book The Karate Dojo. We started last week. (If you missed that episode I tagged the link below). We share information from 2 fine martial artists. This week we read a note sent to me by Master Robert Lasorsa. Coincidentally, we did an episode on a saying he i…

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Hope for the Tasmanian Tiger (Advanced Program) 10:24

7M ago10:24

10:24

Roger Basick and Megan Nollet talk about the nearly extinct Tasmanian Tiger and the new and perhapds controversial project to avoid its extinction. https://spotlightenglish.com/?p=3502 Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-apple Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spotligh…

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Artemisia Gentileschi (Advanced Program) 10:19

7M ago10:19

10:19

Bruce Gulland and Megan Nollet talk about the interesting art and life of the Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi. https://spotlightenglish.com/?p=3468 Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-apple Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spotlightradio Are you learning English…

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More Excellent Adventures with the book - The Karate Dojo 18:55

7M ago18:55

18:55

Welcome to our 4th (or 5th?) journey into the content of Grandmaster Peter Urban's book The Karate Dojo. Obviously, we love this book. Today, with Sensei Rob Carbone, we're discussing some lines on (or about) page 77. We hope that you enjoy listening as much as we enjoy recording. (Btw- this ended up being 2 episodes - we'll finish the conversation…

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Female Warriors / Mythology - Amazon Warriors 19:16

7M ago19:16

19:16

Ryan joins in , as he always does, while we laugh and learn about the Amazon Warriors including of course, Wonder Woman. We covered a lot of ground here. Let me start by saying I did look up images of Batman and Wonder Woman (per Ryan's suggestion) and wasn't shocked or insulted... Meanwhile, this episode got me to thinking about the first time Rya…

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