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We are 2 regular teachers in Victoria. Our aim with this podcast and blog is to take some time out of our busy lives to discuss and reflect on the many elements that make up the life of an ordinary public school teacher on the frontline…perhaps with just a little lean towards using ICT across the curriculum. All views are our own.
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Zen Mind

Zenki Christian Dillo

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Zenki Christian Dillo Roshi is the Guiding Teacher at the Boulder Zen Center in Colorado, USA. This podcast shares the regular dharma talks given at the Center. Zenki Roshi approaches Zen practice as a craft of transformation, liberation, wisdom, and compassionate action. His interest is to bring Buddhism alive within Western cultural horizons while staying committed to the traditional emphasis on embodied practice.
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Regular teaching podcasts from well-known Bible teacher Kevin Conner. Kevin has written over 70 books, lectured in Bible Colleges, and traveled the world teaching in seminars, conferences, and churches. Visit www.kevinconner.org for more information. Use kevin.conner321@gmail.com for email contact.
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Conversations about Language Teaching

Diane Neubauer, PhD & Reed Riggs, PhD

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"Conversations about Language Teaching" is a podcast of unscripted discussions of language teaching, drawing on both research and classroom & online language teaching. If you like thinking deeply about issues of classroom language teaching and how those relate to research and theory, this podcast might be for you. Reed & Diane, the hosts, base our knowledge of language teaching on research we've read & done, theoretical views of language acquisition, our experiences as language teachers and ...
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Adi Shakti Kaur is certified Level 1 and 2 Kundalini Yoga Teacher. She is a registered Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine and is the pioneer of Kundalini Yoga on the Gold Coast. Over the past 12 years she has been devoted to a daily Kundalini Yoga practice and over the last decade, she has been teaching regular classes. Adi Shakti is an Associate Kundalini Yoga Teacher trainer for the Australasia Teacher Training Team and a teacher of "Conscious Pregnancy". She is the Principle Kundalini ...
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Stephen is a qualified meditation and yoga teacher, who has developed simple and effective mindfulness practices for relaxation, sleep and deeply experiencing the present moment - and the yoga practice of Dynamic Breath Yoga. With 30 years of experience, Stephen brings a relaxed, practical and down-to-earth approach to mindful practice. Check out his regular live sessions and his audio recordings on the free Insight Timer app.
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Breaking out of the Adventures of Auroraman comic book, this is a throwback to the radio dramas of the past, with a fun Canadian superhero twist! When a regular guy, father and highschool teacher from Humboldt, Saskatchewan finds a staff filled with cosmic energy in a meteor shower he does what anyone would do...puts it in the cosmic lost and found box at city hall. WAIT...no he doesn't, he learns how to use it and becomes the Super Power of the Prairies!
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English learning podcast & and now also a weekly talk-show podcast about football⚽ which reviews the Premier League game weeks. Are you studying English alone? Are you at B1, B2, or C1 level? Do you need more listening practice? If so, I might be your guy!!! 😇. I’m a university and DELTA-qualified English teacher from the Czech Republic with more than 10 years of experience teaching English to foreigners in the Czech Republic as well as the United Kingdom. 🤓. Listening to podcasts is part of ...
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The Circle is Podcast

Mat Auryn & Rachel True

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Starring Rachel True and Mat Auryn, The Circle is Podcast is a playful spiritual discussion series featuring interviews with authors and celebrities. Rachel True is an American actress renowned for her roles in the witchcraft classic The Craft, Nowhere, and the stoner hit Half Baked, as well as her starring role in the TV series Half & Half, which earned her an NAACP award nomination. Beyond her acting career, True is a lifelong tarot practitioner, sharing her extensive knowledge through a u ...
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John Smith 'Blues Preacher'

John Smith - Jazz Blues Preacher

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Dr John Smith is the founder of Concern Australia and the founding President of God’s Squad Christian Motorcycle Club of 35 years. He is an author, a social anthropologist, a business speaker, a teacher and lecturer, a biker, a defender of the poor and marginalised, a lover of blues music, a gifted evangelist, an elder of the radical discipleship movement, and a prominent social commentator. He is as much at home talking to business leaders, academics, church leaders, politicians and the med ...
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Join us for an electrifying episode of THE CIRCLE IS podCAST with Rachel True and Mat Auryn as we welcome special guest Celeste Brooks, an acclaimed astrologer and Program Director and a board member of the Organization of Professional Astrology (OPA) with a unique perspective on the cosmic influences shaping our world. Minutes before we recorded t…
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Send us a Text Message. Episode 8: Reducing workload by establishing classroom routines Show notes: Some of the opening of class routines mentioned: Free Writes / Fluency Writing Map Talk How Are You? / Social-emotional check-ins Calendar Talk Diane's classroom tour videos showing word posters are in this YouTube playlist. Diane's blog posts about …
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This talk continues the exploration of how to discover and develop a sense of community. It differentiates between intimacy as undividedness with all beings (the spiritual dimension of community) and intimacy as closeness (the conventional longing for being known and understood by others in our physicality, feelings, and thoughts). Regarding this l…
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In this spellbinding episode of THE CIRCLE IS podCAST, Rachel True and Mat Auryn welcome the legendary Ivo Dominguez, Jr., a Wiccan elder, magickal adept, and author of several books including the Witch’s Sun Sign Series with Llewellyn. Ivo takes us on a captivating journey through the rich history of astrology, revealing its evolution and signific…
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In this insightful episode of THE CIRCLE IS podCAST, Rachel True and Mat Auryn sit down with the talented actress and author Sarah Lassez. Known for her roles in "Mad Cowgirl" and "Nowhere," and “Invaders from Proxima B” and her memoir "Psychic Junkie," Sarah takes us through her fascinating career and personal experiences. The discussion kicks off…
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Send us a Text Message. Episode 7: Carefully observing language classroom interaction through Conversation Analysis Show notes: Harvey Sacks and Emmanuel Schlegoff Their 1973 study, which more or less became a standard for Conversation Analysis as a research approach and methodology: Schegloff, E. A., & Sacks, H. (1973). Opening up closings. https:…
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This talk was given as part of a Weekend Sitting at the Boulder Zen Center. It highlights the distinction between the contents of mind and the field of mind and its importance for practice. Dogen encouraged his students "to be continuously intimate with the field of mind." The talk presents two attentional practices to discover and establish onesel…
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Get ready for an emotional and laughter-filled rollercoaster ride on this episode of THE CIRCLE IS podCAST! Rachel True and Mat Auryn sit down with the fabulous Courtney Weber to chat about her latest book, Sacred Tears. They dive into the complex world of grief, discussing a wide range of experiences—from the loss of a loved one to the heartache o…
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S1 Ep4: Folk Magick & Social Media with Madame Pamita In this lively episode of THE CIRCLE IS podCAST, Rachel True and Mat Auryn chat with the amazing Ukranian-American witch, Madame Pamita. We dive into the world of candle magick, learning how simple flames can work wonders in your magick and the magick of beeswax. Madame Pamita shares stories fro…
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This is a special conversational episode. Christian (Zenki Roshi) is interviewed by Dr. Greg Madison, a British psychologist and psychotherapist. More than usual, Christian connects the concepts and practices he teaches with his own biographical journey. In the beginning, the conversation centers around Christian's encounter of and interest in Gene…
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Send us a Text Message. Episode 6: Planning: "Communication for language" versus "language for communication" Show Notes: Reed mentioned a research study we did related to language play at the Agen Workshop. That is here: Neubauer, D., & Riggs, R. (2024). Chapter 5 Pedagogical language play in a beginning L2 Chinese classroom. In L. Darren & T. Ela…
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In this episode of THE CIRCLE IS podCAST, Rachel True and Mat Auryn welcome the legendary tarot scholar and pioneer Mary K. Greer for an engaging chat. They dive into how the tarot community has evolved since the 80s, hear about Mary’s tarot journey inspired by her grandmother, and laugh over her most awkward readings. They discuss her significant …
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In this episode of THE CIRCLE IS podCAST, Mat Auryn and Rachel True recount the story of how they first met during a tarot reading and instantly vibed, leading to an unlikely but complimentary friendship. They dive into the The Craft, sharing insights on the research Rachel and Fairuza did for the movie and how, despite magick not instantly changin…
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In this episode of THE CIRCLE IS podCAST, Mat Auryn and Rachel True dive into the wonderfully weird world of awkward and terrible Tarot readings. They tackle burning questions like, "Is the High Priestess wearing lingerie under her robe?" and "Are you really the granddaughters of the witches they burned in Salem?" Mat recounts a reading for a woman…
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After living in Vietnam for 17 months years, I'm now back in Czechia and in this 2-part episode, I'm going to speak about the experience, my reasons for going back, and consider my next moves. Video from this episode: https://youtu.be/nZRQpUoHBeM _______________________________________________________________________ 🏆 ENGLISH ACHIEVERS CHAMBER The…
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Send us a Text Message. Episode 5 of Conversations about Language Teaching: What can language teachers get from research? Show Notes: Video (8m 31s) by Mango Languages, What is Second Language Acquisition (SLA)? | Science Behind Language Learning https://youtu.be/WZZUCykPQWE Diane mentioned this article as an example of how a research article is st…
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After living in Vietnam for 17 months years, I'm now back in Czechia and in this 2-part episode, I'm going to speak about the experience, my reasons for going back, and consider my next moves. Video from this episode: https://youtu.be/-UYLSOSO_QQ _______________________________________________________________________ 🏆 ENGLISH ACHIEVERS CHAMBER The…
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This talk explores the experience of loneliness and the practice and views we might want to adopt to foster a sense of community: (1) share space instead of expecting to share beliefs or interests, (2) prioritize doing things together over talking, (3) practice mutual embodiment (notice how we interaffect each other in our sensations and movements)…
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This time I talk to my Vietnamese friend Van whose English is more than impressive. How did she manage to get to such a high level and what is the secret behind her impeccable pronunciation? Listen to find out. _______________________________________________________________________ 🏆 ENGLISH ACHIEVERS CHAMBER The ULTIMATE SOLUTION to NOT living in …
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This episode was first published in February 2022. We are republishing this episode because in it, Zenki Roshi addresses the most common questions asked by beginners and the issue of discomfort sometimes experienced by practitioners of all levels during zazen. What exactly are we doing in zazen meditation? What kind of effort is necessary? This tal…
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Send us a Text Message. Episode 3 Conversations about Language Teaching: Seating and physical classroom set up and how that affects teaching & learning Show notes: STARTALK is a US-funded program for critical languages teacher and student training. More info: The "I do, we do, you do" model is mentioned in this STARTALK publication. Schwab, G. (201…
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This talk is the first of seven Sesshin talks. (A Sesshin is a 7-day Zen meditation intensive.) It starts with the question, 'What does it mean to love?' The word 'love' carries all kind of baggage. So much so that in American Zen it doesn't seem to have a whole lot of currency. Yet, we're all longing for the spiritual dimension of love. This wide-…
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This episode of ZEP was recorded on My Khe Beach in Da Nang. It features Glen, a former American lawyer, who left his career in the USA for a complete lifestyle overhaul in Southeast Asia. _______________________________________________________________________ 🏆 ENGLISH ACHIEVERS CHAMBER The ULTIMATE SOLUTION to NOT living in an English-speaking co…
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This talk was given as part of the closing ceremony of the 3-month Everyday Zen Practice Period. At the end of retreats and periods of intensified practice, many practitioners wonder how they can carry the renewed and invigorated sense of practice into their everyday lives. The answer is simple but not easy to implement: continue to stay fully pres…
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Send us a Text Message. Episode 2 of Conversations about Language Teaching: Planning Lessons for Beginning Language Learners Show Notes: The Agen Workshop https://theagenworkshop.com/ Swanson, P. B. (2010). Teacher efficacy and attrition: Helping students at introductory levels of language instruction appears critical. Hispania, 305-321. Read/downl…
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Send us a Text Message. Bonus episode 0 of Conversations about Language Teaching. SHOW NOTES: Our actual notes for planning this podcast episode & the podcast overall. 1. Deciding on a title for the show: Conversations about language teaching with Diane Neubauer and Reed Riggs 2. Blurbs about us: - Diane came from being a language learner, then a l…
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Send us a Text Message. Episode 1 of Conversations about Language Teaching. Show notes: Items mentioned in the episode: Reed’s HI TESOL article (see pp. 22-24): https://hawaiitesol.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023_May.pdf The Krashen video (a classic clip from a talk by Dr. Stephen Krashen in the 1970s): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnUc_W3xE…
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This talk concludes the line-by-line commentary on the Genjo Koan. Dogen has given us a clear (and maybe disappointing) vision of practice. We are never done with our practice. It's not like we are practicing in order to reach enlightenment, and once we have realized it, we're good. Instead, we are challenged to express enlightenment through our pr…
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This time, I talk to Lukas from Slovakia. I remember him joining the Achievers Chamber as an avid English learner. Two years have passed, and he is now an English teacher himself. What has led him to this transformation and what are his best English learning tips? The video from this episode is available here: https://youtu.be/ql-wbER4vW0 _________…
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This talk is the eighth in the series on Dogen's Genjo Koan. Dogen views realization not as an experience of oneness or a discovery of the ground of being but as an endless and groundless path of engaging the mystery and challenge of the present moment. In comparing our human life on this earth to the life of a bird in the sky and a fish in the oce…
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In this podcast, I talk to HUGH DELLAR, an English teacher, teacher trainer, materials writer, and a well-known proponent of the Lexical Approach in the world of English teaching. Most interviews Hugh does are about the Lexical approach, but he's also very vocal regarding the current conflict in Ukraine and that's what this episode is mainly about.…
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This talk is the second in the series on Dogen's Genjo Koan. It is a close reading of the first four sentences. First, it provides an understanding of dharmas as momentary experiential units. Then it discusses Dogen's seemingly contradictory presentation of the dharma (the teaching of liberation) in light of the classic path of awakening, the teach…
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