'Language learning feels like magic when it works...' - David, Lingopie CEO Truer words have never been said. In this special episode of the Refold Podcast, Clayton is joined by Lingopie's CEO, David! David is a long time language learner who struggled to learn Hebrew with traditional methods. However, all that changed when he started watching TV w…

The Refold Podcast is BACK! This week, Clayton is joined Krystal, a Chinese heritage speaker who rediscovered her love of Chinese because of webnovels! She's also the admin of a thriving Chinese learner Discord community that is dedicated to learning Chinese with native content. The community she helps manage is known as "The Heavenly Path," but it…

In this week's episode of the Refold podcast, join Clayton and Andrew, a Refold veteran who remarkably achieved C1 proficiency in Russian in just three years. What began as a New Year's resolution three years ago became an incredible journey to fluency. Tune in to listen to them chat about Andrew's journey as a language learner, the importance of c…

In this episode, Clayton is joined by Davis (known as Galaxy Rocker online). He's an American English native who learned Irish in college and teaches Irish in Ireland! In this episode, they go into detail about how Irish is used in Ireland and the differences between how the language is used professionally vs in homes. They also discuss how the lan…

The community is back for another special Round Table edition of the Refold Podcast. This week, Clayton is joined by some of our favorite Refold modmins, Skypon, Exaltedtoast, and Cyn. They're diving deep into the question: How comprehensible does your input need to be to make real significant progress? Is there a Goldilocks zone of comprehensibili…

In this episode of the Refold Podcast Clayton is joined by Bryan. Bryan is a heritage learner of Portuguese and went from learning with Duolingo before switching to immersion based methodologies. Tune in to listen to them chat about Bryan's experience as a heritage learner, his history with languages, and what drew him to the immersion language lea…

In this episode of the Refold Podcast Clayton is joined by Sparkles! He's a Refold veteran, Japanese server moderator, and is currently working as an engineer in Japan. Tune in to listen to his language learning journey, how he prepared for the move, and what it's really like living and working in Japan.…

In this very special LIVE recorded episode of the Refold Podcast, Clayton is joined by several members of the Refold mod and admin team. Today's topic: All about output! Tune in to listen to them share their personal experiences with output, their favorite tools and strategies, and more!

Hey there podcast fans! Today Clayton is joined by @jantelakoman, the man behind the Toki Pona Comprehensible Input channel. Jan is a passionate language learner, English/Turkish translator, and was inspired by ALG and Stephen Krashen to make his very own content. Tune in to learn about the Toki Pona language, how to make comprehensible input, and …

Today, Clayton is joined by Pandyjack on the Podcast! He's an Indian-American who grew up trilingual, speaking English, Hindi, and Gujarati. He's been an active member of the Refold Community since it was founded and is a moderator on the Russian Refold server! Tune in to listen to them chat about what it was like growing up trilingual and his expe…

Tonight on the Podcast Clayton is joined by Gabriel!He’s a native Portuguese speaker and private tutor. Oh, and he also started a comprehensible input channel for Portuguese!Tune in to listen to them chat about his experiences teaching and what hethinks sets successful students apart from the rest.

Hey everyone! Today, we have a VERY special format of the Refold podcast for you, where we hosted a LIVE Round Table event open to the entire Refold Community! Clayton was joined by a panel of Refold community admins and staff, including Clowdy (Ryan), Cyn (Tyler), and Brizz (Bree). The topic? Healthy language learning (and a whole lot of other top…

Hey everyone! Today's episode is a casual chat with Bree, our social media mage and author of our monthly newsletter. Tune in to vibe with Bree and Clayton as they talk about what's new at Refold, updates about their language learning journeys, ADHD, and what it's really like working at Refold (spoiler alert, it's a lot of fun). Roadmap Stage 4 🔗 h…

In this episode of the Refold Podcast, Clayton is joined by Mike Campbell, the CEO of Glossika! Mike is a passionate polyglot who founded Glossika to satisfy his own language-learning desires. Glossika is a program that provides thousands of sentences voiced by native speakers, and is commonly used for shadowing practice or for exposure to massive …

Tonight on the Podcast Clayton is joined by Hannah!She’s a native Tagalog speaker and teacher on italki. Oh, and she’s also a full-time engineering student!Tune in to listen to them chat about her experiences teaching and what she thinks sets successful students apart from the rest. Looking for structured guidance on your language journey? Check ou…

Today, Clayton is chatting with Vernon. Vernon has a unique story of moving to Kenya as a child, where he picked up Swahili completely through immersion. Growing up as the son of a translator, he moved to Kenya at a young age and was surrounded by language learning. His experience moving to different countries in the African continent gave him a ve…

Hey there, language learners! Here at Refold, we're all fangirling a bit over this guest. In this episode, Clayton invited Killer Gerbah onto the program, and he just so happens to be the creator of one of our *favorite* video players for immersion - ASB Player. Tune in as Clayton and Killer Gerbah discuss his philosophy behind software development…

Hey there, language learners! Today's episode of the Refold Podcast is a real treat. We're honored to have Koalani on the podcast. She's a native Greek speaker who learned to speak English and Spanish with a near-flawless accent -- all without the internet! In addition to Greek, English, and Spanish, she also speaks Dutch, Finnish, and Swedish.Tune…

Ever wondered what it takes to get into linguistics? In this episode of the Refold Podcast, Clayton is joined by Chris Sundita, a language learner turned linguist. Chris, from a young age, has always been passionate about languages. The first foreign language he delved into was Spanish, then he explored his Filipino heritage languages, and his love…

Today Clayton is speaking with the GOAT of comprehensible input himself, Pablo from Dreaming Spanish ! Pablo has a long history with languages. He's a native speaker of Spanish and Catalan and knows several other languages to a high level, including English, Japanese, Thai, and more! Perhaps what Pablo is most known for is his channel here on YouTu…

In this episode, the tables are turned! In this HIGHLY requested episode, Vanessa joins the podcast not as a guest but as a host to interview Clayton himself! Clayton is a passionate language learner with a long history of both learning AND teaching languages. Clayton's passion for language learning carries into his position with Refold, where he m…

In this episode, Clayton is joined by Sal! He's a French learner, Refold coaching program graduate, and language-learning enthusiast. In their conversation, they delve into Sal's language learning history, his breakthrough in using immersion-based strategies, and the significance of community, accountability, and support for people on their learnin…

Today Clayton is joined by Bart! He and Clayton go way back, and they chat a lot about Bart's experiences as a high-level language learner living in Poland. Bart goes into the details of why he feels that he learned more playing video games and watching Cartoon Network than he did out of English class. Bart's experiences highlight the importance of…

This week Clayton is chatting with Gabriele, an Italian polyglot who teaches ancient Egyptian and Sumerian here on YouTube! In addition to his YouTube channel, he's a passionate language learner and a very active member of the online language community. Tune in as he chats with Clayton about his studies in university, translating, and more! Gabriel…

Ok, you caught us. You can't learn a language in 6 weeks, but there's a reason LDS Missionaries are well-known for their language abilities. Today, Clayton is joined by McKAY, an LDS Missionary Training Center (MTC) graduate who learned Tagalog. At the MTC, he intensively studied Tagalog for 6 weeks and then continued to study it for 2+ hours a day…

This Friday, Clayton is interviewing Mark Kaufmann, the man behind LINGQ! He's a former pro hockey player, son of the famous polyglot Steve Kaufmann, and LingQ CEO. In this episode, they chat about the fascinating history of how LingQ came to be, the thought process behind designing the app, and an inside look into the potential future of LingQ. Ge…

Hey everyone! This week we have George from the @koreanalwayspodcast as our guest on the Refold Podcast! George, originally from the UK, is currently attending university in Korea - completely in Korean! Tune in to hear them chat about his experiences abroad, his podcast, and language learning.

This week on the Refold Podcast, Clayton is joined by Tom, a Dutch linguist AND physicist! Tom has a passion for small regional languages, ChatGPT, and languages in general. Tune in to listen to them chat about these topics and more!

Today on the podcast Clayton is interviewing Greduan, a native Spanish speaker who learned to speak English and Japanese with immersion at a young age. He's also an OG of the Refold community, who was around from the very beginning. Tune in to listen to them chat about his experiences living abroad, language acquisition, and more.…

This week on the Refold Podcast we're introducing you to one of our favorite Refold community members, Skypon! He's an Italian Refold Community admin, polyglot, and heritage speaker of both Spanish and Icelandic! We really enjoyed chatting with Skypon this week and we hope you find the conversation as enlightening as we did!…

Hey everyone! This week we have George from the @koreanalwayspodcast as our guest on the Refold Podcast! Originally from the UK, George is currently attending university in Korea - completely in Korean! Tune in to hear them chat about his experiences abroad, his podcast, and language learning.

Hey everyone! This week Clayton is joined by a VERY special guest, Crush! He's a polyglot who created HypLern, an app designed to help people learn languages with reading! Crush is a lifelong language learner passionate about under-served languages. Tune in as he chats with Clayton about his history with languages, the power of reading, what it's l…

We're excited to welcome Ryan, also known as Nerdydude, back to the podcast this week! He's a staple of the Refold community and an advancedJapanese learner. In this episode, Clayton and Ryan have an extensive discussion about the validity of language assessments, time tracking, language tips, and the importance of maintaining confidence throughout…

In this week of the Refold Podcast Clayton is joined by Josh, aka TheSensinator, who just graduated with a bachelors degree in BOTH linguistics and Arabic! Tune in to listen to them discuss what it's like getting a degree in linguistics, Josh's history with language, and how he learned Arabic and Swahili.…

Hey there! In this episode of the Refold Podcast, Clayton is joined by Israel, also known as @RhapsodyinLingo here on YouTube. Israel is a polyglot who speaks eight languages to varying levels and is currently learning Welsh.During the podcast, Israel shares his experience of learning a minority language, which can be very different from learning a…

It's time for another episode of the Refold Podcast! In this episode, Clayton is joined by Levi, the language guy! As a long-time member of the language community, you might have seen him in the communities of your favorite apps under the handle Xefjord.Xefjord's mission is to help people reach a "survival level" in their target language by hand-cr…

Hey there, everyone! We're excited to have Kirnic as our special guest today. He's a Japanese Brazilian and a native Portuguese speaker. Kirnic learned BOTH English and Japanese through immersion. He's been a long-time member of the Refold community on Discord, and thanks to his efforts, the Refold Roadmap is now available in Portuguese. Impressive…

The Refold Podcast is BACK this week with a very special guest, Belle from @ThePhilologicalBell ! They're a PhD student focusing on Old English who learned the language with the Refold method. Tune in to listen to Clayton and Belle chat about ancient languages, what it's like learning a dead language with immersion, and more!…

In this episode of the Refold podcast, Clayton is joined by Bree, the social media mage for Refold. Bree has been learning Spanish for the past ~3ish years and is a homeschool mom who added Refold to their at home curriculum. Tune in to hear them chat about being an "older" Refolder, what it's like working at Refold, and her experience raising a yo…

Get ready for a very special episode of the Refold Podcast episode as Clayton is joined by special guest - Brett! From administering the Japanese Discord server to hosting community Q&A events, Brett plays an essential role in the Refold community.Join them as they delve into Brett's fascinating journey with Japanese, his experiences with Refold, a…

Join Clayton and Refold language coach Vanessa in this episode of the Refold Podcast as they provide an exclusive behind-the-scenes glimpse into what it's like working at Refold! Tune in to listen to them chat about all things language coaching, Vanessa's time living abroad in Italy, her journey studying Japanese, language learning, and more!…

Join Clayton and Isaac in this episode of the Refold Podcast as they explore what it's like to learn Japanese as a heritage speaker. Isaac's experiences reveal that not all heritage speakers have the same set of advantages when it comes to language learning. Listen in as he takes us through his journey of learning Japanese — from the first time he …

In this episode of the Refold podcast, Clayton is joined by Novian Cobb, a long time member of the Refold community who has learned both Esperanto and Spanish. He makes update videos on his YouTube channel, @spanishthroughimmersion6694, as well as comments and shares tips and tricks in the Refold Spanish Discord community. Don't miss this episode i…

Tune in this week as Clayton meets with Vulcan the study streamer to talk about lots of fascinating topics. Vulcan is a prolific studier and streams a large portion of his PhD and language study over on his YouTube channel: @VulcanStudy. He's got tons of insight for more effective time management, study habits and more! Don't miss this episode!…

This week, Clayton is joined by Bill, one of our lovely community members who has been building language learning tools for a long time. He also has a very long history of learning languages and being obsessed with the process! He has spent time learning languages for the US military and has learned all sorts of cool languages. Tune in this week to…

This week, Clayton is joined by Ademola, a long-time, hardcore Korean learner and host of the @koreanalwayspodcast6316 . He has been immersion learning for a long time and has obsessively tracked almost every minute of his immersion time. That's how he knows that he managed to fit over 5,000 hours into a single year. That's a whole lot of hours. Tu…

During this week's episode, Clayton is joined by me! The person writing this description right now. I honestly don't know what to write about myself here, but I also realized that not that many people read the description of a podcast. So I'm not writing ANYTHING. Anyway, I had a fun chat with Clayton and then edited it immediately after. The funni…

During this week's episode, we have been graced with the presence of @lamontmcleod ! He's an accomplished Swedish learner, soon to be Spanish speaker, and YouTuber! If you haven't checked out his video yet, DO SO! Make sure to subscribe and watch his latest video, which will be out Sunday, January 29th. https://www.youtube.com/@lamontmcleod He "lea…

The podcast is getting a makeover! Clayton is now the only host and will be leveraging is vast language knowledge to talk with all sorts of interesting people in the language learning and linguistics space. This first episode in the new format features Don Killian and they talk about lots of great topic. You can read more about Don here: https://he…

The podcast crew is chatting with DJ_Ddawg! He's been studying Japanese hardcore since 2020 while also being incredibly busy. Listen as they chat about learning Japanese, specific things you can do to improve your learning process, and other quirks of Japanese! As always, this podcast is made possible by our Patreon, which funds community projects …