Running a language school and having a busy teaching schedule are essentially two full-time jobs. How do the most successful language school owners manage not only their work/life balance, but also their owner/teacher balance?Every episode, Rich Pav will find answers to the burning questions that challenge all language school owners. Listen to interviews with experienced people from around the world who can offer actionable solutions.Whether you're already a successful language school owner, ...
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Humorous and surreal short stories and audio dramas read and performed by humans. || Multi Dimension Independent Film Festival "Best Podcast Stories" Winner Written and performed by Bram Stoker Award Finalist and Clarion West 2015 Graduate Thersa Matsuura and audio engineer Rich Pav.
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Tanuki Buttons: An Audio Drama from Uncanny Japan
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Have you ever seen those dogs on Instagram that communicate by pressing buttons that play recorded words? In April 2021, Terrie tamed a wild tanuki, brought it home, and taught it to communicate with buttons. Then things took a turn for the worse. Our end trailer is from Hell Gate City. It's a rollicking sci-fi comedy podcast with a macabre underbe…
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Take a trip to the moon with the world's saddest clown and his best friend, a rat named Singer Boy. Uncanny Robot is Bram Stoker Finalist and Clarion West 2015 graduate Thersa Matsuura and audio editor/sound designer Rich Pav. Our other shows are Uncanny Japan and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out Terrie's books including The Carp-Faced Boy o…
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Commentary: Asteroid Annie/Arnie & True Crime
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Our commentary about three episodes: Asteroid Annie and the Mushiblooms Asteroid Arnie and the Mushiblooms A Spotify/Parcast True Crime Parody: Peppers and the Screaming Yoof Uncanny Robot is Bram Stoker Finalist and Clarion West 2015 graduate Thersa Matsuura and audio editor/sound designer Rich Pav. Our other shows are Uncanny Japan and The Soothi…
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A comedy/sci-fi auditory extravaganza four months in the making. Asteroid Annie, the all-time greatest intergalactic superheroine and her trusty sidekick What's-His-Name, face off against the evil Mushiblooms and their villainous leader Hutt Poppa. Will they be able to save this alternate universe? In Episode 5 we brought you the story of how Aster…
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A Computer Voice Interviews Terrie and Rich
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We spent all last month filling in the world's longest and most detailed application for a multi-week accelerator training program designed to "help mid-career podcasters 'level up' with a renewed focus on business development, audience growth, optionality, video strategies, and long-term sustainability." Hey, that's exactly what we need! They said…
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A Spotify/Parcast True Crime Show Parody: Peppers and the Screaming Yoof
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One of the most bizarre and gruesome murders ever to take place in the continental United States occurred on April 1, 1969. Two couples were on a road trip when bad weather forced them to make an unscheduled stop. Their lives were forever changed. Hey, guess what: It turns out lots of people wish April Fool's Day would die in a fire. It's a good th…
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The Stinky Lollies are out to exterminate the Mushiblooms. Can Asteroid Arnie and Princess Moom-a-Roof save them from certain death? Uncanny Robot is Bram Stoker Finalist and Clarion West 2015 graduate Thersa Matsuura and audio editor/sound designer Rich Pav. Our other shows are Uncanny Japan and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out Terrie's boo…
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Sneak Preview: "Asteroid Arnie and the Mushibooms"
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The sound design for our next episode is taking a LONG time. It's going to be around 30 minutes total and each five minutes worth of music and sound effects takes a full day to complete. I wish I could work faster, but you can't simply sh*t these things out. We try to get every millisecond just right because we want people to enjoy listening to our…
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Valentine's Day Commentary & Wall-to-Wall Spoilers
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Terrie and Rich discuss the Valentine's Day episode. Please listen to Episode 3 before listening to this one! Uncanny Robot is Bram Stoker Finalist and Clarion West 2015 graduate Thersa Matsuura and audio editor/sound designer Rich Pav. Our other shows are Uncanny Japan and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out Terrie's books including The Carp-F…
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A heartwarming, futuristic dystopian tale of love, redemption, robot cameras and lots of explosions. Trigger warning: Lots of explosions. Other trigger warnings for this episode are on the website, but these days, this is a big one. Uncanny Robot is Bram Stoker Finalist and Clarion West 2015 graduate Thersa Matsuura and audio editor/sound designer …
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Elvis and Jim Morrison have been alive all this time. Uncanny Robot is Bram Stoker Finalist and Clarion West 2015 graduate Thersa Matsuura and audio editor/sound designer Rich Pav. Our other shows are Uncanny Japan and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out Terrie's books including The Carp-Faced Boy on Amazon. Our website has trigger warnings and…
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Memories Of Death: A dead man talks about what it's like to be dead. You Remind Me of Someone: A vampire contemplates his crimes in a church graveyard. Uncanny Robot is Bram Stoker Finalist and Clarion West 2015 graduate Thersa Matsuura and audio editor/sound designer Rich Pav. Our other shows are Uncanny Japan and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Che…
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Listen to a fine collection of surreal and hilarious AI-generated short stories. This is the trailer for the episode "Asteroid Arnie and the Mushiblooms." Uncanny Robot is Bram Stoker Finalist and Clarion West 2015 graduate Thersa Matsuura and audio engineer designer Rich Pav. Our other shows are Uncanny Japan and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Chec…
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Starting out Small and Staying Lean with Dave & Amy Long
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This episode's guests are Dave and Amy Long of Dave and Amy's English School. Dave's from England and Amy's from America. They got married, had kids, and run four successful English schools without the safety net of Japanese in-laws. Read about their ninja secretary. We’d love to hear from you, so please drop us a line to let us know your comments,…
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Self-publishing your own curriculum with Jeremy Lanig
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In this episode Jeremy talks about creating his own curriculum for his school, which he then went on to market to other English schools in Japan. We discuss the reasons behind Jeremy’s decision to create his own curriculum and how he set about making it happen. We also discuss the pros and cons of mass printing and self-publishing. On top of that, …
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