Hear You Go

🎙️ Hear You Go podcast started in August 2022, and now, four seasons later—100 episodes later!!!--- it’s time for something new.   So while this will be last Hear You Go podcast you receive from me, it’s not the last time you will be hearing from me.    📣 My new, free, short audio program called Worth a Listen is ready to go. Be sure to subscribe soon so you can hear the first audio, coming later this month.   I’m not going to tell you much about Episode 100 of Hear You Go, called: “The End of THIS Road.”  Why? Well, the episode says it all! It’s a stroll down memory lane to remind you of the amazing topics I shared with you, in addition to all the extraordinary guests who joined me in conversation. The podcast will continue to be available, so if you’re reminded of an episode today that prompts you to go back to earlier episodes, I hope that you do. There are 100 episodes at your disposal! Thanks to all of you for being here with me. I loved making Hear You Go, and it’s good to go out on top. I can’t wait to speak to you over on Worth a Listen. Keep your stick on the ice (listen to the pod to learn about that), and keep your eyes, ears, and hearts open. Find the good people. Be well, Catherine xoxo Instagram links to my teacher guests (be sure to explore their profiles): Fernanda: https://www.instagram.com/fernanda_englishteacher_br/ Bistra: https://www.instagram.com/english_with_bistra/ Michelle: https://www.instagram.com/heartofenglish/ Sarah: https://www.instagram.com/meaningful.english/ Joanne: https://www.instagram.com/walkinglanguages/ Mary: https://www.instagram.com/mary_glazunova/ Yasna:https://www.instagram.com/pronunciation_with_miss.oh/ Anastasia: I can no longer find Anastasia online 😞 Agnes: https://www.instagram.com/agnes_freelanceteaching/📘 Agnes’ book: Freelance Teaching - The Language Teacher's Guide: How to start and run your business Felicio: https://www.instagram.com/felicioenglishteacher/ Tommy: https://www.instagram.com/tommybradfordsenglishschool/ Kay: https://www.instagram.com/sincerelyteachingenglish/ Danny: https://www.instagram.com/mindful_teacherdanny/ Eidiane: https://www.instagram.com/englishwitheidi/ Bruna: https://www.instagram.com/brunapassoselt/ Nathaly: https://www.nathalyslighthouseenglish.com Jessy: https://www.instagram.com/msjessydays/ Abigail : https://www.instagram.com/weareenglishteachers/ Leticia: https://www.instagram.com/teacher_ledalposso/ Lisa Wood: https://www.instagram.com/your.english.self/ Valeria: https://www.instagram.com/vitasemplice_initalia/ Livia: https://www.instagram.com/liviaborbateacher/ Lisa Jane: https://www.instagram.com/english_with_lisajane/ Ola K.: https://www.instagram.com/language_isawoman/

🎙️ Friends of All Ages | Ideas in English for Advanced Listening Practice My friend Jean was nearly forty years older than me, but age had very little to do with our friendship.   In this episode of Hear You Go (E99), I want to share Jean with you. She was an incredible woman who was my neighbour, and became a confidante, role model, and dear friend for over sixteen years. Along the way, I'll explore why friendships across generations make us healthier, happier, and more open to the world, as well as why I loved the TV series Hacks. Hacks highlights the power of cross-generational friendships, the unexpected people who change our lives, and why friendships are sacred.   In this penultimate episode, you’re in for a reflection (again!) about friendship, loss, and the joy of connecting with people of all ages. Do you have some tissues on hand? As always, I’ll highlight advanced English language (B2 to C2) along the way. Hear You Go gives intermediate and advanced English learners a space to think, learn, and connect in English. Links to go further: The Joy of Intergenerational Friendship - The New York Times (you’ll need a subscription to access this article) The Culture Study Podcast: Intergenerational Friendships Rule. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/culture-study-podcast/id1718662839?i=1000772006668 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6bcbFTdDXJfYKvkJabfNzb?si=7afaa604a4414d2a Article: How Hacks Redefined Greatness. https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/05/hacks-final-season-greatness/687334/?gift=pkweeeTWPwjYUDeeGbMwbYlgDNcjQhWFXNo47GJfwxI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share   Get in touch: ⏰  To work with me 1:1 from September onwards, add your name to the waitlist. 📌 To stay in touch with me, AND to access my new audio program, Worth a Listen, subscribe here. You can also follow me on Instagram. 🎶 Amos the Transparent provides my theme song. They're an awesome group of talented musicians. Give them some love and check out their music. 

Are you play-deprived? When was the last time you did something simply because it was fun? In episode 98 of Hear You Go podcast, we’re going to explore the importance of play for adults. Yes, you read that right!  Why do so many of us feel guilty about making time for it? What happens when productivity takes centre stage and play gets put aside or drilled out of us?   Here are a few more questions I try to answer: What is the difference between true fun and fake fun?  Why do kids seem to understand, to really get, the point of  play so naturally?  What can language learners gain from being a little more playful? Play is deeply and vitally important for people of all ages. It’s a recipe for connection, curiosity, and learning, and we can all benefit from not taking life quite so seriously all the time. As always, I’ll highlight advanced English language (B2 to C2) along the way. Hear You Go gives intermediate and advanced English learners a space to think, learn, and connect in English.   Links:  Live Happy Now podcast: Why Play Is the Antidote to Serious Times With Piera Gelardi | Live Happy Now The Playful Way: Creativity, Connection, and Joy Through Everyday Moments of Play – The Adult's Guide to Unlocking Innovation, Stronger Relationships, and Better Health A Slight Change of Plans podcast: https://omny.fm/shows/a-slight-change-of-plans/true-fun-in-a-fake-fun-world The Power of Fun by Catherine Price: 9780593241424 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books   Get in touch: ⏰  To work with me 1:1 from September onwards, add your name to the waitlist. 📌 To stay in touch with me, AND to access my new audio program, Worth a Listen, subscribe here. You can also follow me on Instagram. 🎶 Amos the Transparent provides my theme song. They're an awesome group of talented musicians. Give them some love and check out their music. 

E97: Do you know Moomintroll? | Ideas in English for Advanced Listening Practice Do you ever go back and read the books you read as a kid? Do you remember those stories? Do you ever wonder what makes a children’s book stay with us so long after childhood ends? In this episode of Hear You Go (E97), I reflect on the stories that have stayed with me, from Winnie the Pooh to Matilda to Anne of Green Gables, and I try to make the case that children’s literature matters greatly for both adults and young people. I also introduce you to the enchanting world of the Moomins created by Finnish author Tove Jansson. Her Moomins live in a world of kindness, adventure, imagination, and quiet wisdom that offers lessons for us all. Who doesn't crave more kindness and joyful adventures?! Along the way, I touch on nostalgia, creativity, language, of course, and the power of stories to comfort and transform us at any age. That’s why we've got to keep reading them! As always, I’ll highlight advanced English language (B2 to C2) along the way. Hear You Go gives intermediate and advanced English learners a space to think, learn, and connect in English. Links to go further:  What Adults Lose When They Put Down Children’s Books - The Atlantic The Moomin Phenomenon podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL0kUUHCSZA6qixWKe_UOoHFHPfZVrJ1W&si=kTpHA4qfuKsWIixo Roald Dahl: What Makes a Good Children’s Writer | Writing for Kids (While Raising Them) Get in touch: ⏰  To work with me 1:1 from September onwards, add your name to the waitlist. 📌 To stay in touch with me, AND to access my new audio program, Worth a Listen, subscribe here. You can also follow me on Instagram. 🎶 Amos the Transparent provides my theme song. They're an awesome group of talented musicians. Give them some love and check out their music. 

I’ve been thinking about bread lately. What does bread really mean to me, you, us? My interest was piqued after reading not one, but two recentish articles about bread. One discussed the French baguette’s recognition by UNESCO, while the other explored the weird, but curious tradition of free restaurant bread in the U.S. This episode explores how something so simple became and remains a powerful symbol of culture, ritual, and connection, even in the age of protein-maxxing. Have a listen, review and explore the additional links, and let me know what YOU think. As always, I highlight advanced English language (B2 to C2) along the way. Hear You Go gives intermediate and advanced English learners a space to think, learn, and connect in English.   Links to go further: A Slice of Bread, the Baguette is Granted World Heritage Status I Found It: The Best Free Restaurant Bread in America.   Get in touch: ⏰  To work with me 1:1, add your name to the waitlist. 📥  📌 To stay in touch with me, AND to access my new audio program, Worth a Listen, subscribe here. You can also follow me on Instagram. 🎶 Amos the Transparent provides my theme song. They're an awesome group of talented musicians. Give them some love and check out their music.   

That’s the question on my mind these days: should we still travel? As I plan a dream trip to Newfoundland, I find myself wrestling with the ethics of tourism: carbon footprints, overtourism, and the impact of my choices on local communities. In this episode, I share, as I so often do, personal stories, I ask some hard questions that feel uncomfortable, and a offer few simple ways we can travel more thoughtfully.  If you’re looking for the perfect answer, I haven’t found it yet.  What about you? Do you ask yourself questions about the ethics of travel and tourism? How do you reconcile the negative impact of tourism with the positive benefits of travel? Have a listen, review and explore the additional links, and let me know what YOU think. As always, I’ll highlight advanced English language (B2 to C2) along the way. Hear You Go gives intermediate and advanced English learners a space to think, learn, and connect in English. Links to go further: The Books Briefing: Nicole Dennis-Benn, 'The White Lotus' - The Atlantic The Last Place on Earth Any Tourist Should Go Don’t Give Up on Tourism. Just Do It Better. - The Atlantic Air travel and climate change - David Suzuki Foundation The Environmental Impact of Cruise Ships | Earth.Org ‘Athens cannot operate as a giant hotel’: mayor vows to rescue capital from overtourism | Greece | The Guardian A “must listen” podcast for travelers: The Thoughtful Travel Podcast   Get in touch: ⏰  To work with me 1:1, add your name to the waitlist. 📌 To stay in touch with me, AND to access my new audio program, Worth a Listen, subscribe here. You can also follow me on Instagram. 🎶 Amos the Transparent provides my theme song. They're an awesome group of talented musicians. Give them some love and check out their music.  Please share the podcast and spread the knowledge!

In this episode of Hear You Go (E94), Ola and I have a conversation about a variety of topics that range from language to identity and womanhood, and to the future of English language teaching. We explore the very taxing emotional labour carried by many teachers, the commodification of language learning, and thank goodness, the growing need and desire for more human approaches to teaching and learning English. We also dig into: native speakerism and feelings of shame carried by many learners why many adult learners “know” English but struggle to speak it even after years of studying language coaching and alternative teaching approaches such as the lexical approach, dogme ELT, and TBLT (task-based language teaching) positive changes in ELT that champion inclusivity, neurodivergence, and representation and yes, even hope for change in an industry at a turning point There’s a lot of information to digest in this episode. Be sure to stay to the end to hear Ola introduce her new project, Language is a Woman, a community exploring language through creativity, feminism, identity, and collective care. Links you need: You can find Ola here: Instagram: @language_isawoman Website: www.languageisawoman.com Here is the link to Rachael Robert’s plenary that Ola mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzNo6Aj7i2A Women in ELT book that Ola recommends: Women in ELT: The brain, language and power | Pavilion ELT    ⏰  To work with me 1:1 starting in September, add your name to the waitlist. 📥 Do you get newsletter? You can subscribe to my new blog platform, and where a new audio program will launch soon. Don't miss out! Subscribe here. You can also follow me on Instagram. 🎶 Amos the Transparent provides my theme song. They're an awesome group of talented musicians. Give them some love and check out their music.   

🎙️ Episode 93: You’ve got mail, snail mail! is another episode in which I champion an analogue activity I think should make a comeback: letter writing. I'm not the only one. A bestselling novel from 2025 is a novel written in epistolary form, that is, in the form of letters and emails.  Browse social media, and you're bound to find accounts that encourage the exchange of hand-written notecards.  In this episode, I'll share: My own relationship to letter writing, and the life it tells A short summary of the novel The Correspondent and why I think it’s a fabulous book for English language learners A few ideas about how YOU can help revive the lost art of writing letters. Do you have a bin of letters stored somewhere? Do you write letters? Would you like to? Have a listen, review and explore the additional links, and let me know what YOU think. As always, I’ll highlight advanced English language (C1/C2) along the way. Hear You Go gives intermediate and advanced English learners a space to think, learn, and connect in English. Links to go further: Audio book review: The influence of the sleeper hit novel 'The Correspondent' : NPR Interview with the author: 'The Correspondent' Author Virginia Evans On Her Breakout Year On Letter writing: The Lost Art of Letter Writing | Peyton Christenson | TEDxGrandCanyonUniversity From me, with love: the lost art of letter writing | Life and style | The Guardian Why Writing by Hand Is Better for Memory and Learning | Scientific American What is The Lovely Letter Exchange | Martha Brook Blog Global Penfriends French podcast Passerelles and new letter writing project: On Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/passerelles-a-french-podcast-for-intermediate-learners/id1546977913?i=1000757945555 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5FBVFCIH6u4TpSPa7R2ZFK?si=Dkm_K076TMqZEIwZI-f3dA   Get in touch: ⏰  To work with me 1:1 (currently sold out until September), but you can add your name to the waitlist. 📥 Do you get my newsletter? It’s really the best way to hear from me. You can also follow me on Instagram. 🎶 Amos the Transparent provides my theme song. They're an awesome group of talented musicians. Give them some love and check out their music.  Please share the podcast and spread the knowledge!

I came to sports late in life, but I’m a convert. Where once I was fearful of competition, now I look for opportunities to compete as often as possible. My thirst to win a championship curling game one day is unquenchable. Wait for it, even if I have to play as a senior citizen, I’ll get that prize one day :).   In this new episode of Hear You Go (E92), I’ll share:  how athletic competition forces our brains to think fast and quickly to strategize about how to overcome both fixed and dynamic obstacles how winning and losing at sports builds grit and forces us to persevere that sports are social, and playing a team sport encourages beneficial social interaction, on and off the playing field (or ice!) Do you compete? What sport(s) do you play and do you see your experiences reflected in what I’ve shared today?  Have a listen, review and explore the additional links, and let me know what YOU think. As always, I’ll highlight advanced English language (C1/C2) along the way. Hear You Go gives intermediate and advanced English learners a space to think, learn, and connect in English.   Links to go further: Plain English podcast, “How Metrics Make Us Miserable”:  Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SIsft4NSZLU?si=nVAYdwIikRoZ0Rtc How playing sports benefits your body ... and your brain - Leah Lagos and Jaspal Ricky Singh   Get in touch: ⏰  To work with me 1:1, add your name to the waitlist. 📥 Do you get my newsletter? It’s really the best way to hear from me. You can also follow me on Instagram.

Inspired by research presented on the Hidden Brain podcast, specifically the work of psychologist Marc Berman, this episode takes a look at how time spent in nature can reduce our mental fatigue, improve our memory, and shift our attention in restorative ways, not burn us out even more. I share what I’ve learned about something called attention restoration theory, the role of our senses, and why natural environments full of soft edges, fractals, and gentle stimuli calm the brain. What if you don’t live near nature? Can indoor plants, soundscapes, or even your imagination offer similar benefits? You bet they can! I’ll offer a few practical ways to bring the benefits of nature into your daily life, no matter how far away nature is from your front door. Have a listen today, maybe while you take a walk outdoors!    As always, I’ll highlight advanced English language (C1/C2) along the way. Hear You Go gives intermediate and advanced English learners a space to think, learn, and connect in English.   Get in touch: ⏰  To work with me 1:1, add your name to the waitlist. 📥 Do you get my newsletter? It’s really the best way to hear from me. You can also follow me on Instagram. 🎶 Amos the Transparent provides my theme song. They're an awesome group of talented musicians. Give them some love and check out their music.  Please subscribe to and share the podcast, and spread the knowledge!