Refold Podcast

The podcast crew is chatting with Ethan, aka Toppsdown himself! He's the CEO and co-founder of Refold and spends 90% of his waking hours thinking, breathing, and working Refold.  He's a long time experimenter and goal setter and has longs of wisdom to share with you about how to make the best of your desires and goals. Tune in to learn something new! As always, this podcast is made possible b...

The podcast crew is chatting with one of the Refold coaching graduates, Ryan aka Nerdydude! Ryan has been learning Japanese for over 18 years and has a ton of amazing insight into the process and what it's like to work with a coaching on your own language ability. Listen in to hear some of his words of wisdom. As always, this podcast is made possible by our Patreon, which funds community projects...

The podcast crew is talking about keeping your language learning feeling fresh, even when it starts to feel dull. Learning a language takes a long time, and expecting it to feel "fun" and "new" every day isn't reasonable. But that doesn't mean it has to become boring or stale, all you need to do is keep a few things in mind... As always, this podcast is made possible by our Patreon, which funds co...

Apologies for the late release! We changed up the schedule and our editor got super focused on the YouTube version. This week's episode will be 100% back to normal. Thanks for being great listeners! The podcast crew is joined by  @KoreanPatch  this week! They're talking all about dialects and how they can play a role in language learning.   Ian from Korean Patch has been focusing on...

The podcast crew is talking about all the BAD advice in the language learning space.      There is so much advice out there, and it's often hard to tell what's useful and what's BAD. In this episode, you'll hear all about common bits of advice that are NOT worth your time or even counterproductive. As always, this podcast is made possible by our Patreon, which funds community p...

The podcast crew is talking about why language learning is so great.    Learning a language is incredibly rewarding, but WHY? This episode strives to answer the fundamental question of why every person can benefit from speaking foreign languages. As always, this podcast is made possible by our Patreon, which funds community projects similar to this and allows us to dedicate more time to...

The podcast crew is talking about going from beginner content to content made for natives!  Many immersion learners get really comfortable with beginner content (comprehensible input, graded readers, etc.) but have trouble moving to "content made for natives." This week they are joined by Luke to explore this interesting content!  You can find him here: https://www.youtube.com/@luketruma...

The podcast crew is talking about language learning goals, that is to say, what you hope to achieve as a language learner! Their guest this week is none other than your FAVORITE Korean Immersion learner on YouTube. It's Clowdy Howdy! Listen in to this fun episode about everyone's personal goals and how you can identify good goals to aim for. As always, this podcast is made possible by our Patreon,...

The podcast crew is talking about a very interesting topic this week! Pitch accent and tone. This language leans toward Japanese, since that's what they have the most experience with, but this topic comes up in many, many languages! They're joined this week by Kezi, the creator of https://kotu.io/, a tone/pitch trainer for Japanese and Mandarin learners. He's a super interesting member of the comm...

The podcast crew has been asked to share their toxic language take and opinion.   Listen in to what they actually think about language learning...   As always, this podcast is made possible by our Patreon, which funds community projects similar to this and allows us to dedicate more time to improving your experience. If you can, please support us so that we can continue to grow: https://...

Welcome to the beginning of season 2 of the Refold Roundtable Podcast! With the new season comes a new format. Episodes will be released on Friday instead of Wednesday, and there will no longer be a "live recording". However, the podcast crew will be doing a "YouTube Premier" and hanging out with YOU in the chat. Join the Refold Central Discord Server to talk with them and join in the after-party...

This week, the Podcast Crew is joined by one of Refold's co-founders, Ethan! They're discussing the interesting topic of "whether it's possible to internalize your target language". This is different from "sounding like a native speaker" and is much more about the feeling of the language inside you as a speaker. This description doesn't make a lot of sense, so you should listen to the episode to h...

Join the Podcast crew this week for their discussion about traditional learning!! All three of them have been language learners for a long time, and each has developed their own opinions about traditional learning.   Conjugation tables, textbooks, and other traditional tools and methods have always been a subject of debate in the immersion learning community. This week, we're bringing it to t...

Join the Podcast crew this week for their discussion about using an SRS!! All three of them have been language learners for a long time and each have developed their own relationships with SRSs.   Anki and other SRS tools have always been a subject of debate in the immersion learning community. This week, we're bringing it to the "podcast stage"! We'll see you there!   As always, this po...

Join the Podcast crew this week for their discussion about why so many language learners fail to achieve their goals.    They're going to talk about all the various reasons language learning is hard and how you can help yourself (and people around you) learn a language to fluency.   As always, this podcast is made possible by our Patreon which funds community projects similar to thi...

Join the Podcast crew this week for their discussion about making the best schedule and using the time you do have to its fullest.  If you have any questions or doubts about how to best divvy up your time, this is the episode for you!   As always, this podcast is made possible by our Patreon which funds community projects similar to this and allows us to dedicate more time to improving y...

Join the Podcast crew this week for their discussion about healthy language learning habits! Immersion learning is a long term process that can easily become bad for you, and taking measure to avoid that are important.   As always, this podcast is made possible by our Patreon which funds community projects similar to this and allows us to dedicate more time to improving your experience. If yo...

Join the Podcast crew this week for their discussion all about using your target language in your career!   This week, they will be joined by Jimmy (Fighter) from the Mandarin server. He's a professional translator and has worked on apps, books and more! Tune in to learn more about his story and thoughts!   As always, this podcast is made possible by our Patreon which funds community pro...

Join the Podcast crew this week for their discussion all about their typical learning weeks!   The guest this week has yet to be chosen, but we're on the hunt!    As always, this podcast is made possible by our Patreon which funds community projects similar to this and allows us to dedicate more time to improving your experience. If you can, please support us so that we can continue...

Join the Podcast crew this week for their discussion all about the pros and cons of both native and translated content.   This week they will be joined by Mycheze (Ben)! If you have questions or comments about translated content, let us know in the Discord chat!    As always, this podcast is made possible by our Patreon which funds community projects similar to this and allows us to...

Join the Podcast crew this week for their discussion all about domains!  They're talking about "domains" and what they mean in Refold. It's a term that's often used to mean nothing and everything at the same time, so it'll be good to hear their opinions and methods when it comes to DOMAINS.   As always, this podcast is made possible by our Patreon which funds community projects similar t...

Join the Podcast crew this week for their discussion on all things listening! They're going deep on all the various benefits, pitfalls and methods of using, improving and immersing with listening!   They will be joined by Joshua! A long time French learner who has been learning almost entirely through listening!   As always, this podcast is made possible by our Patreon which funds commun...

Each week, Refold community members (admins, mods, and long time learners) get together to discuss a community prompted topic!   This week on the Refold Podcast, the crew gets together to talk about what they would do differently if they could go back in time and re-learn their Target Language(s). They talk about routines, methods and a bunch of different regrets. If you're a beginner, they h...

This week for the Refold Roundtable, we were joined by Darius who's a very proficient Japanese speaker with an incredible accent. He led us through a great discussion about accent, speaking, how to improve and just some interesting things about the spoken Japanese Language.

Each week, a bunch of Refold community members (admins, mods, and long time learners) get together to discuss a community prompted topic!   This week, the squad talked about Early Outputting. They shared their thoughts and opinions and had a great chat about the topic.   Join the Refold Central Discord server to vote for (or even suggest) the topic for next week!   The Refold Roundt...