The Ink Well

Dear podcast listeners, Today, I am happy to introduce you to a hyper-polyglot from India, Mahendra Acharya. Mahendra speaks 13 different languages with varying fluency. Having mastered Kannada, Tulu, Hindi, Farsi, Russian, German, and English, and having reached an adequate level in Spanish, Lithuanian, and Greek, Mahendra is currently trying his hand at Arabic and Hungarian. If you are curious t...

Dear listeners, I am happy to introduce to you Nicole Vignola. Nicole is a neuroscientist who studies learning, attention and ways we can change our thoughts, habits and behaviours. Her new book: 'Rewire: Break the Cycle, Alter Your Thoughts and Create Lasting Change (Your Neurotoolkit for Everyday Life)' is going to be out next month so don't miss the release! Connect with Nicole: htt...

Dear listeners of The Ink Well podcast, Today, I am glad to introduce you to Gerardo Castillo. Gerardo is a Venezuelan English teacher living and working in Brazil. Having majored in English, he has been teaching it all around South America. In this conversation, we have spoken about the struggles that language learners encounter and how to solve them. Also, we compared Venezuelan and Brazilian cu...

Dear listeners. Today you are listening to the 29th episode of the Ink Well, a podcast where I interview various linguists, teachers, polyglots and other interesting multilinguals. Our today’s guest is Urmi Hossain. Urmi grew up in Italy but she is not a regular Italian. As she says herself, she is Italian by birth yet Bengali by blood. More than a decade ago she relocated to Quebec and she has be...

Dear listeners, Today you are listening to the 28th episode of The Ink Well podcast. Our today‘s guest is Philip Charter. Philip is a writing coach. His main professional task is to help multilingual writers such as I to achieve their writing authority and future-proof their careers. Philip also runs a writers‘ community, offers various courses online and works with clients in private. Today we ha...

Dear listeners, Hello and welcome to the 27th episode of ‘The Ink Well’ podcast. Our today’s guest is a historian, polyglot and freelance writer, Artemii Migavchik. As a historian, Artemi wrote a thesis about Stalinist repressions in the Soviet Union. As a polyglot, he speaks Ukrainian, Russian, German, and Dutch and now he is also learning Lithuanian. As a writer, he writes about the contemporary...

Welcome to 'The Ink Well' – a podcast for those who love languages, cultures, and writing. Our today’s guest is Fabio Cerpelloni, the author of “Any Language You Want: 18 Conflicting Lessons for a New Kind of Language Learner.” In this episode, I and Fabio have discussed what it means to learn a foreign language efficiently. We also talked about how language learning is changing, how to be...

Alexander Victor Semenyuk is a bestselling Ukrainian-American author with a keen eye on society, history, psychology and religion. He has published over 20 books in various genres ranging from medieval fantasy to horror and romance. In our today's conversation, we sat down to talk about his latest work, Substack, Christianity, Ukrainian language and Soviet history. 🔗 First conversation: http:...

Mantas Jakelaitis is an East-Asian Studies graduate from Vytautas Magnus University, with a focus on Japan, its culture and history.   Currently employed in a Japanese company and having studied the Japanese language for over a decade, Mantas is excited to share insights on how to learn this complex language effectively.   In the podcast, Mantas also talked about his experience of living and worki...

Hermione Lee is a 19-year-old author from Taiwan. Having started to write at the age of 10, Hermione released her first book 'In the Name of the Otherworld' at the age of 16. After releasing her first book and getting encouraged by positive feedback, the young author has released 14 more books. Loving the craft, Hermione does not plan to stop. She has many unpublished stories and hundreds...

Sylvia Branded-Puls is a German-Peruvian mother of two with a background in fitness economics and education. For the past 7 years, she has been a stay-at-home mom and has been continuously helping her children to learn life's ropes without attending a traditional school setting. Today I and Sylvia sat down to speak about education, homeschooling and the public opinion of children who don't...

Tesal Sangma is a certified ESOL and EAP Instructor and an English teacher from India. For the past 8 years, he has been working at the Woodstock International School, creating engaging learning experiences and tailoring high-quality materials for his students.   In today's show, I and Tesal sat down to talk about the Indian languages, India as a country and the role that the English language...

Bogdan Danchuk is a seasoned finance consultant and digital entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience living a location-independent lifestyle in over 35 countries. His company, UnTaxed.com, is committed to assisting individuals in securing residency and reducing taxes in Portugal. Bogdan is also the founder of the digital nomad community of Madeira and a speaker of Modern Hebrew, English and R...

Zakaria Belmehdi is an International Politics graduate from Morocco who has been living in Lithuania since 2013. Having graduated both from Vytautas Magnus University and Vilnius University Zakaria has reached a high level of fluency in the Lithuanian languages. Also, he is a native speaker of Darija (a Moroccan dialect of the Arabic language) and a speaker of French and English.  In today's p...

Kotaro Hisada is a polyglot from Osaka, Japan. When Kotaro was 16 years old he went for an exchange year in Wroclaw, Poland. After that, he fell in love with Slavic and Baltic languages. While learning Polish he has started learning Ukrainian. Along the way, he has picked up Lithuanian, Russian and continued to improve his English. In his spare time, he also makes YouTube videos about himself, Lit...

Malika Shamshiden is a native Kazakh and Russian speaker that also speaks Japanese, Korean, English and Turkish. She is also a language teacher on Italki and currently resides in Istanbul, Türkiye. After completing her secondary education, Malika pursued a bachelor in Interpretation with an emphasis on English. Later, she earned a bachelor's degree in Oriental Studies from Eurasian National Un...

Dorjpagma Batsaikhan is a cultural anthropologist from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Having graduated from the Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary, Dorjpagma has dedicated her academic career to researching and trying to understand Mongolia and Mongolian identity In today's podcast, Dono and I discuss various topics including Mongolian, Chinese, and Russian relationships; ancient and modern history;...

Bahador Alast is a full-time engineer, a cultural and linguistic aficionado, and the founder of the YouTube channel 'Bahador Alast' where Bahador brings speakers of different languages in an attempt to unveil their commonalities. Starting small the channel has recently reached 300.000 subscribers and now is one of the leading channels for language enthusiasts. As stated by Bahador: 'In...

Yorgos Karampalis is an author, teacher and digital creator from Greece. He has written a book for Beginner-Intermediate Greek language learners called 'Σιγά-σιγά — Bit by Bit: A basic-vocabulary builder for Greek learners' and co-founded the YouTube channel 'Difficult Greek.' Currently, Yorgos resides in Aberdeen, Scotland and teaches Greek on Italki. YouTube channel: https://www....

Dr. Christine Bradstreet is a retired chiropractor, certified health coach, mindset coach, yoga instructor, and spiritual healer. She also is the editor of Medium's publication 'Change Your Mind Change Your Life' as well as the author of two wellness-related books. Christine's website: https://www.christinebradstreet.com/ Christie's Medium: https://medium.com/@christinebradstre...

Antonello Zanini is a software engineer, a technical writer and a language enthusiast from Brescia, Italy. Having graduated from university, Antonello quickly understood that it is not only the hard skills that land you a job, its also the soft ones, such as bilingualism. Even though learning languages first might seem like a chore, it can quickly turn into a passion as it did in Antonello's c...

Veronica Llorca-Smith is a writer, language enthusiast and digital nomad currently residing in Hong Kong. She has lived in 9 countries and speaks 6 languages. Currently, Veronica works as an inclusive leadership consultant and helps people worldwide to advance in their personal lives and careers. 📚Veronica's books: 1) The Lemon Tree Mindset - https://a.co/d/3hZG3Ix 2) Conquering Your Burnout...

Jenny has a story to tell. Her story is one of recovery and hope. Though her unhealthy first marriage ended in divorce, she healed and now thrives. With a Master's in Human Services Counselling, Jenny writes to help others recover and make better choices when it comes to relationships. 📚 Jenny's website: https://www.jennyealexander.com/ 🌐 Jenny's blog: https://medium.com/@Jenny-Alexa...

Bryn Jones is a multi-disciplinary writer with over two decades of experience in creating advertising campaigns and marketing materials in the UK and abroad. Bryn is an accomplished scriptwriter, published author, and part-time illustrator. His most recent role is as an executive producer on a short film that is presently in post-production. Bryn presently resides in Cyprus and is always looking f...

Bradley Morgan is an American author and podcast host who currently works at Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago. Back in late 2021, he released "U2’s The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America", a book about the band's existential journey through America in the 1980s connecting it to his own experience of being an American citizen in the age of Trump. You can buy Bradley's...