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Todd:  OK. Hey, hello! Tim:  Hey, how's it going? Todd:    Doing pretty good. Could you introduce yourself ,  please? Tim:  Yeah, I'm Tim Peterson. I'm from Oregon in the United States. Todd:  Oh, nice. You're from Oregon. Tim:  Yeah. Todd:  OK, and were you born there? Tim:  Yes, I was born there. Todd:  Oh, really? Did you ever live in any o...

Todd:  OK. I'm back here with Kanade. Kanade:  Yes. Todd:  So Kanade, why don't you talk about where you're from. Kanade:  OK. I'm from Akita, which is Northern Japan. And there is a lot of mountains and you can see changing color in the fall and in my home Yashima town, there are only six thousand people in there and there is a waterfall called "Hotonedake", which is...

Todd:  OK. Hello! Can I have your name please? Cat:  Cat. Todd:  Cat! Is that short for something? Cat:  Short for Catherine. Todd:  Catherine. OK, Catherine. What's your full name? Cat:  Catherine Lovelock. Todd:  Oh, nice name. Nice! Cat:  Glad you think so. Todd:  And where are you from? Cat:  Ah, from England. Todd:  OK. Where in England?...

Ann:  Hey, Nobu! I've heard that you practice martial arts. Can you tell me about K1? Nobu:  Yes. Well actually, what I practice is a type of martial arts called mixed martial arts. No holds barred! Mixed martial arts is a mixture of everything, kickboxing, boxing wrestling, submission fighting, so on and so on. Ann:  What are you best at? What do you like practicing? Nobu:  I...

Todd:  So what are you doing this weekend, Adrianna? Adrianna:  I'm going to Fukuoka with...to meet my friend. Todd:  Oh cool, how do you know her? Adrianna:  She went to university with me. Todd:  What's she doing in Fukuoka? Adrianna:  She's on the Jet Program, teaching. Todd:  Oh, cool. Does she like it? Adrianna:  Yeah, she likes it. She renewed her cont...

Todd:  OK. Tim, we're going to talk about running. Tim:  OK. Todd:  Now, we've been running the last couple of nights. Tim:  Yeah, that's true. Todd:  And, you're much faster than me.   You're a fast runner. How often do you run? Tim:  Well, now I only run about four days a week but when I was younger every day. Todd:  Oh, really? Wow! Did you run in high sc...

Todd:  OK. Daisuke, we're going to talk about the guesthouse. We live at the same guesthouse. Daisuke:  Yes. Todd:  There are lots of people here. Daisuke:  Yep. Todd:  What do you think about the guesthouse? Daisuke:  It's quite nice to meet different people from different countries. Todd:  Uh-huh.. What do you do at night at the guesthouse? Daisuke: ...

Todd:  Clare, you're from England. Clare:  That's right. Todd:  How would you compare England and Japan? Clare:  Well, I think.. let's take price-wise, they're actually quite similar. Well, not maybe not England as a whole but say Japan and London is very similar. I found in supermarkets, in housing and things like that. In other respects, the people are certainly different. I...

Todd:  OK. Michael, you are into spearfishing. Michael:  Yes, I enjoy going spearfishing Todd:  OK. Can you talk about that a bit? Michael:  Yeah, sure. Spearfishing basically is a sport that you dive under the water with the aid of flippers, a wet suit, and weights but you don't use oxygen at all. It's all-- you hyperventilate before you go down to get your oxygen levels up th...

Todd:  All right. Tennessee, you were talking about how you like movies. Tenn:  Yes, I'm a big movie buff. Todd:  OK. What kind of movies do you like? Tenn:  I kind of like most genres of movies. It's just-- what I look for is a good story and good characters is the main thing. So even if I like the genre, if like whether it be science fiction or historical drama, if...

Todd:  OK., Jeff, you're a writer. Jeff:  A little bit. Todd:  OK. Jeff:  Hobby. Todd:  OK. Talk about writing. Jeff:  I write. I think you writers write about what they know. So, and I don't know much so....so it's difficult. Difficult to be a writer. Now, writers write about what they know so I'm writing. I have a manuscript now about travelling, the people, the peo...

Todd:  So Tim, you want to talk about road trips? Tim:  Yeah, I wanna talk about road trips. Me and my friends when we were in high school we took a lot of road trips to lots of different places. Todd:  OK. Tim:  We would go down to California sometimes Mexico. One time when I was living in Wyoming, in one weekend we drove from Wyoming through Colorado, New Mexico, and Mexico a...

Todd:  OK. Kerys, we're going to talk about high school. What was high school like for you? Kerys:  It was a very interesting experience. I was in a high school in a, quite a run-down area. Todd:  Oh, OK. Kerys:  So it was the norm for girls to get pregnant at 14, leave school and then come back at 16 and do their exams. Todd:  Wow! Kerys:  So it was quite unique. Tod...

Todd:  Hey Victor, I hear you're going home tomorrow. Victor:  Yes, I am . Todd:  Ah, that's too bad. So how long have you been here? Victor:  I've been here for two weeks. Todd:  I'm sorry, I was never sure. Why did you come to Japan? Victor:  Came to Japan to study martial arts. Budo Ju Jitsu is the art that we study. Todd:  Oh! OK, cool. So are like...

Todd:  Nicola, you were talking to us  the other day  that you went diving in Australia? Nicola:  That's right I did. Todd:  Wow, so what was it like? Nicola:  Well, actually it was quite scary, to be honest. When I first started I did an introductory course which was just maybe like two days. And so they just sent you out with all of the equipment, put you in the sea...

Todd:  Hey Leath! Do you want to go  ahead  and talk about the story you we're going to say? Leath:  OK. Yeah, this was about-- I'd say a year and a half ago and it was in Harare the capital, where my mom lives. I was on holidayback home seeing my mom and anyway it's a Sunday morning and I was in the shower. Got up pretty late, it must have been about half ten and all of a sudd...

Charlotte : The first time I moved to Poland I wanted to live with a foreign family so that I could learn the Polish language. I went to live with the couple in their seventies whose children had moved away from home. They started treating me like a second daughter. At first, it was really fun because they'd encourage me to speak and they'd act everything out for me, including my landlord's experi...

Todd:  Hello, Ann! How are you doing? Ann:  I'm fine. Todd:  Ann, could you introduce yourself and tell people where you are from? Ann:  Yeah. My name's Ann Hutchingson and I'm from Montreal, Canada. Right now I'm an English teacher in Tokyo, Japan. Todd:  OK. What's Montreal like? Ann:  Montreal is a really nice city. It's just very cold in the wintertime. It is.. it...

JJ:  Annili, have you always been an English teacher? Annili:  No. Actually, I started out as a French teacher. That was my first job. JJ:  Wow! So tell me about your first job. Annili:  My first job. I was working in Central West Queensland in Australia so it was a remote place. JJ:  Sure. Annili:  For example, the nearest supermarket was about 100 kilometers aw...

Todd:  OK. Kevin, we're back here in the forest. We're gonna talk about sports. Kevin:  OK. Great. I love sports. Todd:  What sports do you like? Kevin:  Well, my favorite sport is baseball. Obviously, I grew up and my father was a baseball player so I was always aroundbaseball. Todd:  Wow. Kevin:  My whole life. Todd:  You mean your father was a player in the Ma...

Todd:  Hello? David:  Hello, Seattle! Todd:  Hello, Seattle. OK. Well, how about could you introduce yourself to the listener? David:  Oh, hi! I'm David. I'm from Tennessee. The home of Jack Daniel's whiskey and Elvis Presley. Todd:  Do you like Elvis? David:  He's OK. Todd:  Yeah? Cool! David:  Never met the guy, but.. Todd:  Your name is David David:&...

Todd:  OK. Matt, we're back. We're gonna talk about music. What is your favorite kind of music? Matt:  My favorite kind of music is alternative music. Generally, I like all types of music apart from country music. Todd:  I'm the same way. I hate country except for Johny Cash. Matt:  Yeah. The older country is good but the newer, I don't like the newer stuff. Todd:  Yeah. H...

Charlotte:  Hey Jessica, you've got a brother called Kirk? Jessica:  Yes, that's right. He is two and a half years older than I am and we get along very well now. Charlotte:  You get along very well now. How did you get along in the past? Jessica:  Not very well at all actually. He was always very mean and heartless, should we say. Charlotte:  What was the first thing you...

Todd:  OK. Hello? Steven:  Hello, there! Todd:  How are you doing today? Steven:  Pretty good. Todd:  Could you please introduce yourself. Steven:  Yeah. My name is Steven and I come from the north of England. Todd:  Oh, really? Where in the north of England? Steven:  A little village called Gawsworth. Todd:  Is it a big place? Steven:  No, it's ab...

Todd:  OK. Victor, tomorrow you're flying home? Victor:  Yes, that's correct. Todd:  OK. So, are you afraid of flying? Victor:  No, flying's fine. Todd:  Really? Back home for your job, do you fly? Victor:  No, I drive to work and to different assignments. Todd:  OK. You never have to fly to go to conventions or other cities or stuff like that? Victor: ...