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A new English accent in every unscripted conversation.
Each episode of Accented is a single unscripted interview, made for English learners who want to hear the language as people actually speak it. The titles name each guest's accent and job, from a Lebanese podcast producer in Paris to a Belgian professor of structural engineering working in Ecuador.
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Accented - Learn English Through Conversations is an interview show for English learners, and its guests are the teaching method. In each episode, Kimberley Law talks with one person who has a distinct English accent, and the conversation is unscripted. Law has said she likes to come up with questions on the spot while listening to how a guest sounds. So learners hear the hesitations, restarts and self-corrections of real speech, not a polished dialogue. The episode titles follow one pattern: guest, accent, occupation, as in 'E52 - Namrata - Indian Accent - Homemaker'. The accents in this run of episodes include Lebanese, Indian, Somali/Aussie, Belgian, Swiss German and Filipino. Several guests live far from where they started, so their stories are also about settling somewhere new. Namrata, originally from Mumbai and now in Versailles, describes her first job in France at a media company called Brut. She worked in English with the company's Indian arm but had to understand a French team, and she says that taught her French faster than a classroom might have. She also compares the two places: France gives her more personal freedom, but it can feel isolating after India, where people know their neighbours. Eva, a Belgian structural engineer teaching in Ecuador, learned Spanish only after she arrived there and teaches her own course in English. She and Law also discuss why engineers need English at all. Kris, who hosts Go Filipino, traces how Tagalog absorbed words from Chinese, Sanskrit, Spanish and American English, and says Filipinos commonly speak two to three languages. Daniel, from the German-speaking part of Switzerland, explains his job as a civil servant in customs. He also explains why so many people want to live in his country, pointing to its stability and its health system. Some conversations turn to Law's own work. With Laetitia, a podcast producer at Rumble Studio in Paris, Law says editing can take longer than the interview itself, and that booking guests around the world is hard when time zones don't line up. She also mentions packing up in Sydney and moving to Paris. One small moment comes with Yusuf, an entrepreneur who has a Somali background and lives in Melbourne. Law asks about his 'Australian friends', then corrects herself, because he is Australian too. It shows how much meaning one phrase can carry. Law also asks listeners to keep emailing her, especially if they would like to be guests, because she needs more accents. For a first listen, try 'E34 - Kris - Filipino Accent - Go Filipino Podcast Host', which combines accent practice with a conversation about where a language's words came from.
Made for: Suits an English learner who wants to practise understanding speakers from many backgrounds and would rather follow a real conversation about work, migration and language than a scripted dialogue.
What sets it apart: Instead of centring one teacher's voice, each episode features a different speaker's accent and names it in the title. Because the interviews are unscripted, learners hear natural pauses and self-corrections alongside personal stories.
How many English accents are there in the world? Let me guess; you're thinking American, British, Australian, or Canadian? And what about grammar and vocabulary? Does it change in each country you visit? Let me introduce myself: my name is Kimberley Law, and I've created this podcast for people to continue learning English by being exposed to multiple accents in real-life conversations.
Bridges in Ecuador, Tagalog in San Francisco: Kimberley Law gives your English ear more than practice sentences.
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A Lebanese podcast producer explains how pre-recorded interviews can make podcast production more flexible.
A podcast producer from Lebanon, now working at Rumble Studio in Paris, gives this conversation a grounded look at a recording setup built around pre-recorded questions or prompts sent in a document.
Namrata ties accent, migration, French work culture, and Indian food into a grounded conversation.
Namrata's story gives the episode a lived-in language-learning focus, moving from Mumbai to Versailles and into the everyday work of adapting in France.
Héctor and Beto dissect Mexican grammar, slang, and news in native-speed Spanish conversations.
Letitia says the challenge was to produce "100 podcast episodes in just 10 days."
Kimberly Law speaks with Namrata, who moved from Mumbai to Versailles after her husband took a job at a car company in France.
Yousef Mohamed says a loss only matters when you fail to learn from it.
Eva learned Spanish in Ecuador and teaches structural engineering in English at a Spanish-language university.
Chris calls language an "imprint of our identity" for first- and second-generation Filipinos.
An English teacher interviews another English teacher to help learners understand different English accents through real conversation.
This episode introduces a Chinese-Canadian guest living in Berlin to expose English learners to a mixed accent and improve listening skills.
Host Kimberley Law interviews Anna Tider, a Croatian English speaker, to help learners understand different English accents.
This episode features an interview with Pete from the Aussie English Podcast to help listeners understand the Australian accent and slang.