Welcome to the Effortless English show with the world's number one English teacher - AJ HOGE, where AJ's more than 40 million students worldwide finally learn English, once and for all, without the boring textbooks, classrooms, and grammar drills. Here's AJ with the quick piece to help you learn to speak fluent English effortlessly.
EFFORTLESS ENGLISH PODCAST
Effortless English podcast started in 2006. The original name was - EFFORTLESS LANGUAGE ACQUISITION PODCAST. AJ used his podcast to spread the teaching ideas discussed in his blog and as a way to promote his newly founded company. In the beginning, the main audience was English teachers and advanced English students. Don't be surprised with the very advanced level of English in the first episodes.
As of this writing, AJ has done more than 850 podcasts total (Source: Castbox). This number includes all the formats: audio podcasts, videocasts, EE video shows, interviews, book and movie clubs, walk 'n' talks, recorded VIP teleseminars. The duration varies from 3 minutes to almost 3 hours, on average around 40 minutes.
From the beginning the main focus of the podcast was on language learning and languague acquisition. Also, AJ secretly recorded his conversations with family members and friends and put them in some episodes. The idea was to give his students authentic English material for listening. Over more than fifteen years EE Podcast has evolved a lot. It has changed its focus many times. It also changed the format and platforms for brodcasting.
According to AJ, only English is boring therefore he's always been trying to talk about a variety of topics from real life in his shows. In some episodes, he reflects on the events from his life such as living in his car or van, his teaching experience abroad, his childhood, his family, American culture and tradition. He also talks about goals and achieving success. Some other topics of his show include relationships, health, meditation and spiritual practice, public speaking, job searching and job interviews, career...
Until 2016, AJ strongly avoided discussing politics in his shows. But irritated by the 2016 United States presidential election, he decided to speak up his mind. He started pointing on biased reporting from the media and all the censorship happening in America. Because of this, he also became the victim of censorship on the main social media. The podcast became more genuine and so much interesting topics opened up. That's when AJ started the mission of red-pilling us, his students.
The milestone for the EE Show was 2018. That's the year AJ decided to do one show every day. This year he started doing Book Club Shows. He also started recording audio-only podcasts named Walk n Talks, during his walking time. On some days he would publish two shows per day. The same practice continued in 2019 which is the record year for the EE Podcast.
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"...This is why I enjoy doing EE shows so much. This is why I do it. It's because of you. I have a business and now I have financial freedom, so I don't have to do this anymore. So why am I doing this? Why am I giving you free shows almost every day? Because I love it. Because I love you, I love the interaction with you. I love that you're such great intelligent independent thinkers. It's a bigger mission now. And you are so important. So thank you because you give me motivation, you inspire me. Together we get stronger, more inspired, more motivated, more energized, more intelligent. So great!"-AJ Hoge
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"The Effortless English book club is going to be like taking an English literature class at the university, where you'd read the book and then you'd discuss the book chapter by chapter and ask questions about it."-AJ Hoge, 2018
BOOK CLUB
Books done, chronologically:
Animal Farm
by George Orwell
- Genre: Fiction, Political Satire
- Published: 1945
- Country: United Kingdom
- Chapters: X
- All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.
- Comrade Napoleon is always right.
- Four legs good, two legs better.
Rich Dad Poor Dad
by Robert Kiyosaki
- Genre: Nonfiction, Personal Finance
- Published: 1997
- Country: United States
- Chapters: IX
- The poor and the middle class work for money. The rich have money work for them.
- Rich people acquire assets.
The poor and middle class acquire liabilities that they think are assets. - An asset puts money in my pocket. A liability takes money out of my pocket.
- People's lives are forever controlled by two emotions: fear and greed.
Dumbing Us Down
by John Taylor Gatto
- Genre: Nonfiction, Education
- Published: 1992
- Country: United States
- Chapters: V
- We need less school, not more.
- I teach indifference. I teach children not to care too much about anything.
- Everything I teach is out of context.
- I teach emotional and intellectual dependency.
The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
- Genre: Fiction, Adventure, Quest
- Published: 1988
- Country: Brazil
- Parts: II
- Sections: V
- Listen to your heart. It knows all things, because it came from the Soul of the World.
- Wherever your heart is, that is where you will find your treasure.
- It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
- You must follow the omens!
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
by Stephen R. Covey
- Genre: Nonfiction, Self-Help
- Published: 1989
- Country: United States
- Parts: IV
- Habits: VII
- Start with the end in mind.
- The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, and learn from it.
- We see the world, not as it is, but as we are conditioned to see it.
- Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
- If I really want to improve my situation,
I can work on the one thing over which I have control - myself.
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
by Dale Carnegie
- Genre: Nonfiction, Self-Help
- Published: 1948
- Country: United Kingdom
- Parts: X
- Chapters: XXXI
- Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
- Today is our most precious possession. It is our only sure possession.
- If you want to keep happiness, you have to share it!
- A man is not hurt so much by what happens, as by his opinion of what happens.
- No matter what happens, always be yourself.
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
- Genre: Fiction, Dystopian Social Sci-Fi
- Published: 1932
- Country: United Kingdom
- Chapters: XVIII
- One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.
- Everyone belongs to everyone else.
- A love of nature keeps no factories busy.
- Never put off till tomorrow the fun you can have today.
Your Money or Your Life
by Vicki Robin
- Genre: Nonfiction, Personal Finance
- Published: 1992
- Country: United States
- Chapters: IX
- If you live for having it all, what you have is never enough.
- Americans used to be citizens. Now we are consumers.
- He who knows he has enough is rich.
- Money is something we choose to trade our life energy for.
- The only real asset you have is your time. The hours of your life.
The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Genre: Fiction, Epic Fantasy
- Published: 1937
- Country: United Kingdom
- Chapters: XIX
- Home is now behind you, the world is ahead!
- The world is not in your books and maps, it's out there.
- There is a lot more in Bilbo than you guess,
and a deal more than he has any idea of himself. - Loyalty, honor, and a willing heart. I can ask no more than that.
- All good stories deserve embellishment!
Charisma on Command
by Charlie Houpert
- Genre: Nonfiction, Self-Help
- Published: 2014
- Country: United States
- Chapters: XII
- Charisma = Conviction + Energy + Presentation
- In terms of inspiring people, your energy is more essential than your message.
- Speak louder, gesticulate more, feel more alive than your audience.
- Keep your messages uplifting and positive and people will be drawn to you.
Life After Life
by Raymond Moody
- Genre: Nonfiction, Spirituality
- Published: 1975
- Country: United States
- Chapters: VI
- Death is, in my judgment, simply a transition into another kind of reality.
- Two things that fill me with wonder
the starry heavens above me and the conscious self within me. - Very often,in near-death experiences, the person encounters a divine or angelic being.
Notes from a Friend
by Anthony Robbins
In progress- Genre: Nonfiction, Self-Help
- Published: 1995
- Country: United States
- Lessons: XI
- The past doesn't equal the future. It's in the moment of decision that your destiny is shaped
- Whatever you think about most you'll experience
- The fastest way to change how you feel about anything is to change what you're focusing on
- God's delays are not God's denials
"TV shows and movies are possibly a very powerful tool for improving your English speaking. Much better than a textbook. Movie English is much closer to the real English we use when we talk to our friends, when we're at work..."-AJ Hoge
MOVIE CLUB
Movies done:
THE MATRIX
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss
- Directed by: The Wachowskis
- Genre: Sci-Fi, Action
- Released: 1999
- Running time: 136 min
JERRY MAGUIRE
Starring: Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr, Renée Zellweger
In progress**Astonishingly slow
- Directed by: Cameron Crowe
- Genre: Romantic Comedy-Drama
- Released: 1996
- Running time: 139 min
"I'm looking to interview people. What kind of people do I want to interview? Interesting people, people with interesting and useful ideas.-AJ Hoge
It's really good for you because you get to hear different English speakers. They might use a lot of vocabulary words that I don't use. Each speaker has a little bit different style, different speed and all of this is useful for you."
INTERVIEWS
Some of the interviewees:
"I decided to do something different for you, audio podcast listeners. I thought I have a portable audio recorder and why not do a special show where I just talk to you while I walk around the city."-AJ Hoge, 2018
WALK AND TALK
AJ started doing Walk n Talks during summer 2018. He used to walk from his apartment in the south of Osaka Japan to the downtown area. He usually did his work at a coffee shop in downtown Osaka. His walk was usually about one hour. The idea was to give his listeners one hour of free English listening almost every day.
Walk n Talks went viral among EE students. They liked it a lot and encouraged AJ to do more. For months they were the main format of the Effortless English podcast. AJ would publish seven audio podcasts and only one video (usually book club) each week. He continued doing Walk n Talks even after his children were born. He would carry one of the tweens or both, and he'd walk and of course talk.
During Walk n Talks AJ talked about a variety of topics including hiking, camping, World cup, American football, golf, diets, fitness, aging, homeschooling. He also talked about purpose, mission, money, career, entrepreneurship, leadership. You can find some podcasts where AJ discusses good vs evil, virtues vs sins, intuition vs thinking, true friends vs fake friends, youth vs elders, patriots vs traitors, food vs fasting, video games vs board games...
AJ went out of his way to explain U.S. measurements to us, non-Americans, especially at the beginning of doing Walk n Talks *. He also brought up some great quotes and wisdom from old books like Art of War, Henry V, Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads, Tao Te Ching, and many more. Thanks to AJ we were introduced to some powerful concepts from real life such as the Red pill, ZFG, Streisand effect, Q...
* Special accent was on converting temperature from degrees Fahrenheit to Celsius and vice versa. If you still struggle with that, here's a little help. Have fun!
Above all the main charm of Walk n Talks is their authenticity. You can almost feel the atmosphere of streets, parks, and coffee shops in Osaka. AJ often ran into people who greeted him, said hi to passengers, and once even helped a woman who collapsed on the street. He promoted his city in the best possible way, describing its landmarks, history, and people, making us want to visit it. As he jokingly said many times, I hope he'll get sponsorship from Japan Tourism Agency. It'd be well deserved.
- Coffee n Talk
- Relax n Talk
- Casual Chat
- Chat
Walk n Talk recording
Listen to the very first Walk n Talk: