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In this episode of The Jack & Chill Podcast, Jack and Xochitl talk about their experiences with loss and the grief that goes along with those experiences.Transcript:00:00:00XochitlYou are listening to the Jack and Chill podcast Jack. Today we have a little bit of a heavy topic brief Jack.00:00:20XochitlYour experiences with grief and how would you define it for our listeners?00:00:24발표자OK.00:00:25JackYeah. So grief is A is a a tough topic and for our listeners out there, grief is the emotion that you feel when.00:00:33JackSomeone that you you loved, a loved one passes away or or dies.00:00:39JackAnd for me, I I never really experienced it.00:00:47JackI I I didn’t experience it for a long time because when I was born my 2 two of my grandparents were had already passed away or passed away when I was a baby. So you I just grew up never knowing my my grandfather on my father’s side.00:01:07JackAnd I grew up not knowing my grandmother on my mother’s side and my grandfather on my mother’s side was alive. But we we weren’t really in contact with him. He was an abusive alcohol.00:01:22JackAlec and so growing up, there was a lot of.00:01:29JackStress in my my mother’s family because of my grandfather’s drinking and and when he was when I was in middle or sorry, elementary school, maybe fifth grade during summer camp, my grandfather passed away in a nursing home and my parents.00:01:49JackAsk me, you know, do you want to go to the funeral?00:01:52JackWe’ll come pick you.00:01:52JackUp or you can just stay at camp and.00:01:57JackI just stayed at camp and I I really felt nothing. I, I I remember meeting him one time in the nursing home and it was just scary, you know, because it was all all these.00:02:10JackElderly, sick people, very thin and.00:02:15JackI he I just. I didn’t have any relationship with him at all. So I I really only had my my father’s mother, my grandmother, and my father my father’s side.00:02:28JackAnd she we called her Bubba. Uh and Bubba was the best. You know? She really.00:02:39JackFilled in for all the for the other three grandparents that didn’t have I I wouldn’t trade, you know, four grandparents for for one, Bubba and yeah, ever. Because she was amazing. And and she lived to be 92 years old.00:02:57JackAnd so she passed. Maybe in, like, 2009. I think if I’m not mistaken, somewhere around there. Uh, my daughter was just a baby at the time and.00:03:10JackAnd I I felt.00:03:11JackVery, very sad, obviously because it’s it’s hard when you lose someone that you.00:03:18JackOf but I also, on the other hand, she lived to be 92 years old, like she lived a very full life, a very long life. Yeah, I grew up in the Great Depression in America, in on a farm in South Dakota. So she was tough, you know.00:03:27XochitlRight.00:03:38JackTough as nails like there is no, she didn’t. She wasn’t a, you know, delicate person. You know, she grew up in the hard times in America and she.00:03:55JackMarried my my grandfather, who was a a mechanic in the military. He served in Panama building of the Panama Canal during World War 2. So, you know, it was there just just that famous, you know, kind of story.00:04:15Jack1950s, they had their children. They grew up in the 50s and 60s. My my father was in elementary school in the 50s and then high school and university in the 60s and early 70s.00:04:29JackAnd so that was my first experience with with grief. But in the last three about three years ago, my one of my very, very close friends, I probably I have a best friend from high school and a best friend from college.00:04:48JackAnd my best friend from college passed away, and that was.00:04:57JackYou know it’s.00:05:00JackHe he was young, you know. I mean, not not. Maybe not not, you know, not not like in his 20s. He was in his his 40s but.00:05:10XochitlThat’s young to pass. That’s very young to pass.00:05:11JackYeah, that’s that’s very young to pass. And and that was that one.00:05:18JackYou know, stop me in my tracks. You know, it was. That was a very, very difficult one to process and I think I’m, you know, still processing it and and probably will always be processing it in some way because.00:05:36JackIt just leaves a a massive hole in your in your heart, in your life, where?00:05:45JackSomething will happen and you, you you want that person’s advice or you want to tell that person and you and you remember that they’re not here and and you can’t. You can’t tell them and you’ll never laugh together. You’ll, you know you you won’t. You’re not going to share a moment again.00:06:06JackAnd everything you had with that person is everything you will ever have with that person. And that’s a very here’s an English expression for our listeners, a hard pill to swallow. You know, it’s hard to accept that reality that.00:06:23JackThis. That’s it. You know, the time that you had is the time is the is the only time that you.00:06:29JackYou get with that person and.00:06:32JackIt just seems cruel, you know that an illness would.00:06:40JackUM.00:06:42JackAffect someone that young and and take them away from from from their family and from their friend?00:06:48JackAnd and and yeah, it just it just kind of.00:06:55JackI don’t know what the word is like. I’ve it it it it it’s it has like a dulling effect. Like it a a numbing effect. Yeah. It it leaves you kind of like.00:07:08JackIt it could be dangerous because it can make you cynical, right? Like it can make you kind of angry at the world or angry at God or or or just kind of like, what’s the point of of all this? Because.00:07:24JackAnyone that we love can just be torn away from us at any moment.00:07:28JackOr but but that’s the the that’s the anger stage of grief. I think you know where you’re just you get angry and you you don’t. You shouldn’t stay. You don’t want to stay in that mindset. You know, of of anger.00:07:29XochitlRight.00:07:45JackYou want to move on to acceptance.00:07:49JackAnd appreciate and be happy and and blessed that you at least the time that you did have with that person be be lucky that you’re able to have that time with that person, but it’s hard to get to to that stage of grief. I think it it does take a lot of kind of its internal struggle within yourself.00:08:10JackIt takes.00:08:13JackA more mature kind of.00:08:17JackApproach to life and understanding that wow, you know, like life is very delicate and it’s not as nothing is guaranteed. And so it’ll make you hug that your loved ones that are still here a.00:08:32JackLittle bit harder.00:08:34JackAnd you know what I mean? Like, in, in that moment.00:08:37JackNow for example, I was in America recently and I got to see my daughter and even though she was embarrassed, I I I made sure to hug her and tell her I love her. When I said goodbye to her.00:08:52JackI I didn’t care if if it embarrassed her friends or anything and she didn’t care either because, you know, it’s like that you you never, ever know. There are no guarantees in in life. And so those are that was my my take away from my experience with grief and.00:09:12JackHow? How? How about you? Like how? How have you been dealing with with your experiences with grief?00:09:20XochitlWell, for our listeners, I think there is an important concept about the stages of grief in the United States. We call them like the five stages of grief and their denial, which is like kind of denying that it happened, glossing over it. You really don’t feel any of those feelings you’re kind of.00:09:41XochitlIt’s hard to process or even perceive that it really happened. Then there’s anger, which is, of course, being angry about what happened or feeling like, you know, it was unfair. There’s the bargaining stage, which is the stage where you’re like, oh, it’s only this had happened, maybe they wouldn’t have passed. If only this had happened. If I had done this differently.00:10:00XochitlThey had done this differently. If the doctors had done this differently.00:10:03XochitlAnd this all wouldn’t have happened. And then there’s a depression stage, which is kind of where your feelings get the best of you. And you’re starting, you’re in the midst of processing them. I feel like and.00:10:15XochitlYou feel a.00:10:16XochitlGreat sadness. It’s hard to get out of bed. It’s hard to do your daily tasks and the last stage is acceptance, which is what Jack was talking about, where you accept.00:10:26XochitlWhat has happened and you can maybe take some valuable lessons or, you know, move forward with.00:10:33XochitlA better understanding of what occurred.00:10:36XochitlI think it’s hard for me because.00:10:39XochitlYou can, uh. Contrary to popular belief, you can experience these in any order, and you can also experience the the cycle multiple times.00:10:48XochitlAnd for me, what I struggle with the most.00:10:52XochitlIs I.00:10:56XochitlAnd the kind of person that.00:10:59XochitlI don’t think I process. I don’t think I process my feelings because I see everyone else around me crying and stuff and I’m just standing there awkwardly and I do cry sometimes but it but not it’s like I.00:11:17XochitlIt’s not like an in the moment thing like how I see everyone else going through stages in the moment. It’s kind of like.00:11:26XochitlI feel like a third person watching everything happen. You know what I mean? I don’t know if this resonates at all.00:11:31JackYeah, there’s a word for that. It’s it’s disassociation, right?00:11:35XochitlYeah, I kind of disassociate. It’s like you’re. It’s like watching a a life movie. But it’s your life. But you’re watching it as if it weren’t your life, as if it’s a movie or you’re seeing it in the third.00:11:48JackYeah, that that’s a coping mechanism, I think.00:11:51XochitlYeah, it is a coping mechanism. Yeah. And that’s definitely how I. It’s like a faulty. It’s known as a faulty coping mechanism, which is like an unhealthy coping mechanism. And the only one that I experience a lot because.00:12:04XochitlWell, in Mexican tradition, there’s a lot that.00

In this episode of The Jack & ‘Chill Podcast, Xochitl and Jack talk about medical emergencies.Transcript:00:00:03XochitlJack, you kind of had a scary experience, not kind of. You definitely had a scary experience this week. Do you want?00:00:10XochitlTo tell our viewers about it.00:00:12JackYeah, I would, I.00:00:13JackWould love to to share this. Some of our listeners out there who are students in our world English.00:00:22JackGoogle meets class.00:00:24JackI know that I’ve I have been absent lately. The last week or so, and about a week ago, my father had a a major heart attack which was terrifying, you know, for our family and when the.00:00:45JackThe doctors did tests and everything they found that basically.00:00:50JackAll the arteries and artery is like it’s like a tube that carries blood.00:00:55XochitlAgain, laser vein, right a major vein.00:00:57JackRight. Because your heart pumps.00:00:59JackBlood to the rest of your.00:01:01JackBody and it and blood feeds into the heart and then it pumps out and.00:01:09JackHis his arteries were all blocked like they were up. Some of them were 99% blocked, which is, I mean, you’re he. He was not getting enough blood. Umm.00:01:23JackAnd uh. And so he ended up having.00:01:26JackA heart attack.00:01:27JackAnd you know, it’s the life when when you lived the life that social and I have lived like, where you work overseas.00:01:40JackYou’re so far away from home and it’s very difficult to receive news that your your family member is is really sick or having a very serious medical emergency.00:01:54JackAnd so it was really. Here’s an English expression, touch and go and touch and go means it was very delicate. Like he was very close.00:02:07JackTo to death.00:02:09JackAnd luckily my my brother and his his wife were visiting my parents and they both work in the medical profession.00:02:20JackMotion and my brother noticed the symptoms in my father and and and brought him into the hospital, and my dad has not left the hospital since that time and he actually went and had a a, a quadruple bypass and quadruples.00:02:41JackIt just means 4 quad means 4.00:02:44JackUM triple bypass means 3 double bypass means two and bypass means one and so he had a A4 bypasses quadruple bypass surgery where they connect arteries. They basically go around.00:03:04JackThe bad part of the artery? The the tube that carries blood into the heart and out of the heart. And they, you know, created new tubes that were clear.00:03:17JackAnd clean and they take those tubes from other parts of your body, like from your leg. Or maybe your arm. I’m not sure. And and they harvest them. They they put them, they sew them into.00:03:37JackInto the heart and he he had that surgery and I just talked to him before the podcast maybe 10 minutes ago.00:03:46JackNo, and he’s out of surgery and he’s doing really, really well. And so it was one of those, like, just terrifying moments where.00:03:58JackYou know, you you.00:04:01JackYou do that kind of like thinking in your head like is.00:04:05JackIs that the last time I’m gonna?00:04:08JackTalk to my dad, you know, like, is this is this it like and and and you know, before he went into surgery.00:04:16JackAnd so for those 24 hours while he was, you know, in surgery and and coming out of the surgery.00:04:23JackIt was, you know, I was trying to distract myself by listening to podcasts or, you know, talking with my wife and stuff like that. But luckily, everything went really, really well. And so it looks like he’s going to make a full recovery.00:04:43JackAnd you know, and for any of our our listeners out there or anyone and I know that you recently experienced a loss in your family. I’ve experienced a a pretty significant loss a couple of years ago and it’s it’s just really scary and painful.00:05:04JackUM, all the uh. Here’s another expression.00:05:08JackIn English, the woulda coulda should uh.00:05:11JackMoments. You know, I would have said something I could have said something. And so my big take away, the lesson I learned from this is, you know, hug your loved ones a little bit harder today, you know, because you we just don’t know the future.00:05:32JackWe we do do not know the.00:05:34JackFuture and and and all the little petty grievances that we have with with our our relatives or our friends are so insignificant in the grand scheme of things, you know we.00:05:55JackYou know, we we hold on to.00:05:56JackThose those things that we.00:05:58JackWe shouldn’t be holding on to and you have to let those go and just just squeeze your loved ones tightly and tell them that you love them because you just never know when when you’re, when they’re going to be gone and and sometimes it.00:06:19JackIt takes a wake up call like almost losing a a parent or a friend or a sibling.00:06:27JackBefore you you realize that, and once they’re gone, it’s it’s too late, you know, to to do that. And so I feel like I got a second chance to really, you know, just say to my father, dad, I love you. You’re you’re amazing and.00:06:46JackAnd I feel so lucky and so blessed that I got that opportunity because it could have really gone the other way very easily.00:06:55JackAnd uh, you know, those are the the important things in life is family and and and friends and and loved ones that that’s what really matters. So yeah that was the the harrowing experience that that we’ve been dealing with in my family here for.00:07:14JackThe last week or so.00:07:17XochitlThat’s terrible, Jack. I’m really sorry you’ve been dealing.00:07:20XochitlWith all of that.00:07:21JackWell, thanks. Yeah. Yeah, I I, I I know we’re we don’t need to to, you know, keep talking about this but it kind of brought you you mentioned the topic of like family emergencies and things like that and.00:07:40JackWhat about you?00:07:40JackHave you experienced any like family emergencies that you don’t mind sharing with our our podcast listeners?00:07:48XochitlYeah, for sure. I mean, I guess the first one would be when my grandfather passed away, I guess that was in October now.00:07:58XochitlOr the IT was either the end of September or the beginning of October. It’s fuzzy in my mind at this point, but.00:08:07XochitlIt feels like.00:08:08XochitlSo long and go.00:08:09XochitlNow, because how of how the brain like process is lost?00:08:15XochitlIt just feels both so recent and so far at the same time, and and that was.00:08:21JackRight, right.00:08:23XochitlJust a big thing because I didn’t. I couldn’t even fly back to see him in time, really.00:08:33XochitlThat was a big deal. And then recently my grandmother this week as well on Monday.00:08:41XochitlWasn’t able to get out.00:08:42XochitlOf bed she wasn’t able to stand.00:08:44XochitlUp on her legs.00:08:46XochitlAnd we did call. I eventually convinced them to call the ambulance, which had to come and strap him to a chair because of the driveways, like on a slope. And it’s very icy because of the Iowa weather.00:09:00XochitlAnd when they got her into the ambulance, they took her to the hospital and they did some imaging and some tests I found out she has pneumonia, bacterial pneumonia in her lungs. Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs. For those of you who don’t know.00:09:14XochitlAnd so.00:09:17XochitlThat was kind of a big deal, but thankfully she’s OK and they did tell us that at the hospital, you know, she was good to come home that night around 1:00 or 2:00 AM.00:09:30XochitlThey gave her an antibiotic and she’s doing OK.00:09:34XochitlUM, but it certainly was scary in the moment. She was very confused. I didn’t understand. It was why I wanted.00:09:41XochitlTo call the.00:09:41XochitlAmbulance, she’s she.00:09:43XochitlHad a lot of like confusion and she seemed like lost.00:09:48XochitlAnd I thought it was weird. And when they came, they thought, you know, it might be pneumonia or some kind of infection. I didn’t understand what the confusion was about, but once it got to her to the hospital, they had to put her on.00:09:59XochitlOxygen, because her oxygen was very low.00:10:02XochitlAnd of course that makes sense as to.00:10:04XochitlHow it affected her?00:10:06XochitlHer brain. Right. She wasn’t getting that oxygen supply that she needed, which is why she was pretty confused.00:10:14JackExactly. Yep.00:10:16XochitlYeah, it it it. It was a scary experience and like Jack said, it makes you think, OK, you should enjoy.00:10:24XochitlAppreciate and value the time you have with people because you never know when the last conversation will be, when your last day together is going to be.00:10:32XochitlWhen your last memory together is going to be and I don’t think you’ll ever regret.00:10:37XochitlSpending that time together at the end.00:10:39발표자Of it.00:10:44XochitlYeah. And another big deal for me, I think is.00:10:50XochitlIt’s important to.00:10:52XochitlSee the issues are family are dealing with in their older age as a full warning.00:10:59XochitlYou it’s not just about.00:11:01XochitlHow long your life is, but it’s about the quality of life that you experience, and at the end of your years, like into your 70s, eighties, 90s. If you make it that far, you want to live as comfortably as you can.00:11:17XochitlAnd and that definitely means taking care of your body now. So like your diet, maybe your your health in general keeping on top of any pre-existing conditions or any genetic conditions. You know that your family had, you know, keep screening for those things always prioritize your health get enough sleep.00:11:38XochitlEat healthy, sleep enough, drink enough water, do regular exercise and keep your body in good condition. Don’t wear it out, you know.00:11:47XochitlBecause it.00:11:48XochitlIt works very hard every day and it’s going to have to last you.00:11:53XochitlProbably 80 years at this point, you know, because of life expectancy altogether when a new baby is born is probably going to live into its 70s or 80s, so.00:12:03XochitlYeah, it’s important to take care of y

In this episode of The Jack & “Chill Podcast, the two hosts discuss the difficulty of growing an audience for a podcast, a vlog, or a You Tube channel.Transcript:00:00:00XochitlYou are listening to the Jack and Chill podcast.00:00:14JackAll right. So so. So tell me about your, uh, your travel page, your social media.00:00:20JackTravel page.00:00:21XochitlLike the struggle is so real with trying to grow social media and you know you and I have experienced this before because we’re trying to grow A-Z English podcast. And the complication is really cut to grow, especially for like niches like.00:00:37XochitlLike language, learning, podcasts, or travel pages or whatever, because there’s a lot of quality content and bizarre content and like attention grabbing content that’s competing with your content and everyone’s attention span has become so short. Because I’m guilty of this too. Like, I’ll see a real or like a video or a post.00:00:59XochitlOn my Instagram and I’ll like it, but I won’t finish watching it. I’ll just, like, give it a like or save it.00:01:04XochitlFor later, which I never go back to and.00:01:07XochitlAnd just keep.00:01:08XochitlLike I won’t sit there and watch.00:01:09XochitlA 5 second video.00:01:12XochitlFor three seconds and and that’s how they measure it. To promote your videos. How many people? How many? 3 second views did you get? At least in Instagram and Facebook?00:01:23XochitlThat’s how they promote your content is based on the amount of three second views you’re getting, because if you’re able to capture some of the attention for three seconds, that means that your real is classified as interesting enough to keep showing it to more people. That’s the metric. Now is 3 seconds of your time.00:01:40JackGoodness, that’s good.00:01:41JackGrief. I know exactly you’re talking about. It’s like.00:01:47JackIt it almost takes like you almost have to be delusional, like crazy to to even think that that you can be successful in this space. You know what I mean? It’s it. It takes. Yeah. It takes like a level of like self delusion where you just kind of trick yourself into thinking you’re going to be successful.00:02:07JackBecause it’s so saturated with like.00:02:12JackLike you said, quality.00:02:13JackContent and bad quality content you know like.00:02:17JackIt’s it’s a.00:02:17JackMix of everything and when you jump in there, you’re just like your one tiny little star in the Galaxy. Like there’s no there’s, you know, and then you just from there, you have to just start building.00:02:33JackSome sort of fan base, you know, and the only way to do that is by participating in social media, because if you go into these groups and you just spam.00:02:45JackThem you’ll be. That’s worse than not promoting your podcast at all, you know, like, yeah, I’ll get banned right from the group right away. And everyone will look at me like, oh, that person is just a they’re just a spammer, you know? So what you have to do is you have to get involved in these groups and you have to become like a member.00:02:51XochitlWait, you’re good, ban.00:03:06JackAnd that it takes a lot of time right? To like answer, reply to emails, reply to social media posts and Facebook posts and stuff like that. And then after you do that for.00:03:18JackLike a month. If somebody asks you like, hey, by the way, do you know a good podcast to to learn English? And then you could say ohh yeah, I know a good podcast. It’s called the A-Z English podcast and you could then finally drop it, but you have to.00:03:33JackDo it in that.00:03:33JackVery subtle kind of way, but all that work and all those hours of like.00:03:39JackTime I spent, you know, chatting with with people in the groups just to become a member and accept it into the group so that I could, you know, and it’s it’s really like that’s the stuff that’s the hard part making the podcast is easy. You.00:03:54JackKnow you just.00:03:56JackGet together and record an episode. It’s fun. Editing is great. Adding the music and that sort of stuff. It seems like that would be the hard part, but that is the absolute easiest part of the process. The hardest part is.00:04:11JackBuilding a community.00:04:12JackSo I like how did you.00:04:14JackBuild your community in in your.00:04:16JackFor your Facebook Travel travel blog.00:04:19XochitlI just see like I haven’t really.00:04:22XochitlDone any of the stuff you’ve done, like go in local chats or anything like that, or post about it. I think honestly, I think one of the things where we fell short both in the 8 is the English.00:04:32XochitlPodcast you do a.00:04:33XochitlLot of work yourself like marketing.00:04:35XochitlThe page but I.00:04:36XochitlJust think we’re not shameless enough, Jack. Like, we don’t have that totally shameless promotional attitude.00:04:41XochitlThat a lot of people.00:04:43XochitlA lot of social media influencers have.00:04:45XochitlLike, we’re kind of we’re not.00:04:47XochitlShy about our work per se.00:04:49XochitlBut we definitely have like.00:04:51XochitlA certain level of decorum that just does not exist in this new level of competitive marketing age.00:04:58XochitlLike people do, disband the chats and hope that someone clicks on their content and hopes that someone notices their content and they have no decorum about it.00:05:08JackNo shame, no humility. You’re just like.00:05:12XochitlYeah, they don’t care.00:05:13XochitlHow they come off at all, they just want the.00:05:15XochitlClicks want the views.00:05:16XochitlAnd they kind of follow that old saying like.00:05:20XochitlWhat is it? No, there’s no such thing.00:05:23XochitlAs bad publicity.00:05:24JackRight.00:05:25XochitlA lot of people really live both of words and and I struggle. Yeah. And so for me, I I have been sharing my, you know, my Facebook page. I did share it on one chat. I’m part of a group called. So I guess I lied. I do do it a little bit. I’m part of a group called Viajeros and.00:05:43XochitlAKA which is like a travel group for Oaxaca.00:05:48XochitlAnd I was part.00:05:49XochitlOf this community for a long time and.00:05:51XochitlOne day.00:05:52XochitlThe administrator gave people a chance to share their social media, so that was one way that I got a few of these on my Instagram, on my Facebook and another way is through my networking opportunities like I’ve worked in the tourism industry. So of course when we exchange social media information.00:06:09XochitlI have gotten some followers through there.00:06:13XochitlAnd then I do share like with my Facebook friends.00:06:19XochitlI’ve started to because I.00:06:23XochitlUsed to not. It’s like I used to feel embarrassed about sharing my content to my Facebook friends. But.00:06:28XochitlNow it’s like that’s a big.00:06:31XochitlChunk of people that could watch and share and support your content, you know, and I do notice that the people who are the most shameless or have the least shame.00:06:42JackYou’re the most to have the most success, right?00:06:45XochitlHaving a success. There’s another guy on the viejitos group and.00:06:48XochitlHe just he.00:06:49XochitlUsed to spam basically spam the chat and.00:06:52XochitlHe would like literally.00:06:55XochitlInformation hostage of people. They ask a general question, and if you need to answer, you said I’ll tell you the answer if.00:06:59XochitlYou can prove.00:07:00XochitlThat you’re following my Facebook page.00:07:02JackYeah. You sent me your.00:07:04JackE-mail. Yeah, yeah, yeah.00:07:05XochitlWell, you like send me a screen capture the fact that it’s on his page and and I think he gained like $10,000 this year alone, but he was famous about it, but he really did. I would never do something like that. I’d never be like I’m not giving you information unless you send me a screenshot of you.00:07:13JackYeah, yeah.00:07:24XochitlFollowing my Facebook page like it just seems like so like for us we would say like in poor.00:07:30XochitlTaste, you know.00:07:32JackYeah, no, you and.00:07:33JackI would never do that. We would never hold anyone or any information hostage if someone, if one of our listeners came to us, you know, because we’re just like.00:07:42JackI mean, I don’t think we do. We don’t do this for the fame or or the the fortune or whatever. I think we just do it because we enjoy the process and you know that’s that’s not. But I I would love to to see the the podcast grow to.00:08:00JackThe level of like those other major English language learning podcasts like I I wanted, I want to achieve that. I just want to do it in like an honest way.00:08:11JackWhere and I.00:08:12JackAnd I’m not saying that those those.00:08:13JackPodcasts weren’t, you know, honest and.00:08:18JackI I guess what I’m saying is like they I think they were there early. They were early adapters. They kind of figured it out early. They saw something where we’re late adapters. You know we we’re jumping in into the lake when it’s already full of of people you know, it’s just like there’s not, there’s nothing special.00:08:24XochitlRight.00:08:38JackYou know, we’re trying to.00:08:39JackDifferentiate ourselves because I like to think of the A-Z as.00:08:43JackLike the we’re kind of.00:08:44JackThe red headed stepchild of the.00:08:47JackLanguage learning base because we do things.00:08:50JackA little bit different. You know, it’s like it’s not as clean and refined and and like.00:08:55XochitlWe’re not as organized. I think we.00:08:57XochitlHave a lot of heart though.00:08:58XochitlLike our community is.00:08:59XochitlSincere we actually care a lot.00:09:01XochitlWhat our listeners, we know our listeners like on our personal level, those that are in the sub groups or the WeChat groups and Jack, you put a lot of effort into interacting with people. I was having so many issues with WhatsApp so.00:09:13XochitlI haven’t been.00:09:14XochitlAble to be as active as I.00:09:15XochitlUsed to be and want to.00:09:16XochitlBe on chat but.00:09:19JackI’m I’m very close with a lo

In this episode of Jack & 'Chill, the two answer some Christmas related "this one" or "that one" questions. Then they talk about some annoying holiday traditions. After that, they discuss The Grinch. Finally, they share what makes their hearts grow three sizes.Transcript:00:00:00XochitlYou are listening to the Jack and Chill podcast alright, Jack. For this episode of Jack and Chill I have a fun game of this or that which for viewers.00:00:20XochitlMeans that I will ask Jack whether he would prefer one option or a second option and he will tell me which one he prefers and then I will also answer.00:00:30XochitlSo Jack, do you prefer fruit cake, which is a holiday dessert that is kind of unpopular in the US? It's basically a kind of like a loaf of cake with candied fruits incorporated into it. Or ambrosia salad, which is a creamy.00:00:50XochitlSweet salad with several different types of fruit and fruit flavored marshmallows in it.00:00:59JackYeah. You know, when I was a kid, I would have said ambrosia salad. I would prefer that because it's kind of the texture is kind of like it's kind of like jello jello or, you know, kind of a Jelly.00:01:14XochitlYeah, like a sweet whipped.00:01:16JackYes, sweet whipped, very light. It's it's you.00:01:20JackYou know the expression.00:01:21JackThere's always room for Jello, you know? So at the end of of a big meal, you could still eat a little bit of ambrosia salad and it's not going to fill you up too much. And it's sweet, but now I've I think it's disgusting. It's way too sweet. It's just.00:01:40JackI would rather have a a slice of fruitcake.00:01:43JackTo be honest.00:01:45JackI don't mind fruitcake that much. I mean, I know that it's it's not my favorite dessert, but it's got some nuts in it. It's got some.00:01:56JackA little bit of candied fruit and a little bit of cake, so you know it's not. It's not too much, it's it doesn't overload the senses like ambrosia salad does.00:02:10JackI don't know. What do you think?00:02:12XochitlUhm, I never liked ambrosia salad, even as a kid I had kind of weird taste buds, like I prefer dark chocolate over milk chocolate. Even from being a little child and.00:02:23XochitlI I would drink.00:02:23JackYeah, that's sophisticated.00:02:25XochitlBlack Coffee, also as a child, is the Mexico kids drink coffee. I had. I did add some sugar into it, but I wouldn't put any milk and I didn't like it. Very sweet because I like the like kind of bitter flavor profile.00:02:40XochitlSo I always had weird taste buds and.00:02:42XochitlI hated hamburger salad. It was just horrible and I would say I would pick fruit cake even though as a kid I also didn't like the texture of like the candied fruits, raisins and like nuts in it.00:02:54XochitlI would pick. I would pick those out, but now as an adult, I think I could just eat the whole thing. I think with like a coffee.00:03:00XochitlBe or like a.00:03:04XochitlOne chip which we make in Mexico, which is like the hot.00:03:06XochitlFruit punch. Drink, I think.00:03:07XochitlThat it would be tolerable.00:03:10JackYeah, I would.00:03:11JackI would be right now I would be very satisfied with a slice of fruit cake and a a latte.00:03:18JackLike that would be. That would be nice like with my neck but a.00:03:22XochitlI'll be hitting on Jack.00:03:22JackLike a bowl.00:03:23JackOf a bowl of marshmallows with you know, Jello and whip and whipped cream does not.00:03:27XochitlWith green.00:03:30JackIt doesn't sound good to me. It's just a. Yeah, it's nasty.00:03:35XochitlRight now, yeah, I can't imagine it would be, like, hard to get a spoon down and then with the food cake, it's like, yeah, I could do it. You know, I I wouldn't mind, actually. Yeah.00:03:44XochitlI got you. All right, Jack, for next one. Do you prefer eggnog or hot chocolate?00:03:50JackYeah, I know we're going to have a a bitter argument about this one, but I love.00:03:56JackI love it.00:03:56XochitlYou know what? I've come around to eggnog.00:03:59XochitlI'll let you finish, but I'll let you finish.00:03:59JackOh, OK. Yeah. I'm a big eggnog fan. My dad used to buy because they only sold it seasonally. And where I go.00:04:09XochitlUh-huh. It's still only sold seasonally.00:04:11JackYeah, and it was. My dad used to buy one called Holly Nog. That was like the name of the company and dog. It was just like you. Like a milk carton, but instead out came this, like, think. I don't know how to describe. It's so thick. Like it's just thick, thick.00:04:17XochitlSo I yeah.00:04:31JackLike and a thick liquid and and you drink it cold and it's not milk, but it's kind of it's Milky.00:04:40XochitlIt's kind of.00:04:40XochitlLike a custard, like a liquid custard.00:04:43JackYeah, exactly. It's very much like a liquid custard, but I.00:04:47XochitlIn fact it is. It has eggs very good.00:04:47발표자Always found.00:04:50JackYeah. Well, I just like to take, like, a coffee cup with a half a coffee, coffee cup of eggnog, and. And it's so heavy. And it's so rich that you could just take little sips. And it feels like you're taking a whole bite of some kind of dessert. It's like drinking a dessert based.00:05:10JackAm I? I know the calories.00:05:12JackIn there have to be astronomical like.00:05:14XochitlOhh it's bad because I had like it said for like 4 oz. It's like over 200 calories and I definitely have like 2.00:05:21Xochitl8 oz cups today so I I just found like 800 calories of.00:05:26XochitlThe eggnog in one day.00:05:30JackI mean, I could drink a whole carton of it, to be honest. Like I I tried to make it once even and it didn't turn out too well. I put too much vanilla extract in it and it made my throat hurt.00:05:40XochitlOh yeah.00:05:44JackSo yeah, it can. It burned, but I you know, I love. I love eggnog and I'm not. I'm not a big hot chocolate drinker. I just don't. I've got a bunch in my house and it just expires because no one drinks it.00:05:44XochitlOhh burn.00:05:58XochitlIs it like the Swiss news type that you have though, like the instant hot cocoa?00:06:02JackYeah, it's not like real. It's not real hot chocolate. It's just the the exactly, it's the powder.00:06:04발표자That's what.00:06:09JackThat you mix with hot.00:06:10JackWarm milk or or water if you.00:06:14JackI think the water, it tastes the worst. You know, if you mix it with milk.00:06:17XochitlYeah, but if you hate yourself.00:06:19XochitlAnd drink it with water.00:06:20JackYeah, yeah. I mean, that's just it's just sugar water and it's really gross. But with milk it it's it's a little bit better. I just, I just don't like to get my calories from drinks. Usually. Yeah, unless, you know, I do, I do drink milk, but I drink it with my coffee.00:06:41JackCause I love ice lattes, so I will drink. You know, a lot of coffee with with milk.00:06:42발표자Right.00:06:50XochitlBut it's like a splash.00:06:51XochitlOf milk in your coffee. Not like.00:06:53JackOhh no, I drink like full actually I I just lied to you. I drink a lot of calories. Uh, actually if you count milk because I'll put like I'll make a really strong like 3 espresso shots and then fill up a cup with ice and then the rest is milk. It's probably it's only half a cup of milk. It's because there's so much ice.00:07:14JackDinner but.00:07:15XochitlRight.00:07:16JackI'll drink those. Like I'll drink like two or three.00:07:18JackA day because.00:07:19XochitlOK, but that but milk does have some nutritional value. You're not really getting sugar like sugar calories for that, which is something I do admire because I definitely drink a lot of my calories lately. I mean, I had a full I have like a 16 ounce coke and.00:07:36Xochitl28 oz cups of eggnogs just today, so I definitely drink my calories. I try.00:07:41발표자Yeah. Yeah. Well.00:07:42XochitlTo be more mindful that in the new.00:07:43JackYear it's so it's so easy to do and I mean I do. I do sometimes drink calories too because like I said, I I drink, I drink milk and.00:07:56JackAnd but I you know I.00:07:57JackDrink diet soda sometimes. So that's, you know, got its own problems related to it so.00:08:06JackI'm I'm by no means like Mr. healthy.00:08:09JackOver here on my high horse, you know?00:08:12XochitlYou know, I as I've gotten older, I have come around to eggnog, so it's not the horrible choice I would have vilified you for before, but I don't like the like the Holly nod. Like I don't like the brand that you're talking about. It tastes. There's, like, a really strong nutmeg flavor to that brand that's like overpowering.00:08:32XochitlAnd it's like too thick and too sweet.00:08:35XochitlAnd and I like when I was younger, I used to prefer silk, not like the the the I guess vegan option that was made with soy milk because it was thinner.00:08:51XochitlAnd it wasn't so thick. It was like a texture thing, and it had less of a really intense, like eggy and not Maggie type of flavor. So I put, I would ask my parents to purchase some milk. Not is what I would drink. I would not drink the regular eggnog because it was.00:08:59JackOK.00:09:06XochitlNasty because.00:09:06XochitlIt was like thick and.00:09:08XochitlMy sister really loved.00:09:10XochitlEggnog and I just was never a fan.00:09:13XochitlAnd in recent.00:09:14XochitlYears I've actually come around to it. Only specific brands I like. There's a brand here in Iowa called Kelowna, Supernatural, and it's like an organic, I guess, milk, but it's like the eggnog is pretty thin and it has like cinnamon and stuff in it.00:09:34XochitlAnd it's it's very kind of like thin. It's so creamy, but it doesn't have that custardy like flavor or thickness.00:09:40JackYeah, it's almost comfy.00:09:43JackThen it comes up, yeah.00:09:44XochitlYeah, it's not like clumpy or like thick. So I really enjoyed that actually. And I've come around to it. But that being said, I do prefer hot chocolate and that's because I don't drink the little sweet.00:09:59XochitlPackets. I always bring chocolate from Mexico and.00:10:03XochitlYou dissolve that.00:10:04XochitlAnd mi

In this episode of The Jack & 'Chill Podcast, Xochitl and Jack discuss American Thanksgiving traditions.Transcript:00:00:00XochitlYou are listening to the Jack and Chill podcast.00:00:13XochitlAlright, Jack, today we are going to be talking about Thanksgiving, which our listeners may or may not know is a family holiday celebrated here in the US.00:00:23XochitlIt traditionally was supposed to commemorate.00:00:27XochitlSharing between the pilgrims and Native Americans, of course, we know that.00:00:32XochitlThat's not historically accurate at all.00:00:35JackRight. Or it's a very oversimplified description of the situation, yeah.00:00:41XochitlThe situation but.00:00:44XochitlToday, it's kind of divorced from its original meaning mostly, and it's kind of just a family holiday where you eat food together. So.00:00:53JackRight.00:00:56XochitlYeah, I want to ask you, our viewers may or may not know there's some typical things you usually eat during Thanksgiving. I would say Turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, gravy.00:01:06JackMashed mashed. Yeah.00:01:12XochitlI think those are the ones that like you basically can't skip.00:01:16JackRight.00:01:17XochitlAnd and then each family has. Sorry, go ahead.00:01:18발표자 3It's just.00:01:21JackNo, I was going to say that's exactly right. If there's no stuffing that it doesn't really. It's like that's one really important component of, like, Turkey Mashed potato, stuffing and cranberry sauce like you.00:01:33JackHave to have.00:01:33XochitlLike cranberry sauce gravy gotta have that.00:01:36XochitlAnd then most people have something green, like a green beans or a salad or some kind of green side. But I would feel those are like the.00:01:44XochitlStaples. And then each family has things that pretty much just their family makes. Oh, sweet potato casserole or sweet potatoes. And some preparation is another big popular food. Yeah.00:01:49JackRight.00:01:55XochitlI would say for the ones that my family makes, it's Kush which is like a cornbread dish with hard boiled eggs and green onion.00:02:06XochitlAnd then oysters, which is like oysters, literally strained canned oysters in a casserole dish with like, a bread crumb topping.00:02:18XochitlIt's really good, you know both.00:02:18발표자 3OK.00:02:20XochitlOf them sound weird, but they're both really delicious.00:02:22JackYeah, yeah. I mean we, our, our weird one was lesa because we're the Scandinavian, right? My, my fan no left side is like a a potato pancake with just it just literally has butter on it and then sugar and then you roll it, roll it up. Yeah. I mean it's it's.00:02:40XochitlThat sounds good.00:02:44JackIt's full on, like causes diabetes, you.00:02:47JackKnow what I?00:02:47JackMean like you could trace it right back to to that. But but it's so good. It tastes so good.00:02:48발표자Right.00:02:55XochitlRight. So my oh, and my thing is ever since I started making the Thanksgiving spread pretty much on my own, I started doing this since I was about 24 every year, I pretty much make the whole spread on my own. This year, my mom made the oysters, which were probably the best thing, actually.00:03:16XochitlBesides that, I've pretty much made everything else myself.00:03:20XochitlAnd ever since I started making this spread myself, I only make fried chicken instead of Turkey.00:03:26JackOK, wow. Alright. A substitution. A different bird. Yeah.00:03:30발표자Yes. Yeah.00:03:32XochitlYeah, I just Turkey is like a lot for a kind of smaller family gathering. I don't like the flavor as much. And then for like, one person cooking most of the main dishes, it's really hard for, like, one person to prepare the Turkey on their own pretty much.00:03:48JackAnd everyone likes fried chicken.00:03:49XochitlIs this something?00:03:51JackI mean you can.00:03:52XochitlOhh yeah.00:03:53XochitlCome on.00:03:54발표자 3You know.00:03:55XochitlCan't go wrong.00:03:57JackFor for I prefer the Turkey like I'm a I'm a purist. OK, so.00:03:57XochitlHow about you do you?00:03:58발표자Sorry, go ahead.00:04:03XochitlYou're freaking furious. Wow. Betrayed.00:04:06JackI'm a I'm a.00:04:07JackThanksgiving purist like I I need my my Turkey. I I, I and I'm I'm the worst. Like I'm I'm such a typical American that I like the breast like that. You know the white meat which is like everyone knows it.00:04:22발표자 3No, you betrayed.00:04:25JackThat's the least flavor and the and it's the driest part.00:04:29JackOf the of the bird.00:04:31JackBut I it's just like a tradition, like I when I was a kid, you know, we were picky. We I didn't want the dark meat. I wanted only the, you know, pure the muscle part, you know, just the the whitest of the white meat and a big old slice of it, you know.00:04:31발표자 3That's the.00:04:51JackHeaping slice of of of dry as.00:04:55JackWhite, white meat. Turkey. Yeah. Turkey breast.00:04:59XochitlYeah. Yeah, I'm.00:05:00XochitlThe opposite, even as a kid, I always like dark meat, so I'd always want the Turkey leg. And now that I can make it on myself, I'm like, why would I even make Turkey when there's better proteins out there like fried chicken?00:05:04JackRight.00:05:12XochitlYeah, just and.00:05:13XochitlThen you can.00:05:14XochitlIt's so easy to make gravy with the fried chicken.00:05:17XochitlLike so. That's just it just knocks out two birds with one stone. Haha. Pun intended.00:05:24XochitlAnd yeah, so.00:05:25XochitlTo me. So. So you're on the opposite.00:05:28XochitlOK, other unpopular Thanksgiving opinion? I did not know. I was on the unpopular end of this one.00:05:35XochitlI prefer homemade cranberry sauce to canned. I won't even eat the canned stuff. It's nasty.00:05:40JackNo, no, no, no.00:05:41XochitlHow about you?00:05:42JackI'm again. I'm a purist. I.00:05:44JackIt has to come out of a can. It has to make the like plopping sound.00:05:48JackYou know where you like it, kind of like.00:05:53JackYou know, it falls on the plate. Like if it doesn't make that kind of weird sound when it comes out of the can as it slides out of the can. I'm not eating it. I mean, I'll eat it. Of course I.00:06:03XochitlOh my God.00:06:04JackWould eat it. I'm I'm not.00:06:05JackI'm not rude, but but I prefer that kind of Jelly cranberry sauce.00:06:11JackFrom the can.00:06:13JackAnd I don't know. For me, it's like the perfect combination to the kind of salty, savory gravy and mashed potatoes. Then you get that super sweet, almost like a gel, gelatin, kind of cranberry sauce, you know, I know it's really crazy.00:06:30XochitlOh my.00:06:31XochitlGod, so I lost.00:06:33JackRight.00:06:34XochitlSo much respect for.00:06:35XochitlYou I cannot. My dad always.00:06:38XochitlMade it from scratch and I started making it from scratch. It's so easy. You just open a couple of bags of crap.00:06:44XochitlBerries with a little bit.00:06:46XochitlOf water, boil it in a pot with some sugar and I like to add in a little bit of I squeeze half an orange in there.00:06:53XochitlAt the end.00:06:54JackOh, a little citrus, a little little, a little zest.00:06:57JackTo it or something a little.00:06:58XochitlYeah, a little citrus zest and umm, it is pretty sweet. I try to add enough sugar so that it's not.00:07:05XochitlToo sour and try.00:07:07XochitlTo make it.00:07:07XochitlEat, of course. Cranberries themselves kind of have a naturally bitter sour flavor, like they're also bitter.00:07:14XochitlYou know, but I I just prefer that so much that I honestly, I the canned stuff makes me gag. I hate the texture.00:07:22JackI love that texture. It's like Jelly or jello.00:07:22XochitlAnd it's like.00:07:25XochitlOh God.00:07:26JackOr something gelatin. I know it's.00:07:28JackIt's some gross too.00:07:30XochitlOh my God, no I can't.00:07:35XochitlGo ahead.00:07:35JackWell, I'm. I'm just trying to think like, why?00:07:37JackDo I like?00:07:37JackIt do I like it because it makes me. It's because of sentimentality. Or is it because I actually like the taste? And I think it might be a combination of both it.00:07:48JackThat's what we had when I was growing up. So that's what I want. When I have a Thanksgiving dinner.00:07:56JackBut I wouldn't. You know, I would not be disappointed if someone brought in like a homemade cranberry sauce made from scratch. I mean, I'm not. I'm not in insane person. Like, I would definitely enjoy that and appreciate it. I just. I'm totally satisfied with the can. I guess that.00:07:57XochitlRight.00:08:14JackAnd like look.00:08:15JackHere's the thing about the can.00:08:17JackIt's like.00:08:19JackIt's probably 95% sugar.00:08:22JackYou know, 5% cranberries. You know what I mean? Like, it's probably just a sugar bomb, and that's why it's so sweet. You know, like yours is a much healthier version of it.00:08:22XochitlIt is, it's almost spring.00:08:33JackYou know, and it's probably.00:08:34JackGot of numerous chemicals in there too. To preserve it, you know, because.00:08:39XochitlYeah, to me, get that texture.00:08:41JackYeah. Well, the texture that does not exist in.00:08:42발표자 3It's like.00:08:44JackNature at all.00:08:45XochitlYeah, it's horrible. God congealed.00:08:45발표자 3Just, yeah.00:08:48XochitlOhh no, I just can't.00:08:49JackYeah. Congeal cranberry juice.00:08:49XochitlI can't.00:08:52XochitlYeah. Oh, my God. No other one. I wanna ask you, Jack.00:08:58XochitlPumpkin pie? Is it overrated? And do you prefer another dessert? I didn't make a dessert this year. I had too many other things to do. I personally just. I don't. I didn't want to make pumpkin pie. I was going to use leftover cranberry sauce with apples to make, like, a cranberry apple crumble.00:09:16발표자 3Right.00:09:17XochitlAnd I also am thinking I have some cans for like canned pumpkin pie and I was gonna make into like a pumpkin pudding with like layers. You know how people make banana pudding with the layers of cookies. I think I'm gonna make a pumpkin pudding pudding with.00:09:35XochitlBut I just personally don't like pumpkin pie. I feel like the textures texture is

In this episode of The Jack & 'Chill Podcast, Xochitl and Jack discuss the Mexican holiday The Day of the Dead. Then, they talk about close friends and family members who have passed away. Finally, they discuss Christmas and how magical it feels when we're young and how we cannot hold on to that magic as we get older.If you would like us to discuss a specific topic or offer some language or life advice, send us an email at thejackandchillpodcast@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!Intro/Outro Music: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Directionless_EP/Broke_For_Free_-_Directionless_EP_-_05_Mells_Parade/https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/power-pop/mutant-club/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/the-jack-chill-podcast-03-friends-family-and-holidays/Social Media:Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/671098974684413/Tik Tok:@atozenglish1Instagram:@atozenglish22Twitter:@atozenglish22A to Z Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcastCheck out our You Tube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8ADonate to the show: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/donationsRobin and Jack started a new You Tube channel called English Word Master. You can check it out here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2aXaXaMY4P2VhVaEre5w7ABecome a member of Podchaser and leave a positive review!https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-a-to-z-english-podcast-4779670Join our Whatsapp group: https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7

In this episode of The Jack & 'Chill Podcast, Xochitl and Jack discuss Halloween celebrations, ghost stories from Mexico and Korea, and "phrogging."If you would like us to discuss a specific topic or offer some language or life advice, send us an email at thejackandchillpodcast@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!Intro/Outro Music: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Directionless_EP/Broke_For_Free_-_Directionless_EP_-_05_Mells_Parade/https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/power-pop/mutant-club/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/the-jack-chill-podcast-02-halloween-ghost-stories-and-frogging/Social Media:Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/671098974684413/Tik Tok:@atozenglish1Instagram:@atozenglish22Twitter:@atozenglish22A to Z Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcastCheck out our You Tube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8ADonate to the show: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/donationsRobin and Jack started a new You Tube channel called English Word Master. You can check it out here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2aXaXaMY4P2VhVaEre5w7ABecome a member of Podchaser and leave a positive review!https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-a-to-z-english-podcast-4779670Join our Whatsapp group: https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7

In our very first Jack & 'Chill episode, Xochitl and Jack discuss the following topics: 1) How did you meet your friends before cell phones and social media? 2) Why don't people host parties anymore? 3) Why aren't grandparents involved in their grandchildren's lives these days?If you would like us to discuss a specific topic or offer some language or life advice, send us an email at thejackandchillpodcast@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!Intro/Outro Music: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Directionless_EP/Broke_For_Free_-_Directionless_EP_-_05_Mells_Parade/https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/power-pop/mutant-club/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/the-jack-chill-podcast-01-before-the-internet/Social Media:Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/671098974684413/Tik Tok:@atozenglish1Instagram:@atozenglish22Twitter:@atozenglish22A to Z Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcastCheck out our You Tube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8ADonate to the show: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/donationsRobin and Jack started a new You Tube channel called English Word Master. You can check it out here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2aXaXaMY4P2VhVaEre5w7ABecome a member of Podchaser and leave a positive review!https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-a-to-z-english-podcast-4779670Join our Whatsapp group: https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7