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Welcome to The Jack and 'Chill Podcast, your go-to destination for sharpening your English listening skills while enjoying engaging conversations on a wide range of topics. Join your hosts, Jack and Xochitl, as they embark on a journey through language and culture, creating an immersive learning experience for English language learners. Jack, a native English speaker, and Xochitl, a balanced bilingual in both Spanish and English, come together to bridge the gap between language acquisition and real-life communication. In each episode, they explore fascinating subjects, share personal anecdotes, and dive into thought-provoking discussions to help you develop your English listening comprehension. Whether you're looking to enhance your vocabulary, improve your pronunciation, or simply enjoy informative and entertaining conversations, The Jack and 'Chill Podcast is your ideal companion. From everyday topics like travel, food, and technology to deeper explorations of culture, history, and current events, Jack and Xochitl cover it all. Tune in to The Jack and 'Chill Podcast to experience the joy of learning while relaxing and having fun. Each episode is designed to be informative, relaxed, and accessible, making it perfect for learners at all levels. So, grab your headphones, sit back, and join Jack and Xochitl as they take you on an educational and entertaining language journey. Subscribe now and boost your English listening skills with The Jack and 'Chill Podcast. Let's learn, laugh, and 'chill' together!

Episodes

  1. The Jack & Chill Podcast | Grief

    02/25/2024

    The Jack & Chill Podcast | Grief

    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: 00:00:00 Xochitl You are listening to the Jack and Chill podcast Jack. Today we have a little bit of a heavy topic brief Jack. 00:00:20 Xochitl Your experiences with grief and how would you define it for our listeners? 00:00:24 발표자 OK. 00:00:25 Jack Yeah. So grief is A is a a tough topic and for our listeners out there, grief is the emotion that you feel when. 00:00:33 Jack Someone that you you loved, a loved one passes away or or dies. 00:00:39 Jack And for me, I I never really experienced it. 00:00:47 Jack I 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. 00:01:07 Jack And 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. 00:01:22 Jack Alec and so growing up, there was a lot of. 00:01:29 Jack Stress 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. 00:01:49 Jack Ask me, you know, do you want to go to the funeral? 00:01:52 Jack We’ll come pick you. 00:01:52 Jack Up or you can just stay at camp and. 00:01:57 Jack I 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. 00:02:10 Jack Elderly, sick people, very thin and. 00:02:15 Jack I 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. 00:02:28 Jack And she we called her Bubba. Uh and Bubba was the best. You know? She really. 00:02:39 Jack Filled 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. 00:02:57 Jack And 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. 00:03:10 Jack And I I felt. 00:03:11 Jack Very, very sad, obviously because it’s it’s hard when you lose someone that you. 00:03:18 Jack Of 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. 00:03:27 Xochitl Right. 00:03:38 Jack Tough 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. 00:03:55 Jack Married 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. 00:04:15 Jack 1950s, 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. 00:04:29 Jack And 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. 00:04:48 Jack And my best friend from college passed away, and that was. 00:04:57 Jack You know it’s. 00:05:00 Jack He 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. 00:05:10 Xochitl That’s young to pass. That’s very young to pass. 00:05:11 Jack Yeah, that’s that’s very young to pass. And and that was that one. 00:05:18 Jack You 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. 00:05:36 Jack It just leaves a a massive hole in your in your heart, in your life, where? 00:05:45 Jack Something 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. 00:06:06 Jack And 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. 00:06:23 Jack This. That’s it. You know, the time that you had is the time is the is the only time that you. 00:06:29 Jack You get with that person and. 00:06:32 Jack It just seems cruel, you know that an illness would. 00:06:40 Jack UM. 00:06:42 Jack Affect someone that young and and take them away from from from their family and from their friend? 00:06:48 Jack And and and yeah, it just it just kind of. 00:06:55 Jack I 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. 00:07:08 Jack It 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. 00:07:24 Jack Anyone that we love can just be torn away from us at any moment. 00:07:28 Jack Or 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. 00:07:29 Xochitl Right. 00:07:45 Jack You want to move on to acceptance. 00:07:49 Jack And 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. 00:08:10 Jack It takes. 00:08:13 Jack A more mature kind of. 00:08:17 Jack Approach 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. 00:08:32 Jack Little bit harder. 00:08:34 Jack And you know what I mean? Like, in, in that moment. 00:08:37 Jack Now 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. 00:08:52 Jack I 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. 00:09:12 Jack How? How? How about you? Like how? How have you been dealing with with your experiences with grief? 00:09:20 Xochitl Well, 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. 00:09:41 Xochitl It’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. 00:10:00 Xochitl They had done this differently. If the doctors had done this differently. 00:10:03 Xochitl And 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. 00:10:15 Xochitl You feel a. 00:10:16 Xochitl Great 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. 00:10:26 Xochitl What has happened and you can maybe take some valuable lessons or, you know, move forward with. 00:10:33 Xochitl A better understanding of what occurred. 00:10:36 Xochitl I think it’s hard for me because. 00:10:39 Xochitl You can, uh. Contrary to popular belief, you can experience these in any order, and you can also experience the the cycle multiple times. 00:10:48 Xochitl And for me, what I struggle with the most. 00:10:52 Xochitl Is I. 00:10:56 Xochitl And the kind of person that. 00:10:59 Xochitl I 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. 00:11:17 Xochitl It’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. 00:11:26 Xochitl I feel like a third person watching everything happen. You know what I mean? I don’t know if this resonates at all. 00:11:31 Jack Yeah, there’s a word for that. It’s it’s disassociation, right? 00:11:35 Xochitl Yeah, 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

    42 min
  2. The Jack & Chill Podcast | Medical Emergencies

    02/25/2024

    The Jack & Chill Podcast | Medical Emergencies

    In this episode of The Jack & ‘Chill Podcast, Xochitl and Jack talk about medical emergencies. Transcript: 00:00:03 Xochitl Jack, you kind of had a scary experience, not kind of. You definitely had a scary experience this week. Do you want? 00:00:10 Xochitl To tell our viewers about it. 00:00:12 Jack Yeah, I would, I. 00:00:13 Jack Would love to to share this. Some of our listeners out there who are students in our world English. 00:00:22 Jack Google meets class. 00:00:24 Jack I 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. 00:00:45 Jack The doctors did tests and everything they found that basically. 00:00:50 Jack All the arteries and artery is like it’s like a tube that carries blood. 00:00:55 Xochitl Again, laser vein, right a major vein. 00:00:57 Jack Right. Because your heart pumps. 00:00:59 Jack Blood to the rest of your. 00:01:01 Jack Body and it and blood feeds into the heart and then it pumps out and. 00:01:09 Jack His 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. 00:01:23 Jack And uh. And so he ended up having. 00:01:26 Jack A heart attack. 00:01:27 Jack And you know, it’s the life when when you lived the life that social and I have lived like, where you work overseas. 00:01:40 Jack You’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. 00:01:54 Jack And 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. 00:02:07 Jack To to death. 00:02:09 Jack And luckily my my brother and his his wife were visiting my parents and they both work in the medical profession. 00:02:20 Jack Motion 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. 00:02:41 Jack It just means 4 quad means 4. 00:02:44 Jack UM 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. 00:03:04 Jack The 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. 00:03:17 Jack And 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. 00:03:37 Jack Into the heart and he he had that surgery and I just talked to him before the podcast maybe 10 minutes ago. 00:03:46 Jack No, 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. 00:03:58 Jack You know, you you. 00:04:01 Jack You do that kind of like thinking in your head like is. 00:04:05 Jack Is that the last time I’m gonna? 00:04:08 Jack Talk to my dad, you know, like, is this is this it like and and and you know, before he went into surgery. 00:04:16 Jack And so for those 24 hours while he was, you know, in surgery and and coming out of the surgery. 00:04:23 Jack It 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. 00:04:43 Jack And 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. 00:05:04 Jack UM, all the uh. Here’s another expression. 00:05:08 Jack In English, the woulda coulda should uh. 00:05:11 Jack Moments. 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. 00:05:32 Jack We we do do not know the. 00:05:34 Jack Future 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. 00:05:55 Jack You know, we we hold on to. 00:05:56 Jack Those those things that we. 00:05:58 Jack We 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. 00:06:19 Jack It takes a wake up call like almost losing a a parent or a friend or a sibling. 00:06:27 Jack Before 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. 00:06:46 Jack And I feel so lucky and so blessed that I got that opportunity because it could have really gone the other way very easily. 00:06:55 Jack And 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. 00:07:14 Jack The last week or so. 00:07:17 Xochitl That’s terrible, Jack. I’m really sorry you’ve been dealing. 00:07:20 Xochitl With all of that. 00:07:21 Jack Well, 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. 00:07:40 Jack What about you? 00:07:40 Jack Have you experienced any like family emergencies that you don’t mind sharing with our our podcast listeners? 00:07:48 Xochitl Yeah, for sure. I mean, I guess the first one would be when my grandfather passed away, I guess that was in October now. 00:07:58 Xochitl Or the IT was either the end of September or the beginning of October. It’s fuzzy in my mind at this point, but. 00:08:07 Xochitl It feels like. 00:08:08 Xochitl So long and go. 00:08:09 Xochitl Now, because how of how the brain like process is lost? 00:08:15 Xochitl It just feels both so recent and so far at the same time, and and that was. 00:08:21 Jack Right, right. 00:08:23 Xochitl Just a big thing because I didn’t. I couldn’t even fly back to see him in time, really. 00:08:33 Xochitl That was a big deal. And then recently my grandmother this week as well on Monday. 00:08:41 Xochitl Wasn’t able to get out. 00:08:42 Xochitl Of bed she wasn’t able to stand. 00:08:44 Xochitl Up on her legs. 00:08:46 Xochitl And 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. 00:09:00 Xochitl And 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. 00:09:14 Xochitl And so. 00:09:17 Xochitl That 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. 00:09:30 Xochitl They gave her an antibiotic and she’s doing OK. 00:09:34 Xochitl UM, but it certainly was scary in the moment. She was very confused. I didn’t understand. It was why I wanted. 00:09:41 Xochitl To call the. 00:09:41 Xochitl Ambulance, she’s she. 00:09:43 Xochitl Had a lot of like confusion and she seemed like lost. 00:09:48 Xochitl And 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. 00:09:59 Xochitl Oxygen, because her oxygen was very low. 00:10:02 Xochitl And of course that makes sense as to. 00:10:04 Xochitl How it affected her? 00:10:06 Xochitl Her brain. Right. She wasn’t getting that oxygen supply that she needed, which is why she was pretty confused. 00:10:14 Jack Exactly. Yep. 00:10:16 Xochitl Yeah, it it it. It was a scary experience and like Jack said, it makes you think, OK, you should enjoy. 00:10:24 Xochitl Appreciate 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. 00:10:32 Xochitl When your last memory together is going to be and I don’t think you’ll ever regret. 00:10:37 Xochitl Spending that time together at the end. 00:10:39 발표자 Of it. 00:10:44 Xochitl Yeah. And another big deal for me, I think is. 00:10:50 Xochitl It’s important to. 00:10:52 Xochitl See the issues are family are dealing with in their older age as a full warning. 00:10:59 Xochitl You it’s not just about. 00:11:01 Xochitl How 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. 00:11:17 Xochitl And 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. 00:11:38 Xochitl Eat healthy, sleep enough, drink enough water, do regular exercise and kee

    44 min
  3. The Jack & Chill Podcast | The Challenges of Podcasting

    02/25/2024

    The Jack & Chill Podcast | The Challenges of Podcasting

    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: 00:00:00 Xochitl You are listening to the Jack and Chill podcast. 00:00:14 Jack All right. So so. So tell me about your, uh, your travel page, your social media. 00:00:20 Jack Travel page. 00:00:21 Xochitl Like 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. 00:00:37 Xochitl Like 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. 00:00:59 Xochitl On 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. 00:01:04 Xochitl For later, which I never go back to and. 00:01:07 Xochitl And just keep. 00:01:08 Xochitl Like I won’t sit there and watch. 00:01:09 Xochitl A 5 second video. 00:01:12 Xochitl For 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? 00:01:23 Xochitl That’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. 00:01:40 Jack Goodness, that’s good. 00:01:41 Jack Grief. I know exactly you’re talking about. It’s like. 00:01:47 Jack It 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. 00:02:07 Jack Because it’s so saturated with like. 00:02:12 Jack Like you said, quality. 00:02:13 Jack Content and bad quality content you know like. 00:02:17 Jack It’s it’s a. 00:02:17 Jack Mix 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. 00:02:33 Jack Some 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. 00:02:45 Jack Them 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. 00:02:51 Xochitl Wait, you’re good, ban. 00:03:06 Jack And 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. 00:03:18 Jack Like 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. 00:03:33 Jack Do it in that. 00:03:33 Jack Very subtle kind of way, but all that work and all those hours of like. 00:03:39 Jack Time 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. 00:03:54 Jack Know you just. 00:03:56 Jack Get 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. 00:04:11 Jack Building a community. 00:04:12 Jack So I like how did you. 00:04:14 Jack Build your community in in your. 00:04:16 Jack For your Facebook Travel travel blog. 00:04:19 Xochitl I just see like I haven’t really. 00:04:22 Xochitl Done 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. 00:04:32 Xochitl Podcast you do a. 00:04:33 Xochitl Lot of work yourself like marketing. 00:04:35 Xochitl The page but I. 00:04:36 Xochitl Just think we’re not shameless enough, Jack. Like, we don’t have that totally shameless promotional attitude. 00:04:41 Xochitl That a lot of people. 00:04:43 Xochitl A lot of social media influencers have. 00:04:45 Xochitl Like, we’re kind of we’re not. 00:04:47 Xochitl Shy about our work per se. 00:04:49 Xochitl But we definitely have like. 00:04:51 Xochitl A certain level of decorum that just does not exist in this new level of competitive marketing age. 00:04:58 Xochitl Like 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. 00:05:08 Jack No shame, no humility. You’re just like. 00:05:12 Xochitl Yeah, they don’t care. 00:05:13 Xochitl How they come off at all, they just want the. 00:05:15 Xochitl Clicks want the views. 00:05:16 Xochitl And they kind of follow that old saying like. 00:05:20 Xochitl What is it? No, there’s no such thing. 00:05:23 Xochitl As bad publicity. 00:05:24 Jack Right. 00:05:25 Xochitl A 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. 00:05:43 Xochitl AKA which is like a travel group for Oaxaca. 00:05:48 Xochitl And I was part. 00:05:49 Xochitl Of this community for a long time and. 00:05:51 Xochitl One day. 00:05:52 Xochitl The 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. 00:06:09 Xochitl I have gotten some followers through there. 00:06:13 Xochitl And then I do share like with my Facebook friends. 00:06:19 Xochitl I’ve started to because I. 00:06:23 Xochitl Used to not. It’s like I used to feel embarrassed about sharing my content to my Facebook friends. But. 00:06:28 Xochitl Now it’s like that’s a big. 00:06:31 Xochitl Chunk 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. 00:06:42 Jack You’re the most to have the most success, right? 00:06:45 Xochitl Having a success. There’s another guy on the viejitos group and. 00:06:48 Xochitl He just he. 00:06:49 Xochitl Used to spam basically spam the chat and. 00:06:52 Xochitl He would like literally. 00:06:55 Xochitl Information hostage of people. They ask a general question, and if you need to answer, you said I’ll tell you the answer if. 00:06:59 Xochitl You can prove. 00:07:00 Xochitl That you’re following my Facebook page. 00:07:02 Jack Yeah. You sent me your. 00:07:04 Jack E-mail. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:07:05 Xochitl Well, 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. 00:07:13 Jack Yeah, yeah. 00:07:24 Xochitl Following my Facebook page like it just seems like so like for us we would say like in poor. 00:07:30 Xochitl Taste, you know. 00:07:32 Jack Yeah, no, you and. 00:07:33 Jack I 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. 00:07:42 Jack I 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. 00:08:00 Jack The 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. 00:08:11 Jack Where and I. 00:08:12 Jack And I’m not saying that those those. 00:08:13 Jack Podcasts weren’t, you know, honest and. 00:08:18 Jack I 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. 00:08:24 Xochitl Right. 00:08:38 Jack You know, we’re trying to. 00:08:39 Jack Differentiate ourselves because I like to think of the A-Z as. 00:08:43 Jack Like the we’re kind of. 00:08:44 Jack The red headed stepchild of the. 00:08:47 Jack Language learning base because we do things. 00:08:50 Jack A little bit different. You know, it’s like it’s not as clean and refined and and like. 00:08:55 Xochitl We’re not as organized. I think we. 00:08:57 Xochitl Have a lot of heart though. 00:08:58 Xochitl Like our community is. 00:08:59 Xo

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  4. The Jack & 'Chill Podcast 5 | Merry Christmas!

    12/24/2023

    The Jack & 'Chill Podcast 5 | Merry Christmas!

    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: 00:00:00 Xochitl You 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. 00:00:20 Xochitl Means 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. 00:00:30 Xochitl So 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. 00:00:50 Xochitl Sweet salad with several different types of fruit and fruit flavored marshmallows in it. 00:00:59 Jack Yeah. 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. 00:01:14 Xochitl Yeah, like a sweet whipped. 00:01:16 Jack Yes, sweet whipped, very light. It's it's you. 00:01:20 Jack You know the expression. 00:01:21 Jack There'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. 00:01:40 Jack I would rather have a a slice of fruitcake. 00:01:43 Jack To be honest. 00:01:45 Jack I 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. 00:01:56 Jack A 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. 00:02:10 Jack I don't know. What do you think? 00:02:12 Xochitl Uhm, 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. 00:02:23 Xochitl I I would drink. 00:02:23 Jack Yeah, that's sophisticated. 00:02:25 Xochitl Black 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. 00:02:40 Xochitl So I always had weird taste buds and. 00:02:42 Xochitl I 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. 00:02:54 Xochitl I 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. 00:03:00 Xochitl Be or like a. 00:03:04 Xochitl One chip which we make in Mexico, which is like the hot. 00:03:06 Xochitl Fruit punch. Drink, I think. 00:03:07 Xochitl That it would be tolerable. 00:03:10 Jack Yeah, I would. 00:03:11 Jack I would be right now I would be very satisfied with a slice of fruit cake and a a latte. 00:03:18 Jack Like that would be. That would be nice like with my neck but a. 00:03:22 Xochitl I'll be hitting on Jack. 00:03:22 Jack Like a bowl. 00:03:23 Jack Of a bowl of marshmallows with you know, Jello and whip and whipped cream does not. 00:03:27 Xochitl With green. 00:03:30 Jack It doesn't sound good to me. It's just a. Yeah, it's nasty. 00:03:35 Xochitl Right 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. 00:03:44 Xochitl I got you. All right, Jack, for next one. Do you prefer eggnog or hot chocolate? 00:03:50 Jack Yeah, I know we're going to have a a bitter argument about this one, but I love. 00:03:56 Jack I love it. 00:03:56 Xochitl You know what? I've come around to eggnog. 00:03:59 Xochitl I'll let you finish, but I'll let you finish. 00:03:59 Jack Oh, OK. Yeah. I'm a big eggnog fan. My dad used to buy because they only sold it seasonally. And where I go. 00:04:09 Xochitl Uh-huh. It's still only sold seasonally. 00:04:11 Jack Yeah, 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. 00:04:17 Xochitl So I yeah. 00:04:31 Jack Like and a thick liquid and and you drink it cold and it's not milk, but it's kind of it's Milky. 00:04:40 Xochitl It's kind of. 00:04:40 Xochitl Like a custard, like a liquid custard. 00:04:43 Jack Yeah, exactly. It's very much like a liquid custard, but I. 00:04:47 Xochitl In fact it is. It has eggs very good. 00:04:47 발표자 Always found. 00:04:50 Jack Yeah. 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. 00:05:10 Jack Am I? I know the calories. 00:05:12 Jack In there have to be astronomical like. 00:05:14 Xochitl Ohh 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. 00:05:21 Xochitl 8 oz cups today so I I just found like 800 calories of. 00:05:26 Xochitl The eggnog in one day. 00:05:30 Jack I 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. 00:05:40 Xochitl Oh yeah. 00:05:44 Jack So 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. 00:05:44 Xochitl Ohh burn. 00:05:58 Xochitl Is it like the Swiss news type that you have though, like the instant hot cocoa? 00:06:02 Jack Yeah, it's not like real. It's not real hot chocolate. It's just the the exactly, it's the powder. 00:06:04 발표자 That's what. 00:06:09 Jack That you mix with hot. 00:06:10 Jack Warm milk or or water if you. 00:06:14 Jack I think the water, it tastes the worst. You know, if you mix it with milk. 00:06:17 Xochitl Yeah, but if you hate yourself. 00:06:19 Xochitl And drink it with water. 00:06:20 Jack Yeah, 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. 00:06:41 Jack Cause I love ice lattes, so I will drink. You know, a lot of coffee with with milk. 00:06:42 발표자 Right. 00:06:50 Xochitl But it's like a splash. 00:06:51 Xochitl Of milk in your coffee. Not like. 00:06:53 Jack Ohh 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. 00:07:14 Jack Dinner but. 00:07:15 Xochitl Right. 00:07:16 Jack I'll drink those. Like I'll drink like two or three. 00:07:18 Jack A day because. 00:07:19 Xochitl OK, 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. 00:07:36 Xochitl 28 oz cups of eggnogs just today, so I definitely drink my calories. I try. 00:07:41 발표자 Yeah. Yeah. Well. 00:07:42 Xochitl To be more mindful that in the new. 00:07:43 Jack Year 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. 00:07:56 Jack And but I you know I. 00:07:57 Jack Drink diet soda sometimes. So that's, you know, got its own problems related to it so. 00:08:06 Jack I'm I'm by no means like Mr. healthy. 00:08:09 Jack Over here on my high horse, you know? 00:08:12 Xochitl You 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. 00:08:32 Xochitl And it's like too thick and too sweet. 00:08:35 Xochitl And 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. 00:08:51 Xochitl And 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. 00:08:59 Jack OK. 00:09:06 Xochitl Nasty because. 00:09:06 Xochitl It was like thick and. 00:09:08 Xochitl My sister really loved. 00:09:10 Xochitl Eggnog and I just was never a fan. 00:09:13 Xochitl And in recent. 00:09:14 Xochitl Years 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. 00:09:34 Xochitl And it's it's very kind of like thin. It's so creamy, but it doesn't have that custardy like flavor or thickness. 00:09:40 Jack Yeah, it's almost comfy. 00:09:43 Jack Then it comes up, yeah. 00:09:4

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  5. The Jack & 'Chill Podcast 04 | Thanksgiving

    11/26/2023

    The Jack & 'Chill Podcast 04 | Thanksgiving

    In this episode of The Jack & 'Chill Podcast, Xochitl and Jack discuss American Thanksgiving traditions. Transcript: 00:00:00 Xochitl You are listening to the Jack and Chill podcast. 00:00:13 Xochitl Alright, 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. 00:00:23 Xochitl It traditionally was supposed to commemorate. 00:00:27 Xochitl Sharing between the pilgrims and Native Americans, of course, we know that. 00:00:32 Xochitl That's not historically accurate at all. 00:00:35 Jack Right. Or it's a very oversimplified description of the situation, yeah. 00:00:41 Xochitl The situation but. 00:00:44 Xochitl Today, 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. 00:00:53 Jack Right. 00:00:56 Xochitl Yeah, 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. 00:01:06 Jack Mashed mashed. Yeah. 00:01:12 Xochitl I think those are the ones that like you basically can't skip. 00:01:16 Jack Right. 00:01:17 Xochitl And and then each family has. Sorry, go ahead. 00:01:18 발표자 3 It's just. 00:01:21 Jack No, 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. 00:01:33 Jack Have to have. 00:01:33 Xochitl Like cranberry sauce gravy gotta have that. 00:01:36 Xochitl And 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. 00:01:44 Xochitl Staples. 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. 00:01:49 Jack Right. 00:01:55 Xochitl I 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. 00:02:06 Xochitl And then oysters, which is like oysters, literally strained canned oysters in a casserole dish with like, a bread crumb topping. 00:02:18 Xochitl It's really good, you know both. 00:02:18 발표자 3 OK. 00:02:20 Xochitl Of them sound weird, but they're both really delicious. 00:02:22 Jack Yeah, 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. 00:02:40 Xochitl That sounds good. 00:02:44 Jack It's full on, like causes diabetes, you. 00:02:47 Jack Know what I? 00:02:47 Jack Mean like you could trace it right back to to that. But but it's so good. It tastes so good. 00:02:48 발표자 Right. 00:02:55 Xochitl Right. 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. 00:03:16 Xochitl Besides that, I've pretty much made everything else myself. 00:03:20 Xochitl And ever since I started making this spread myself, I only make fried chicken instead of Turkey. 00:03:26 Jack OK, wow. Alright. A substitution. A different bird. Yeah. 00:03:30 발표자 Yes. Yeah. 00:03:32 Xochitl Yeah, 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. 00:03:48 Jack And everyone likes fried chicken. 00:03:49 Xochitl Is this something? 00:03:51 Jack I mean you can. 00:03:52 Xochitl Ohh yeah. 00:03:53 Xochitl Come on. 00:03:54 발표자 3 You know. 00:03:55 Xochitl Can't go wrong. 00:03:57 Jack For for I prefer the Turkey like I'm a I'm a purist. OK, so. 00:03:57 Xochitl How about you do you? 00:03:58 발표자 Sorry, go ahead. 00:04:03 Xochitl You're freaking furious. Wow. Betrayed. 00:04:06 Jack I'm a I'm a. 00:04:07 Jack Thanksgiving 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. 00:04:22 발표자 3 No, you betrayed. 00:04:25 Jack That's the least flavor and the and it's the driest part. 00:04:29 Jack Of the of the bird. 00:04:31 Jack But 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. 00:04:31 발표자 3 That's the. 00:04:51 Jack Heaping slice of of of dry as. 00:04:55 Jack White, white meat. Turkey. Yeah. Turkey breast. 00:04:59 Xochitl Yeah. Yeah, I'm. 00:05:00 Xochitl The 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? 00:05:04 Jack Right. 00:05:12 Xochitl Yeah, just and. 00:05:13 Xochitl Then you can. 00:05:14 Xochitl It's so easy to make gravy with the fried chicken. 00:05:17 Xochitl Like so. That's just it just knocks out two birds with one stone. Haha. Pun intended. 00:05:24 Xochitl And yeah, so. 00:05:25 Xochitl To me. So. So you're on the opposite. 00:05:28 Xochitl OK, other unpopular Thanksgiving opinion? I did not know. I was on the unpopular end of this one. 00:05:35 Xochitl I prefer homemade cranberry sauce to canned. I won't even eat the canned stuff. It's nasty. 00:05:40 Jack No, no, no, no. 00:05:41 Xochitl How about you? 00:05:42 Jack I'm again. I'm a purist. I. 00:05:44 Jack It has to come out of a can. It has to make the like plopping sound. 00:05:48 Jack You know where you like it, kind of like. 00:05:53 Jack You 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. 00:06:03 Xochitl Oh my God. 00:06:04 Jack Would eat it. I'm I'm not. 00:06:05 Jack I'm not rude, but but I prefer that kind of Jelly cranberry sauce. 00:06:11 Jack From the can. 00:06:13 Jack And 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. 00:06:30 Xochitl Oh my. 00:06:31 Xochitl God, so I lost. 00:06:33 Jack Right. 00:06:34 Xochitl So much respect for. 00:06:35 Xochitl You I cannot. My dad always. 00:06:38 Xochitl Made it from scratch and I started making it from scratch. It's so easy. You just open a couple of bags of crap. 00:06:44 Xochitl Berries with a little bit. 00:06:46 Xochitl Of 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. 00:06:53 Xochitl At the end. 00:06:54 Jack Oh, a little citrus, a little little, a little zest. 00:06:57 Jack To it or something a little. 00:06:58 Xochitl Yeah, a little citrus zest and umm, it is pretty sweet. I try to add enough sugar so that it's not. 00:07:05 Xochitl Too sour and try. 00:07:07 Xochitl To make it. 00:07:07 Xochitl Eat, of course. Cranberries themselves kind of have a naturally bitter sour flavor, like they're also bitter. 00:07:14 Xochitl You know, but I I just prefer that so much that I honestly, I the canned stuff makes me gag. I hate the texture. 00:07:22 Jack I love that texture. It's like Jelly or jello. 00:07:22 Xochitl And it's like. 00:07:25 Xochitl Oh God. 00:07:26 Jack Or something gelatin. I know it's. 00:07:28 Jack It's some gross too. 00:07:30 Xochitl Oh my God, no I can't. 00:07:35 Xochitl Go ahead. 00:07:35 Jack Well, I'm. I'm just trying to think like, why? 00:07:37 Jack Do I like? 00:07:37 Jack It 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. 00:07:48 Jack That's what we had when I was growing up. So that's what I want. When I have a Thanksgiving dinner. 00:07:56 Jack But 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. 00:07:57 Xochitl Right. 00:08:14 Jack And like look. 00:08:15 Jack Here's the thing about the can. 00:08:17 Jack It's like. 00:08:19 Jack It's probably 95% sugar. 00:08:22 Jack You 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. 00:08:22 Xochitl It is, it's almost spring. 00:08:33 Jack You know, and it's probably. 00:08:34 Jack Got of numerous chemicals in there too. To preserve it, you know, because. 00:08:39 Xochitl Yeah, to me, get that texture. 00:08:41 Jack Yeah. Well, the texture that does not exist in. 00:08:42 발표자 3 It's like. 00:08:44 Jack Nature at all. 00:08:45 Xochitl Yeah, it's horrible. God congealed. 00:08:45 발표자 3 Just, yeah. 00:08:48 Xochitl Ohh no, I just can't. 00:08:49 Jack Yeah. Congeal cranberry juice. 00:08:49 Xochitl I can't. 00:08:52 Xochitl Yeah. Oh, my God. No other one. I wanna ask you, Jack. 00:08:58 Xochitl Pumpkin 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

    43 min
  6. The Jack & 'Chill Podcast 03 | Friends, Family, and Holidays

    11/13/2023

    The Jack & 'Chill Podcast 03 | Friends, Family, and Holidays

    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: @atozenglish1 Instagram: @atozenglish22 Twitter: @atozenglish22 A to Z Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcast Check out our You Tube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8A Donate to the show: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/donations Robin and Jack started a new You Tube channel called English Word Master. You can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2aXaXaMY4P2VhVaEre5w7A Become a member of Podchaser and leave a positive review! https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-a-to-z-english-podcast-4779670 Join our Whatsapp group: https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7

    51 min
  7. The Jack & 'Chill Podcast 02 | Halloween, Ghost Stories, and "Phrogging"

    10/29/2023

    The Jack & 'Chill Podcast 02 | Halloween, Ghost Stories, and "Phrogging"

    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: @atozenglish1 Instagram: @atozenglish22 Twitter: @atozenglish22 A to Z Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcast Check out our You Tube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8A Donate to the show: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/donations Robin and Jack started a new You Tube channel called English Word Master. You can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2aXaXaMY4P2VhVaEre5w7A Become a member of Podchaser and leave a positive review! https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-a-to-z-english-podcast-4779670 Join our Whatsapp group: https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7

    51 min
  8. The Jack & 'Chill Podcast 01 | Before the Internet

    10/28/2023

    The Jack & 'Chill Podcast 01 | Before the Internet

    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: @atozenglish1 Instagram: @atozenglish22 Twitter: @atozenglish22 A to Z Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcast Check out our You Tube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8A Donate to the show: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/donations Robin and Jack started a new You Tube channel called English Word Master. You can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2aXaXaMY4P2VhVaEre5w7A Become a member of Podchaser and leave a positive review! https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-a-to-z-english-podcast-4779670 Join our Whatsapp group: https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7

    49 min
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About

Welcome to The Jack and 'Chill Podcast, your go-to destination for sharpening your English listening skills while enjoying engaging conversations on a wide range of topics. Join your hosts, Jack and Xochitl, as they embark on a journey through language and culture, creating an immersive learning experience for English language learners. Jack, a native English speaker, and Xochitl, a balanced bilingual in both Spanish and English, come together to bridge the gap between language acquisition and real-life communication. In each episode, they explore fascinating subjects, share personal anecdotes, and dive into thought-provoking discussions to help you develop your English listening comprehension. Whether you're looking to enhance your vocabulary, improve your pronunciation, or simply enjoy informative and entertaining conversations, The Jack and 'Chill Podcast is your ideal companion. From everyday topics like travel, food, and technology to deeper explorations of culture, history, and current events, Jack and Xochitl cover it all. Tune in to The Jack and 'Chill Podcast to experience the joy of learning while relaxing and having fun. Each episode is designed to be informative, relaxed, and accessible, making it perfect for learners at all levels. So, grab your headphones, sit back, and join Jack and Xochitl as they take you on an educational and entertaining language journey. Subscribe now and boost your English listening skills with The Jack and 'Chill Podcast. Let's learn, laugh, and 'chill' together!

Information

  • Creator
    Jack Chill
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    8
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
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  • Show Website
    The Jack & 'Chill Podcast