Accent Coach Bianca

In this episode, I’m once again joined by William to celebrate International Left-Handers Day! We explore what it’s like to be part of the left-handed minority, the history and psychology of left-handedness, the...

In this episode, I sat down with Polly to talk about why recording yourself is one of the most powerful tools for improving your pronunciation and confidence. We explored why hearing your own voice can feel so awkward...

In this episode, I sat down with Adam Geary, founder of Creative Collaborations Coaching, to explore the power of listening and collaboration—especially across cultures, workplaces, and communities. We talked about how...

Happy Pride month! 🌈 In this episode, I sit down with Jana, a voice and gender communication coach, to explore the fascinating intersection of voice, accent, culture, and gender. We discuss how accents reflect...

In this episode, I sat down with my friend Edith, a food safety consultant, to talk about something surprisingly connected to language learning: culture. What started as an incident with some raspberries at Costco...

In this episode I’m joined again by Gerardo to dive deeper into Star Wars accents and this time we’re focusing on the series ‘Andor’. We talk about how different accents influence the “vibe” we get from characters and...

MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU! Today, I chat with Star Wars fan Gerardo about how voices, accents, and language shape the characters we love in Star Wars. We explore iconic voices like Darth Vader and Yoda, talk about how...

In this episode, I sit down with my friend Kevin to talk about accents, identity, and the assumptions we make about people when we hear them speak. I start with a little guessing game about Kevin’s accent, which turns...

In this episode, I sit down with Natalia to celebrate our shared love of podcasts and explore how they’ve evolved over the past decade. We swap stories about how we first fell in love with podcasts, share some of our...

In this episode, I sit down with my friend and fellow accent coach Irina to talk honestly about burnout. What it actually looks like before you crash, and how sneaky it can be. We unpack the moment she realized she’d...

In this episode I sit down with my friend and fellow accent nerd Natalia Pogodina to talk about one of the trickiest topics in pronunciation: R’s and L’s. These “liquid sounds” are so hard! Especially for Russian...

In this episode, I sit down with my friend (and basically family member) Danny Barrera, the lead singer of the band Marlento, to talk about how language, music, and emotion are deeply connected in songwriting. We dig...

In this episode, I sit down live in my studio with my friend Mark to talk about one of our favorite things: the IPA! We chat about how helpful it can be for learning pronunciation… but also where it totally falls short...

In this episode, I sit down with Rohana, a native Londoner, to chat all about the quirky, charming, and occasionally confusing differences between British and American English. After forcing him to read That’s Not...

In this episode, I sit down with Natalia, one of the wonderful teachers inside my Accent Teachers Academy, to talk about a surprisingly common but rarely discussed issue: mouth dryness during speaking. It started with a...