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Podcast retrospective and hiatus

In a Manner of Speaking podcastPaul has been producing his In a Manner of Speaking podcast for eight years, every month without a break! So it’s time for a hiatus. The July episode will be the last for 2025. Plans are to return in January 2026. So what better time for a retrospective!

Listen to the July episode here, or on your favorite podcast channel or index. Most importantly, this episode has a video version, which you can watch either on the podcast page or YouTube.

A big thanks to all past guests! We look forward to seeing everyone again in 2026.

Episode 90 (A Retrospective: 2018-2025)

In a Manner of Speaking podcastJoin Paul Meier and his past guests for this retrospective of the first eight years of the podcast. Paul will be taking a hiatus from the podcast and plans to return in 2026, so, for this last episode of 2025, let us reminisce.

Think of this month’s episode as a sort of CliffsNotes of the podcast. We hope they inspire you to seek out past episodes in full. You can find them all indexed here, or on your favorite podcast channel or index. But keep in mind that you get all the free extras and related information only at PaulMeier.com.

Thanks to all past guests, without whom this podcast would not be possible. While this retrospective does not include all 89 previous episodes, we have done our best to include snippets of all episodes that feature guests.

The best part about this episode is we have created a video version! Watch it here:

(Bach’s Cello Suite #1 in G Major BMV 1007 Prelude (by Ivan Dolgunov) is courtesy of Jamendo Licensing.)

Episode 79 (Come from Away)

Joel Goldes

On the August 2024 episode of In a Manner of Speaking, Paul discusses dialect coaching with IDEA Associate Editor and successful dialect coach Joel Goldes.

They focus on two of Goldes’ many projects: Come from Away, an award-winning musical set in Newfoundland, about the hospitality that Newfoundlanders afforded airline passengers stranded by the terror attacks of September 11, 2001; and The Woman King, a 2022 epic film directed by Gina Prince-Bythwood and starring Viola Davis.

To learn about Joel, visit his IDEA page, or check out TheDialectCoach.com.

For more information on Come from Away, visit Apple.TV.com, and to learn more about The Woman King, visit Wikipedia. and IMDB.

And for prior podcast episodes that address similar topics, see

May 2022 (Episode 52): How To Do Accents, with Edda Sharpe and Jan Haydn Rowles
August 2021 (Episode 43): Heightened Language and Black Playwrights, with Jacqueline Springfield
August  2020 (Episode 31): Foreign-Language Accents
January 2020 (Episode 24): Dialect-Coaching Film & TV, with Jill McCullough
October 2018 (Episode 9): Accents and Dialects, with Jim Johnson

Joel visits the Anthony Gilardo Acting Studio:

BUZZCast interview:

(Bach’s Cello Suite #1 in G Major BMV 1007 Prelude (by Ivan Dolgunov) is courtesy of Jamendo Licensing.)