Radyo ODTU has some great Turkish language podcasts, but one of my favorites is called "Şimdi Neredeler?" It is a super fun where are they now show with each episode timing in at right around three minutes.  The audio is clear and not too rushed and the people they dig up are a wonderful blast from the past:  Webster, Adam Ant, Tom Sellek, Ralph Maccio, M. C. Hammar, Scott Baio, Mr. T, and many, many more from all generations.  I am a child of the 80's so these are the names that stuck out to me.  Great short listening pieces.  Put them on your cell phone or mp3 player and you can listen to an episode four or five times in a row on the way to work.  By the time you get to work you will know where Webster is now! (Atlanta Georgia - founder of Emmanuel Lewis Entertainment)

Find the show at their website or on itunes.

The University of Texas at Austin and Brigham Young University have teemed up to produce a fantastic site called Cultural Interviews with Turkish-Speaking Professionals.  There are literally hundreds of short video interviews with Turkish professionals and executives talking about: professional activities, negotiation practices, courtesy, and stereotypes.  The Turkish is very clear, they speak quite slowly and really well.  As a source of narrow listening it can’t be beat.  Everybody is talking about the same topics!  Check it out today!  And a huge thanks to this website for our first real narrow listening files.  We are slowly getting recordings together here, but don’t yet have enough to put a narrow listening file together.  It is coming though!  For now, check out this great site.  Just click on the tabs at the top and then click on the person you want to listen to.  Each video is accompanied by the transcript of what they are saying as well.  Happy Listening!

Two new handcrafted audio files have been added to the Istanbul page.  Check them out.  We are still waiting for the first submission from one of our listeners. Be the first!  We are waiting.

A new feature has been added to the contribute page allowing you to upload your files from this site.  Just head over to the page and scroll down to the contact form.   Fill in the form, upload your file and send it over.  Easy as 1, 2, 3.  Except that you need to record something first.  Get started.  Together we can make this a better site. 

Also, a pole has been placed on the side bar.  Please let us know what you think.  Handcrafted Journals have had the Turkish text removed. Handcrafted Stories still has them.  Compare the two and vote today! (the pol

Finally, a new story has been added to Handcrafted Stories called "The Parable of the Tenant."  It is a basic retelling of an old parable.

A new handcrafted audio was posted today called Squirrel Cop. It is my attempt to retell one of the funniest stories I have ever heard.  Have you had a bad day?  Today?  Ever?  Well if so, take a listen to the original story HERE. (The Squirrel Cop story starts at the 19:53 mark of the story. The story immediately following is crude and you may not want to listen to it.  FYI ) Then you can listen to my retelling in Turkish.  Besides being hilarious (the original), it is a good reminder that in order to gain experience, we have to make mistakes.  Dwight Gradin from PILAT (Program in Language Acquisition Techniques) says you have to make a million mistakes to master a language - so get started! 

Have you heard a great story lately?  Try retelling it and we will get it up on the website for others to enjoy as well. 

Have an Awesome Day!