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WILDE: The Listening Festival, 2025 edition
An 8-Week Global Podcast Experience for English Speakers & Educators
I was inspired by summer music festivals here in the Northern Hemisphere, such as Coachella and Glastonbury, but without all the celebrities. Just lots of different musical genres on many stages, many interesting people in the crowd, all curious, open-minded music lovers, everyone coming together to connect and be in community.
Sounds great, right?
This year’s edition of WILDE is a podcast festival created for the advanced English language learner and educator who is thirsty for something different, a new kind of PD that will prioritize listening and community above all else.
Let me share the vision, the location, dates & times, and the ticket price, and why this listening festival might just be the course of the year for you.
📻 Ready to hear more about it?
You don’t need more professional development.
You need deeper listening, richer conversations, and a reason to get excited about English again.
🔥 Who It's For:
English speakers (C1–C2) who crave meaningful conversations
English teachers who are thirsty to reconnect with the joy of language
Podcast lovers looking for curated, challenging listening in a supportive community
Women educators who are tired of PD that leaves them feeling “less than”, and want to try something new, and be a student again
🎪 What You’ll Get at this Festival:
8 themed weeks of curated podcasts hosted by women from around the English-speaking world
Exposure to a wide range of English accents, dialects, and discourse styles
Live weekly discussions in a warm, trusting, and encouraging community
A toolkit of language-rich prompts that push your thinking and pump up your fluency
An optional closing project: your mini-podcast, in your voice, your style, your story
🌍 Themes We’ll Explore:
Why we listen (and how we really hear each other)
Accents and accent bias, identity, and the politics of voice
Storytelling as a form of resistance and connection
Language play, humour, disagreement, and discourse
Speaking up, speaking out, and reclaiming space
🧭 What Makes This Different?
It’s not a course in pronunciation or pedagogy, though both will sharpen
It’s not about “content consumption”—it’s about conscious listening
It’s not just English practice—it’s connection and community in every sense
👣 You’ll walk away with:
✅ A stronger listening ear
✅ A deeper understanding of global Englishes
✅ Confidence speaking in your authentic voice
✅ A community that listens to you the way you deserve to be heard
📅 When?
Fridays at 9:30 AM EST (GMT-5) | 10:30 AM (GMT-3) | 3:30 PM (GMT+1)
October 3rd to November 21st, 2025
🏧 Cost: USD $330.
🎟️ Ready to join the festival?
✔️ 8 weeks of rich podcast listening & guided discussion
✔️ Weekly live sessions of 75 minutes (or recordings, if you can’t join live)
✔️ Downloadable discussion prompts & features of global accents to understand
✔️ Final showcase: your own 2-5 minute podcast segment
✔️ Real community. Real connection.
Spots are limited (3-6), so everyone gets heard.
Bring your voice. Bring your ears.
An 8-Week Global Podcast Experience for English Speakers & Educators
I was inspired by summer music festivals here in the Northern Hemisphere, such as Coachella and Glastonbury, but without all the celebrities. Just lots of different musical genres on many stages, many interesting people in the crowd, all curious, open-minded music lovers, everyone coming together to connect and be in community.
Sounds great, right?
This year’s edition of WILDE is a podcast festival created for the advanced English language learner and educator who is thirsty for something different, a new kind of PD that will prioritize listening and community above all else.
Let me share the vision, the location, dates & times, and the ticket price, and why this listening festival might just be the course of the year for you.
📻 Ready to hear more about it?
You don’t need more professional development.
You need deeper listening, richer conversations, and a reason to get excited about English again.
🔥 Who It's For:
English speakers (C1–C2) who crave meaningful conversations
English teachers who are thirsty to reconnect with the joy of language
Podcast lovers looking for curated, challenging listening in a supportive community
Women educators who are tired of PD that leaves them feeling “less than”, and want to try something new, and be a student again
🎪 What You’ll Get at this Festival:
8 themed weeks of curated podcasts hosted by women from around the English-speaking world
Exposure to a wide range of English accents, dialects, and discourse styles
Live weekly discussions in a warm, trusting, and encouraging community
A toolkit of language-rich prompts that push your thinking and pump up your fluency
An optional closing project: your mini-podcast, in your voice, your style, your story
🌍 Themes We’ll Explore:
Why we listen (and how we really hear each other)
Accents and accent bias, identity, and the politics of voice
Storytelling as a form of resistance and connection
Language play, humour, disagreement, and discourse
Speaking up, speaking out, and reclaiming space
🧭 What Makes This Different?
It’s not a course in pronunciation or pedagogy, though both will sharpen
It’s not about “content consumption”—it’s about conscious listening
It’s not just English practice—it’s connection and community in every sense
👣 You’ll walk away with:
✅ A stronger listening ear
✅ A deeper understanding of global Englishes
✅ Confidence speaking in your authentic voice
✅ A community that listens to you the way you deserve to be heard
📅 When?
Fridays at 9:30 AM EST (GMT-5) | 10:30 AM (GMT-3) | 3:30 PM (GMT+1)
October 3rd to November 21st, 2025
🏧 Cost: USD $330.
🎟️ Ready to join the festival?
✔️ 8 weeks of rich podcast listening & guided discussion
✔️ Weekly live sessions of 75 minutes (or recordings, if you can’t join live)
✔️ Downloadable discussion prompts & features of global accents to understand
✔️ Final showcase: your own 2-5 minute podcast segment
✔️ Real community. Real connection.
Spots are limited (3-6), so everyone gets heard.
Bring your voice. Bring your ears.