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Mar 2022
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Bonus Ep 20 - Voices of Russia

CHARLIE BAXTER
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📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation In today's episode, Charlie felt the need to also reach out to his Russian friends in order to create an episode sharing their voices and experience regarding the war in Ukraine. The goal of this episode isn't to shame, blame, or vilify the Russian people, but to instead s ... Show More
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