This is an All-Ears-English podcast episode 753.

First, listening shock, what it is, and how to survive it.

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We believe in Connection Not Perfection with your American hosts,

Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York

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tran s c ri p t s s c r i p t s Do you get first listening shock? This is the feeling that overwhelms you when you end up in a tough

listening situation for the first time. What is happening in your brain and how can you turn it around

for connection? Find out today.

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phone and Chromebook. Hey Jessica, how's it going? It is going great. It is summer

here. James and I are going to go to the river beach today. It's like it's that time already.

Yeah, it's amazing. I love it. So nice to be outside. We've been getting a lot of rain here, but today it's warmer and I'm excited for Memorial Day weekend, a big weekend in the US coming up, right?

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