English with Kirsty – episode 286
9/10 Learning through podcasting
You can listen to episode 286 here:
To celebrate 10 years of the English with Kirsty podcast, I’m creating a 10-part series to celebrate 10 different forms that learning can take.
Part nine of the series is about learning through podcasting. Not just listening to podcasts, but hosting them! I decided to give myself the challenge of inviting guests whom I didn’t know so that I would meet some new podcasters too. David has been to a couple of my networking events and I met Nina and Lisa for the first time on the call.
What did we talk about?
We’ve all had different experiences in terms of starting our podcasts, but we discovered a lot of parallels too! When you start a project such as a podcast, you inevitably learn a lot about yourself, it brings new opportunities, and you develop all kinds of skills that you may not know you needed 😀
We discussed, among other things:
- Why we all started our podcasts
- What we’ve learned through the experience of having a podcast
- Some of the new opportunities that having a podcast has brought us
- Our advice for anyone who is thinking of starting a podcast
- Future plans and what we’re working on at the moment.
So if you’ve been thinking about starting a podcast, let these experiences inspire you and don’t forget to let us know when your first episode is online so that we can come and support you!
Who are my guests?
Nina Frühbeißer is a translator and teacher working with English and German. As a sworn translator, she specializes in legal documents, while also focusing on tourism, marketing, and website translations. Alongside her translation work, she teaches English in business settings and evening schools. She is the host and co-founder of the podcast Translation Treasures, where she brings her experience and passion for languages to a wider audience.
Lisa Neuhaus is a translator and interpreter working with Spanish, English, and German. Based between Munich and Oettingen in Bavaria, she is a sworn translator for Spanish, specializing in legal documents, while also translating marketing texts and literature from English. She is the host and co-founder of the podcast Translation Treasures, where she shares insights and stories from the world of translation.
David Stockings MITI MCIL CL is a freelance translator working from French and German to English and specialising in sustainability and corporate reporting. He also teaches translation at University College London’s Centre for Translation Studies (CenTraS). He produces Source 2 Target, the podcast for new and prospective translators, which aims to provide an insight into working as a translator for translation students, recent graduates and anyone thinking about getting into translation. The podcast recently launched The First 12 Weeks of Your Translation Career, a course designed to support recent graduates through the first difficult months of working as a freelance translator.
Podcast resources
Translation Treasures is a German podcast hosted by freelance colleagues Lisa and Nina, launched in January 2025. In monthly episodes, they welcome guests from the translation industry who share insights into their career paths, their day-to-day work, as well as surprising anecdotes and lighthearted moments. The concept combines education and behind-the-scenes perspectives with an easygoing tone—making the podcast feel less like a lecture and more like catching up with friends over coffee.
You can find Translation Treasures on LinkedIn or Instagram.
Source 2 Target is the podcast for new and prospective translators!
It supports early career translators – whether they’re students, recent graduates or transitioning from another profession – to learn about the profession and what they need to do to succeed in the language industry.
You can find Source 2 Target on Linkedin.
This is where you can find more information about David’s course for new translators.
This series is also a playlist on YouTube
If you’re enjoying this series in which we’re looking at the many different forms that learning can take, I’ve made a playlist on YouTube with all of the episodes! This is an audio podcast, so the YouTube episodes are audio too. You can Find the full playlist here.
Similar episodes
If you are interested in other episodes about content creation, I’ve created a content creation playlist on YouTube, where you can listen to other interviews in this series.
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