Listen to this episode to find out why New Year in Russia is a bigger holiday than Christmas. Transcript and extras: https://russiancast.ru/podcast-season4-episode3/ Subscribe to support and get access to extra materials: https://russiancast.ru/subscribe/

This episode features an overview of the Russian language including a brief history and some general facts about the language. This will help you learn or revise some vocabulary that is used to describe a language.  Transcript and extras: https://russiancast.ru/podcast-season4-episode2/ Subscribe to support and get access to extra materials: https://russiancast.ru/subscribe/

In this episode, I tell a brief history of my home town, Saint Petersburg, the second largest Russian city. I mention a few key events in the history of the city – this will help you learn or revise how to say in Russian in what year something happened. Also notice that I sometimes switch from the Past Tense to the Present Tense, although referring to the bygone events.  Transcript and extras: https://russiancast.ru/podcast-season4-episode1/ Subscribe to support and get access to extra materials: https://russiancast.ru/subscribe/

This episode features a short story about Kate. An American living in St. Petersburg, she isn't quite used to local transport modes, which ruins her day. The story features some verbs of motion and some of transport vocabulary. Transcript and extras: https://russiancast.ru/podcast-season3-episode12/ Subscribe to support and get access to extra materials: https://russiancast.ru/subscribe/ Take a quiz on the episode and get a 30% discount on your first subscription: https://russiancast.ru/quiz/quiz-bad-day/

In this episode, I'm telling you about my regular day. This story will help you learn or revise some Russian daily routine imperfective verbs such as 'вставать', 'принимать душ', 'завтракать', 'обедать', 'включать компьютер' and some time vocabulary. Transcript and extras: https://russiancast.ru/podcast-season3-episode11/ Subscribe to support and get access to extra materials: https://russiancast.ru/subscribe/ Take a quiz on the episode and get a 30% discount on your first subscription: https://russiancast.ru/quiz/quiz-my-day/

In this episode you'll hear a story about Dima who goes to a pet shop to buy a parrot. The pricing policy surprises him a lot. Which parrot will he choose? Transcript and extras: https://russiancast.ru/podcast-season3-episode10/ Subscribe to support and get access to extra materials: https://russiancast.ru/subscribe/ Take a quiz on the episode and get a 30% discount on your first subscription: https://russiancast.ru/quiz/quiz-silence/

This episode of RussianCast features a short story about Vanya who went to the shop to buy bread, but bought beer instead. He blames the person who stood at the shop entrance and measured his temperature using an electronic thermometer. Transcript and extras: https://russiancast.ru/podcast-season3-episode9/ Subscribe to support and get access to extra materials: https://russiancast.ru/subscribe/ Take a quiz on the episode and get a 30% discount on your first subscription: https://russiancast.ru/quiz/quiz-prescription/

This episode features a presumably funny short story about a doctor's bad handwriting. Do doctors always have problems with handwriting? Have you ever had trouble reading doctors' handwriting? Share in comments on russiancast.ru.  Transcript and extras: https://russiancast.ru/podcast-season3-episode8/ Subscribe to support and get access to extra materials: https://russiancast.ru/subscribe/ Take a quiz on the episode and get a 30% discount on your first subscription: https://russiancast.ru/quiz/quiz-prescription/

This episode features a short story about three men who found themselves on a desert island. What do they do to escape? Listen to the episode to find out.  Transcript and extras: https://russiancast.ru/podcast-season3-episode7/ Subscribe to support and get access to extra materials: https://russiancast.ru/subscribe/ Take a quiz on the episode and get a 30% discount on your first subscription: https://russiancast.ru/quiz/quiz-island/

This episode features a short story that took place in a bar. A man came into a bar in the morning and did something absolutely unexpected for the bartender. Listen to find out what surprised the bartender. Visit russiancast.ru to see the transcript. Find extra materials on the website: a longer audio including comments on some vocabulary, grammar notes, exercises on the episode to check your understanding and learn new vocabulary and grammar, PDF, Russian/English glossary Transcript and extras: https://russiancast.ru/podcast-season3-episode6/ Subscribe to support and get access to extra materials: https://russiancast.ru/subscribe/ Take a quiz on the episode and get a 30% discount on your first subscription: https://russiancast.ru/quiz/quiz-bar/