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  • Josh Menchions: the King of Comedy. In Newfoundland.

    Josh Menchions: the King of Comedy. In Newfoundland.
    2026/06/19

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    AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
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    18 分
  • The internet is a blank sheet of paper: you can learn A LOT from a blank sheet of paper.

    The internet is a blank sheet of paper: you can learn A LOT from a blank sheet of paper.
    2026/05/17

    The moral of the story here is that youtube is really just a blank sheet of paper: you can learn a lot from working with it, or you can squander the opportunity, learning nothing at all.

    Originally uploaded as a livestream (on à-bas-le-ciel) under the title, "Theo Slade: it's always unreasonable to expect reasonable criticism."

    LINK: ⁠https://youtube.com/live/pxbF2bDTFdI⁠

    This was uploaded elsewhere as a video under the title, "The internet is a blank sheet of paper: you can learn A LOT from a blank sheet of paper."

    LINK: ⁠https://youtu.be/NQxkFC_B_iw⁠

    Only 22 minutes long, BTW… short by my standards!


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    AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
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    22 分
  • Forgetting is about freedom from the past (including forgetting the languages you've learned)

    Forgetting is about freedom from the past (including forgetting the languages you've learned)
    2026/05/13

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    AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
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    47 分
  • The Rejection of Philosophy Becomes a Philosophy Unto Itself: Plato, Buddhism, Nihilism.

    The Rejection of Philosophy Becomes a Philosophy Unto Itself: Plato, Buddhism, Nihilism.
    2026/05/03

    On à-bas-le-ciel:

    LINK: https://youtube.com/live/t6vBgeJRiyI

    On Eisel Mazard, Monolingual Polyglot:

    LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tY7o0cE-sk

    Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).

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    AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
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    1 時間 12 分
  • Television Made You Retarded: Learning Another Language WON'T HELP.

    Television Made You Retarded: Learning Another Language WON'T HELP.
    2026/04/28

    The longest 15 minutes of your whole entire life. ;-)

    #polyglot

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    AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
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    15 分
  • Learn as Few Languages as Possible: the Monolingual Polyglot.

    Learn as Few Languages as Possible: the Monolingual Polyglot.
    2026/04/27

    On the psychology of language learning and the biological limits to the philosophy of education, this is a video indirectly inspired by Lindie Botes' resolution to learn "12 languages for 2020", link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ODo_fABYac


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    AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
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    26 分
  • The Positive Part of Being a Polyglot: the Banal and the Profound.

    The Positive Part of Being a Polyglot: the Banal and the Profound.
    2026/04/23

    Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/postsAR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
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    1 時間 16 分
  • I learned Chinese in six months BUT EVILDEA CAN'T!

    I learned Chinese in six months BUT EVILDEA CAN'T!
    2026/04/19

    The first ten minutes of this consists of genuinely new content, with some genuine reflections on my personal life that will interest longstanding viewers of my channel even if they're not interested in learning Chinese. The final 12 minutes are a remix of an old video (that you may or may not be able to remember, even if you've seen it) for reasons explained within the first ten.

    LINK: https://youtu.be/XhvL7bGmD1I


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    AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
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    22 分