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G'day, guys. Welcome to Aussie
English. My objective he is to teach
you the English spoken Down Under.
So, whether you want to speak like a
fair dinkum Aussie or you want to
understand what the flipping hell
we're on about when we're having a
yarn, you've come to the right place.
So, sit back, grab a cuppa, and enjoy
Aussie English.

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So, my name's Peter Smissen. I'm 32
years old and I create content online
for English learners.

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Pete's very annoying. No, I'll be
honest. He's the most creative person
I've ever met.

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So, I always wanted to be a
scientist. And so, I ended up going
to Melbourne Uni and doing my
Bachelors in science in zoology, my
Master's in phylogeography, and then
my PhD in the phylogenetics of native
Australian rats.

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However, I sort of decided it wasn't
for me at the end of my PhD after 12
years of study at university.

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How's it going? Welcome to my house.
Come on in. Let me show you around.

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I started doing that just in my spare
time originally to help people.

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So, I'll show you the studio where
all the magic happens.

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And then that kind of snowballed and
five years later here we are where
it's my full-time job.

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All right. So, this is the podcast
studio. I sort of have my library
here that I've been slowly building
over time to try and get books about
Australia, about English, about other
languages as well, sort of build my
knowledge so that it helps me develop
content that I can create on YouTube
and on the podcast. I have this for
summer. I have my calendar here,
which I've just sort of set up, but
I'm trying to get more organized.

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The Aussie English Podcast is unique
because it focuses on specifically
Australian history, culture, and the
language. So, the basic idea is to
help prepare people for coming to
Australia and getting used to the
language that's used here as well as
understanding a bit about our history
and culture to get along with other
Australians and really fit in.

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G'day, guys. My name is Pete. Today,
I want to show you the three types of
Australian accent. Let's go. Today,
we're going to be talking about 50
different Australian slang terms you
need to know. Let's go.

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Aussie English at the moment I think
it's about 10,000, bit less than
10,000 downloads a day. So, about
200,000 downloads I think total a
month at the moment where it's slowly
increasing. Right. So, it's slowly
growing. In the Academy, the online
Academy I have, I've got about 500
students that have signed up, so
they're all using the different
courses, the Academy, or the Podcast
in order to improve their English.

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So, the reason, I guess, I changed
from being a scientist and becoming a
content creator was that I definitely
felt that with the podcast I was
getting that kind of reinforcement
back from many more people than I
think I could have ever helped if I
had kept going in science. And then
obviously being able to help people,
you know, it's really satisfying and
you get a lot out of that, because
you get people thanking you quite a
lot and you get to see people change.
You get to see people learn and apply
what you teach them or you help them
understand or improve and then
improve their lives. So, that was
always really satisfying to me.

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There were a lot of difficulties when
I first started the podcast. You
know, you have to start from scratch.
There's... You've got no audience.
You don't know what you're doing. You
have to try different things. There's
no one there to sort of tell you,
like in a 9 to 5 job, this is what
you need to do for the day. This is
the exact path you need to follow.
And so at the start it was really
difficult learning what was going to
be helpful and you had to ask quite
often. And I think the success behind
this kind of job or career, it really
sits in being adaptable and being
able to change and just try new
things.

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I love to be outside and just in the
environment instead of enjoying the
great outdoors, and quite often
it's... You know, I can come out and
think about work, I can come up with
ideas, I can be creative whilst also
being outside. So, it's always good
living in a beach and being able to
come down here every day or whenever
I need.

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My advice to people trying new things
would just be do it. If you're not
pushing at the edges of your comfort
zone, you're not growing, you're not
learning. If you're not constantly
pushing the boundaries and trying to
expand yourself, your abilities, your
skills, one it's a pretty boring
life, you know, if you sort of...
You're comfortable where you are and
you don't want to change. But two,
you're never going to find out what
you're truly capable of. So,
definitely, take a risk. Don't be
afraid to fail. For sure.