Joel Swagman (Reviews / TESOL)

So what's your plan to stop this from happening again? — Joel Swagman (@JoelswagmanJoel) August 29, 2025 I watched Philip Defranco'...

I'm sure I'm just wasting my time with this, (not to mention this whole issue is pointless), but the way misinformation spreads so q...

Well, yes and no. At the time The Iliad was composed, the legend of Aeneas founding Rome hadn't yet been formed. In the Iliad itself, Ae...

@mikeduncan Just in case you might be losing ad-revenue of off this, I wanted to let you know that the last few episodes of season 10 are n...

Oh wow! Many thanks for saying hi. I'm glad the review met with your approval. — Joel Swagman (@JoelswagmanJoel) January 20, 2025 The r...

@JoelswagmanJoel I see your Shinsengumi videos are a few years old at this point but I have a question I hope you could answer for me. I wa...

@ebefl I'm a big fan of your old blog, so I have to ask... is it gone for good, or is it just temporarily down for repairs? — Joel Swag...

I was scrolling through Facebook, and I was surprised to see this ad .  I had to pinch myself to make sure it was real. Okay, there's a ...

I've recently discovered your podcast, and I'm finding it to be a very useful companion to the book. Keep up the good work. — Joel S...

You're a better man than I am for sticking with these. — Joel Swagman (@JoelswagmanJoel) May 25, 2023 ...I may, actually, come back to ...

Yeah, it's the hot season now. Not the best time of the year to be doing a lot of walking around, unfortunately . On the other hand, it...

“The concept of method has not been replaced by the concept of postmethod but rather by an era of textbook-defined practice. What the majori...

Reminds me of my favorite tweet of all time: https://t.co/OJzroiyxCz — Joel Swagman (@JoelswagmanJoel) May 13, 2023 See HERE for that orig...

I've been wasting too much time on this website lately. In an effort to reduce the temptation to endlessly scroll, and to make my intera...

"From Ilion, the wind served me to near Ismarus of the Cicones. I sacked the city and slew them. Their wives and wealth we took and di...

I also must have missed that tweet on the 21st. Count me among the people who only started reading Uproxx in the first place because of your...

"here" meaning? Out of the US? — Joel Swagman (@JoelswagmanJoel) April 20, 2023 Ever thought about coming to Vietnam? — Joel Swag...

Has Duolingo gotten that bad? I'm personally finding the basics are still the same even after the re-design. — Joel Swagman (@Joelswagma...

I can't believe we now have to explain to conservatives why people think hypocrisy is morally repugnant. https://t.co/7GhCaRQAmI — Joel ...

I've decided to change my political position to pro-life. I hadn't realized what a spectacular get-out-of-jail free card it was. It...