Spoonful of Russian
Just came across a very fine example of amateur podcasting, A Spoonful of Russian by Natalie Worthington of New Orleans.
Not much in it for me, language wise, as I continue to plough that rut between knowing the basics and being able to say anything very sophisticated or useful (or grammatically correct). But a really nice example of samizdat pedagogy riding the technological zeitgeist: the tone is considered and authoritative, and strikes just the right friendly note.
But my Mum’s long struggles with Russian language are on a much grander scale: I’ll definitely be recommending Spoonful to her, just as soon as she gets broadband. (Mum, sort out broadband, please!)