storylearning uncovered course review

chatty review (unpopular opinion) of the storylearning uncovered courses by olly richards. after testing the mandarin uncovered course and the portuguese uncovered course, are these a good option to start learning a language with comprehensible input?

chapters
00:00 storylearning and why i tested it
02:08 course structure
04:30 issue 1
07:21 issue 2
09:30 my conclusions
13:12 bonus issue 3
14:44 what do you think

things i mentioned:
storylearning: https://storylearning.com
duchinese: https://duchinese.net
the fable cottage: https://www.thefablecottage.com

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