I have seen some posts in which people say they won't upgrade to premium because of the cheesy advertising - that was my take but I decided to give it a go and I have been very glad I did. I start by familiarising myself with the vocal, then I start the flashcards for the lesson. Now I am ready to benefit from the podcast so I listen to that. Once I have done that I go through the line by line audio not so much to listen as to practice reading the kanji and hiragana. Finally I go through the grammar stuff and the audio extension. All this takes about an hour and the lesson is done.
What I think would be great addition to the resources that 'surround' the podcast would be if each lesson had a 10 minute pimseleur style session so as to practice using the vocab and grammar. That would be a huge benefit I think. I'd even upgrade to super premium or whatever it is called (er, maybe).
Anyway, the site is fantastic so thanks for that!
Russell