I recently subscribed to GermanPod101 and have been working through the Season 3 Intermediate lessons. They are very good except for one thing: Chuck always mispronounces the soft "ch" sound as "sh". It's not even slightly wrong, it's always completely wrong, isn't it? Part of the reason to listen to a podcast is to learn listening skills but I am so thrown off by his mispronunciation.
Am I missing something here? Shouldn't the teacher of a lesson fix his own pronunciation problem? I'd love to hear if there is a reason for doing this.
Thanks, Eric