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Spwaking "Pau" instead of "Pão" is the cannon event for every english speaker tryin to learn portuguese. And I must, it is always funny.

Indeed, when the S is between 2 vowels, it has a Z sound

"a pronuncia do E também pode ser fechada: êle"
"entendi, éle" kkkkkkkkkk

EDIT: For English-speakers who want to learn the difference between ´ (acute accent) and ^ (circumflex accent), here's the best hint:
é = the e sound in "leg"
ê = the a part of the sound in "may" without the y sound
ó = the o sound in "not"
ô = the o part of the sound in "low" without the w/u sound, in American english accent
á = "ah"
â = the u sound in "under" (same as ã)
All of these are pronounced strongly, as these 2 accents ALWAYS make that syllable stressed.

Ele descobriu gente. A mina de ouro que é fazer vídeo pra brasileiro.
Imagina quando ele descobrir que a pronuncia do português também muda de acordo com o estado kkkkk.

4:20 For us Brazilians the sound in "bed" and "bad" sound very similar, so I can understand your pain when trying to distinguish ó and ô

It's crazy how everytime you speak something correctly I get SO EXCITED FOR YOU!!! Like I don't even know you but I'm still happy about every progress I see

3:40 AYO HE SAID IT PERFECTLY OMG???????!

Your pronunciation in "variações" (3:45) was exactly how it is supposed to be pronounced

If someone only showed me him saying "variações" at 3:40, I wouldn't think he's a foreigner

It is always amazing how much English I learn from people trying to learn Portuguese.

You NAILED the word "variações" the second time.

Pronunciation has a big part of the charm of portuguese, but not necessarily super important for general communication. I feel that if you went to Brasil with your pronunciation as it is, people would understand you just fine, some would just find it funny. But keep it up, this series is very good!

My guy has more interest and patience for learning portuguese than most Brazilians do (me 110% included)

“ão” and “am” sound the same, the only difference is that “ão” is always stressed (e.g., estudarão: es-tu-da-RÃO), whereas “am” is always unstressed (e.g., estudaram: es-tu-DA-ram).
It’s also important to point out that “ão” indicates the future tense when it comes at the end of verbs, whereas “am” generally indicates the past.

Also, “de” will only sound like “dji” when it’s in an unstressed syllable. In “dedo” (DE-do), “de” is the stressed syllable, so the D will still sound the same. However, in the word “cidade” (ci-DA-de), “de” is unstressed, therefore it’s pronounced as “dji.”
Sorry for the long comment but I hope it helps! :)

Basicamente, os "Por que, por quê, porquê e porque" são mais cobrados na parte da escrita, pois a fala é sempre a mesma para todas as versões.

Note that some of the "weird" things in Portuguese pronunciation also exist in English (or something similar does). For example, 's' between vowels is often pronounced like 'z': desert, position, etc. (Though not always.) Consider also the 'g': in English, before 'a', 'o' or 'u' is always (or almost always) has a 'hard' pronunciation: gas, got, gun. Before 'e' or 'i' it can sound different: gentle, giraffe. A different sound than 'ge' or 'gi' in Portuguese, but the same phenomenon.

Pro tip from a brazilian when you try to pronounce the nasal diphtongues: try not to close your palate when you speak the ã or õ part. Basically, you shouldn't feel your toungue closing your troath (the toungue is not supposed to touch the roof of the back part of the mouth)

17:30 About the R here, it's an accent thing, no need to worry too much, personally, I pronounce it like the way she did in DIVIDIR, for both DIVIDIR and ENTENDER, but because of her accent, she pronounced the R in ENTENDER differently

Something important you need to remember is about the different accents we have in Brazil. The Portuguese you learnt with Virginia is with HER accent. There are many others in Brazil. For example, about the letter “o” in the end of a word. It can sound like “u” in the word “dedo” (dedu), but many other people can say “dedo” pronounce the letter “o” like “o” and not like “u”. There are many variations.