Podcast Episodes

Architects and architecture vocabulary

Episode 586

In this podcast, you’ll learn some technical vocabulary related to architecture. These words are not only useful for architects. They’re also handy for more advanced students who want to talk about a…

Published on 1 day, 2 hours ago

Consonant clusters

Episode 585

In this podcast, you’ll learn how to improve your English pronunciation. Specifically, how to pronounce consonants when they are together in a word, like 'stop' and 'twelfth'. 

Show notes and more po…

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

Broligarchy in Technology

Episode 584

In today’s podcast, you’ll learn some useful language to talk about the world of the broligarchs - those tech-savvy men who partly control the world.

Like it or not, this very small and extremely pow…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Stoicism - AIRC583

Episode 583

In this podcast, you’ll learn a few things about Stoicism. What is it? Where did it originally come from? Who were the main Stoic philosophers and how could Stoicism possibly help us in our modern da…

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

Mild swear words

Episode 582

We can’t teach you extremely bad and offensive swear words because we run the risk of being banned. 

However, in this episode we’ve collected some of the milder and softer expletives that shouldn’t g…

Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago

IKEA

Episode 581

In this podcast, you’ll learn about the furniture and home improvement store IKEA. Whether you're a huge fan of shopping there or you’ve never heard of IKEA, you’ll learn lots of new vocabulary.

Show…

Published on 1 month ago

Soft Skills

Episode 580

In this podcast, you’ll learn what soft skills are and how they are different from hard skills. We’ll give you some examples of soft skills so that you can widen your vocabulary and be prepared to an…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Oxymorons

Episode 579

In this podcast, you’ll learn about oxymorons. An oxymoron puts two words that don’t normally go together side by side, like “pretty ugly” or “bittersweet”, to create a new idea that’s often clever, …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Superstitions

Episode 578

In this podcast, you’ll learn about superstitions around the world. Some bring good luck and some bring bad. Do you believe in superstitions? Do we believe in them? 

Show notes and more podcasts to i…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

English surnames that come from occupations

Episode 577

In English, many surnames come from the professions of their ancestors. These are called "occupational surnames". Examples include Smith (blacksmith), Miller (miller), Taylor (tailor), and Carpenter.…

Published on 2 months ago