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Holiday Hell 🔥 Serious Sandcastles 🏰 & AI Inbreeding 🤖 with Amber & Paul [954]
The Pod-Pals are back on the podcast for another catching up session! Recorded just after the summer holidays, there is talk of Paul's hatred of the beach 🏖️, the English tradition of building epic s…
Published on 5 hours ago
![A game of “Would You Rather?” with my daughter 👧 [953]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/62b0ada25c7ea10012f541cb/1756890438850-e7da774c-a8b3-41e7-ba55-e681f4d4638b.jpeg)
A game of “Would You Rather?” with my daughter 👧 [953]
My 7-year-old daughter joins me again as co-host in this fun episode. We play "Would you rather?", a conversation game in which we ask each other ridiculous questions about various hypothetical situa…
Published on 1 week ago
![The Trip to Norway 🇳🇴 Learn Vocabulary in Context [952]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/62b0ada25c7ea10012f541cb/1756322461533-dd7959cd-e274-43a1-abaa-ff9dadaa8ec8.jpeg)
The Trip to Norway 🇳🇴 Learn Vocabulary in Context [952]
A description of my recent family holiday to Norway 🇳🇴 including rambling about how I can't stand beach holidays 🏖️, chasing my son around different international airports 🏃, visiting Oslo ⛴️, Bergen…
Published on 2 weeks ago
![Questions of English & Listener Comments 🙋Bits & Bobs 4 [951]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/62b0ada25c7ea10012f541cb/1753821306790-9ba7950b-8c2f-4f4f-abf3-3493d9f57c83.jpeg)
Questions of English & Listener Comments 🙋Bits & Bobs 4 [951]
Dealing with some questions from listeners about pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary, namely how to know when 'd is had or would (in writing and pronunciation), the curious origins of the word podc…
Published on 3 weeks ago
![The Flatmate from Japan Returns🚶♂️Travelling Tales & More [950]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/62b0ada25c7ea10012f541cb/1753710503721-e528147a-a227-4799-8e63-1fa6c245ef74.jpeg)
The Flatmate from Japan Returns🚶♂️Travelling Tales & More [950]
Peter, my old flatmate from Japan, is back on the podcast after his previous appearance 11 years ago! We chat about travelling experiences, teaching English in Malaysia and Japan, dealing with jet la…
Published on 4 weeks ago
![Let’s Take a C1 Grammar Test 📋 and critique it [949]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/62b0ada25c7ea10012f541cb/1753108268754-03f8e70d-8943-44ba-99b5-37bc6eea38a8.jpeg)
Let’s Take a C1 Grammar Test 📋 and critique it [949]
In this episode I take a typical multiple choice grammar test that you can find online, explain the answer to each question and give mini grammar lessons along the way. I also discuss what makes a go…
Published on 1 month ago
![Workplace Scenarios 👷 Role Plays for Practical English [948]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/62b0ada25c7ea10012f541cb/1753104064898-e14c0a43-0ee7-4c17-af9f-4a0c81a60de2.jpeg)
Workplace Scenarios 👷 Role Plays for Practical English [948]
In this fun and practical episode I dive into realistic workplace English through improvised role-play conversations. Designed to help you boost your vocabulary, listening skills, and confidence in p…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
![Technology in Everyday Life [Part 2] 👨💻 The Choices We Make / Topic Discussion & Vocabulary [947]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/62b0ada25c7ea10012f541cb/1752833693143-d39a2a90-c1c9-45d4-a4f2-ab2b09bc34bd.jpeg)
Technology in Everyday Life [Part 2] 👨💻 The Choices We Make / Topic Discussion & Vocabulary [947]
This episode is all about choices we have to make relating to technology in our everyday lives, and the vocabulary of technology today. This episode focuses on issues such as information quality & fa…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
![Technology in Everyday Life [Part 1] 👨💻 The Choices We Make / Topic Discussion & Vocabulary](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/62b0ada25c7ea10012f541cb/1752832698375-41cb004a-b387-45cc-bf05-47723b9dcc07.jpeg)
Technology in Everyday Life [Part 1] 👨💻 The Choices We Make / Topic Discussion & Vocabulary
This episode is all about choices we have to make relating to technology in our everyday lives. I'll be discussing contemporary tech-related issues such as privacy vs. convenience, data sharing, digi…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
![Funny English Errors, Corrected ✍️ [945]](https://assets.pippa.io/shows/62b0ada25c7ea10012f541cb/1752158395318-8dca6cbd-969c-4c2f-8218-d0f8c21bd3f0.jpeg)
Funny English Errors, Corrected ✍️ [945]
Sometimes it is fine to laugh at the mistakes that we make in English (I do it in French) and so in this episode let's look at some English errors that are unintentionally hilarious. I will correct t…
Published on 2 months ago