Podcast Episodes

75 Cleaning products in English - tissue, Kleenex, rag, or paper?

Season 4 Episode 5

In today's story, a little girl disobeys her mother and makes a mess.  How will she clean it before her mother comes home?

Vocabulary developed:  tissue, wipe, paper towel, rag, shop towels, and more.…

Published on 1 day, 5 hours ago

74: replay of episode 22, customer service, part 1

Season 4 Episode 4

In this episode, Gabo y Goyo discuss and demonstrate certain very American principles for talking on the phone with customers in English.

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Published on 1 month ago

73 - Fun and common expressions about rain and hot weather in American English - Varios modismos sobre el calor y la lluvia en EEUU

In this episode, Goyo demonstrates, in context, the use of the following weather expressions:

It's so hot you could fry an egg on the sidewalk

Hotter than blue blazes

Hotter than a 2 dollar pistol

It’s n…

Published on 2 months ago

72 - Heads up! Two words that mean several different things in English

Season 4 Episode 2

In this episode, I will discuss 

Heads up - play with a good attitude

vs.

Heads up - a warning

vs.

Heads up - a smart move, play, or decision.

This episode is full of understandable, concrete concepts that…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

New format - 71 - April Fool! The language of la broma in English - the prank, the trick, the practical joke

Season 4 Episode 1

Using a brief story about a practical joke (or prank) between employees in an office, Greg demonstrates the use of phrases like "fooling around," "joking around," and "pulling your leg." 

Greg will no…

Published on 4 months ago

Please forgive this brief interruption in our service

No Te Rindas is having some difficulty with equipment right now and will return as soon as possible with a new episode about the language of playing pranks on others.  Sorry for the bad news!

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Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

70: How we use "do" to ask questions in English - Replay of episode 58

Season 3 Episode 17

"Do" she play tuba or "does" she play tuba?  A diferencia del español, es necesario en ciertas preguntas usar el verbo auxiliar "do."  This episode gives examples, repetition, and a quiz at the end!

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Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

69, Gabo and Goyo interview Mike Ben! An English teacher to hispanohablantes offers his advice about learning English

Season 3 Episode 16

Mike Benjamin (www.youtube.com/@MikeBen) has dedicated the most recent years of his life to learning and teaching language.  As an English speaker, he has learned so much Spanish (you can watch his p…

Published on 7 months ago

Episode 68 - A different sort of Thanksgiving this year

Season 3 Episode 15

Greg reflects on changing family circumstances and how this year, his wife and kids will not sit down with extended family to eat the traditional meal.  Instead, Goyo will take his family to...a buff…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

67 - SPECIAL HALLOWEEN EPISODE for hispanohablantes - Witches and ghosts from the old South, USA

Season 3 Episode 14

Americans love a scary story, and there is plenty of tragedy in the history of some of its towns to promote spirits and phantoms.  Where Goyo lives, in Marietta, Georgia, hundreds and hundreds of Uni…

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago