Podcast Episodes

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 months, 1 week 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 2 months, 2 weeks 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 2 months, 3 weeks 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.

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Published on 2 months, 4 weeks 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 3 months 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 3 months, 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? 

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Published on 3 months, 2 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 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Arts and Crafts in English

Episode 576

In today's podcast, you'll learn words and expressions connected to arts and crafts, (from sketch to sculpture). We hope you find this episode "handy".

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Published on 4 months ago

10 Stupid things people do

Episode 575

In today's podcast, you'll learn expressions connected to regrets so that you can reflect on what you did in the past and look back with a critical eye. 

We've all made mistakes, sometimes we might c…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago