Podcast Episodes

520. Idioms Game & Chat Part 2 (with Andy Johnson) + 18 More Idioms & Vocab Items Explained

Episode 520

The second part of my chat with Andy Johnson. Listen out for 18 more idioms which will be explained later. Topics include: Twitter abuse, the other Andy Johnson, training for the London Marathon + mo…

Published on 7 years, 8 months ago

519. Idioms Game & Chat (with Andy Johnson) + 25 Idioms Explained

Episode 519

A conversation with Andy Johnson including loads of idiomatic expressions and their explanations. First you can listen to a rambling chat with Andy and then I'll explain 25 idioms that came up during…

Published on 7 years, 8 months ago

518. Grammar Questions (Part 1) Present Perfect Continuous / Future Continuous / Language of Newspaper Headlines

Episode 518

Answering grammar questions from listeners, with details about verb tenses (including present continuous vs present perfect continuous & future continuous vs going to) and the language of newspaper h…

Published on 7 years, 9 months ago

517. Professor Stephen Hawking (An Obituary)

Episode 517

I woke up this morning to the news that Stephen Hawking had died and I thought - I really must talk about this. He was a British scientist who must be considered one of the most significant people of…

Published on 7 years, 9 months ago

516. Paul McCartney's Spider Story (Intensive Listening)

Learn English from an anecdote told by Sir Paul McCartney. Let's listen to Paul telling a sweet story about something funny that happened to him and George Harrison when they were teenagers, before t…

Published on 7 years, 9 months ago

515. Becoming "Maman" with Amber & Sarah - Bringing Up Children The French Way

In this episode I'm talking to friends of the podcast Amber Minogue and Sarah Donnelly about the subject of raising children in a foreign country - in this case, France. So this is an episode all abo…

Published on 7 years, 9 months ago

514. What's on the table? (with Fred & Alex)

Episode 514

In this episode you can hear me chatting to Fred Eyangoh and Alex Quillian and discussing various topics including growing up in different countries, recognising different accents in English, religio…

Published on 7 years, 9 months ago

513. General Ramble / News / Comments

Episode 513

A general ramble about things like: dishwasher sounds, online clickbait, updates to the LEP app, my recent appearances on some OPP (other people's podcasts), LEPster meetups and some responses to rec…

Published on 7 years, 10 months ago

512. My Experiences of (not) Learning French [Part 2] Learning Language in a Classroom vs Learning On Your Own

Episode 512

Talking more about my experiences as a student of French, this time reading from notes I took during my French lessons (when I should have been focusing on the class!) and some considerations about l…

Published on 7 years, 10 months ago

511. My Experiences of (not) Learning French [Part 1]

Episode 511

Sharing my experiences of learning French (or not learning it). My French and Me - How I learned some French as a child and how I'm failing to learn it properly as an adult. Includes conclusions abou…

Published on 7 years, 10 months ago