479. Holiday Diary (Part 6) The Madness of Las Vegas / 11 Gambling Idioms
This episode includes anecdotes and descriptions of our short visit to Las Vegas, including stories of more rental car issues, Las Vegas craziness, winning and losing $$$ and 11 common English idioms ...
14 Sep 20171h 12min
478. Holiday Diary (Part 5) An Encounter with The Church of Scientology
More thoughts and comments inspired by things that happened during my recent holiday. In this one I'm discussing stories about the Church of Scientology and the claims that it is a cult. Listen to fin...
12 Sep 20171h 9min
477. Holiday Diary (Part 4) The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
The holiday diary continues and in this chapter we visited Bel Air in L.A. and so here is an analysis of the lyrics to Will Smith's rap from "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air", a famous TV show (and a very...
9 Sep 201756min
476. Holiday Diary (Part 3) Astronomy, Astrology & Flat Earth Conspiracy Theory
In this episode I talk about visiting the fantastic Griffith Observatory and then ramble about Astronomy vs Astrology and ludicrous flat earth conspiracy theories. Includes various bits of vocabulary ...
6 Sep 20171h 37min
475. Holiday Diary (Part 2) Modern Art: Is it amazing, or is it rubbish?
Talking about some modern art which I saw while visiting several galleries in Los Angeles. Includes descriptions of different movements in modern art, details about some famous artists and their work,...
3 Sep 20171h 21min
474. Holiday Diary (Part 1) New Arrival, New Destinations
Hi everyone, I'm back from my holiday so here's a new episode of the podcast. In this one you'll hear me talking about some recent news (including quite a big announcement) and then an account of what...
31 Aug 20171h 12min
473. Explaining the Rules of Cricket (with Dad)
Everything you need to know about the world's 2nd most popular spectator sport, cricket. I'm joined by my Dad, Rick Thompson and we describe the rules, the appeal of the game and also some expressions...
22 Aug 20171h 26min
Why does the UK have so many accents? (Recorded February 2017)
This episode was originally recorded in February 2017 and is being uploaded in August 2017. In this episode I’m going to answer several questions from listeners about accents, including how regional a...
16 Aug 20171h 16min
