517. Professor Stephen Hawking (An Obituary)
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 ...
14 Mar 20181h 10min
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 th...
10 Mar 20181h 21min
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 abou...
6 Mar 20181h 11min
514. What's on the table? (with Fred & Alex)
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, religiou...
1 Mar 20181h 37min
513. General Ramble / News / Comments
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 rece...
23 Feb 20181h 15min
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512. My Experiences of (not) Learning French [Part 2] Learning Language in a Classroom vs Learning On Your Own
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 le...
16 Feb 20181h 44min
511. My Experiences of (not) Learning French [Part 1]
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 about...
13 Feb 20181h 36min
510. Philosophy Quiz (with Amber & Paul)
In this episode you can listen to Amber, Paul and me as we take an online quiz and try to find out what school of philosophical thought we belong to. Are we empiricists, epicurianists, existentialists...
6 Feb 20181h 26min
