813. Language Learning is a Voyage of Discovery / Steve Kaufmann Interview
Steve Kaufmann is a very prolific language learner. He has learned at least 20 languages to varying degrees during his life. Some of them he learned during his career as an international diplomat and ...
22 Feb 20231h 15min
812. Can You Pass A British Citizenship Test? 🇬🇧 🛂 (with Cara Leopold)
To qualify for British citizenship, one of the requirements is to pass the "Life in the UK" test. Questions cover things like British history, British life & culture, British politics, British geograp...
15 Feb 20231h 53min
811. Turkey & Syria Earthquake Appeal / What is happening in Iran? (Articles & Vocabulary)
An episode about two (unconnected) situations, 1) the very recent earthquake in Turkey & Syria which has left many people in urgent need of help, 2) the humanitarian crisis in Iran. During the episode...
9 Feb 20231h 27min
810. Discussing Ambient Music (with James)
A conversation with my brother about a specific musical genre, "ambient". We discuss Brian Eno's inspiration and approach to his first ambient albums, talk about the genre's origins in French 19th cen...
8 Feb 20231h 13min
809. Toilets, Titanic & TikTok with AMBER & PAUL
An unedited conversation with Amber & Paul about toilet habits, Titanic (1997), weird videos on TikTok & YouTube and plenty more. Advanced level listening practice with the POD-PALs.Episode page https...
1 Feb 20231h 33min
808. James Harris returns to talk about his book 📖🗣
James Harris is a writer, comedian, English teacher and language learner (French, German, Chinese) from England. In this funny chat, we talk about learning Chinese, being married to a Chinese woman an...
25 Jan 202350min
807. Dylan, Lennon, Marx & God (with Jon Stewart PhD)
A conversation about two legends of contemporary popular culture - Bob Dylan and John Lennon, with pop-star academic Jon Stewart (guitarist in The Wedding Present and Sleeper).👉 Episode page https://...
18 Jan 20231h 6min
806. PERSEVERANCE, POSITIVITY & PRACTICE with Santiago Ruiz de Velasco from Oxford University Press
Santiago has a top job in the English teaching industry. He is the managing director of English teaching at Oxford University Press. But English is not his first language. He learned it as an adult wh...
11 Jan 20231h 11min
