941. The Man Who Could Work Miracles ✨ (Learn English with a Short Story)

My dad returns to talk about the current political situation in the UK. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called a general election to take place on 4 July. Why did Sunak call an election at this moment? What do people think of the Consvervative Party, who have been in power for 14 years? Will we have a new government and a new Prime Minister in the UK in a couple of weeks? Also, what about England's performances in the Euro 2024 football championship?Episode page 👉 https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/06/24/888-uk-general-election-euro-2024-the-rick-thompson-report-june-2024Luke's stand-up comedy show, details 👉 https://www.teacherluke.co.uk/comedyLEP Premium info 👉 https://www.teacherluke.co.uk/premiuminfo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

24 Juni 20241h 3min

Join me as I take a walk along the embankment of the river Seine from Louvre to Pont Marie in the centre of Paris. This time the topic is health and diet. Watch out for the phrasal verbs I use during my ramble!Episode page 👉 https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/06/17/887-walk-talk-health-diet-phrasal-verbs/Come and see me performing stand-up comedy in Paris on 19 July - details here 👉 https://teacherluke.co.uk/comedyThe next series of LEP Premium will deal with the phrasal verbs (+ other vocabulary) from this episode. Sign up below👇 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

17 Juni 20241h 23min

In this episode I am joined by Rob from The Business English Podcast, and we are talking about networking in English. 🗣️ Networking is when you speak to other people, probably in a professional context, in order to build relationships, expand your social circle and make work contacts that can lead to business opportunities in the future.Networking is all about socialising, speaking spontaneously, active listening and being aware of cultural factors which can affect everything. Listen to the episode to hear plenty of comments, anecdotes, advice and language tips relating to networking in English in a professional context.👉 Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/06/10/886-networking-in-english-with-rob-from-the-business-english-podcast/👉 Listen to Part 2 on Rob's podcast https://pod.link/1643413701/episode/fbd1f3cc76ebb5e41b7d2fa2948f175b👉 Listen to Part 2 on Rob's YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLx_vg0fxk0&ab_channel=TheBusinessEnglishPodcast👉 Rob's website https://www.thebusinessenglishpodcast.com👉 Stand-up comedy shows https://www.teacherluke.co.uk/comedy 👉 My other YouTube channel where I play bass, guitar & ukulele https://www.youtube.com/@lukulele30 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10 Juni 20241h 8min

Hang out with me while the rain pours down outside 🌧️ and in this episode I'll talk about the problem of "faffing around" 😵‍💫 , podcast news & updates 📲, some stand-up comedy dates 🎤, comments on recent episodes 💬, some common questions from listeners 🙋, a lot of rambling about how I learned to play music 🎵, a tour of all the guitars in my podcast room 🎸 and a song at the end 🎶, with lyrics explained 👨‍🏫. 📄 Get the PDF 👉 https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/885.-Still-Raining-Still-Rambling-News-Comments-Questions-Guitars-Music-1.pdf🔗 Episode page 👉 https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/06/03/885-still-raining-still-rambling-news-comments-questions-guitars-amp-music/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

3 Juni 20243h 19min

A conversation with my brother about one of the most successful British bands of all time - Madness. We talk about the story of the band, our early memories of their music, the songs, the members, their lyrics, their popularity and why we've always been big fans!Episode page with links, music videos and more 👉 https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/05/27/884-british-music-madness-with-james/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

27 Maj 20241h 51min

A spontaneous monologue about being taken by surprise by public holidays in May (in France), a podcast recommendation, and seeing a hard-rocking and hilarious band perform live in a big arena last week. Includes a song at the end as a tribute.Episode page with links etc 👉 https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/05/21/883-a-last-minute-rambling-episode/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

21 Maj 20241h 2min

Here's a list of jokes about different countries which I found on the website Bored Panda. I'll tell you the jokes and then explain them all (dissecting the frog), including any homophones, double meanings or specific cultural references. Can you "get" the jokes? Do you find any of them funny, or are they all just terrible dad jokes? And, what vocabulary can you learn in the process? Includes a vocabulary review at the end of the episode.Episode page with notes, jokes and vocabulary list 👉 https://teacherluke.co.uk/2024/05/14/882-47-funny-country-jokes-explained-learn-english-with-humour/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

14 Maj 20241h 31min

Barbara Serra is an award-winning Italian journalist who has spent much of her career reading the news in the UK on various high-profile well-established English language news networks including the BBC, Channel 5, Al Jazeera English and Sky News. Barbara has quite a specific relationship with English. It’s her dominant language but not her native language. She has a certain accent, which does place her outside the UK somehow. So how has this affected her career as a news reader and reporter? What is the story of her English? What kind of challenges has she faced while reading the news in the UK? And what does this all tell us about learning English, what it means to improve your accent, the relationship between accent and identity, the definition of “native” and “non-native speaker”, the status of different English accents in the English speaking world?🔗 Barbara's email newsletter "News with a foreign accent" 👉 https://barbaraserra.substack.com/🔗 Barbara's website with course info 👉 https://www.barbaraserra.info/📺 Luke talks to Alastair Budge about Paris 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jveYc5vFh7A&ab_channel=LeonardoEnglish on @LeonardoEnglishCom 🎧 Luke on Elena’s mtunonon's podcast "Online Bound" 👉 https://www.elenamutonono.com/2024/04/25/1-mln-subscribers/📋 Take the Acast listener survey 👉 https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/ugLVUK15 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

6 Maj 20241h 4min