Sometimes life encounters jazz. And it stops to listen. And sometimes listening makes you want to do. Listening is doing! Please write to me about what you think about jazz. Do you listen to jazz? Do you play jazz? Send me an email at [email protected] Let me hear how your English is coming. You could be featured in a future episode.

Listen to this story and soak up some authentic American phrases! The weather changes everything. It changed my day today. I had a lot of work to do. I also had to do something outside. It was raining outside, and I got wet. Finally, I was able to start working! But then the sun came out. And I couldn’t stand to stay inside.

You’ll find a surprisingly emotional story in this episode, and some interesting, authentic phrases too. I was walking with my dog when it started to rain. A car drove by — and I caught a ride with it… Listen to the episode to find out what happened. Please send me a message at [email protected], and tell me if you’ve ever been hitchhiking (some places call this “autostop”).

Do you like to travel? I do, but I also don’t like going very far away from home. And I have a dog. You don’t have to go very far to find new places. This is the story of my vacation. I discovered a new land, only by walking a few minutes from my home.

There are lots of new things to look for and learn in this episode. New phrases and new words. Let me know which ones are new to you. Send me your questions at [email protected]. I went to town to take care of a few things. I rode my bike there. It was Spring, and there were flowers blooming. While in town, I saw posters for a show. They were yellow and blue, and I saw them everywhere. I wondered what the show would be like. It looked like it would be so good.

Listen closely… this podcast is meant to be easy to understand for about a B1-level English student. Unlike other English listening podcasts, this podcast is designed to be heard without thinking too much. The idea is to make you forget you’re learning the language and focus on the story so you start to THINK in English. I lost my phone on a walk in the country. I asked some hunters about it. They weren’t friendly. A little dog barked at me. And I tried to believe I would find my phone… Have you ever lost your phone? Send me a […]

Karl judges a pie baking contest. He is nervous, because he feels like he doesn’t know enough about pie. He has to cancel his Tuesday card game with his grandmother. But she is going to bake her famous apple pie for the contest. When he judges the pie contest, he is rather overwhelmed.

You see advertisements (or “ads”) every day. They say that seeing advertisements is not good for you. That’s probably true. But I would like to make my own advertisements. My own KIND of advertisements… Chat with Karl and get the transcripts to all episodes at patreon.com/boxcarenglishpodcast!

I rode my horse, whose name is Happy, a long way. Until my horse got sick. I was stuck on the side of the road, playing with my blue hat. Then, something great happened… Chat with Karl and get the transcripts to all episodes at patreon.com/boxcarenglishpodcast!

I wanted to paint my room, but I wasn’t sure which color to choose… So I went to the paint store and tried to pick out a color. But it’s hard to pick just one when there are so many choices. Chat with Karl and get the transcripts to all episodes on Patreon