Down to Business English

By Skip Montreux, Dez Morgan & Samantha Vega | Business English InstructorsEducation Language Learning

Down to Business English episodes

April 29, 2022 Academy Award Slap and a Twitter Poison Pill
Skip Montreux and Samantha Vega discuss two headlines that dominated the news in April.
Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Academy Awards.
Elon Musk and Twitter
Listen in to learn the business implications to both of these stories.
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27 min
April 05, 2022 Ships ahoy: China’s naval build up
Skip Montreux and Dez Morgan discuss China’s naval build up that includes the Liaoning and Shandong aircraft carriers.
What is the reason for this build up?
What influence does this have on geopolitics?
Listen in to learn the answers to these questions and more.
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21 min
March 29, 2022 Meta takes remote work to the extreme
Skip Montreux takes a look at a recent Wall Street Journal article that reported on Meta Platform Inc.’s (Facebook & Instagram) remote working policy.
He summarizes the key points of the article, gives his opinion on the pros and cons of working remotely, and then looks at vocabulary surrounding this issue.
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4 min
March 24, 2022 5G Network Technology
In this podcast episode, Skip Montreux and Samantha Vega talk about the rollout of the 5G Mobile Internet Network.
What is 5G?
Is it safe?
What does 5G promise businesses?
Why has the 5G rollout in the US cause so much commotion?
22 min
March 12, 2022 Punishing Putin
In this podcast episode, Skip Montreux and Samantha Vega discuss the economic restrictions and sanctions being placed on Russia in response to their invasion of Ukraine.
What industries and business sectors are exiting the Russian market?
How will the sanctions impact Russia’s economy?
22 min
March 03, 2022 The Freedom Convoy
In this podcast episode, Skip Montreux and Samantha Vega talk about the Canadian Freedom Convoy. What was this protest all about? Why did Justin Trudeau invoke the Emergencies Act? What was the economic fallout?
21 min
February 13, 2022 Charles Ponzi - the father of Ponzi schemes
In this podcast episode, Skip Montreux and Samantha Vega take a trip back in time to report on the 1920 financial scandal that rocked the US and gave us the term - Ponzi Scheme.
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29 min
January 08, 2022 Reverse Logistics
In this podcast episode, Skip Montreux and Dez Morgan discuss the growing problem of reverse logistics. What is reverse logistics? How is it affecting retailers? How could it hurt consumers in the future?
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5 min
December 29, 2021 A Maple Syrup Shortage?
In our 200th episode of Down to Business English, Skip Montreux and Samantha Vega report on the sticky situation in the maple syrup industry. Is the world heading toward a maple syrup shortage? What has put us in this situation? And what steps are being taken to avoid a potential crisis?
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7 min
December 23, 2021 Stephen Devincenzi from SEND7
In this podcast episode, Skip Montreux speaks with Stephen Devincenzi - the founder and host of the English learning podcast SEND7 - Simple English News Daily in 7 Minutes. Stephen tells Skip about his experiences learning Spanish and French, and how they motivated him to start the SEND7 podcast.
Samantha Vega is here too, helping explain useful vocabulary and phrases from the interview.
28 min

About Down to Business English

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A podcast for people who use English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) in their work environment and want to improve their overall language skills. In each episode, hosts Skip Montreux, Dez…