English With Elliot

How would you like to become king or queen of your own island? Today, we're talking about exactly that. In fact, one island off the coast of the United Kingdom is seeking a new king or queen to rule over its land. Let's learn a little more about this weird and wonderful island.

Big round glasses. A broom. And a lightening shaped scar on his forehead. Sound familiar? If you don't know, I'm talking about the famous Harry Potter of course! In today's episode we will be talking all about witchcraft, wizardry and the Dark Arts.

Launched in 2006, Twitter quickly became on of the largest social media networks. Despite the rise of other social media platforms such as Instagram and Tiktok, Twitter remains popular with over 200 million daily users. Today, we're going to take a look into Twitter's co-founder and former CEO, Jack Dorsey.

As technology has developed in the last few years, and with the advent of remote working, we are now more connected than ever. In many ways, this is great. However, this connectivity comes at a price. For many, there now seems to be no way to escape work. If you've ever felt like this, today's podcast episode is for you. Today, we'll look at a new rule in Portugal in which bosses have been banned from contacting employees outside of work hours.

In today's bonus podcast episode, we listen to an interview that I recently had with one of my followers, Anna. In this recent interview, Anna and I discuss my latest eBook '7 Conversations in 7 Days' as well as some tips on how to improve our speaking skills in English

Apologies, excuses and promises. Some of the most important functions in the English language, yet also some of the trickiest. Try too hard when making an apology and you seem insincere. Try too little and you seem unemotional. In today's podcast, we take a look at how to apologise, make excuses and promises in English.

The year is 2050 and humans have been overtaken by robots. Think this is nonsense? Well, listen to today's latest episode in which we discuss the rise of artificial intelligence. We learn some new vocabulary, listen to an interesting article and complete a comphrension exercise.

A few weeks ago, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot by actor Alec Baldwin on the set of the movie 'Rust'. This tragedy has focused the spotlight on the use of real weapons on film and television sets. Will the industry finally wake up and protect its workers? Or will more lives be lost?

In today's episode we take a look at the cycle of endless job interviews. In our parents' generation, there would often only be one interview which led to a job. Nowadays, there are often several rounds of interviews before the right candidate is chosen. Is this a good thing or have we gone too far?

Today, we take a look at the Pandora Papers, a recent leak of millions of documents which showed how wealthy people around the world were hiding their money. Firstly, we look at some new vocabulary before moving on to listen to a gripping news report.