Kuli English Podcast

In this episode, we'll be playing a Guess the Accent Game with Mare! I'll play an audio clip donated by a viewer/listener/friend, and then we'll see if Mare can guess the accent!

To find out more about Mare the actress, including her original show in December, see her Instagram page! @behope_bemare

In this episode, we chat with Mare, a theater actress based in Tokyo! She shares how she began acting as a child, how she fell in love with musical theater, and how she became fluent in English. Mare will also be performing a new original show in early December 2025 — check out her Instagram @behope_bemare for details! More info on the duo showcase available at: https://note.com/mareinny/n/n2f0aa3354ff8

In this episode, we talk about dreams. There are two main meanings to dream, one being the dream that you see when you sleep, and the other being a big goal that you have. In this episode, we talk about both!

Bookmark chapters:
00:00 Beginning
00:15 Real start
03:18 Dreams (sleeping)
09:42 My own dream (sleeping)
19:34 Controlling dreams (sleeping)
24:04 Dreams (goals)

In this episode, we'll be talking about my recent trip to Okinawa, including stories about the new amusement park Junglia, pretending to be a Japanese person who can't speak English, and also a conversation about superpowers!

Bookmark chapters:
00:00 Intro Music
01:50 Junglia
15:55 Pretending to be Japanese to practice English
29:23 If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
40:07 The most useless superpower

In this episode, I will be reading an original short story that I wrote, called Timmy the Tofu Salesman. As always, I will be speaking with Kuli English Level, with pauses and explanations for hard words.

Bookmarks:
00:00 Start
03:38 Start of the story
09:20 Timmy's Date
15:00 End of Timmy's Date
23:21 Story Summary

In this episode, we talk about six commonly used phrases about time. There will be about 15 minutes of explanation of those phrases, so if you already know those phrases, feel free to skip directly to the next chapter, "Real examples from Chris's life"

Chapter bookmarks:
00:00 Start
03:37 English phrases about time
17:13 Real examples from Chris's life
24:14 Me and Japanese
30:40 Ways to study

In this episode, I talk about my experience with drawing, something I'm really bad at. As always, I'll be talking about true stories from my life, both as a kid in the US and as an adult in Japan.

Bookmark chapters:

00:00 Start
02:06 Little Chris was bad at art
07:30 Middle school
12:36 They don't believe that I'm actually bad
19:01 Recent art class
25:12 Deep talking about zooming out
33:25 Summary

In this episode, I talk about a summer camp I went to for music and writing called Quartz Mountain. As always, there will be silly stories, like throwing Cheetos at spiders and hiding a laptop underneath my pillow for two weeks.

Chapter bookmarks:

00:00 Start
02:46 What is Quartz Mountain?
05:00 Application process
08:26 Making up a story: ants
12:16 Typical day
18:14 Throwing Cheetos at a spider
22:47 Secret laptop
25:55 When you fail at something

In this episode, we have an interview with Eriko, a freelance hair stylist in Tokyo. Eriko's Instagram is @ericolor_19870328. All video, sound, and editing for this episode was done by Oikawa san, his Instagram is @basperfilms

Chapter bookmarks:

00:00 Start
02:26 The what button
04:01 Why did you become a hair stylist?
10:15 How was New York?
13:17 My old bird watching boss
14:53 Why did you come back to Japan?
15:51 What's the worst part about New York?
16:49 Chris got scared in New York
19:32 Are you gonna live in Japan forever?
20:32 Eriko, do you have any tips?
23:33 As a hair stylist, what is your specialty?
26:15 Interview result: pass

In this episode, we talk about a few differences between everyday life in Japan vs. the US, including food, hangouts, friends, and language. As mentioned near the end of this episode, here is the link to The Tokyo Talks blog post about Kuli English Podcast: https://www.thetokyotalk.com/post/mic-on-thoughts-in-motion-chris-jeng

Contents:

00:00 Start
07:20 Food
28:34 Hangouts and friends
37:07 Language