Last week a very special guest visited one of our comedy shows in Paris. I was given a ticket to the show, so I decided to record a podcast while riding through the streets on the way to the show, wondering if I might be able to interview this guest on LEP. Listen to find out what happened, and to hear some rambling and atmospheric sounds of Paris streets at night.

Episode page https://wp.me/p4IuUx-s2m

My dad returns to talk more about UK politics, this time describing the disastrous economic policy of Liz Truss and her Chancellor (finance minister) Kwasi Kwarteng. Advanced level English listening practice - this is complicated stuff, but keep listening to develop your English skills and learn about what's going on in UK politics and current affairs.

Episode page https://wp.me/p4IuUx-s7G

Video version https://youtu.be/csrAYt0eNbc

Amber and Paul join me in my pod room again for a rambling discussion about everything! Includes a language point about adjective + preposition collocations. Notice the phrases and try to find examples of them in context. Video version available.

Episode page with some vocabulary notes, links, video version https://wp.me/p4IuUx-rY3

My mum returns to the podcast to answer some questions from listeners about books, cooking, her relationship with Luke and her granddaughter, the war in Ukraine, the song Imagine by John Lennon, family games, the time she fell off a horse & more...

Episode page with notes, links and scripts https://wp.me/p4IuUx-rTm

[Part 2 of 2] James and Luke discuss some more "facts" about the UK, but can you guess if they are true or false? Learn some interesting trivia about life in Britain, and improve your vocabulary in the process.

Episode page with video version, all facts written + intro & ending transcripts https://wp.me/p4IuUx-rTT

[Part 1 of 2] Can you guess if these "facts" about the UK are true or false?

James and Luke read out the facts and then discuss them one by one.

Learn some odd things about the UK, pick up some vocabulary about laws and customs, and try not to laugh on the bus.

Episode page with all facts written https://wp.me/p4IuUx-qI9

Talking to my parents about events in the UK following the death of The Queen on 9 September, including the media coverage, the proclamation of King Charles III, comments about Charles as King and a discussion of the role of the monarch in the UK’s constitution. Also includes some comments about the new Prime Minister Liz Truss and the future of the UK government over the next 18 months.

Episode page (download the audio and check the full episode archive) https://wp.me/p4IuUx-rOu

Queen Elizabeth II died today. Here are my thoughts and feelings about the significance and symbolism of her life and death, recorded just an hour after I first saw the news.

Episode page https://wp.me/p4IuUx-rLA

Fred Eyangoh returns to the podcast to bring some entertaining and useful word puzzles, quizzes and insights into English etymology & history.

👉 Episode page with vocabulary notes and introduction transcript https://wp.me/p4IuUx-rJr

📼 YouTube video version (doesn't include intro or vocabulary summary) https://youtu.be/GmZlDQB8QWc

Join us on a trip to a virtual pub for a couple of pints, a packet of crisps and some advice about how to go to the pub in English, with plenty of funny tangents, with Charlie Baxter.

Episode page https://wp.me/p4IuUx-rmQ

Video version on YouTube https://youtu.be/Vg5n11RfrvY