How about some English rambling at Christmas time? ChatGPT (who can speak now) helps me with some questions and ideas, and I ramble about Christmas plans, traditions, post-gift melancholy, upcoming episodes, how to do a King Charles impression, and more...

👉 Episode page on my website https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/12/20/859-a-christmas-ramble-2023-with-chatgpt

This is part 2 of this double episode. Please listen to part 1 first! Sarah and Fred are trivia quiz nerds with a new trivia podcast. In this episode they joined me for some trivia quizzing and conversation. In this second part you can listen to my quiz for Sarah and Fred, and then Fred's quiz for me. Can you answer the questions? Can you follow the whole conversation? Listen carefully!

👉 Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/12/15/858-trivia-quizzing-with-sarah-and-fred-part-2/

👉 Listen to Luke's first episode on Sarah & Fred's podcast "Not An Alias Podcast" https://pod.link/1503202147/episode/f33a8fcf069e1a69d06335e4a472f372

👉 Fred on Instagram @FredMeUp https://www.instagram.com/fredmeup/?hl=en

👉 Sarah on Instagram @ParisQuizMistress  https://www.instagram.com/parisquizmistress/

👉 Not An Alias Podcast on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ParisQuizMistress/

Sarah and Fred are trivia quiz nerds who have been doing trivia nights in Paris for years and now have a new trivia-themed podcast. In this episode we get together to discuss trivia quizzing, and to quiz each other with our own trivia questions. In this first part we get to know Sarah and Fred again, talk about their new podcast and then Sarah quizzes me with some cleverly-written questions. Can you understand and answer the questions? The quizzing continues in part 2.

👉 Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/12/13/857-trivia-quizzes-with-sarah-and-fred-part-1/

👉 Listen to Luke's first episode on Sarah & Fred's podcast "Not An Alias Podcast" https://pod.link/1503202147/episode/f33a8fcf069e1a69d06335e4a472f372

👉 Fred on Instagram @FredMeUp https://www.instagram.com/fredmeup/?hl=en

👉 Sarah on Instagram @ParisQuizMistress  https://www.instagram.com/parisquizmistress/

👉 Not An Alias Podcast on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ParisQuizMistress/

Talking to my brother about his new album "Glytek Audio - Mood Selector" (available now on Touched Revolutions records) and then discussing music including the first album we ever bought, and favourite albums in different genres.

🎧 Click here to get James' new album https://touchedrevolutions.bandcamp.com/album/mood-selector

👉 Page for this episode on my website https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/12/07/856-my-brothers-new-album-is-out-now-music-chat-with-james/

Talking to Cara about films, movies, her movie club for English learners and a discussion about films and what they mean.

Episode page with all the links you could ever need! 👉 https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/12/06/855-discussing-films-with-cara-leopold/

🎧 Learn English with a short story.

🗣 Listen & repeat after me if you'd like to practise your pronunciation.

💬Learn some vocabulary in the second half of the video.

📄 I found this story in answer to a post on Quora.com asking about true scary stories.

I thought I could use it to help you learn English. Can you understand the story, and predict the twist at the end?

📄 Read the original by Lance Stephenson here https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-short-scary-stories

🔗 Page for this episode on my website with a word-for word copy of the story https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/11/28/854-the-invitation-learn-english-with-a-short-story/

Join me as I meet and get to know Rhiannon, an English coach whose mission is to help you feel awesome about your English. I had never met Rhiannon before this interview, so listen as I get to know her and we chat about her English & Welsh roots, moving to Edinburgh, studying theology at university, early experiences as an English teacher, why learners often feel ashamed of their English, and how she can help. We also discuss the wonders of fish & chips and deep fried Mars bars which you can buy on the streets of Edinburgh.

👉 Episode page on my website https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/11/22/853-a-conversation-with-rhiannon-carter/

👉 Rhiannon's website https://www.rhiannonelt.com/

👉 Rhiannon's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rhiannonelt.coaching/

How does it feel to have a visual impairment? How do blind people navigate the world? How do other people treat you, if you are blind? And, how do we talk about blindness and other forms of disability in English? This episode is inspired by a listener called Hafid, who contacted me recently. I talk about the subject of blindness and disability in general, read an article written by a partially sighted person, and explain a list of words and phrases we should use when describing different forms of disability. Also includes various medical vocabulary such as the different parts of the eye and other related topics.

👉 Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/11/15/852-how-does-it-feel-to-be-blind/

👉 Get the PDF 📄 https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/How-does-it-feel-to-be-blind-Lukes-English-Podcast-.pdf

A listener left a comment on my website asking for my thoughts on the new Beatles song which was released last week, and I was happy to ramble about it for 45 mins. Listen to hear me give my thoughts and tell several stories related to what is being described as the last Beatles song.

I talk for about 10 minutes about burning down my apartment, and my thoughts on the content I make for this podcast and then start talking about The Beatles until the end of the episode. To skip straight to the Beatles bit, go forward to about 12 minutes.

Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/11/08/851-rambling-about-the-beatles-now-and-then-%f0%9f%8e%b8/

Fabio has written a book about language learning, based on his own personal experiences of learning English. Each chapter ends with the same sentence: “This is how to learn a language”. But each chapter disagrees with the next. There are many ways to learn a language, and none of them is the only right way to do it.

In this episode, we talk all about this and Fabio shares some of his stories.

Fabio is the host of "Stolariod Stories" a self-development podcast which includes lots of lessons about learning English, and learning about life in general.

👉 Page for this episode on Luke's website 🔗 https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/11/01/850-any-language-you-want-with-fabio-cerpelloni/

👉 Get Fabio's book 📖 https://fabiocerpelloni.com/any-language-you-want/

👉 Listen to Fabio interview Luke about stand-up comedy on Stolaroid Stories here 🎤 https://pod.link/1588409467/episode/5a1f614be55bdffa8513091565ef4985