Play It by Ear

This is the first episode of Who did it?! This story is made for people who are learning English at a high intermediate to advanced level. Extensive listening means listening to English that is very easy to understand.

Who did it? will be told in five parts, so each week will tell a new part of the story. This story is a murder mystery! Listen along as the Sato family tries to figure out who killed their mother/grandmother. 

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This is the last episode of Tough Love! This story is made for people who are learning English at a high intermediate to advanced level. Extensive listening means listening to English that is very easy to understand.

Tough Love is told in eight parts, meaning that each week will tell a new part of the story. Previously on, Tough Love, Emily and Nirvay had an uncomfortable conversation when Emily learned about Nirvay’s family life and culture. She didn’t realize how different their cultures were. On the following day, Emily is now seeking advice from her friends.

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Thanks to our voice actors: Les Black, Richard Day, Nancy Le, Amy Marquardt, Leeseul Park, Raquel Reinagel, Nirvay Sah, Fa Wannasook, and Linda Wong. Written by Raquel Reinagel and Linda Wong. Music by Andrew Kim and Alice Emily. 

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This is the seventh episode of Tough Love! This story is made for people who are learning English at a high intermediate to advanced level. Extensive listening means listening to English that is very easy to understand.

Tough Love is told in eight parts, meaning that each week will tell a new part of the story. Previously on, Tough Love, Nirvay asked Emily to be his girlfriend. Emily said yes. But what happened to Alex? This episode occurs in March.

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This is the sixth episode of Tough Love! This story is made for people who are learning English at a high intermediate to advanced level. Extensive listening means listening to English that is very easy to understand.

Tough Love is told in eight parts, meaning that each week will tell a new part of the story. Previously on, Tough Love, Emily broke up with Alex. After they broke up, Alex and Sumin left the party together. When Sumin realized who Alex was, she apologized to Emily. When Alex came to Emily’s room one last time, the relationship ended permanently. This episode happens a month later in February.

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This is the fifth episode of Tough Love! This story is made for people who are learning English at a high intermediate to advanced level. Extensive listening means listening to English that is very easy to understand.

Tough Love is told in eight parts, meaning that each week will tell a new part of the story. Previously on, Tough Love, Alex and Emily had a fight about Emily not making time for them. Alex didn’t want her to do a winter internship, but Emily thought it would help her future. This episode is set in January, which is the beginning of the US school semester. Emily has been spending a lot of time at her internship and with her friends Nirvay, Maria, and Sumin.

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This is the fourth episode of Tough Love! This story is made for people who are learning English at a high intermediate to advanced level. Extensive listening means listening to English that is very easy to understand.

Tough Love is told in eight parts, meaning that each week will tell a new part of the story. Previously on, Tough Love, Emily and Sumin met a few members of ISA. Alex called, but Emily couldn’t talk for long. The last episode was set in August and this episode is set two months in the future in late October. It is now midterm season and everyone is busy.

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This is the third episode of Tough Love! This story is made for people who are learning English at a high intermediate to advanced level. Extensive listening means listening to English that is very easy to understand.

Tough Love is told in eight parts, meaning that each week will tell a new part of the story. Previously on, Tough Love, Emily met her roommate Sumin. Sumin suggested they both go to a welcoming event on campus.

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This is the second episode of Tough Love! This story is made for people who are learning English at a high intermediate to advanced level. Extensive listening means listening to English that is very easy to understand.

Tough Love is told in eight parts, meaning that each week will tell a new part of the story. Previously on, Tough Love, Alex and Emily said goodbye to each other at the airport before Emily flew to Hawaii. Let’s see what happens on their first day apart from each other.

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This is the first episode of Tough Love! This story is made for people who are learning English at a high intermediate to advanced level. Extensive listening means listening to English that is very easy to understand.

Tough Love will be told in eight parts, meaning that each week will tell a new part of the story. As you can see from the title, this is a romance story. Follow Emily as she goes through her first long distance relationship. 

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What is Play It by Ear?

Play it by Ear is a podcast for extensive listening designed for English language learners. Extensive Listening is practicing your listening skills with easy t o understand materials. It’s supposed to be fun and enjoyable. Extensive listening can help improve your listening skills, even though the content may not be very difficult. For now, this podcast’s content is designed for high intermediate to advanced levels for English language learning. But we’re hoping to create content for different language levels in the future.

Play it by Ear tells fictional stories week-by-week. This means that a story is told in a few episodes. Our first story is fully installed. It's called Crime Doesn't Pay. We'll be coming out with new content each week, so make sure to check back every week!

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