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Technology in Everyday Life [Part 1] The Choices We Make / Topic Discussion & Vocabulary [946]
Mon, 28 Jul 2025 06:30:00 +0000
This episode is all about choices we have to make relating to technology in our everyday lives. I’ll be discussing contemporary tech-related issues such as privacy vs. convenience, data sharing, digital, detox, online behaviour, digital legacy, tech addiction, tech for children. It includes loads of vocabulary and will give you the chance not only to […]
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Funny English Errors, Corrected [945]
Mon, 21 Jul 2025 06:30:00 +0000
Sometimes it is fine to laugh at the mistakes that we make in English (I do it in French) and so in this episode let’s look at some English errors that are unintentionally hilarious. I will correct the errors, explain what is funny, and there is a lot of vocabulary to learn in the process. […]
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Listen & Learn English with Luke / This is SOMETHING! [944]
Mon, 14 Jul 2025 06:30:00 +0000
In this episode I take you on a big rambling journey through all sorts of English-learning goodness (and nonsense). We start by pondering what makes a good podcast title 👀 is it clever, clickbait, or just clear? I reveal a monumental tectonic shift in the way I am titling my episodes. Then it's into the […]
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943. Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of SILVER BLAZE (Learn English with a Short Story)
Mon, 07 Jul 2025 06:30:00 +0000
Time for another Sherlock Holmes mystery story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on the podcast, because: Why not? I have adapted the text into modern English this time. A champion racehorse 🐎 has gone missing, and its trainer violently murdered. Only Sherlock Holmes can find the solution 🕵️. Listen to the events, follow my summaries […]
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942. The ASMR Zen School of English (Learn English and Relax)
Mon, 30 Jun 2025 06:30:00 +0000
Improve your English and reduce stress with this unique ASMR-style episode ☁️ 🧘. Join me for a relaxing, meditative journey featuring calm background music, softly spoken English, vocabulary for peace and tranquillity, some grammar practice, and gentle humour. Designed to help you learn English naturally while calming your mind, this episode is ideal for listening […]
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941. The Man Who Could Work Miracles (Learn English with a Short Story)
Mon, 23 Jun 2025 06:30:00 +0000
Learn English with a short story on LEP. In this episode I am reading “The Man Who Could Work Miracles” by HG Wells (adapted into modern English). First you can listen to the story, then I summarise it again in my own words, discuss my interpretations of its meaning, explain how you can use stories […]
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940. Our favourite things to do in London (Part 2)
Mon, 09 Jun 2025 12:55:44 +0000
Here is the second part of this double episode all about great things to see and do while in London 🇬🇧. Listen to my friends and family talking about the city 🏙️, learn some fascinating bits of history 🔥, get inside tips 🗺️ and learn some vocabulary in the process. [DOWNLOAD AUDIO] Just like for […]
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939. Our favourite things to do in London (Part 1)
Mon, 09 Jun 2025 06:30:00 +0000
Here is part 1 of a double episode about London 🇬🇧 and great things you can see and do there 🎡. Listen to my friends and family describing their favourite things to do in the city 🍻, get some travel tips 🏙️, get a mini history lesson 🏛️, and learn some vocabulary in the process. […]
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938. Film Club: Monty Python's Life of Brian (with Antony Rotunno)
Tue, 03 Jun 2025 06:30:00 +0000
A return to Luke’s Film Club with a conversation about one of the funniest and most controversial films of all time, also voted one of the UK’s favourite films. Antony and I discuss the film’s writing, production, story, famous scenes, deeper meanings and acting by the various members of the Monty Python team. Transcript available. […]
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937. A Birthday Ramble / The Spinning Wheel of Random Questions
Tue, 27 May 2025 06:30:00 +0000
It’s my birthday 🥳 so join me for a relaxed and light-hearted ramble, first with some comments about recent episodes and other podcast housekeeping, and then a series of talking points with the Spinning Wheel of Random Questions ☸️ including bits about how being an English teacher affects my social interactions 💬, the infamous ice-cream […]
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