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Easy English listener Paloma sends in a message and Isi and Mitch announce new call days and time for their group conversation calls before discussing 10 ways you can be indirect, when speaking in English. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Show Notes Improve your confidence and fluency speaking English with us!: Join the Conversation Membership Transcript Mitch: [0:23] Hiya, everybody. Welcome to the Easy English Podcast. We're just coming down... Isi: [0:30] I never know what my position is in this. Okay, let's go. Let's not do too long of babbling. Mitch: [0:35] Okay. Isi: [0:36] Blah-blah-ing. Do you say blah-blah? Mitch: [0:37] I just wanted to say that, you know, we're celebrating still because, one, we reached our 100th episode just recently, and what followed then was... - Podcast episode. - Podcast episode. What followed then, was we also hit 250,000 subscribers on YoTube. So I just want to say…

Making friends is hard, especially the older you get. So Isi guides you... and Mitch through the different ways, modern and old that you can make new friends. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Show Notes Improve your confidence and fluency speaking English with us!: Join the Conversation Membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:26] Welcome to the Easy English Podcast, the hangover from episode 100. - 101. - 101, we're into the... into a new century of podcasting, but with the same ethos, to help you improve your conversational English. Isi: [0:50] You do sound very unmotivated. I have a good topic for us, though. Mitch: [0:55] Yeah, you're at the steering wheel today, right? Isi: [0:58] Yes. It's a topic that is interesting and important for everyone. Maybe only those people that hate humans a lot. They will not like it now. Mitch: [1:09] Good build-up. Isi: [1:11] It's important for everyone, because…

We did it... 100 episodes! All thanks to your support, so what better way to celebrate than to answer some of your questions. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Show Notes Try 7 days of our Conversation Membership... for free: The Conversation Membership Transcript Intro Isi: [0:22] Hello! Mitch: [0:24] Hi everybody! Exciting times. Isi: [0:28] And why is it exciting? Because this is episode... podcast episode. Mitch: [0:34] Podcast episode. Isi: [0:35] Not video, podcast episode 100. And we didn't even train this. Rehearse this. 100, this is insane. It feels more and less, with so many things in life that's what it is right? It feels like, longer and shorter, more and less. But It's a nice number, 100. Mitch: [0:57] A great milestone to reach. - Not the last one. - Won't be the last 100 we reach. But um... as a way to celebrate it and also to say thank you, we reached out and asked you to send us some…

Find your ideal English teacher on italki 🎉 Use the code ENGLISH4 for €5 off your first class (minimum €10): https://go.italki.com/english4 Isi and Mitch show you different, everyday conversations and small talk topics with neighbours. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Show Notes Find your ideal English teacher on italki 🎉 Use the code ENGLISH4 for €5 off your first class (minimum €10): https://go.italki.com/english4 Transcript Intro Isi: [0:22] Hello. Mitch: [0:23] Hi, everybody. Isi: [0:25] Welcome to another episode. But now I am doing this. Oh, no. Mitch: [0:28] You're doing it. Isi: [0:29] Oh, no. Well, let's not do this. Mitch: [0:32] I pointed at you. Isi: [0:32] It's Easy English Podcast. We're starting now. Mitch: [0:37] Wow, what a surprise. Isi: [0:38] Whoever listened before knows that I got a bit annoyed that, not annoyed, I thought it was actually, now we talk about it even longer, that…

Get to know Isi and Mitch with their feelings and opinions about the modern relationship between humans and animals and how they co-exist today Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:23] Hi everybody, welcome to another episode of the Easy English Podcast. Thank you for tuning in. Do people tune in these days? Isi: [0:33] We are such boomers. We're not boomers, though. The new boomers are millennials. Mitch: [0:39] But to say tune in sounds cool, but nobody tunes in. Isi: [0:43] Tune in on Saturday. Mitch: [0:45] Thanks for typing in that URL code. Isi: [0:48] Okay, now how do I get to my topic? Mitch: [0:50] Well, actually, you mentioned a good way, because if you are a regular listener, you'd have heard our relationship test episode. One of the questions are; what's something that Isi likes to speak about, on a regular basis? Isi: [1:05] You did it wrong, you said music, which…

Part 2 of Mitch and Isi's discussion about living with people in the UK vs Germany... this time they share their dreaded bathroom experiences. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Isi: [0:22] Hello. Mitch: [0:23] Hi, everybody. Welcome to another episode of the Easy English Podcast. We're back at it with Isi's episode today, a part two-a of co-living? Flatmates? - housemates, flatmate conversations. Isi: [0:40] Yes. I directly want to... No, let's start a bit easier. We're not going to the bathroom directly. If you didn't listen to part one, do that first. Mitch: [0:52] Yes, we covered the kitchen, as part of living with other people. Isi: [0:57] We covered broken things, and we covered the first day in the flat. Mitch: [1:02] Food, cleaning, the whole thing. Oh yeah, introductions, icebreakers. Isi: [1:08] I now want to talk about the 'quiet vs the loud flatmate'. Support Easy English…

Mitch & Isi compare their experiences with this week's cultural topic of living with strangers or... co-living. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:22] Welcome to the Easy English Podcast. Isi: [0:26] Hello! Mitch: [0:26] Today... Isi: [0:28] I chose the topic again. Mitch: [0:30] Again. Taking the driver's seat. Isi: [0:33] You give me too much power. Mitch: [0:34] I'm constantly the passenger now. Isi: [0:38] You can leave us a message if that's a good thing. Maybe my topics are boring as hell. Mitch: [0:43] No, yest... the last one with couples was really good. Isi: [0:47] Well, now, I wanted to talk about something that we both have experiences with, where we can share some insight, not only into our experiences with it, mine will be from Germany and yours from the UK, but also, you can share some things about how that is working in the UK, because it's a bit different to…

Isi tests Mitch's knowledge with practical examples of using the word 'sorry' for different, everyday scenarios. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch & Isi: [0:24] Hello again. - Hi everybody. Welcome to another episode of the Easy English Podcast, also available on YouTube. So if you want to quickly head over and watch us discuss different types of 'sorry's in the UK, then head over to YouTube now, to our YouTube channel. Youtube, YouTube Youtube. - You know that you also, are just talking to the YouTube viewers. And if you're watching on YouTube, hello. - You set it into the camera? - Oh yeah. Mitch & Isi: [0:50] So today we're discussing also British people's most used, maybe not favourite, but is, maybe you say overused in the UK, but for good reason. - You hear it all the time. And we will show you many different ways to use the word 'sorry'. Support Easy English and get…

Justin from Texas is back... this time he is fact-checking Isi and Mitch's experiences, comparisons and stereotypes of the United States. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:22] Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Easy English Podcast. Isi: [0:26] Good morning. Mitch: [0:27] Good morning in the morning. We're loaded up on coffee as we have a part two of an episode that we made recently. We're reintroducing you to our correspondent from the United States. Justin is back. Justin: [0:44] Hello, hello. Isi: [0:46] Hi. Well, he's corresponding from Berlin., I would say. Justin: [0:51] But originally from. - Yeah. - The United States, Texas to be specific, if those don't know. I usually always say that I’m from Texas, I never really say I’m from the United States, it's very interesting when people ask; "where are you from?" I always just say Texas. Isi: [1:05] That is very interesting.…

Mitch & Isi take a quiz to test their relationship... Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Mitch & Isi: [0:23] So, hello. - Hi. Hi. - Hi. Welcome to the Easy English Podcast. But... - But today as a video podcast. So, if you're listening, now, on a podcast app, you can also switch over to YouTube, where it's already out and watch it, as a video. But you don't need to. We will explain everything. You don't need to see our lovely faces. I prepared today's episode. - Wow. I'm nervous. - I think we thought about this topic, because it's an episode about us... - Oh god. - being a couple. - Usually we only speak about British culture and other people, but now we're talking... - Sometimes about us. - a little bit about us. We're opening up to you guys now, so be kind. - I prepared us a game where we have to, both answer questions the way that we think our partner, the other one, would answer. - A test…

Listen to part 2 of the podcast where Isi and Mitch give advice on how to pass an English speaking test, based around the IELTS test. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:23] Hello everybody, welcome to another episode of the Easy English Podcast. Mitch: [0:28] This week's episode is a bit different, as we're carrying on from our part one of easy taking the IELTS test. What is it you ask? Let me tell you. It's one of the most popular English exams in the world. And you can take it to help you to study abroad, to work internationally, you might have to take it for your immigration or visa status and it's mainly just a way to prove your English level, officially. Now the IELTS stands for the 'International English Language Testing System', and last time you heard from us, Isi was taking it and there are three parts to this test and in the first episode, we covered part one, which…

Find your ideal English teacher on italki 🎉 Use the code english3 for €5 off your first class (minimum €10): https://go.italki.com/english3 This week, Mitch and Isi guide you and give advice on how to pass an English speaking test, based around the IELTS test. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Show Notes Find your ideal English teacher on italki 🎉 Use the code ENGLISH3 for €5 off your first class (minimum €10): https://go.italki.com/english3 Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:22] Hello. Hi, everybody. Welcome to another episode of the Easy English Podcast. Today, we want to try something a little bit different. We're not going to be discussing so much cultural topics. We're actually going to be focusing on something which is going to help you, the Easy English listener, maybe even English learner. We're going to be taking a mock or a test. Isi: [0:52] Oh I'm taking a test probably. Mitch: [0:54] A test, test,…

Mitch and Isi give you advice on things you shouldn't do, things you should do when making conversations with strangers in English in different, everyday scenarios. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:22] Welcome aboard the HMS Easy English. Isi: [0:27] Her Majesty's sail. Mitch: [0:29] Her Majesty's ship. Isi: [0:30] Why are we on a ship? Mitch: [0:32] I don't know, because people are on a journey with us when they listen to the Easy English Podcast. And if we had to pick any mode of transport, we'd pick a boat. Isi: [0:40] I just realised that I didn't have this peach tea. Little fun fact for that. Mitch: [0:45] Fun fact. Isi: [0:46] For months and months. Mitch: [0:48] Fun fact. Isi: [0:49] I think I got a bit sick of it. I love a certain peach tea from Germany that we always bring to England. Mitch: [0:54] Oh yeah, you do. That has nothing to do with today's episode.…

Mitch and Isi give you 10 useful English contractions to help you sound like a native speaker! They also update you on a new, Asia-friendly 'Zoom' conversation call time. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Show Notes Register your interest in our Asia-Friendly conversation call here: Click Here Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:22] Hiya, podcast peeps. Isi: [0:25] Hello. Mitch: [0:25] Welcome to another episode of the Easy English Podcast. Just in case you didn't know what you're... Isi: [0:32] What's your alarm for? Mitch: [0:34] That the laundry's done. Okay. Isi: [0:37] We're both eating sweeties. Mitch: [0:39] Mm-hmm. I'm eating a chocolate bar that is based on the stars, the Milky Way. I just said the name of the actual chocolate bar. So I'm eating a chocolate based on a space-themed chocolate. Isi: [0:55] We cannot make advertisement. There are also other really great... Mitch: [0:58] Space-themed…

Justin, an American from Texas and Easy Languages family member joins us to talk about money, driving on the left, the Royal Family, plus culture shocks and strange similarities between Brits and people from the United States Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:23] Hello, everybody. Isi: [0:24] Hello. Mitch: [0:25] Welcome to another episode of the Easy English Podcast. Isi, we have an exciting episode today, right? Isi: [0:33] Yes. Mitch: [0:35] Why is that? Isi: [0:36] We have a guest from our Easy Languages family. And, it will be exciting and interesting. Maybe we let our guests introduce themselves. Mitch: [0:49] Yes, greetings to our mystery guest. Who are you Justin: [0:54] Hello hello, my name is Justin, and I am a part of the Easy Languages family. I've been with Easy Languages for over four years now, which is beautiful, amazing. - Wow. - Yes. - And I'm really...…

Find your ideal English teacher on italki 🎉 Use the code ENGLISH2026 for €5 off your first class (minimum €10): https://go.italki.com/english2 Isi and Mitch give you 5 (and a half) tips and tricks for keeping the conversation not only going, but flowing if you're a non-native English speaker trying to improve your conversation skills Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Show Notes Find your ideal English teacher on italki 🎉 Use the code ENGLISH2026 for €5 off your first class (minimum €10): https://go.italki.com/english2 Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:22] Hello everybody. Isi: [0:24] Hello. Mitch: [0:24] Greetings from sunny Germany, sunny Münster. Isi: [0:29] It's so nice. Winter's over. Mitch: [0:31] Yeah, newsflash. Winter for us, at least, is over. Isi: [0:35] It's 17 or 18 degrees today. Mitch: [0:37] Wow. Isi: [0:38] It's absolute spring. Mitch: [0:40] The worst thing about that is now we're stuck…

Mitch and Isi give you 5 common scenarios in a British pub and give you advice, vocabulary and conversational tips to help you, not just survive... but thrive! In a traditional pub in the UK. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Show Notes Improve your English conversation skills: Start your 7-day free trial of our Conversation Membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:23] Okay, hello, welcome to the Easy English Podcast. Isi: [0:27] Hi, hi. Mitch: [0:29] I just want to let you guys know that if you're currently listening to this, then you should know that you can also watch it on our YouTube channel. Isi: [0:37] But you don't need to. Mitch: [0:39] You don't need to for this one. Isi: [0:39] You don't need to see our faces. Mitch: [0:41] No, there shouldn't be many pictures or images that you should have to see for this. But if you want to see our reactions and faces, then feel free to pop on over. - Our…

Mitch and Isi will give you their honest pros & cons list, advice & knowledge. And overall, try to convince you to travel to the UK by boat. Our new, Asia-friendly, conversation call - 10:15 GMT (15:45 in India / 18:15 in China & 19:15 in Japan & Korea) every Tuesday will start if 10 people email me - mitch@easyenglish.video with the phrase "I'm in". Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:22] Hello, everybody. Isi: [0:24] Hello. Mitch: [0:24] Long time no hear. Usually you say long time no see, but you don't see us. So long time no hear. Isi: [0:32] Sometimes you see us. Mitch: [0:33] Sometimes. So today, as you can see from the title of this podcast, Isi and I are proficient travellers by boat, when it comes to going between the UK and the EU, as it is now. - Yes, by ferry. - By ferry, which is the name of the big ship. And so we wanted to convince you and give you a bit of a…

Isi and Mitch give you 10 everyday sayings that British people use - and what they really mean... Go to https://go.italki.com/english2026 to get 5€ off your first italki lesson with our code ENGLISH when you spend at least 10 €. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch [0:22]Hi everybody, welcome to the Easy English Podcast. Long time, no see. It's been a while. Isi [0:29]I think we said we leave this welcome. Mitch [0:34]I'm still petitioning for it. Isi [0:37]Okay, hello. Mitch [0:40]So, today we're back in Brighton, from Münster. And as we've come over, I've already started noticing certain things, that us Brits do quite differently to the rest of Europe. And, one thing that we do, which is probably useful for you guys, whether you are coming to the UK as a tourist, whether you want to move to the UK, or maybe you're just working for a company and there are certain Brits there, maybe…

In our Easy English Updates, we announce our 'Kick-Off 2026 Challenge' on Monday to improve your English, every day for 14 days. Isi and Mitch then give you 10 everyday word pronunciations that reveal if you're speaking either American or British English, but for we answer a question from Hanan and then Mitch tells a very British joke. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Isi: [0:22] Hello. Mitch: [0:23] Hi, welcome to the Easy English Podcast. The winter version. Winter has come. We're currently in your parents' basement and it's freezing cold. Isi: [0:35] Hence the jackets. It's cold down here. Mitch: [0:37] Yeah. So, today we're going to show you some of the differences between the British English and American English pronunciation. We're giving you 10 words which you'll be using every day, that you'll need every day. Depending on how you pronounce these, we can sort of figure out,…

This week, we announce our 14-day challange in the new year for you to kick-start your 2026 and improve your English. Is also opens an early Christmas present from Mitch on the podcast and they compare the differences and similarities of Christmas time in the UK and Germany, before Mitch tells a couple of Christmas-themed jokes... Merry Christmas! Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Isi: [0:23] Good morning! Mitch: [0:25] Merry Christmas! Isi: [0:27] It's not Christmas yet. - It's not Christmas yet. T'was the night before Christmas. Isi: [0:32] It's also not the night before Christmas. Mitch: [0:35] But, this is the Easy English Christmas Special. Isi: [0:41] Oh, it sounds like Gavin and Stacey Christmas special, but not as exciting. Mitch: [0:47] And we have a couple of Christmassy features, including me gifting Isi her first early Christmas gift. Isi: [0:55] Yes? Mitch: [0:56] From…

Isi guesses and explains 10 commonly used idioms in conversations, while Mitch explains where they came from. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Show Notes Watch the episode on YouTube: 10 Useful Idioms for English Conversations (Easy English 216) Transcript Mitch: [0:22] So, today, we want to bring you an episode introducing everyday English idioms. And, what I've done is I've compiled some images for isi to look at and we're going to describe them for you audio listeners. And for you YouTube watchers/viewers, we're going to look at these images, and try to distinguish what the idiom is and what it means. Make sense? Isi: [0:52] Yeah, let's start. Mitch: [0:53] Let's start. Isi: [0:54] I have questions. Mitch: [0:55] Okay, so here is number one, everyday English idiom. What are you thinking? Isi: [1:03] Instead of a head, that person has a bowl of baked beans, as a head. Mitch: [1:09] Baked beans, very…

Mitch and Isi find out facts, slang and phrases from Scotland. The duo then answer Marianne's question about British TV shows before Mitch reads out a few classic British jokes. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Show Notes Mitch & Janusz's jokes video: British Jokes (Easy English 168) Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:23] We've hit a milestone as well. I just... I didn't even notice. We're on episode 80. Isi: [0:30] When is 100? Mitch: [0:32] Next year sometime. Well, as it's the milestone, we'd like to say welcome to the Easy English Podcast, episode 80. Isi: [0:42] Whoop, whoop. Mitch: [0:43] Wow. 80 episodes. Crazy. And welcome to any new people who have just discovered us. Isi: [0:50] Hello. Mitch: [0:51] Today, we've got a few topics and a brand new topic, which I'd like to make a continuous topic, that appears in every episode. But our main 'Topic of the Week' is a subject which was requested, in the…

The pace of life, food habits, market days and more... Mitch and Isi talk about the culture shocks they discovered during their time in the south west of France Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Mitch: [0:23] Did you see this? They think they have a video now of... did you see that the Louvre was robbed? Isi: [0:29] Yeah, I didn't hear much about it. I saw this video as well. Mitch: [0:31] And they didn't have any... oh, you saw it? They think someone filmed two people escaping down a mechanical ladder, with the jewels, because they have no video footage from inside the Louvre. Sounds like such a... Isi: [0:43] Why don't they have videos in the Louvre? Mitch: [0:45] They do, but they said that there's the one place where they didn't have footage was exactly the place where they came in and stole it, which is like... Isi: [0:52] Which they probably knew. Mitch: [0:53] Inside job, maybe. Isi:…

Crossing on a red light? Table service in a pub? Bus, supermarket and London Underground ettiquette? Mitch tests Isi with 5 very British scenarios to see if she knows the unwritten rules of British life. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Isi: [0:22] Hello! Mitch: [0:24] Hello! Welcome to the Easy English Podcast. Isi: [0:28] I'm pro-leaving this out next time. We should... please leave your comment on Spotify, or your other favourite apps. On Spotify you can leave a comment and say, stop telling us which podcast we are listening to. Mitch: [0:43] What did I say at the beginning now? Hello! Isi: [0:46] How are you? Without an answer, but that's very English. Mitch: [0:51] It is very English. Isi: [0:52] Alright. - Alright, mate. - Alright. Mitch: [0:54] Alright. So today, we're going to be playing a little scenario game with you. - As usual. - As usual, putting you to the test. And…

Come play along as Isi ranks traditional British food, such as the full English breakfast, Sunday roast dinner, crumpets ans the famous fish & chips. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Mitch: [0:22] Hello. Isi: [0:24] Hi. Mitch: [0:25] Welcome to the Easy English Podcast. Isi: [0:29] How long will we say this? Always? Mitch: [0:31] Always. Forever. Isi: [0:33] It takes five good seconds of our podcast. Mitch: [0:37] That just took five good seconds, saying that. So today, our main Topic of the Week we'll be ranking the best and worst British foods. Isi: [0:50] It's very fitting, because we just had one of the best ones, last night. Mitch: [0:55] What did we have last night? Isi: [0:56] A Sunday roast, by Mitch's mum. That was really nice. Mitch: [1:01] And we're going to be ranking them by this chart, which you can see in the middle of us. And their ranking goes from 'God tier' to 'top tier',…

Improve your English listening skills as Isi tries to guess where these 7 strong accents from the UK are from... Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:22] Hiya everybody, welcome to the Easy English Podcast. Isi: [0:27] Hello. Mitch: [0:28] I'm overdoing my enthusiasm I feel, because we are in a low energy state. We've just come back from Berlin and we both caught the dreaded Corona. Isi: [0:44] Dreaded. Mitch: [0:45] So, we've been a little bit under the weather. So, I'm going to try to infuse some extra energy to the podcast, right Isi? Isi: [0:54] Please. I don't have it today. Mitch: [0:56] Aww... but before we carry on actually, because we have just come back from Berlin and we met lots of really nice people, it wasn't anything to do with Easy English we were actually there for the Easy German Summer School. But we met loads of you who were also Easy English Podcast…

Ballpark figure, shift, chur, keener, a double-double, lekker, togs, thongs, jonesin & craic... do you know these English slang words from outside the UK? Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:25] I'm nervous. Isi: [0:26] Really? Mitch: [0:28] Nervously excited. Isi: [0:30] Mitch is confused, because he doesn't know what's coming up today. Mitch: [0:33] Yeah, I feel like I'm in the hot seat for the first time in a long time. Isi: [0:38] So, yeah, I prepared this topic. Mitch doesn't even know it yet. What I thought, actually, it has a little background story. At the moment we play this game, whenever we are somewhere where people are, where I guess if someone has a different accent to our southern British surroundings, I guess where the people are from. Because I would love to master this, and to bring my English to the next level and know when someone is from Australia, the US,…

Working holidays, lunch at your desk, small talk at meetings, wild Christmas parties & tea breaks... we discuss 5 strange work habits in the UK. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Isi: [0:22] Hiya! Mitch: [0:23] Hiya! Isi: [0:24] Hiya! Mitch: [0:25] Welcome to Easy English... Welcome to the Easy English Podcast. For those of you listening, you should be made aware, as per usual, that this episode is also available as a video episode on our YouTube channel. Because in this one, I'm going to be showing you some pictures and you might also want to look and watch along, as we identify five work habits that Germans might not understand. Isi: [1:03] Oh. Mitch: [1:03] And, I've harnessed the power of AI to create some images of typical work scenarios in the UK, which might be a little bit strange, not just for Germans, but for you guys, wherever you're watching from, if it's not in the UK. Isi:…

This week, Mitch and Isi were joined by special guest Harry from Easy Spanish. With Harry being a Brit living in Spain, they talked about reverse culture shocks; things Harry misses, loves, finds annoying and more, when he comes back to the UK. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Show Notes Tom Jones: Green Green Grass Of Home Easy Spanish YouTube: Learn Spanish the Fun Way with Us! Easy Spanish Podcast: The Easy Spanish Podcast Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:23] Hi everybody, welcome to the Easy English Podcast. Today we have a very special episode. We're going to be doing an episode called Five Reverse Culture Shocks. And a culture shock is, for anyone who's just wondering, is when you arrive in a place, a destination, and there is something happening which completely surprises you or is contrasting to what you're aware of. So a reverse one, which is kind of, we're making up our own sort of definitions…

This week, Mitch finds 5 very British things that he thinks will annoy Germans. Isi debates whether separate hold and cold taps, basic bakeries, pubs that close early, narrow and dangerous roads and short-shorts in winter would annoy ALL Germans. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:22] Hiya! Welcome to the Easy English Podcast. Today, we're going to be discussing five things that annoy you, that I know annoy you, as a German who is experiencing the UK. Isi: [0:39] So that people can hate me afterwards Mitch: [0:43] No, but these are things which I think all Germans will be annoyed about, and I'm going to leave it up to you to decide what the pictures are that I’m going to show you, what they really mean, what the annoyance will be. And if you're listening to this podcast, you should be made aware that this podcast is also available on our YouTube channel, where we'll be showing…

Today we're joined by a special guest... Mitch's mum. She talks about having and raising children in the UK; how kids speak to adults, how to educate children & being a childminder. She also defines common phrases that parents say to their children and answers your questions about raising a boy in the modern world & what Mitch was like as a child. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Mitch: [0:23] Hello, welcome to the Easy English Podcast. Today is a special episode, not because Isi is also not here, but because today I'm being joined by my mum. Hello, mum. Angeline: [0:39] Hello. Mitch: [0:41] How nervous out of 10 are you now? Angeline: [0:45] I'm not sure, really. Just because I don't know what's happening, really. I don't know what's going to be asked. Mitch: [0:52] Wonderful. - That's more than nerves than anything. - That's great. - Great. - No it's not really. The... the point of this…

Mitch and Isi discuss the lesser known traditions in the UK; can you really walk off-road from Brighton to Scotland? Is Guy Fawkes a modern-day superhero? Has Isi won a pub quiz? Boy George as Captain Hook?!?! Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Isi: [0:00] Let's go on. Mitch: [0:00] Let's go on. Isi: [0:01] Okay. What is this? Is it like this? Mitch: [0:11] What was that you were reaching in for? Isi: [0:14] An apple? Mitch: [0:15] From where? Isi: [0:16] Garden Eden. I love Peter Pan! Peter Pan is with Captain Hook? Mitch: [0:26] F&%ing hell. Isi: [0:28] That one story. Don't touch me! Mitch: [0:36] It's called a bonfire. Isi: [0:37] Still not so fine, by the way, for wildlife. But we could walk to Scotland. Mitch: [0:44] We could, but we might die. Welcome to the Easy English Podcast. Isi: [1:13] Welcome, welcome. Mitch: [1:14] For those of you listening to this podcast, you should be made…

Mitch and Isi go back in time to the 1990s England and Germany and make each other guess the titles to the shows they watched as children. How have these shows defined both of their personalities? Isi finds out with a ChatGPT summary at the end. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Isi: [0:00] Water, earth, fire. Isi: [0:03] Is that the kid from '(The) Sixth Sense'? Mitch: [0:11] I see dead people. Isi: [0:15] Imagination, escapism, and adventure. Mitch: [0:18] Yep. Isi: [0:20] I asked ChatGPT to connect all those five shows that I have. And... Mitch: [0:31] Are you going to cry? It was called 'Are You Afraid of the Dark?' Isi: [0:36] Second picture... Mitch: [0:38] Gladiators! Do you have the power... - Wait. My show... -Do you have the speed, the strength, the heart to be a hero? Isi: [0:48] Very 80s. Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes:…

Mitch and Isi discuss English words that are originally from the German language and answer your questions in our regular segment of 'Unhelpful Advice' Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:22] Is it all on? Is it all going? Isi: [0:25] What are we talking about? Mitch: [0:27] Hello and welcome to the Easy English Podcast episode... I don't know. Isi: [0:34] We don't know anything. We were on holidays. We don't know anything anymore. Mitch: [0:38] We're back from Hollibobs. So as we are a bi-national couple, myself being English and Isi... Isi: [0:46] Being German. Mitch: [0:47] We thought we'd do a topic about German words that are being used in the English vocabulary. We also have some messages from some of our listeners, which we'll play in our Unhelpful Advice section first. But before we do any of that, if you're listening to this podcast as someone who wants to improve…

Mitch and Isi discuss the social class system in the UK and how, just by simply changing your car, supermarket or dog can affect your status. They discuss the upper class and how normal people like you and me can enter this privileged world. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Show Notes The British Social Class Interview: The SOCIAL CLASS System... EXPLAINED (Easy English 191) Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:22] Hiya, welcome to the Easy English Podcast. Isi: [0:27] Poddy. Mitch: [0:28] The poddy. The poddy. This week, I wanted to speak about something which we've made an episode on, and I want to ask you for your opinion Isi, now you've been in the UK for some time. We want to speak about the British social class system. Isi: [0:46] Okay, I'm in. Mitch: [0:47] But before we do that, I just want to do some housekeeping, general housekeeping of the podcast. And that is to firstly, give you another nudge to…

Sweetheart, darling, ducky, honey, sausage, poppet, mate and of course... love. This week, Mitch and Isi discuss names of affection, or 'pet names' in the UK. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Isi: [0:00] Treacle. - Alright treacle? - Pumpkin, muffin, poppet, sausage. - Allo sausage. - And cabbage?! Mitch: [0:10] Cabbage is not one. Isi: [0:12] Mate. Mitch: [0:13] Mate. Alright, mate. Hello, mate. What's up, mate? Hiya, mate! Isi: [0:17] Then we got love and lovely again. And how is the use in the north? What you would say to someone? Mitch: [0:24] Hiya love. Isi: [0:24] No. Mitch: [0:25] Oh, sorry. Y'alright, love? Isi: [0:27] No. Ta love. Mitch: [0:30] Ta love. Isi: [0:31] Soft and lovin', Mitch: [0:33] Soft and lovin'. Mate is a good thing to go in with, for anyone. Isi: [0:38] Angel. - Angel! - Oh I don't like angel, nah. Mitch: [0:43] I feel a bit sick. Support Easy English and get…

A noisy neighbour, an awkward stand-off, an ironic compliment and a round at the bar... 4 difficult scenarios for Isi to deal with in the UK. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Mitch: [0:22] Hiya, welcome to the Easy English Podcast. Isi, how's it going? Isi: [0:28] It's going. Mitch: [0:29] It's going. Very good. That's a very British response. So today, I wanted to, like in the last video episode, test you on your British cultural knowledge. Isi: [0:42] Oh dear. Mitch: [0:45] So for those of you who are listening, you can also, if you'd like, watch this podcast on YouTube, on our YouTube channel. So head over there to watch us debate some British culture topics. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to propose a scenario to you and maybe give you some options, about what you could possibly do. Or you can... Isi: [1:06] You can only go wrong. Mitch: [1:08] Yeah, exactly. You can volunteer…

Today's episode is all about love; the reality TV show Love is Blind; how the concept works, if it is successful and how it is good for learning English. Isi also has three phrases all about love from the medieval ages and from French nobility. Lastly, Samuel asks us a question about improving their English and we announce our NEW Wednesday afternoon conversation classes. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:23] Hello welcome to Easy English episode 64? It is episode 64, just to clarify. Isi: [0:34] clarify. And I will again, cough around. People only know me with an ill voice. I saw it on our recent video about being on the island Sylt for a month. Mitch: [0:44] Yeah we've been away on a German island? There's an island in Germany? What? We made a video about it, you can watch it on YouTube. Yeah we spent four weeks, off-season on this island. It was very relaxing, but as there…

Why do Brits celebrate November 5th? What time should you arrive to a party? Should you go to the pub with your boss? All these questions... and more, will be answered in this episode's British culture quiz. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Mitch: [0:22] Okay, so welcome to episode 63 of the Easy English Podcast. Mitch: [0:28] Today, our main topic will be testing not only Isi, but also myself, quite nervously, on a British culture quiz. But, before we go into the quiz, we have a really exciting announcement, that we've been waiting to announce for ages. We will be starting another additional, conversation call. - Pub call. - We have one already, which is on Tuesday evenings, GMT at 18:15. Our new date will be every Wednesday at 12pm GMT. So maybe you're someone who you're quite good at speaking English, or you think you are, but you don't really have a way to practice your conversational…

After discussing the phrase 'mad as a hatter', Isi and Mitch discuss the British etiquette of interacting with strangers in private, in public and in pubs and restaurants. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:23] Welcome to the Easy English Podcast, episode 62. Isi: [0:28] Hello, good morning. Mitch: [0:29] Good morning. Isi: [0:30] From Germany. Mitch: [0:31] From Germany. I'm living the German dream. Isi: [0:35] Mitch is just eating a pretzel with butter. Just had coffee and a pretzel, very German. We arrived, already over the weekend. It was the first thing in the supermarket that we got. Mitch: [0:46] What is the... this has now become a small topic, but how would you rank German supermarkets? Isi: [0:55] What does that mean? Mitch: [0:56] From top to bottom, which is considered the most premium, to the most scabby. Isi: [1:00] I don't even know all the supermarkets any…

Isi and Mitch discuss the final courses of a pub menu; unhealthy halloumi sticks, slimy onion rings, French/Belgian fries vs English/Dutch chips, jacket potatoes, Mary Rose sauce, sticky toffee pudding and... spotted dick? Before all of this, let Mitch and Isi treat you to an uplifting, school assembly song... Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Isi: [0:22] Hello. Mitch: [0:23] Hiya, welcome to the Easy English Podcast episode 61. Isi: [0:28] Wow. Do we always want to say welcome? Mitch: [0:31] Well, until we reach 100, I always consider that people are still stumbling onto us. Isi: [0:37] God, and everyone now, 39 more episodes. I would like to know if there's a Monday morning song that you can sing for us? It's Monday morning, we have a coffee, our second actually, and I want you to sing a typical song, that you would sing to kids going to school like, yay! Monday morning! Mitch:…

This week, Mitch announces the 7-day free trial of Easy English's new earner Membership, before giving you his monthly recap; he discusses the phrase 'sports washing' as Saudi Arabia get the rights to host FIFA World Cup 2034, analyses Mark Zuckerberg new 'Meta' look, reviews the Netflix produced movie 'I Came By' and re-imagines beloved zoologist Sir David Attenborough as a killer in the new sub-genre of middle class man horror. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Show Notes Try 7 days of our membership... free!: Easy English Learner Membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:24] Hi everybody, welcome to a new episode of the Easy English Podcast. For those of you who are listening, you can actually find this video on YouTube. And for those of you on YouTube, hello! This week I wanted to bring you a new episode of Mitch's Monthly Recap. And I'm going to go over through some of the things that have happened in…

Mitch and Isi talk about their favourite pub food, how pubs "fancify" their ingredients, and how everything is basically fish & chips. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Isi: [0:23] Hello! Mitch: [0:24] Hiya! Isi: [0:24] How are you this morning? Let's start with that. Mitch: [0:27] Me or the listeners? Isi: [0:29] Well, I don't think they will answer now. Mitch: [0:32] I thought you were being like an agony aunt. Do you have agony aunts in Germany? Where you can write in your problems and then someone reads them out. Hello, how are you all? Today we have a letter from Marjorie. She says that the pigeons are banging on her window. Isi: [0:46] I would love a podcast like that. I could actually do that. I would happily write with people. (It could be a topic.) Yeah, I mean, Unhelpful Advice is basically that. Mitch: [0:57] It is actually, yeah. That's a good reminder. We have a topic…

Happy New Year from Easy English! As a way to celebrate, Mitch quizzes Isi (...with the help of Buzzfeed) to find her New Year's resolution, play along with the link in the show notes. Later, Raz has a question about improving his speaking skills in our section of Unhelpful Advice. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Open the Interactive Transcript Download transcript as HTML Download transcript as PDF Subscribe using your private RSS feed to listen to our bonus content and find the interactive transcript right in your podcast app. Show Notes Get your New Year's Resolution: If You Don't Have A New Year's Resolution Yet, Take This Quiz To Get A Suuuuuuuper Specific One Transcript Intro Isi: [0:23] Hello. I'm back. Mitch: [0:28] Full of energy. Isi: [0:29] I'm back. It's a new year. I'm back. Mitch: [0:32] Happy New Year! Isi: [0:33] Happy New Year! I'm back. Mitch: [0:37] You say that like you're…

Mitch revives his version of the 12 Days of Christmas, before answering 25 icebreaker questions, all around Christmas! Find out his favourite Christmas film, candy, memory, present, beverage, flavour and more... Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Show Notes Answer the icebreaker questions yourself: The 25 Best Christmas Icebreaker Questions Transcript Mitch: [0:00] Before we start this week's episode of Easy English, I just wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas and rehash an old song I wrote. On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: Bluetooth earphones, Ikea voucher, an ill-fitted t-shirt, tenner in a card, second-hand bike, multi-pack of condoms, stationery set, Sports Direct socks, Bottle of Baileys, six pack of Carling, two spa days And a Blu-Ray of Die Hard II. Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership

This week, Mitch talks about loosing a tooth & more car troubles. In Topic of the Week, Mitch talks about the UK's fear of bad weather and Trump's competitive handshake with Macron... with added Trump impression. In Mitch's Movie Club he reviews the ridiculous new Michael Bay movie and generic soundtrack and gives his take on the new Alien movie. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Show Notes Become a Conversation Member: Improve YOUR Enlgish with our membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:23] Hello everybody, welcome to the Easy English Podcast. Today we're flying solo, again. Isi is ill. Yeah, she doesn't feel so good, but the worst thing is her voice. It sounds like she's suddenly decided to start smoking 50 cigarettes a day. So I'm gonna fly solo. Yeah, we've both actually been in the wars, a little bit. Which isn't literal, don't worry. But it just means you've been sort of, fighting disease, I guess…

This week, with Christmas on the horizon, Mitch and Isi discuss gifts. They talk about the joy of giving gifts, Isi's thoughtful gifing vs Mitch's practical gifting. Mitch reveals the worst gift that Isi ever got him and are surprise gifts better than expected gifts for Isi? Even if it's a splintery, handmade spoon? Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Show Notes *Gift our membership perks for Christmas this year: Choose a membership tier to gift Transcript Intro Isi: [0:22] Hello. Oh God. Hi. Mitch: [0:28] All of our podcasts always begin with you like hello oh god. Isi: [0:31] Oh god. Mitch: [0:32] My voice is gone. Illness update. Isi: [0:36] I'm back. Mitch: [0:38] I'm back. Oh yeah! Isi: [0:39] From the ill bed Mitch: [0:41] Did you hear the last podcast we... I recorded? Isi: [0:44] I didn't actually. Oh my god people will hate medidn't record uh didn't listen to it yet, no. But I want to listen to…

Whilst Isi is recovering from he illness, Mitch takes advantage to bring you his guide to horror films. This podcast is for both the horror lovers and horror haters, as Mitch poders what makes a great horror film. He lets you in on his favourite genre, how Arnold Schwarzenegger paved the way for his horror fascination and why a wardrobe is his Halloween costume of choice. He also gives his recommendations for people who love the things that go bump in the night, but also for people who prefer to sleep peacefully. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:00] Hello, welcome to the Easy English Podcast, episode number, tap, tap, tap, computing 54. Mitch: [0:12] I'm on my own. I've gone solo. I'm Sonny without Cher. I'm Jay-Z without Beyonce. I'm Will Smith without Jada, Barak without Michelle, etc, etc. Mitch: [0:30] Isi's ill, so she's spluttering in the background whilst I record the…

In a regular segment of Unhelpful Advice, Isi and Mitch give their unqualified opinion on rapping in English. They later talk about their presumptions and assumptions of the French people, culture and lifestyle after spending a few weeks in the south-west of France. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:22] Hiya! Isi: [0:23] Hello! Mitch: [0:24] Hello. Welcome to episode number... Isi: [0:27] 53. Mitch: [0:28] 53, well done. Isi: [0:30] Thank you. Mitch: [0:31] Of the Easy English Podcast. We are back in Brighton. Were we ever saying where we were before? When we made our Relationship Goals Podcast last time? Isi: [0:45] I'm not sure. Maybe we did. Maybe only in the Aftershow for the members. because our podcast always goes on a little bit for our members. If you want to join that and also listen to that and get a lot of other perks go to easyenglish.video/membership and join us…