ESL Unscripted | A Travel Podcast for non-native English speakers around the world | Real World. Real English. No Script.

This new style of Slang Break is all about the language coming straight from Todd in Episode 33. ESL Unscripted has always been as much about language learning as it has been about hearing great stor…

This new style of Slang Break is all about the language coming straight from Todd in Episode 33. ESL Unscripted has always been as much about language learning as it has been about hearing great stor…

Episode 33 is a pretty unique traveler episode. In this chat with Todd, we talk about the world of cruise ship life. Fifteen years ago, both Todd and I worked on cruise ships, a multi-cultural advent…

David Holmes (Episode 22), the world-touring bicyclist who has ridden through 40+ countries on his bike, returns in episode 32 for a long-awaited question and answer session. Using both questions you…

This episode 31 takes us to Thailand for the first time! James has been living in Bangkok for about 5 weeks now and shares with us his initial impressions of the city as well as the numerous groups h…

Episode 30 takes us to Mumbai, India for the first time. Alex joins us to talk about what it's like to live in such an unpredictable and diverse city. We also chat a little bit about English in India…

Episode 29 is a Random chat with Matt, an expat from the USA who's been living in Busan, South Korea for the past nine years. Along with our random chat, we also discuss his initial decision to live …

Episode 28 is a chat with Songhee, a Korean girl who lived, studied, and worked in Australia for a year. In this episode, we briefly discuss her experience abroad as well as her current job as an Eng…

ESL Unscripted is bigger and better in 2016! Happy New Year!

This is our first episode in 2016 and we've got all new show segments, including Unscripted News, Slang Break, and the very sensitive, not…

Episode 26 came up unexpectedly. I was sitting home last night about to record my intro/outro for Ask Session #3 when I got a call from a long-time friend, Joe. He was in my neighborhood and proposed…

Episode 25 is our first at-length discussion about relocating abroad. Amel joins us to talk about her journey through 8 countries and almost as many languages. Along the way, she also learned the ins…

Episode 24 takes us to Argentina and Latin America for the first time. We're chatting with Gonzalo today about life in Argentina, a few places he recommends as "must-see" when we visit next year, the…

Episode 23 welcomes Olena to our Unscripted family. Olena is originally from the Ukraine but has been living in the United States for the past 8+ years. She is the proud mother of four children who h…

Episode 22 is another new format to the ESL Unscripted show. It is a traveler show, but in this episode we listen to a short presentation given by David. David is a world traveler and EFL teacher ori…

In this second episode of Ask, we get into the challenges of reading in English for fun and for exams. Clare joins us as we look at how to stay motivated when you’re reading for pleasure, what you sh…

Episode 21 is our first traveler episode. I've been wanting to do this kind of show since I started the podcast and I can't think of a better way to start than with Hayden.

Hayden is originally fro…

In the spirit of experimenting and trying new ways of doing this show, episode 20 is the first show where we ask completely random questions to our guest, Jeffrey. Jeffrey lives and works in Christch…

This is the kickoff episode for Ask, a weekly discussion about the challenges/questions Unscripted language learners face while studying English.

In this debut episode, Anthony (episode 03) joins us …