Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson

624. 88 English expressions that will confuse everyone (Part 1)

An episode about British English slang and culture, featuring expressions that Brits know but everyone else finds confusing. Here are t…

623. 13 Terrible Jokes, Explained

Actually, it's 17 jokes, including some simple one-liners and a few longer story-based jokes for you to remember and practise telling yourself. Listen to Luke read o…

622. General Ramble (Oct 2019) Learning English / Politics / Recording Setup / Book Recommendation / Beatles / Star Wars / Bill Bailey

Rambling on my own about all sorts of things including Brexit ne…

621. British TV: Dragons’ Den (Part 3) Discord in the Den

One more episode about this TV series involving entrepreneurs getting investment for their business startups. In this one there's plenty of d…

620. British TV: Dragons' Den (Part 2) Negotiation

Listen to a real business negotiation and learn loads of English in the process. Vocabulary, scripts and notes available below.

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619. British TV: Dragons’ Den (Part 1) Business Vocabulary

Learn tons of business vocabulary in context in this episode all about a TV show about entrepreneurs negotiating investment for their busine…

618. The Climate Crisis Explained in 10 Charts (with Cara Leopold)

A conversation with Cara Leopold about the climate crisis including descriptions of key charts, graphs and data. Notes and transcrip…

617. Sales and Advertising (with Paul Taylor)

A language-focused episode looking at words and phrases that you often see and hear in advertising and sales situations. Also includes discussion of sale…

616. Can you find the 15 idioms? (with Paul Taylor)

Listen to Luke and Paul play a conversation game and try to spot 15 common idioms. All idioms are demonstrated, explained and listed on the website…

615. Paul Taylor Became a Dad, and you won't believe what happened next

How is Paul getting on as a new dad? How is everything going? What's he angry about this time?

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614. Another Murder Mystery Detective Story (Part 3)

Here's the conclusion of this online murder mystery text adventure game. Vocabulary is reviewed at the end. Video available for premium subscriber…

613. Another Murder Mystery Detective Story (Part 2)

Here is part 2 of this text adventure game. There's also a video for premium subscribers. 

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612. Another Murder Mystery Detective Story (Part 1)

Listen to Luke investigating a 'choose-your-own-adventure' detective story and read along if you like! Learn English in fun ways with stories on L…

611. Top 10 Jokes from Edinburgh Fringe 2019

Listen to 10 jokes from this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe comedy shows. Understand the jokes and listen to Luke break them down to help you learn more…

610. British Comedy: James Acaster

Listen to a bit of stand up comedy that will require quite a lot of breaking down in order for you to understand all the jokes like a native speaker, but there’s lo…

609. The LEP MeetUp in London / Brexit / Talking to my Daughter

Here's an end-of-summer ramble, including details of what happened at the LEP meetup in London in July and some recordings of LEPsters …

608. The Mass Observation (with Mum)

Listen to my mum talk about a social history project focusing on the lives of everyday people in the UK. Includes discussion of things like protests, plastic, ide…

607. The Rick Thompson Report: Boris Johnson PM / No Deal Brexit?

Talking to my dad again about Brexit, this time including our thoughts on Boris Johnson as the new Prime Minister and the possibility…

606. The English Seaside (with James)

Explaining and describing the culture of the English seaside experience, with James.

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605. Unexpected Road Trip (with James)

James and Luke go on an accidental road trip in the south west of England and record a rambling podcast, while slowly going a bit mad. Will they make it to thei…