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Isi brings a new section to the podcast, asking Mitch about cultural seaside traditions. All with a slightly cheap but iconic postcard theme they discuss the food, people, entertainment and wildlife of the British coastline. Afterwards, Mitch recommends one of his top five favourite films 'No Country for Old Men'.


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Mitch:
[0:22] Are you ready?


Isi:
[0:26] I am ready. I have the feeling we only record tired podcasts now. We change from having a cocktail sometimes with our podcast to coffee and tiredness.


Mitch:
[0:40] Have we begun? (Yes.) Okay.


Isi:
[0:42] But I'm super motivated because of a great topic.


Mitch:
[0:45] Oh yeah?


Isi:
[0:46] Yes.


Mitch:
[0:46] Okay, firstly, welcome to the Easy English Podcast.


Isi:
[0:48] Welcome.


Mitch:
[0:50] We hope you're all well and not as sleepy as us but also as motivated as us.


Isi:
[0:56] I'm not even sleepy the coffee does help. Okay...


Mitch:
[1:00] I think it's because the shutter that sort of works for the... on the window that for the room that we're in is broken. I broke that and we seem to be breaking a lot of things at the moment where... you said it last night we're a bad omen, at the moment.


Isi:
[1:16] I think so.


Mitch:
[1:17] We also... don't tell your parents broke their fridge


Isi:
[1:21] We didn't. (Someone did.) Well I think the fridge was broken we were just being the unlucky ones to be there when the last hit.


Mitch:
[1:33] Here's a good idiom for you.


Isi:
[1:34] Yes?


Mitch:
[1:35] We have been the straw that broke the camel's back.


Isi:
[1:39] I know that one, I don't have to use my buzzer. I know it.


Mitch:
[1:45] Okay good, what is it that you want to bring to the Easy English Podcast today? Is it a new section?


Isi:
[1:50] Yes it is. So I know we discuss culture a lot of times and we have the Culture Club where we recommend British things or British series or anything cultural but last time we spoke about Brits on Germans and obviously we want to talk here about um Brits and the British way of life and I thought we could have a new section which is called Very British where we talk about anything that is actually considered to be British which could be like characteristics or like how people behave cultural behaviour but also the way that Brits or people in Britain do things.


Mitch:
[2:41] Okay, and what's the name of this called? Very British?


Isi:
[2:43] Very British.


Mitch:
[2:44] Okay, we... I make a...


Isi:
[2:45] We can also call it So Very British.


Mitch:
[2:50] Okay, I make a section which is coming in now!


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This week, Mitch and Isi discuss Brits' perception of Germans. They discuss typical stereotypes, true or false. The difference between Bavaria and the rest of Germany. Germany's current culture and history. Their obsession with coastal England and of course, Germany's current representative in the UK; Jürgen Klopp.


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Isi:
[0:23] Good morning.


Mitch:
[0:24] Good morning from... (Morning.) ...overcast Germany.


Isi:
[0:30] It's actually sunny at the moment.


Mitch:
[0:31] Is it?


Isi:
[0:32] Yes. I get neck problems again if I always turn around to you like this now.


Mitch:
[0:37] Just face...


Isi:
[0:37] I will not face...


Mitch:
[0:38] Just don't look at me.


Isi:
[0:39] I will not look at you.


Mitch:
[0:40] I can't take the pressure.


Isi:
[0:42] It's sunny right now. We had a really sunny weekend. I mean, we only arrived Saturday. But we had a really sunny weekend in Germany.Very much summer feeling. And now it's going back to winter. You hear my voice my voice is still bad.


Mitch:
[0:56] I can't tell if you're speaking to the listeners or me now. Because you're just facing the wall .


Isi:
[1:01] Do you see my eye always trying to get over to you.


Mitch:
[1:04] you look like Nola when she thinks we're talking about her.


Isi:
[1:08] And she's naughty. so yeah we are in Germany. How fitting because I have a little topic for you for today Mitch .


Mitch:
[1:15] Is it our topic of the week?


Isi:
[1:17] It is the topic of the week.So what i would like to know, well I have my own experiences with this topic but I would like to know from you growing up in the UK how do British people perceive Germans and German culture and the the German language?


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This week's episode is a flu-based survival guide, Mitch and Isi cover lemon & ginger tea, spicy soups, fruit salads, vapour inhalation, reality TV, fishing shows, bed rest and tissue-plugs. Mitch also reviews the British, metaphorical horror/thriller movie 'Men' in his new section 'Mitch's Movie Club'.


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Mitch:
[0:24] Hiya, welcome to episode 38 of the Easy English Podcast. Isi, how are you?


Isi:
[0:30] I'm okay. I am a bit congested, still.


Mitch:
[0:33] Well, that's good. Not good, but good for the podcast because...


Isi:
[0:38] Good for the podcast?


Mitch:
[0:39] Yeah, because I wanted to do an episode about getting over illnesses. Tips and tricks from Mitch and Isi. (What a great episode.) Let's go.


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After a question last time round from listener Georgia, Mitch and Isi discuss the influence of modern day influencers; the Royal Family. From backing British made products, influencing the EU referendum and championing mental health and environmental awareness. They also discuss the controversial topics surrounding the armed forces and the love/hate relationship they have with tabloid media.


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Mitch:
[0:23] Hello, welcome to episode... what is it? Oh God.


Isi:
[0:27] 30...


Mitch:
[0:29] 30, what would you think? 31? No, don't be silly.


Isi:
[0:34] Oh God.


Mitch:
[0:36] Episode 37. (Wow!) Of the Easy English Podcast.


Isi:
[0:41] Hello.


Mitch:
[0:41] I planned for us to do an episode about Georgia's question from the last episode, asking; how much the royal family affects our day-to-day life, in the UK.


Isi:
[0:52] Didn't we talk about the royals before? We did a video episode about the queen's jubilee with Cari from Easy German who's a big 'Crown' 'The Crown' fan and Netflix series.


Mitch:
[1:04] Yeah I mean that is already one way in which the royal family affects, their part of (The world.) Yeah, they're like... they're back they're back again into common culture. There was a period I think between Diana and now, where they're kind of had a bit of a dip. But now they're kind of like, influencers. They live a life of influencers, in a way, don't they?


Isi:
[1:26] I guess they're representatives of the monarchy. But in a way, I think they see themselves also as representatives of Britain, of the Commonwealth.


Mitch:
[1:37] They have some power, in the sense of they don't have any...


Isi:
[1:41] They're influential.


Mitch:
[1:42] Yeah, exactly.


Isi:
[1:42] To a lot of people still.


Mitch:
[1:44] If they mention a brand or something, then they can have... or talk badly about a brand.


Isi:
[1:49] But they don't do that, on purpose, they don't they don't want to be political and they are actually they shouldn't be, right? From the legal stand.


Mitch:
[1:59] They shouldn't be, but obviously like, if you think of Harry and Meghan they had a Spotify and did Kate and William also have a Spotify. (No, I don't think so.) Harry and Meghan had a Spotify podcast right, exclusive.


Isi:
[2:09] Do they still have that.


Mitch:
[2:10] No. (I've never listened to it.) It got dropped. (Okay.) Because they're so boring. (Are they?) But Spotify obviously has like...


Isi:
[2:18] I actually like their Netflix series. I found it quite entertaining.


Mitch:
[2:22] That was good. (Yeah.) But if you think they have these brands... that they promote, they put their stamp on things that they agree with, principally, things that are British-made.


Isi:
[2:33] Ah, true, yeah. Like very old, traditional products, like brown sauce.


Mitch:
[2:39] Twining's tea?


Isi:
[2:40] I love Twining's tea.


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Mitch and Isi discuss a topic recommended by Easy English Member, Marketa; childhood. Isi explains how her street was a construction area for skate parks, igloos and prison cells. Whilst Mitch tells of crossbows, conker fights and... offensive language. Did any of it happen, or are these just tall tales, recollected from hear-say and distant memories? They also answer Georgia's question about the Royals, in their regular section of Unhelpful Advice.


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Show Notes


Opinions on the Royal Family: What Do English People Think of the Royal Family? (Easy English 98)

Reacting to the Queens Jubilee: The Queen's Platinum Jubilee (Easy English 123)



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Mitch:
[0:23] Welcome to the Easy English Podcast. Today, we are doing, we're sort of catching up with some requests of things that you've sent us in. We wanted to cover a topic, which one of our members of Easy English; Marketa, one of our longest standing, dearest members, requested us to do a topic, comparing our childhoods from the perspective of growing up in the UK to growing up in Germany.


Isi:
[0:51] That's a good topic.


Mitch:
[0:51] Which is interesting. And they mentioned school and birthday parties, specifically.


Isi:
[0:58] Perfect. I mean, obviously, the kindergarten school system is different. I think that should not be part of it, though. That could be an own topic. What is the difference? I would say in general, the upbringing in both our countries are similar. There's definitely countries where we would find bigger differences.


Mitch:
[1:18] It's hard to compare a little bit, because you grew up in a a 300,000 city and I grew up in a 30,000 town.


Isi:
[1:24] Yeah you're the village boy


Mitch:
[1:27] I'm the cauliflower-eared, village boy.


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This week, Mitch and Isi bring you the podcast from the Easy English-mobile. Mitch is drving whilst Isi navigates the infamous Antwerp bottle-neck into the JFK tunnel. And what better situation than to discuss driving in the UK. The duo discuss, roundabouts, service station, exploding tyres, car fridges, speed limits and drunk French drivers.


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Mitch & Isi:
[0:27] So, welcome to the Easy English Podcast from the streets, just entering Belgium. From the A67 in Belgium. Today is a special episode. - It's a special episode. - Is this even legal, what we're doing? - Why? - Are you allowed to podcast while driving? -


We're not watching anything or listening to anything, we're just talking. - I know, but multitasking is hard. - We normally talk in the car. As we were talking about public transport, this is not public transport, I mean for Nola it is, kind of, but it is transport.


And we thought, as we, so many times go back and forth between Germany, and England and France also, sometimes, around Europe, that we will do an episode from the car.


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