Kuli English Podcast

Chris Jeng
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🎧 Improve your English listening skills while you commute, clean, or exercise with Kuli English Podcast.I’m Chris, an American 🇺🇸 living in Japan.  In this podcast, I tell stories about my life in Japan, my life in the US, and various other topics—like video games or monkeys! 🐒I always speak at a "Kuli English" level, meaning I use natural, native phrasing but explain difficult words as I go (I'm an English teacher). It's the perfect way for intermediate learners to get free, high-quality English listening practice! ✨📅 New episodes every Tuesday!

  1. 052 Housing prices, traveling in the US, and housing scams

    7H AGO

    052 Housing prices, traveling in the US, and housing scams

    Housing. It's something we all know, regardless of where or how we grew up. In this episode, I talk about my experience with housing, in particular during college and after college in the US. As always, I'll be speaking at a Kuli English Level, which means an upper-intermediate level, and I'll be explaining difficult words as we go. If you have any comments, feel free to write them here, and I will respond to them (although I might be slightly late!) Bookmark Chapters: 00:00 Start 01:55 Berkeley Year 1: The Dorms 10:29 Berkeley Year 2: The Stolen Bike, and Sunnyvale 19:59 Finding housing when traveling 31:27 Complaining Session: Moving out scam

    42 min
  2. 051 My Favorite Foods in Japan

    MAR 30

    051 My Favorite Foods in Japan

    In this episode, I'll be talking about my favorite foods in Japan. Along the way, we'll be using these recommended English phrases: My (something-something) phase, and a good deal. As always, the English that we use will be at a Kuli English level, perfect for intermediate English learners who want to get some English listening practice. Bookmark Chapters: 00:00 Start 02:18 My something-something phase 08:41 Sushi 17:52 Ootoya, Japanese teishoku

    27 min
  3. 050 Peter and the First Easter

    MAR 23

    050 Peter and the First Easter

    In this episode, I'll be telling you an original story about Peter the Rabbit. As always, everything will be at an intermediate "Kuli English" level, made for background native English listening. I should note that although there are other stories relating to a rabbit named Peter, or Peter eating pumpkins, but this story has no relation to those stories, and this story was 100% created by Kuli English Podcast, with no use of any AI. Bookmark Chapters: 00:00 Start 02:03 Easter Story (part 1 of 2) 09:24 Easter Story (part 2 of 2)

    22 min
  4. 049 Berkeley Fire Trails Fall, and the Pumpkin Game

    MAR 16

    049 Berkeley Fire Trails Fall, and the Pumpkin Game

    In this episode, we'll be talking about three main topics: my story about falling down a mountain in college, a reminder that a lot of things we see today on SNS are fake, and also, my current favorite game, Farmer Was Replaced. As always, all of these stories will be told by me at a "Kuli English Level", which is meant for intermediate English learners! Bookmark Chapters: 00:00 Start 04:48 Falling down the Fire Trails Hike 22:17 The problem with fake things on SNS 33:11 Pumpkin game!

    48 min
  5. 048 How To Use This Podcast

    MAR 9

    048 How To Use This Podcast

    In this episode, I'll be taking a step back and making an introduction episode again. I'll be talking about Quantity vs. Quality, and also about how listening to a podcast can help your English! As always, I'll be mixing in personal stories from my life, and everything will be at a "Kuli English Level" which means an intermediate level. Bookmark Chapters: 00:00 Start 05:33 Quality vs. Quantity 22:06 Preview of Episode 2: Going to a bunch of wrong hospitals in Japan

    35 min
  6. 047 Almost Died Snowboarding

    MAR 2

    047 Almost Died Snowboarding

    Welcome back to another episode! In this short episode, I'll be talking about snowboarding, and also the story about how I got injured and sprained my ankle. As always, I avoid using hard words, and will be explaining useful English vocabulary and phrases here and there. Bookmark Chapters 00:00 Start 02:29 Snowboarding injury story 25:32 Recommendations if you are going to snowboard

    29 min
  7. 046 Credit Cards and Scams

    FEB 23

    046 Credit Cards and Scams

    In the previous episodes, we talked a lot about immigration visas, so this time I want to talk about a different kind of visa: the credit card type! So in this episode, we'll be talking about what a credit card is, some common credit card scams, as well as a few personal stories about encountering scams. Bookmark Chapters: 00:00 Start 03:15 What is a credit card? 09:37 Beware! ESTA scam for Japanese people 15:25 Chiba housing scam story 26:39 Credit card churning 33:05 More scams

    47 min
  8. 045 Complaining Episode

    FEB 16

    045 Complaining Episode

    In this episode, I'll be talking about multiple (not just one!) failures that I encountered at the Tokyo Immigration Bureau (I made up the nickname "The Terrible Place" to make it easier to understand). As always, Kuli English Podcast is meant for you to listen to on the side while you do chores or other things, and hopefully it's a fun way to get English practice! Chapter Bookmarks: 00:00 Start 06:34 The first failure 16:13 The failures continue... 34:47 Recap, American version (DMV), and wrapping up

    43 min
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🎧 Improve your English listening skills while you commute, clean, or exercise with Kuli English Podcast.I’m Chris, an American 🇺🇸 living in Japan.  In this podcast, I tell stories about my life in Japan, my life in the US, and various other topics—like video games or monkeys! 🐒I always speak at a "Kuli English" level, meaning I use natural, native phrasing but explain difficult words as I go (I'm an English teacher). It's the perfect way for intermediate learners to get free, high-quality English listening practice! ✨📅 New episodes every Tuesday!

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  • Creator
    Chris Jeng
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    52
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Kuli English Podcast
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