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Easy English: Learn English with everyday conversations

Get to know and learn English with Isi & Mitch; a bi-national couple in the UK. We talk all things British including pubs, small talk, music, food, the stiff upper lip and the bloody weather! We love to hear from our listeners and answer your questions on the English language or British life and culture. This is the authentic way to learn the language with day-to-day conversations and getting to know Isi & Mitch a little bit better. Become a member and we’ll give you interactive transcripts and bonus content for each episode at www.easyenglish.fm/membership!

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    59: Pub Grub

    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 called Unhelpful Advice and we haven't advertised it a lot recently. If you have a question for us about learning English, or just a random question you'd like us to answer, I'm still wanting to name someone's pet. Isi: [1:12] People love to do that on their own, you know. Mitch: [1:14] Yeah, but I'm good at it. Isi: [1:16] Okay. Mitch: [1:18] You'd like to help people with moral problems, maybe. but we'd also (Relationship advice.) relationship advice. we can tell you (Friendship advice.) friendship advice. We could tell you what house... what house? What colour to paint your bedroom. (Interior stuff.) interior design we like a bit of that. Isi: [1:35] If you have like, two/three big invitations for the weekend, we tell you where to go. Mitch: [1:39] Oh that's that's a good one. Isi: [1:41] We tell you what... what you can cook tonight. Mitch: [1:42] We can tell you... (your new favourite meal.) Yeah and that's a good segue, because today, our topic is speaking about pub grub. Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership

    22 min

  2. 6 ENE

    58: New Year's Resolution 2025

    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 surprised. Isi: [0:39] I'm back. Yeah, I haven't been in the podcast for. .. (Two episodes. ) I mean, I did the Aftershow. Did anyone hear it? Dear members, did you hear the Aftershow? I did the full Aftershow. I hope people listened to that. And did, also, that I did also do the Christmas icebreakers, in my isolated COVID room. Yeah, I had COVID, it took a long time it's still not completely gone. (But now?) Do you still hear my nose? And my... what do you mean now a new year? COVID doesn't care about years change. Mitch: [1:16] Yeah, exactly. Everyone's like, new year, new me. Isi: [1:19] New me... well, new me, at least, feels a bit better. Mitch: [1:22] A bit more nasally. Isi: [1:23] A bit more nasally. I think we're now coming. Yeah, it's now four weeks. Ah. Mitch: [1:30] Okay. Isi: [1:30] That was longer than expected, but, I'm on the mend. Mitch: [1:34] On the mend. Isi: [1:35] That's a good... Mitch: [1:36] I'm on the mend. Yeah, you mend the car. You mend your broken rollerblades that you broke, directly after you got it as a Christmas present from your grandmother. Isi: [1:43] And my broken body. Mitch: [1:45] And you've mended your broken body. Isi: [1:48] Yeah. Mitch: [1:48] To cheer you up, and to make you feel a bit better and to welcome you into the new year we have a new year's, themed, episode. And plus, we have some messages from fellow listeners, they could be pranks, they could be butt-calls, but we will play them. Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership

    20 min

  3. 23/12/2024

    57: Christmas Icebreakers

    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

    19 min

  4. 10/12/2024

    56: Mitch's Monthly Recap

    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 that's what it means, you versus germs. I haven't had a disease or anything, I actually had my tooth pulled out. When was that? Almost a week ago, I actually was supposed to have my tooth pulled on Monday, last Monday, we were driving to the dentist, and then, the car broke down, in the middle of the road, on the... in the third lane. Like, not just in the middle of the road, but in the middle of the lane, in the middle of the road. We were just sort of, stranded in the middle, calling our insurance to come pick us up, because we didn't really know what to do. As we were calling our insurance, the police turned up, at the side of the road and were like; "hey, you can't be here". Mitch: [1:49] And I said; "yeah, no sh*t. Help us!" And so they pushed us to the side of the road and I missed my appointment. I luckily, had an appointment on Tuesday and my tooth was pulled. Oh, is there anything worse than five people staring into your mouth. Someone reaching into your mouth and you have no idea what they're doing, you can only sort of, hear horrific noises. My appointment was late in the day, so... and they were kind of, I think, getting in the mood for going... going out. I don't know, maybe not, do dentists always play music? I don't know. Anyway, if you thought it couldn't be more horrific than having people reaching inside your mouth with tools you would use on your car, which is kind of ironic, just to make matters even worse, whilst he was pulling my tooth out, he was listening to Robbie Williams and whistling to it, at the same time. Mitch: [2:58] It was the song Angels. "And through it all, she offers me protection..." and at the same time, he was... I don't know, there was all kinds of noises happening inside my mouth and I had my eyes closed, because I just didn't want to see what instruments were going in, but I could just hear. And sometimes that's worse, because you're thinking what what kind of tool makes that noise!? And every so often you'd hear this like, crack... I'd hear this cracking noise, whilst whistling to angels, he'd say; "don't be concerned". "Don't be concerned". Mitch: [3:41] "Don't be concerned". But you know, we keep calm, we carry on, that's the motto of this story. I'm very British. Let's talk about things that have happened over the past month as a Topic of the Week. Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership

    19 min

  5. 26/11/2024

    55: Buying Gifts

    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 what you talked about. Oh god, yeah I didn't. I didn't have the headspace in my two-week illness to listen to it. Mitch: [0:58] Some could say I took one for the team. Some could say I took advantage of the fact you weren't here. Isi: [1:04] eah I'm back, had a nasty virus. Still am a bit... my voice is still not coming yeah it's kind of back now. Still have a bit of a, in the back. Mitch: [1:18] We're back in our usual position. Isi: [1:19] And it's not the morning, it's Sunday evening. (It is.) It is, I think the first time that we are having a little drinky. (We are, yeah.) With our podcast, since I don't know a year? We always did a morning podcast. Mitch: [1:37] And we're joined by a guest; Bert. Isi: [1:40] Yeah storm Bert. Mitch: [1:43] Storm Bert in the background just whistling away. Isi: [1:45] So we're two weeks, just home, two weekends two weeks and two weekends , just home, doing nothing. And now I was like, the weekend, I'm back. Mitch: [1:56] The last weekend before we go to visit our parents for Christmas. Isi: [2:01] Back to the mainland of Europe. So I was like, we do everything, we go to all the places, all the pubs, we meet friends. Mitch: [2:09] And what did we do? Isi: [2:10] We did not... well we did nearly nothing, because um, storm Bert came and... it's actually really really stormy and people... well, it was kind of like a weather warning to not leave too much and we obviously went for walks, because we got Nola, and it did feel not so good to do long drives, or go anywhere with a bus or so, because it's really stormy. Mitch: [2:38] Yeah, it's like the Michael Jackson 'Earth Song' music video out there. Isi: [2:41] So here we are, Sunday night episode, because tomorrow, actually, we will do an early, end of the workday. Because storm Bert will disappear tonight, they say. And then we will do, tomorrow afternoon, our Sunday. So hopefully a lot of Christmas deco, a nice Christmassy, pre-Christmassy dinner. Mitch: [3:03] We're in that early Christmas spirit, because, yeah, why the hell not? Isi: [3:09] Christmas is already full-on. Mitch: [3:10] And as I look at you, you are sort of engulfed in Christmas presents. They're on the table where we usually put the microphone. It's just a stash, a stack. Isi: [3:23] It's a lot of gifts, yeah. We have every gift we wanted for our families. We are absolutely ready for Christmas. And that's our topic today, gifts and gifting. Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership

    19 min

  6. 12/11/2024

    54: Mitch's Guide to Horror Films

    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 first ever Easy English solo podcast. But not to make it a negative, turn that frown upside down today. I'm going to take advantage of the fact that Isi's not with us to give you a podcast about one of my favourite hobbies. As a couple, it's nice to have shared hobbies, but it's also nice to have your own individual things and one of my individual things, which understandably, Isi doesn't want to partake in, is watching horror movies. I consider myself a horror movie aficionado. I'd like to think. There are some caveats to that, but today, I thought, I would try to make an inclusive podcast about horror movies, why you should be excited about horror movies, good horror movies to watch, horror movies to watch if you hate horror movies, if you're scared of horror movies. Okay, let's give it a go. Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership

    26 min

  7. 28/10/2024

    53: French Stereotypes

    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 that would be great but I think yeah we have only talked about it in the Aftershow so we have been to France. Mitch: [1:11] Yeah, and we thought today we could make an episode about our expectations and then the realities of France, from things we've heard, things we've kind of, presumed, and if we were right and wrong with our presumptions. Isi: [1:28] Okay, I have two things to say first. I say France and you say France. Mitch: [1:34] Oh, yeah. Isi: [1:34] What is right? Mitch: [1:36] You are doing a southern British English pronunciation of France. Isi: [1:44] France. Mitch: [1:45] Which sounds nice though. Isi: [1:46] It's more sophisticated. Mitch: [1:47] It does sound a lot smoother and a lot more, I don't know. It has a joie de vivre about it. Isi: [1:55] D'accord. God. And you say France, which is Northern English. Mitch: [2:02] France. And there's also, funnily enough, not funnily enough, by coincidence how American. Isi: [2:08] Northern British English, sorry. Mitch: [2:09] Yeah. Isi: [2:10] I said that. Mitch: [2:10] It's also how I think American English people would say it; France. Isi: [2:14] France. Mitch: [2:15] Not France. Isi: [2:16] France. And the second thing I wanted to say is it hasn't been our first time in in France we both have been... in the past years we've been, five times I think. Before that I have been a few times maybe but you have been a lot of times for holidays right? Mitch: [2:37] I've been very often but mostly was a holiday and was camping and it was not really feeling like you're settled into French life because those camping places are a bit, a culture mix and they're kind of, I don't think they represent French life, but this time we were in French towns, French villages. Isi: [2:58] And yeah, your parents live there, we have to say. Mitch: [3:00] And my parents are now living there. Isi: [3:02] It's more integrating in French lifestyle. Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership

    21 min

  8. 11/10/2024

    52: Relationship Goals

    Mitch and Isi discuss the secret to their successful relationship in a question Mitch left behind in their 150,000 subscriber special on YouTube. As a way to say thank you for your support you can get the learning material for that episode FREE by becoming a 'Free Member' of their membership with the link here - https://bit.ly/FreeEasyEnglishMembership Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Show Notes Easy English Q&A 150,000 subscriber special: We Answer YOUR QUESTIONS! (Easy English 187) FREE GIVEAWAY: Join our Free Membership Transcript Intro Isi: [0:23] Hello. Mitch: [0:24] Hiya. Good start. Isi: [0:27] Yeah. Hello. Hello. I just make my voice a bit higher. Mitch: [0:32] You had a frog in your throat. Isi: [0:34] Well, it's early in the morning. We are in south-west France, but in the middle of the countryside, I look on a foggy field. Does that sound romantic? Mitch: [0:44] There are literal frogs Isi: [0:46] Literal frogs and we have a coffee podcast. So my voice was still a bit trying to get into the day. Mitch: [0:54] It's a regular theme in our podcast, your voice being dodgy. Isi: [0:58] Oh man, that was very German. Oh dear. Oh dear. Mitch: [1:02] Oh dear. So before we get started with our Topic of the Week, which is a special members question topic, because we had a 150,000 subscriber special video on YouTube where we answered your questions, which you'll be able to watch if you check out our YouTube channel. Unfortunately, because I had a massive mind fart, I forgot to check the Instagram post for questions. And there was one question left over that we didn't answer from one of our dearest, longest standing members. So we will dedicate this episode to answering his question. Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership

    20 min
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Get to know and learn English with Isi & Mitch; a bi-national couple in the UK. We talk all things British including pubs, small talk, music, food, the stiff upper lip and the bloody weather! We love to hear from our listeners and answer your questions on the English language or British life and culture. This is the authentic way to learn the language with day-to-day conversations and getting to know Isi & Mitch a little bit better. Become a member and we’ll give you interactive transcripts and bonus content for each episode at www.easyenglish.fm/membership!

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