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Mitch and Isi have some exciting news, they will be hosting their first ever meet-up in Brighton this August 9th with Easy German! Get your FREE tickets at - https://www.easygerman.org/meetups They also do a recap of the most recent UK news and then dissect and review each month of the year.


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Mitch:
[0:23] Welcome to episode number... loading, loading...


Isi:
[0:29] You don't know.


Mitch:
[0:31] 46.


Isi:
[0:33] We're 50 soon.


Mitch:
[0:35] We'll be 50 soon.


Isi:
[0:36] That's good.


Mitch:
[0:38] What should we do for our 50th?


Isi:
[0:39] I don't know.


Mitch:
[0:41] Maybe listeners have an idea of something we can do that's more special for our 50th episode. Maybe we get a guest?


Isi:
[0:49] When is our 50th? Is that in...


Mitch:
[0:51] End of September.


Isi:
[0:53] Can we not record it in Berlin with some special guests?


Mitch:
[0:57] True, we'll be in Berlin.


Isi:
[0:58] In the big Easy German podcast studio.


Mitch:
[1:01] Oh, fancy sound and a fancy guest. Who could we get? Maybe people who are listening want to vote. Who should we try to get? Manuel, Cari or Janusz?


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Today, Isi and Mitch explore the animal kingdom in the first of two episodes; discussing animals with bad PR (public relations). We talk about the movies and other media that has influenced our opinions on some of the most fascinating and often friendly animals.


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Mitch:
[0:00] Okay, one, two.


Isi:
[0:01] One, two.


Mitch:
[0:02] Buckle my shoe.


Isi:
[0:03] Three, four.


Mitch:
[0:04] Knock at the door.


Isi:
[0:05] Five, six.


Mitch:
[0:07] Pick up sticks.


Isi:
[0:09] Seven, eight. Are you just Googling what rhymes on eight?


Mitch:
[0:14] No, but there's like a song.


Isi:
[0:16] Don't be late.


Mitch:
[0:17] It might be.


Isi:
[0:18] Nine, ten.


Mitch:
[0:19] Wait, wait, wait. Again.


Isi:
[0:23] One, two.


Mitch:
[0:23] Buckle my shoe.


Isi:
[0:25] Three, four.


Mitch:
[0:26] Shut the door.


Isi:
[0:27] Five, six.


Mitch:
[0:28] Pick up sticks.


Isi:
[0:29] Seven, eight.


Mitch:
[0:30] Lay them straight.


Isi:
[0:32] Nine, ten.


Mitch:
[0:33] Begin again.


Isi:
[0:34] Okay, let's begin again.


Unknown:
[0:35] INTRO


Isi:
[0:54] Mitch what's our do we only do a mega topic of the week because i love it and we have no time for anything else yeah.


Mitch:
[1:01] I don't know how we.


Isi:
[1:02] I know why why we watched something where a cockroach appeared and we discussed why the cockroaches actually have such a bad reputation because they don't do anything really they don't bite you they don't sting you they don't do anything bad to you just living in they just prefer dirty places I think that's why people just eat bin-juice don't they? I don't even know what they eat, but (Bin-juice.) What do you think?


Mitch:
[1:30] Yeah, we came up with an idea to do an episode about good and bad animal PR. Okay, should we get started?


Isi:
[1:42] Yeah.


Mitch:
[1:43] Wait, first of all, we haven't said it, but welcome to the Easy English Podcast. (10 minutes later.) I um have written down some of my own feelings towards animals in the animal kingdom that have bad and good PR. Now just in case you don't know PR do you know what PR stands for? (Public relations.) So in the theory we're sort of making out like each of these animals has a media team which they kind of do for me it's mainly Disney movies that's gonna be the reason why I've given them good or bad PR. So I'm just gonna read out some to you do you want to start with bad PR or good PR? Bad PR would be animals which we perceive to be bad from media, whatever but actually really good


Isi:
[2:31] All animals are good there's no animal that has bad PR that is not good.


Mitch:
[2:35] I have I have a good one that I would like for you to tell me that has bad PR and is a bad animal.


Isi:
[2:41] There is no bad animals.


Mitch:
[2:42] Are you sure?


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This week, Mitch and Isi go discuss boob-tubes and milk-juice; the strange slang of Boomers. They also share stories from the progressing stages of EURO 2024... is football coming home?


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Mitch:
[0:23] Hello.


Isi:
[0:24] Hello.


Mitch:
[0:25] Welcome to episode 44 of the Easy English Podcast.


Isi:
[0:31] You sound like a wizard.


Mitch:
[0:33] A wizard? You're a wizard, Harry. Harry Potter. Harry Potter. Harry Potter. Oh, Harry Potter. Anyway, welcome to the Easy English Podcast. Isi, how are you?


Isi:
[0:48] Very well, thank you. And you?


Mitch:
[0:51] Not bad, thank you. We're both lying, I think, doing the very British thing.


Isi:
[0:56] Why? I'm good. Why are you not good?


Mitch:
[0:58] Small talk. I have hay fever incoming. I can feel it.


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With a surprise UK general election on the horizon, Isi and Mitch want to bring you a brief overview of the political goings-on in the UK; how the election works, the past 14 years of conservative rule and what the two main parties have promised the people of the UK for the next four years. afterwards, they answer YOUR questions in their regular segment of Unhelpful Advise where they answer a question from Easy German host, Manuel.


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Intro


Isi:
[0:22] So, my friends, let's get going with my best German accent.


Mitch:
[0:28] See if you can keep up that level of energy the whole way through.


Isi:
[0:31] Why? You have s*t topics or what?


Mitch:
[0:34] Um, no. I actually thought Easy English could do this week. It's Guide to the UK General Election.


Isi:
[0:46] Okay, guide us.


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This week, to everyone's surprise, including Isi, the duo talk about sports. They recap last weekend's events including back-to-back promotions for Isi's hometown, Münster, the rise of glory hunting Man City fans from Brighton. They details the drama of the Tyson Fury, Olexander Usyk fight in Saudi Arabia and talk about the huge influence Jürgen Klopp had on British culture as he ended his tenure as Liverpool FC manager this weekend after 9 years in charge.


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Show Notes

Irish travelers dialect - Bartley Gorman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvybZLKH7Zk&t=88s


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Intro


Mitch:
[0:22] Hello.


Isi:
[0:24] Hello.


Mitch:
[0:25] Uh-oh. Welcome to episode 42 of the Easy English Podcast. Isi, are you okay?


Isi:
[0:32] Yes, I am okay. Oh, God.


Mitch:
[0:34] Trying not to cough and splutter?


Isi:
[0:37] Again, I have a bad voice.


Mitch:
[0:39] It's very bluesy.


Isi:
[0:41] Yeah, I could be a good singer now.


Mitch:
[0:43] Da-da-da-da-da-da.


Isi:
[0:45] Na-na-na-na-na-na.


Mitch:
[0:47] No, you're supposed to say, woke up this morning.


Isi:
[0:51] Woke up this morning. That doesn't work.


Mitch:
[0:57] Too tired and ill to even contemplate those lyrics.


Isi:
[1:00] Oh yeah.


Mitch:
[1:02] Okay, so today we're gonna do an episode which Isi never thought she'd ever do probably. But I'd always dreamed of doing, we're gonna talk about sports.


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Mitch and Isi recap their past weeks as Easy English had their first ever meetup, Mitch got nervous, Isi brought the whole family and Nola became the selfie-queen. They then discuss last weekends Eurovision results as Switzerland cleaned up, the UK felt zero (points) love and Germany finally did quite well. They then also describe their excitement at seeing the Northern Lights for the first time, but at the seaside in Brighton... WTF!?


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Intro


Mitch:
[0:22] Okay, welcome to episode 41 of the Easy English Podcast.


Isi:
[0:28] Do you have a sweet in your mouth during a podcast? That's not cool.


Mitch:
[0:33] No.


Isi:
[0:35] People will hate this. Okay, he puts it out. Don't worry. Now it's on your laptop.


Mitch:
[0:42] Save it for later. We're back in Britain.


Isi:
[0:46] We're back in Britain.


Mitch:
[0:47] How are you all? yet again more grinding of building materials .


Isi:
[0:53] Yeah, do you remember when we told you our building work is coming to an end our building work started again.


Mitch:
[0:58] They've started again from day one they do it all over again.


Isi:
[1:03] Wait, we already said they started again didn't we and now they started again again.


Mitch:
[1:06] Again again they're working backwards. They're gonna take it back to how it was and then do it all over again but a bit better.


Isi:
[1:12] There's drilling in the background now yay.


Mitch:
[1:14] Um today we have three topics for you. Let's do topic number one.


Isi:
[1:21] Topic number one.


Mitch:
[1:22] Easy English Updates.


Unknown:
[1:28] Easy English Updates.


Mitch:
[1:30] When was it? Last week? Yeah, last week.


Isi:
[1:34] Yeah, it was, it's only a week ago. Well, a week and two days. (We had) our first ever Easy English meetup together with Easy German so we did an Easy German and Easy English meetup to meet viewers listeners maybe some some people of you that are listening now. (Oh yeah, can you write if you were there.) Yeah write us a message. (It was in Münster so it was more German-based,obviously.) In my home-town and we met for like three hours i think it's in the end it was much longer than three hours.


Mitch:
[2:12] cool venue right called Gasolin. An old gas station or petrol station sorry.


Isi:
[2:17] A bar that I've known for many many years in my life and we met there it was much fun um... (I was nervous.) yeah?


Mitch:
[2:28] Yeah, I didn't want to tell you because I don't want to give empathy nerves. I had to drink maybe two beers to feel a bit more like I drank Radler which is like a shandy in English. (Yeah.) Which is a mixture of lemonade and beer and the sugar just made me feel more nervous.


Isi:
[2:46] Oh yeah it's a bit nerve-wracking isn't it because we are just always behind our microphones behind the camera or in front of the camera but on our own doing our stuff.


Mitch:
[2:57] Yeah, we're kind of faceless in a way.


Isi:
[2:59] Yeah, and it's really nice to get direct feedback. But we are lacking this really in like our...job. I know you you give sometimes comments on YouTube or here on the podcast or as a member on Patreon. But it would be great to actually have more of a feedback even so actually now I can directly tell you it would be great if you on your podcast app where you're listening um give us a feedback um on most apps you can give rating or even a comment with it um like on Spotify for example you can give a rating and you can also ask questions or give us comments on specific episodes and we would be really really happy to get that because you know when you're doing something and you don't really know what people think of it so it does help us a lot if you give us a feedback so if you could now now now quickly quickly it takes a second go on I mean you are on the app now but see on the app that you can um wha