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I made Vox English to keep my English active. Each episode follows a simple format that helps me return to the language regularly: a short scene, a two-speed dialogue, an explanation, and the transcript. If this format speaks to you too, you can listen at your own pace. To follow along while listening: https://www.skepvox.com/podcast/english/

Episodes

  1. Jul 12

    006 · The Ride Home

    Complete guide and transcript: https://www.skepvox.com/podcast/english/006-the-ride-home#complete-transcript At an outpatient clinic, Priya must confirm Ben's transport details before check-in closes while Ben tries to reduce the help already recorded on his form. Listen for future forms chosen from their source: a fixed schedule, a confirmed arrangement, a prior intention, present evidence, or a decision made in response to the current situation. The guide also covers check-in, a named adult, a fixed schedule, evidence, a slot, an exception, a prior intention, a vague offer, an escort, go ahead, and last-minute. On the episode page, you will find the learning guide, slow dialogue, explanation, natural-speed dialogue, and complete transcript.

  2. Jul 5

    005 · From the Beginning

    Complete guide and transcript: https://www.skepvox.com/podcast/english/005-from-the-beginning#complete-transcript At a cinema with twelve minutes before their planned movie, Sienna asks Grant to reconstruct an earlier screening mix-up before they decide how to use the rest of the evening. Listen for stable present facts, past simple events, past continuous background, a genuinely earlier cause in the past perfect, and present-perfect experience or results that still matter now. The guide also covers lobby, screen, seat, trailer, title, opening, ending, late showing, receipt, start at the start, see something through, start halfway through, and from the beginning. On the episode page, you will find the learning guide, slow dialogue, explanation, natural-speed dialogue, and complete transcript.

  3. Jun 28

    004 · A Strong Opening

    Complete guide and transcript: https://www.skepvox.com/podcast/english/004-a-strong-opening#complete-transcript At an adult music lesson, Mira asks Julian to turn a week of serious audition practice into a clear measure of what he can perform before their remaining session time runs out. Listen for the present perfect continuous when an activity continues or leaves evidence now, the present perfect simple for achieved extent, completed counts, and stable knowledge, and the past perfect continuous for activity leading to a past reference point. The guide also covers audition, excerpt, settled, metronome, dependable, tempo marking, fall back on, put aside, run through, and first impression. On the episode page, you will find the learning guide, slow dialogue, explanation, natural-speed dialogue, and complete transcript.

  4. Jun 21

    003 · Before the Hill

    Complete guide and transcript: https://www.skepvox.com/podcast/english/003-before-the-hill#complete-transcript At a bicycle repair shop, Clara asks Evan to reconstruct what happened before and during a chain problem so she can diagnose it safely before his evening deadline. Listen for the past perfect to establish an earlier layer, the past continuous to show an activity already in progress, and the past simple to move the sequence through short completed events. The guide also covers adjust, restrained, shift, skip, lurch, under pressure, deadline, indexing, and maintenance. On the episode page, you will find the learning guide, slow dialogue, explanation, natural-speed dialogue, and complete transcript.

  5. Jun 14

    002 · Labels First

    Complete guide and transcript: https://www.skepvox.com/podcast/english/002-labels-first#complete-transcript At a shared office printer, Eva and Noah must restore normal work before urgent shipping labels miss their deadline, while a personal print job complicates the queue and paper supply. Listen for the present perfect when a past event matters now or belongs to an unfinished period, and the past simple when an exact finished time or dated step appears. The guide also covers due, queues, stock, error codes, run out of, and take something as closure. On the episode page, you will find the learning guide, slow dialogue, explanation, natural-speed dialogue, and complete transcript.

  6. Jun 7

    001 · Only This Month

    Complete guide and transcript: https://www.skepvox.com/podcast/english/001-only-this-month#complete-transcript At a mobile-provider counter, Lena and Marcus must choose between a seven-day travel add-on and an annual plan for their shared account before their queue number is called. Listen for how the present simple presents routines and states, while the present continuous frames current activity and developing change. The guide also covers add-ons, annual plans, data usage, overlap, persuasive evidence, add up to, and work out. On the episode page, you will find the learning guide, slow dialogue, explanation, natural-speed dialogue, and complete transcript.

  • 6 Episodes

About

I made Vox English to keep my English active. Each episode follows a simple format that helps me return to the language regularly: a short scene, a two-speed dialogue, an explanation, and the transcript. If this format speaks to you too, you can listen at your own pace. To follow along while listening: https://www.skepvox.com/podcast/english/

Information

  • Creator
    skepvox
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026 Thiago Oliveira
  • Show Website
    Vox English