I'm going away on holiday - back in a few wee...

There has been an awful heatwave in Europe recently, with really high temperatures and a humid, sticky atmosphere. In this episode I ramble about the conditions, explore vocabulary with the words "hot" and "heat" and show the typical things British people say when the weather is ...  Show more

What are the different English accents you can hear if you visit London? In this episode I am talking to Patricio from the YouTube channel Patricio Languages, who makes videos about diverse English accents from around the world. We talk about 4 specific accents that are native to ...  Show more

The podcast is taking a short break for the month of May 2025. It will return in early to mid-June. We'll be back soon! If you want to contact me in the meantime about an episode or anything chess-related, you can do so here. 

The Pod-Pals are back on the podcast for another catching up session! Recorded just after the summer holidays, there is talk of Paul's hatred of the beach 🏖️, the English tradition of building epic sandcastles 🏰, other famous people with our names (including an "evil" teacherlu ...  Show more

In the beginning of June we decided to make our summer premium episodes free for everyone for the whole summer and try monetize our podcast with ads.  Now that the summer's almost over we have decided to make a few changes to how we release new content. 1. First of all, all prem ...  Show more

Big News: I'm taking a (short) break from the podcast!

We won't be airing new episodes for the next couple of months, but we will be working behind the scenes on some content so we can start releasing some fun new episodes in Marc ...