338. A Murder Mystery Detective Story (Part 1...

Time to learn English with another short story on Luke's English Podcast. Listen to the story and my comments, then learn vocabulary as I break down the text line by line and teach you English in context. This time it is a funny little tale written by Saki - the English author an ...  Show more

Following my chat with my mum last week, now it's my dad's turn! In this episode my plan was to ask my dad lots of questions about his life, and to listen to him talking about the various choices he has made, and experiences he has had, as well as details about his parents. The r ...  Show more

In most detective stories, we get to follow the adventures of hard-nosed private eyes who seem to be the smartest ones in the room. Today’s story, written by a 12-year-old from Texas named Maxiliano, is NOT like most detective stories. 

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Every day this week, we are releasing an episode of our adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s 1842 short story, which is considered to be one of the first murder mysteries to feature details from a real crime. Part One: Bohemian detective C. Auguste Dupin and his assistant, our unnamed ...  Show more

Here is the first episode of our podcast! I'm so happy that I've started this project. In this episode, I wanted to start with a really simple story. For the later episodes, there will be more fun and more characters. You can find a transcript of the story and read along at https ...  Show more

La littérature française aussi a son Sherlock Holmes. Comme lui, il est très intelligent, charmeur et un peu trop sûr de lui.

Sauf que, contrairement à son rival anglais, Arsène Lupin n’est pas détective mais cambrioleur (a burglar), gentleman-cambrioleur pour être préc ...