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The British English Podcast
Hosted by Charlie Baxter · EN
Learn British English as well as British culture, history, news and current affairs, and much more with weekly episodes from your host Charlie on The British English Podcast! Visit the website for learning resources:thebritishenglishpodcast.com
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From the Archives: British Home Life, Family Dinners and Everyday Expressions
2w ago00:27:45Tap to summarize📥 Grab this episode's FREE PDF Worksheet with intermediate+ expressions from this episode, complete with quizzes and example sentences, to learn today’s vocabulary 3x faster! 🎓 Join The Academy to get 2x weekly Zoom lessons with me In this rerun, Harry is back on the podcast to talk about British home life. This includes what our family dynamics are like, personal relationships, interests and a few more areas that you might like to hear about from a British perspective. 💬 Want to finally speak English with confidence, flow, and personality? Join Charlie's academy and leave behind hesitation, awkward pauses, and textbook English. Each week you’ll: 🎧 Get premium podcast episodes with full learning resources 📚 Master vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation 💻 Join 2–3 live Zoom sessions and Q&As 📝 Receive personalised feedback 🗣 Practise speaking naturally with other learners 👉 Ready to unlock true fluency? Try it risk-free for 30 days:thebritishenglishpodcast.com/academy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →IELTS Ep 7 - Speaking Part 3 On Technology, Social Media - Band 5-9
3w ago00:22:45Tap to summarize📥 Grab this episode's FREE PDF Worksheet with intermediate+ expressions from this episode, complete with quizzes and example sentences, to learn today’s vocabulary 3x faster! Join my IELTS Speaking Course 🎓 Join The Academy to get 2x weekly Zoom lessons with me In this IELTS Speaking Part 3 episode, Charlie breaks down how to talk about technology and social media naturally, without sounding robotic or over-rehearsed. You’ll hear Band 5, Band 7, and Band 9 answers to the same question, then learn exactly what separates a basic response from one that feels thoughtful, fluent, and genuinely human. Perfect for anyone who wants to stop describing and start discussing in English. 💬 Want to finally speak English with confidence, flow, and personality? Join Charlie's academy and leave behind hesitation, awkward pauses, and textbook English. Each week you’ll: 🎧 Get premium podcast episodes with full learning resources 📚 Master vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation 💻 Join 2–3 live Zoom sessions and Q&As 📝 Receive personalised feedback 🗣 Practise speaking naturally with other learners 👉 Ready to unlock true fluency? Try it risk-free for 30 days:thebritishenglishpodcast.com/academy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →What Brits Say When Ordering at the Pub | Scene 2
4w ago00:14:09Tap to summarize📥 Grab this episode's FREE PDF Worksheet with intermediate+ expressions from this episode, complete with quizzes and example sentences, to learn today’s vocabulary 3x faster! Three Brits, three accents, one packed pub—and a crash course in how to actually order a drink. As Chaz, Charlie, and Charles navigate the chaos at the bar, you’ll pick up the unspoken rules, quick-fire phrases, and subtle social cues that locals take for granted. It’s less about the beer, more about reading the room. 🎓 Join The Academy to get 2x weekly Zoom lessons with me 💬 Want to finally speak English with confidence, flow, and personality? Join Charlie's academy and leave behind hesitation, awkward pauses, and textbook English. Each week you’ll: 🎧 Get premium podcast episodes with full learning resources 📚 Master vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation 💻 Join 2–3 live Zoom sessions and Q&As 📝 Receive personalised feedback 🗣 Practise speaking naturally with other learners 👉 Ready to unlock true fluency? Try it risk-free for 30 days:thebritishenglishpodcast.com/academy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Bonus Ep 90 - What It’s Really Like to Be a British Pilot ✈️ (Real English Conversation)
Apr 2900:32:30Tap to summarize📥 Grab this episode's FREE PDF Worksheet with intermediate+ expressions from this episode, complete with quizzes and example sentences, to learn today’s vocabulary 3x faster! Is a pilot’s life as glamorous as it once was? Either way, it's fascinating... at least for Charlie. Mark shares how he went from one career to the next and was flying in a matter of months. He also discusses what REALLY happens mid-air, and why humans still beat autopilot. Plus, one very awkward Mickey Mouse moment at 36,000 feet. 🎓 Join The Academy to get 2x weekly Zoom lessons with me 💬 Want to finally speak English with confidence, flow, and personality? Join Charlie's academy and leave behind hesitation, awkward pauses, and textbook English. Each week you’ll: 🎧 Get premium podcast episodes with full learning resources 📚 Master vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation 💻 Join 2–3 live Zoom sessions and Q&As 📝 Receive personalised feedback 🗣 Practise speaking naturally with other learners 👉 Ready to unlock true fluency? Try it risk-free for 30 days:thebritishenglishpodcast.com/academy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →What Brits Really Say at the Pub - Scene 1 of 6
Apr 2000:13:54Tap to summarize📥 Grab this episode's FREE PDF Worksheet with intermediate+ expressions from this episode, complete with quizzes and example sentences, to learn today’s vocabulary 3x faster! Three mates, three accents, and one simple question: who’s up for a pint? In this opening episode, a rough day sparks a classic British ritual—making pub plans—with plenty of personality, subtle social cues, and phrases that don’t mean what they seem. Listen closely as banter, class, and culture collide before they’ve even left work. 🎓 Join The Academy to get 2x weekly Zoom lessons with me 💬 Want to finally speak English with confidence, flow, and personality? Join Charlie's academy and leave behind hesitation, awkward pauses, and textbook English. Each week you’ll: 🎧 Get premium podcast episodes with full learning resources 📚 Master vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation 💻 Join 2–3 live Zoom sessions and Q&As 📝 Receive personalised feedback 🗣 Practise speaking naturally with other learners 👉 Ready to unlock true fluency? Try it risk-free for 30 days:thebritishenglishpodcast.com/academy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Bitesize Ep 109 - Why the World Feels So Chaotic Right Now (Through a British English Lens)
Apr 1300:28:15Tap to summarize📥 Grab this episode's FREE PDF Worksheet with intermediate+ expressions from this episode, complete with quizzes and example sentences, to learn today’s vocabulary 3x faster! This episode follows one thread—from Britain’s fading empire to today’s oil chokepoints—to uncover the hidden logic behind global tension. It’s not about taking sides, but seeing the patterns that shape power, money, and conflict. Slightly unsettling, occasionally eye-opening… and hard to unsee once you do. 🎓 Join The Academy to get 2x weekly Zoom lessons with me 💬 Want to finally speak English with confidence, flow, and personality? Join Charlie's academy and leave behind hesitation, awkward pauses, and textbook English. Each week you’ll: 🎧 Get premium podcast episodes with full learning resources 📚 Master vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation 💻 Join 2–3 live Zoom sessions and Q&As 📝 Receive personalised feedback 🗣 Practise speaking naturally with other learners 👉 Ready to unlock true fluency? Try it risk-free for 30 days:thebritishenglishpodcast.com/academy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →From the Archives: What Brits really think of Japanese culture! (S2/E2)
Apr 600:32:21Tap to summarize📥 Grab this episode's FREE PDF Worksheet with intermediate+ expressions from this episode, complete with quizzes and example sentences, to learn today’s vocabulary 3x faster! 🎓 Join The Academy to get 2x weekly Zoom lessons with me If you want to know what Japanese culture looks like through the eyes of a British person who has been living abroad in Japan since 2012 then look no further! You'll get to learn more about British people, Japanese culture and how British people perceive the Japanese with a conversation between your host, Charlie and Chris Broad from Abroad in Japan YouTube Channel. 📺 Watch the video we made together on Chris's YouTube Channel 💬 Want to finally speak English with confidence, flow, and personality? Join Charlie's academy and leave behind hesitation, awkward pauses, and textbook English. Each week you’ll: 🎧 Get premium podcast episodes with full learning resources 📚 Master vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation 💻 Join 2–3 live Zoom sessions and Q&As 📝 Receive personalised feedback 🗣 Practise speaking naturally with other learners 👉 Ready to unlock true fluency? Try it risk-free for 30 days:thebritishenglishpodcast.com/academy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Bonus Ep 89 - Do Brits & Americans Like the Same Things? 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (5 Things Americans Love)
Mar 3000:34:25Tap to summarize📥 Grab this episode's FREE PDF Worksheet with intermediate+ expressions from this episode, complete with quizzes and example sentences, to learn today’s vocabulary 3x faster! Charlie puts Connor from Listening Time in the hot seat, asking him to reveal five “brilliant things” he loves—and reacting every step of the way. From hearty breakfasts to clever life hacks, each pick sparks humour, culture clashes, and unexpected insight. It’s a playful, cross-Atlantic chat that slowly uncovers what really matters beneath the surface. 🎓 Join The Academy to get 2x weekly Zoom lessons with me 💬 Want to finally speak English with confidence, flow, and personality? Join Charlie's academy and leave behind hesitation, awkward pauses, and textbook English. Each week you’ll: 🎧 Get premium podcast episodes with full learning resources 📚 Master vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation 💻 Join 2–3 live Zoom sessions and Q&As 📝 Receive personalised feedback 🗣 Practise speaking naturally with other learners 👉 Ready to unlock true fluency? Try it risk-free for 30 days:thebritishenglishpodcast.com/academy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Short Story Ep 4: A Very British Hotel… Where Everything Goes Wrong!
Mar 2300:23:30Tap to summarize📥 Grab the FREE PDF with 20+ advanced expressions from this episode, complete with quizzes and example sentences , to learn today’s vocabulary 3x faster. Plus, get the script from today's story included! 🎓 Join my weekly online group lessons In this episode, a simple hotel stay turns into a quietly chaotic, very British experience. In this short story, you’ll pick up natural vocabulary, sharpen your listening, and get a feel for the kind of humour that defines British culture. It’s also a little taste of one of the most iconic sitcoms ever made… see if you recognise it. 💬 Want to finally speak English with confidence, flow, and personality? Join Charlie's academy and leave behind hesitation, awkward pauses, and textbook English. Each week you’ll: 🎧 Get premium podcast episodes with full learning resources 📚 Master vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation 💻 Join 2–3 live Zoom sessions and Q&As 📝 Receive personalised feedback 🗣 Practise speaking naturally with other learners 👉 Ready to unlock true fluency? Try it risk-free for 30 days:thebritishenglishpodcast.com/academy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Bonus Ep 88 - British Complaints with Luke from Luke’s English Podcast | Real British English
Mar 1600:32:22Tap to summarize📥 Grab this episode's FREE PDF Worksheet with intermediate+ expressions from this episode, complete with quizzes and example sentences, to learn today’s vocabulary 3x faster! Luke joins Charlie for a funny Room 101-style chat about small things that annoy him, like mosquitoes, plastic film, and horoscopes. It’s light, silly, and very easy to enjoy. You may even hear your own pet hates in it. Click here to listen to the episode I did on Luke's English Podcast that we mentioned in this one. 🎓 Join The Academy to get 2x weekly Zoom lessons with me 💬 Want to finally speak English with confidence, flow, and personality? Join Charlie's academy and leave behind hesitation, awkward pauses, and textbook English. Each week you’ll: 🎧 Get premium podcast episodes with full learning resources 📚 Master vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation 💻 Join 2–3 live Zoom sessions and Q&As 📝 Receive personalised feedback 🗣 Practise speaking naturally with other learners 👉 Ready to unlock true fluency? Try it risk-free for 30 days:thebritishenglishpodcast.com/academy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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