Easy Stories in English
Easy Stories in English is a language-learning podcast that makes English accessible through engaging stories. Host Ariel Goodbody introduces each tale, explaining difficult vocabulary and sharing personal anecdotes. The podcast covers a wide range of genres, from fairy tales to science fiction, and adjusts grammar levels for beginners, intermediate, and advanced learners. Listeners can read along with transcripts on the website to improve both reading and listening skills. The approach is based on Stephen Krashen's theory of comprehensible input, prioritizing comprehension and storytelling.
Episodes
I Can't Keep Doing This (Intermediate)
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Enough is enough. Something has to change. I’m sorry everyone, but I can’t do episodes every fortnight anymore.
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New Vocabulary
Binge – to do a lot of one thing in one go, e.g. to binge a TV s
Cambodia is Hard to Talk About (Conversation)
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I discuss my friend visiting me from the UK, and an emotional holiday in Cambodia. I touch on the heartbreaking topic of the genocide, but also something more fun: eating a giant spider!
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Herding Mountains to Make a Forest (Pre-Intermediate)
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The Stone Forest in Yunnan is a beautiful karst mountain range. But how did it come to be? Learn all about the Sani people and the magical origins of this Chinese nature site in today's episode.
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Doing Stand-Up Comedy in Chinese (Conversation)
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Comedy is hard enough, but doing it in Chinese? Oh, Ariel, you do love a challenge! Hear all about my performance adventures and upcoming travel in this laughs-packed episode.
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The Animals' Peace Party (Pre-Intermediate)
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The cows and horses have argued with the pigs for too long. It's time to have a peace party and finally settle things. But one very talkative pig has a different view...
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Level: Pre-Intermediate.
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All the Housemates I've Ever Had (Conversation)
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Living with people isn't easy, and I've had it really hard. The Illuminati, the silent treatment, and deadly narcissists - I've seen it all. If you live alone, this episode will fill you with relief, and if you have housemates, it'll make you think 'Maybe they aren't so bad aft
How the Moon Became Beautiful (Beginner)
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The moon is beautiful, but it wasn't always that way. True love was needed, as well as breaking a mother's heart...
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Level: Beginner.
Genre: Myths & Legends.
Vocabulary: Astronomy, Poem, Pick (flower), Sh
Christmas in Japan (Conversation)
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Christmas in Japan isn't like Christmas in the UK. For one thing, it includes humiliation. It also includes very strange food. And don't forget the hot springs!
Vocabulary: Elephant in the room, Onsen, Thatched house, Bullet train, Purikura, Chazuke
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Hansel and Gretel (Pre-Intermediate)
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What if the witch in Hansel and Gretel was Chinese? Well, then things would be very different. In this twisted version of the classic fairy tale, the two young children run away from the house of sweets and end up somewhere far more exotic...
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It's My Podcast and I'll Ramble If I Want To (Conversation)
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Have you ever eaten bone marrow? You know, the fat inside of animal bones? Have you ever wondered whether ancient humans sucked out the marrow like a tube of yoghurt? Yeah, that's the kind of stuff I've been doing recently. Have a listen.
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The Three Goats (Rerun)
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Three goats live happily in a field eating grass. But one day, there's no more grass. They decide to cross a bridge to another field. But when they try to cross, a monster jumps out, and he wants to eat them!
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Hangzhou and the Joy of Cycling (Conversation)
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This episode has come out very late because of my appendicectomy. Apologies! I have recovered now and we should be back to our regular schedule soon enough.
'Above there is heaven, and below there is Hangzhou.' So it must be a pretty great city, right? I sure though
The Demon Cats (Beginner)
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Would you go fishing on Halloween night? That's when demons walk the Earth, and nobody is truly safe... But Murdo McTaggart doesn't believe in superstitions like that, and he heads out to catch fish while the other villagers go to church. He'll come to regret that mistake as the Devi
Doggo and Kitty Bake a Cake (Pre-Intermediate)
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It's Kitty's birthday! And how better to celebrate than by baking a cake? Just one problem: how do you do it? Well, if you add five delicious things, it will be five times as delicious, and if you add a hundred delicious things...
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How Slow Can I Go? (Conversation)
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Listen to me articulate and enunciate every word as I discuss unusual beverages, insane apps, doing Pilates in Chinese, and how I'm feeding you all worms.
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Vocabulary: Latte, Beetroot, Pistachio,
The Juniper Tree (Advanced)
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Skin as white as snow and eyes as red as blood. Some would call it beautiful, but to Nicholas's parents, he is a demon child. But when Nicholas discovers that his 'mother' is not his real mother, his whole world starts to change.
Today's story has themes of child abuse, cannibalism and
My Morning Routine (Conversation)
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What I do every morning, in excruciating detail. When do I floss, how do I know when to put on deodorant, and what do I eat for breakfast? All these fascinating questions, and more, answered for you.
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Before the Light Dies (Beginner)
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The king asks a clockmaker to repair an old magical clock. But when the clockmaker tries to repair the clock, nothing works... until he discovers a secret that will change his life.
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Level: Beginner.
Genre: Romanc
Hello from China! (Conversation)
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Spicy bullfrog, fights with policemen and getting locked out... my first two weeks in China have certainly been eventful! Find out all about my move to Ningbo in today's episode.
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Vocabulary: Bureauc
Running (Pre-Intermediate)
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Her mind runs, so she runs. She runs to stop her mind running. But one day, she sees an owl in the park, and reality stops running smoothly.
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Level: Pre-Intermediate.
Genre: Philosophical.
Vocabulary: S
I Ate Colin's Face (Conversation)
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In the last week before moving to China, I recount awkward goodbyes, the British tradition of caterpillar-shaped cakes, my sneaky strategy to avoid jet lag, and my super secret language study hacks. Keep listening to learn English!
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The Cave of the Danishman (Beginner)
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A horrible pirate called the Denschman terrorises a small Scottish island. But when a storm leaves the Denschman trapped in a cave, will the people of the island be cruel enough to leave him to die?
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Level: B
Freezing to Death in Scotland (Conversation)
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So I recently went to my cousin’s wedding in Edinburgh, which turned out to be much colder than expected, ESPECIALLY since I was camping! Fortunately, the beauty of the Quaker wedding ceremony more than made up for it.
I couldn't stick around for long, though, as I had to whi
I Got Kicked Out! (Conversation)
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Yes, that's right, I was kicked out of a public building... Not only that, I went to a wild party in Cambridge, and I'm setting the house on fire with incense. Sort of.
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Vocabulary: Hay fever, Incense, Ball (pa
The Monkey's Heart (Intermediate)
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A monkey shares his figs with a shark, and for a while they are friends, but when the shark invites the monkey to his home under the sea, the monkey suspects that something may be wrong...
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Level: Intermediat
Who is Middle Class? (Conversation)
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British people are obsessed with class, but what does it mean to be middle class? From accents to animatronic tigers, come with me for a whirlwind tour of class markers in British society.
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Vocabulary: Social
Just Say Yes (Pre-Intermediate)
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Tony cannot say no. So he eats food he doesn't like, does a job he hates, and goes on holidays where he almost dies. But when his friend asks him to marry her, will he still say yes?
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Have You Met Elaine? (Intermediate)
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Have you met Elaine? Elaine is very giving, but not very nice. Oh, she loves everyone, but she shows her love through action, not smiles. And Elaine has a secret, which only I know about...
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Return to the Sea (Intermediate)
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An old fisherman sits by the sea, waiting for fish to come. He has seen the world change hugely through his life. But today, something different is waiting in the water: something monstrous.
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Saint George and the Dragon (Rerun)
Today's episode is a rerun of an older story. Before we get into the story, I talk about my religious experiences during Easter.
St George is a famous mythical figure throughout Europe. Most versions of his story involve him fighting and killing a dragon who is causing problems in a city. But in my version, things are bit... smellier.
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Grandmother March (Beginner)
Why is the weather in March so changeable? Well, it's all to do with wine and a very angry lady from Bulgaria...
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Level: Beginner.
Genre: Myths & Legends.
Vocabulary: Vineyard, Barrel, Frost, Gentle, Cellar, Temper, Stork, R
Giving Up Sugar for Lent (Conversation)
Lent is the 40 days leading up to Easter. Traditionally, during Lent, Christians fast or give something up. In today's episode, I talk about giving up sugar, plus give some tips on how best to use flashcards to learn vocabulary.
Vocabulary: Give something up, Lent, Ramadan, Abstain, Hold someone accountable, Hojicha, Taste buds, Crave, Vain, Spring (verb), Daylight savings, Flashcards
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Banksy | The World's Most Famous Anonymous Artist (English Learning for Curious Minds)
Hello, my Lovely Learners! Today we have an episode from English Learning for Curious Minds with Alastair Budge. You might remember last year we did an episode together where we wrote a story, A Visitor from Chilly Bottom, which you can listen to here: https://easystoriesinenglish.com/Chilly/
Banksy is one of the most famous modern British artists known for his anonymous identity and provocative
Adrian's Dream
Adrian wants to write, but he can never concentrate. He tries waking up early before work, but he always just goes back to bed. Finally, he decides to start napping, but the results aren't what he expects...
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Level: Advanced
Life, Love and Learning Japanese (Conversation)
I catch you all up on what I've been up to recently. There's a bit of philosophy, some dating, and some very manic studying for Japanese. Plus a bit of history! Ever wanted to know about Britain's most infamous king? Now you can! All that and more in today's free-wheeling conversational episode.
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The Dragon of Kraków (Pre-Intermediate)
A dragon is terrorising the city of Kraków, but one man has a way to defeat it. It won't take strength, though, but wisdom.
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Level: Pre-intermediate.
Genre: Myths & Legends.
Vocabulary: Prove yourself, Terrorise, Flame, Flesh,
The Shape of Art (Beginner)
Felicity is a successful lawyer, but she wants a change. She tries painting and loves it. But there's a problem: everyone hates her paintings. Can she find the true shape of her art?
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Level: Beginner.
Genre: Philosophical.
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Three Balls of Wool (Pre-Intermediate)
One day, Leila finds a strange butterfly with three dots and fine lines on its wings. When she tries to touch the butterfly, it turns into a witch and drags her to her castle! For seven years Leila works for the witch, trying to find a way to escape. Then, one day, the witch says she is going travelling...
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Think Fast! (Beginner)
Eugene is a big nerd, and he's afraid of everything. But one day, a man attacks him in the street, and Eugene discovers that he isn't so weak after all.
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Level: Beginner.
Genre: Comedy.
Vocabulary: Nerd, Solve a formula, Strateg
How I Celebrate Christmas (Conversation)
Chocolate oranges, burning puddings and white carrots: British Christmas is quite unique. Find out all about how it's celebrated in today's episode.
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How the Platypus Came to Be (Pre-Intermediate)
The nose of a duck, the fur of an otter and the tail of a beaver: platypuses are one of the strangest animals in the world! So where did they come from? Find out in this hilarious story...
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Level: Pre-Intermediate.
Genre: My
New? Start here! (Conversation)
New to the podcast, or want to know how best to learn English, and more about me, Ariel Goodbody? You're in the right place. In today's episode I reintroduce myself, answer some frequently asked questions and recommend you my favourite episodes.
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The Curse of the Pig (Beginner)
A princess finds a book that tells her future. When she grows up, she will have to marry a pig. The girl doesn't want to believe it, but one day a pig comes knocking on her door. But things are not as they seem. This is a curse, and there has to be a way to break it...
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Three Kisses (Pre-Intermediate)
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Leah's mother dies, and her brother leaves home, and Leah is so sad that she cannot speak. Her father plants a rose garden on her balcony, and every day she gives a white rose to a seagull and kisses it three times, sending it to her brother. But dark magic is also trave
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Today, I have a confession to make. I thought I knew what you all wanted, but I was wrong. In this episode, I ask for your help.
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The Freezer Door (Beginner)
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A woman has a loving husband and children, and she's great at her job. So why is she sad? One day, she opens the freezer door and sees the way into another world. If she goes, she will lose her husband and children. But could she be happy there?
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The Superpower of Story with Bree Aesie
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Today I talk to Bree Aesie from the Into the Story podcast about how to use stories in your everyday life, what makes a great communicator and some interesting memory techniques.
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Hamburg, City of Water (Conversation)
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In today's episode, learn all about the second-largest city in Germany with the world's largest model railway, how I'm conquering my fears with a piece of paper, the controversial new smoking bans in the UK and my fabulous new course Story Builders!
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The Pumpkin Jug (Beginner)
A king meets a woman who grows pumpkins. She gives him water in a dirty old jug, and then she breaks it. The king thinks this is strange, but he likes the woman. So he gives her a challenge: if she can put a big pumpkin in a small jug, he will marry her. But she cannot break the jug or the pumpkin. Can she do it?
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Misty the Snake (Rerun)
Misty the Snake loves eating other people's pets. This does not make the people of the United Kingdom happy. So her owner takes her to Brazil, but really she wants to go home to Ghana...
This episode is a rerun, BUT I add some new commentary and talk about my exciting new project, Story Builders. Story Builders will be an eight-week online language course where we will work together to create a st
My Sister's Wedding (Conversation)
In today's episode, I talk all about how I injured my leg at my sister's wedding, the race riots currently happening in the UK, not so nice, and end with some motivation for all of you. Very nice. Keep listening to learn English!
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Doing Evil Part 2 (Intermediate)
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Tobias arrives at St Gummarus' School for Nasty Children. At first, he thinks his parents might have made a mistake, because all the kids here are badly behaved and nasty. But he soon realises that de
Doing Evil Part 1 (Intermediate)
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When Tobias's parents ask him what he wants to be when he grows up, he says, 'Evil.' There's just one problem: his parents are devoted Christians! As Tobias does more and more bad things, his parents
The Golden Fish (Beginner)
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A fisherman finds a golden fish. The golden fish says it can grant his wishes. But the fisherman doesn't wish for anything. However, when his wife gets home she says she wants a new house. So the next
Climbing Mount Everest Part 2 (from Into the Story)
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Laurie Skreslet and a team of climbers face difficult conditions as they attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest — will they make it?
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Climbing Mount Everest Part 1 (from Into the Story)
Today's episode comes from the Into the Story podcast. Check it out if you like the idea of learning English with real-life stories - and I'm sure you do!
When Laurie Skreslet attempted to climb Mount Everest in 1982, he faced dangerous avalanches, the closure of the only route up the mountain, and a life-changing moment.
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Accent: Canadian
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A Good Long Natter (Conversation)
In this episode, I talk about everything I've been up to for the past two months: visiting a friend, what I'm wearing, a romantic encounter in the supermarket, my try at stand-up comedy, the Royal Academy of Art, eating in the dark: there's just too much to summarise! Listen to it!!
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Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Cut Off Your Hair (Pre-Intermediate)
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An old couple wish for a son and instead have a daughter with long, magical hair. They don't see the value in it, and sell her off to an old man who keeps her in a tower. Every day, he massages the oil from her hair and sells it. But the girl gets tired of this life, and makes a plan to
Strange Friends (Advanced)
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A cat and a mouse live together as friends, and what strange friends that makes! One day, the cat suggests they store some food for the winter, so they buy a pot of fat and hide it in a church. But while the mouse happily cleans the house, the cat starts to think about the food...
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Hector the Snail (Rerun)
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Hector is a snail, so of course he's very slow. But he dreams of becoming fast. He decides to find a wizard and ask the wizard to swap his body with an ostrich's. What could go wrong? Well, a lot, act
The Light at the Bottom of the Sea (Pre-Intermediate)
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Żgugina lives on the coast of Malta with her son. When pirates attack, she rushes to the church to pray to St Demetrius. 'St Demetrius,' she says, 'if you save my son I will light a lamp that burns fo
The Kind-Hearted Pea (Beginner)
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The wind carries a pea to a crack by a window. Inside the house, a boy is sick and dying. The pea wants to help the boy, and slowly it grows into a plant. When the boy sees the plant he is so happy, a
Normal People Problems (Conversation)
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In this episode of Easy Stories in English, host Ariel Goodbody discusses the concept of 'normal people problems' as opposed to more serious issues, drawing on his own experiences of moving to London and finding his communi
A Visitor from Chilly Bottom (Intermediate)
Today's story I wrote with Alastair Budge from the English Learning for Curious Minds podcast. In last week's episode, we brainstormed the story together, and today we present to you A Visitor from Chilly Bottom.
A man who has lived in Antarctica all his life visits the UK for the first time. Technically, he is a British citizen, as he grew up on British Antarctic Territory. And he has an importan
Let's Write a Story Together! with Alastair Budge (Advanced)
In this episode, I brainstorm a story with Alastair Budge. We start with the concept of someone from Antarctica moving to London and experiencing culture shock and peculiarities of life in the UK. We come up with cultural references and humorous situations involving misunderstandings about British culture. After this episode, Alastair went off and wrote the story, which I then edited, and next wee
Blasphemy! (Conversation)
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In this episode of Easy Stories in English, Ariel Goodbody, the host, discusses a recent controversy involving a blasphemous phrase in a podcast episode titled 'The Holy Cat,' leading to its removal after feedback from Muslim lis
A Crooked Old House (Pre-Intermediate)
An old man lives in an old house. The house is so old that it has changed shape and many things are broken. Every day, the man must climb up a big hill to get to the kitchen. Lots of people tell him he needs to leave the house, but the old man refuses. But one day, the house makes sure he will never leave.
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The Emu and the Kangaroo (Beginner)
Dinewan gets married to Bohra the kangaroo, and they go for a walk in the desert. But Dinewan soon gets bored. Bohra is a magic kangaroo, and his spirit can walk through the sky. Dinewan thinks it would be interesting to see Bohra's spirit...
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Coming Back to God (Conversation)
In this episode, I talk about the kinds of performance I've been doing recently - storytelling in a sauna, spinning a tale at the London Esperanto Club, improvising at an open mic night, moderating a talk-show discussion and singing in a church choir. I've been busy this past month! No wonder I've been a bit sick, but hopefully my croaky voice won't stop you from enjoying this episode :)
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What Makes a Snake (Advanced)
Sam works in the stupidest department of his company: the 'Synergy Snakes'. What they're actually supposed to do, he has no idea, but he's managed to create a system where he doesn't have to talk to his co-workers and does as little work as possible. The only problem is, the company is looking to get rid of some people, and Sam's an easy target...
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The Holy Cat (Beginner)
A cat hunts all the mice in the town, so it goes to the fields. But the mice in the fields are too fast. So the cat decides to start praying...
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Level: Beginner.
Genre: Philosophical.
Vocabulary: Holy, Hunt, Hole, Prayer beads,
Love and Friendship in Your 30s (Conversation)
In this episode, I talk about my challenges finding stable friendship and love in London as a single in my 30s. I argue that technology has encouraged ghosting and 'no contact' culture, and because of this it's harder to form stable relationships and integrate into local communities. However, it's not all doom and gloom! I also talk about finding comfort in spending time with myself - taking mysel
The Singing Widow (Beginner)
A woman's husband dies, and she visits his grave every week to pray. When she dies, she goes to the land of the dead, and is excited to finally see him again. But she can't find him...
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Level: Beginner.
Genre: Romance.
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The Great Race (Rerun)
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Buddha is about to leave Earth, and he wants to say goodbye to the animals in a special way: he will have a race, and name the years after them in the order they win.
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200 Episodes and Five Years of Easy Stories in English! (Conversation)
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In this episode I talk about the history of the podcast, give an update about my life and discuss the genocide taking place in Palestine.
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The Red Book (Beginner)
Gemma finds a strange red book on her way home from school. She starts reading it, and it is a story about a boy called Nai. In the story, Nai also finds a red book, and when he starts to read it, the story is about Gemma...
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A Tarot Reading (Conversation)
In this conversational episode, I do a tarot reading. Tarot is a type of playing cards that can be used to read your future. The tarot is made up of the major arcana and the minor arcana.
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A Lucky New Year (Rerun)
Harold has terrible luck. Bus shelters collapse on him, he makes his dates vomit, and no matter how many good-luck charms he wears, his luck won't change. So he decides that this New Year's Eve, he's going to follow every tradition and superstition in the world, to see if he can change his luck around.
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How the Narwhal Got Its Tusk (Intermediate)
A blind boy lives in Greenland with his parents and his aunt. The aunt is always complaining, so the boy's mother sends her away, but one night, there is a storm and the boy hears his aunt being struck by lightning. The aunt goes mad, and only the blind boy can save her, but he'll have to travel far from home to do so...
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The Giant Turnip (Beginner)
A woman grows a really big turnip. She wants to pull it out of the ground but she can't. Her husband helps her, but together they still can't pull the turnip out of the ground. How much help will they need?
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