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Everyday English Academy

by Everyday English Academy · English · Learning

Welcome to Everyday English Academy, the place where learning English becomes simple, fun, and part of your daily routine! 🎧✨ We help beginners build confidence through short, clear lessons focused on real-life English. Here you’ll learn: • Useful everyday phrases • Basic grammar explained the easy

New episodes: Several times a week
Typical length: 27 min
Latest: 14 Oct 2026
Language: English

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14 Oct 2026 · 31 minNew

Boost Your Spoken English Quickly | Talk Smoothly and With Confidence

Learn how to improve your spoken English by embracing self-correction in this slow, easy conversation. Join Sarah and Mike as they discuss the reality of speaking smoothly. This episode focuses on the moments when we falter during a conversation and why fixing those errors in real-time is a powerful tool for your speaking fluency. It is designed for English learners who want to sound more natural. By listening to this dialogue, you will see how native speakers handle mistakes without losing their rhythm. We explore how to manage pauses and corrections, helping you feel more comfortable when…

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11 Oct 2026 · 28 min
Stop Waiting for the Perfect Moment | 30 Minute English Podcast A2–B1
Stop waiting for the perfect moment to start your goals. Learn how to talk about taking action in this English podcast. Join Sarah and Mike as they discuss natural English usage through a fun anecdote about someone who just kept eating when they could not find the right words. This episode is designed for A2-B1 English learners who want to hear how native speakers describe persistence and daily habits. You will improve your English listening practice by following this slow, easy dialogue. By listening to the hosts break down these phrases, you will gain the confidence to express your own…
9 Oct 2026 · 34 min
Fix Your English Listening in 30 Minutes | Real Speed Conversations B1–B2
Boost your English listening practice with this 40-minute conversation. Learn how to catch subtle meanings in real-speed speech. Join Sarah and Mike as they break down the phrase "pick up on" during a natural dialogue. This episode is perfect for B1 English learners who want to understand how native speakers notice changes in tone and nuance that are not always stated directly. By following their discussion, you will get comfortable with the idea that sometimes you need to guess the rest of the meaning based on context. You will focus on conversational English phrases that help you follow…
7 Oct 2026 · 25 min
Do You Need a Big Plan for Your Life | English Learning Podcast
Learn how to talk about your future plans in this English learning podcast designed for B1 level students. Sarah and Mike discuss whether you need a big plan for your life or if having a backup plan is enough. They break down natural phrases like the whole sentence and discuss how to keep your perspective positive when things do not go as expected. This conversation is perfect for B1 English learners who want to improve their fluency while talking about life choices. You will build your natural conversational skills by following this slow, easy dialogue. By listening to how Sarah and Mike…
4 Oct 2026 · 34 min
Talking About October in English | Easy English Podcast
Learn how to talk about October in English with natural phrases for describing the changing seasons and upcoming holidays. Join Sarah and Mike as they explore the interesting origin of the word October. In this episode, they discuss how the calendar shift affects our vocabulary and share descriptive phrases like colours finally show and a whole wall of Christmas. This conversation is designed for B1 English learners who want to build confidence when discussing seasonal changes and festive preparations in daily conversation. You will improve your English listening practice by following a…
1 Oct 2026 · 26 min
Why Your English Stopped Improving (The Intermediate Plateau) - English Podcast (B1–B2)
Are you stuck on the intermediate plateau? Join Sarah and Mike as they discuss overcoming common hurdles to improve English. In this episode, Sarah and Mike have a candid conversation about the challenges of language learning. They start with a specific rule about avoiding the word 'nice' and share a funny story about Mike going blank during an interview. By listening to this dialogue, you will understand how to push past the B1 English learners stage where progress feels slow and difficult. This conversation is perfect for anyone looking for consistent English listening practice. Sarah…
27 Sep 2026 · 20 min
Which Season Matches Your Personality | Cozy English Listening Practice
Improve your English listening practice by discussing personality types. Learn how to describe your season and temperament. Sarah and Mike discuss the changing air and the word sensible. They explain its meaning with an analogy and relate it to being autumn people or level-headed. This episode is perfect for B1 English learners looking to improve their natural conversational skills. You will explore how to use specific adjectives to describe your personality and how seasons might influence our moods. By listening to this slow, easy English conversation, you will build your English vocabulary…
25 Sep 2026 · 28 min
English for Your Commute | 30 Minutes of Easy Listening on the Bus, Train or Car
Improve your English for your commute with 30 minutes of easy listening. Turn your travel time into productive B1 English practice. Join Sarah and Mike as they discuss how much time we spend travelling and what that adds up to over a year. This conversation is designed to help you listen to natural, slow-paced dialogue while you are on the bus, train, or in the car. It is the perfect way to learn English on the go without needing to sit at a desk. After the conversation, we move into a quick grammar segment. You will clarify the correct phrasing for different modes of transport and review…
23 Sep 2026 · 29 min
English Conversation for Easy English Listening | What Makes a Place Feel Like Home?
What Makes a Place Feel Like Home? | Easy English Podcast | Everyday English Academy Practise talking in English about moving into a new apartment and what makes it feel like home. Join Sarah and Mike as they share stories about unpacked boxes, familiar sounds, and a grandfather's favourite chair. Their slow, easy conversation helps you describe your own home and the things that make you comfortable there. Have you ever missed the little sounds or smells of home? You'll practise explaining how you settle in, talking about living out of boxes, describing an object your family passed down and…
21 Sep 2026 · 26 min
Why We Keep Things We Never Use | English Learning Podcast
Why We Keep Things We Never Use | English Learning Podcast | Everyday English Academy Practise talking in English about the things you keep but never use, from empty boxes to spare shirt buttons. Join Sarah and Mike for a slow, easy conversation about clutter and memories, and learn how to explain what you want to keep when sorting things at home. Do you have a drawer full of things you keep just in case? You'll practise describing odds and ends, explaining how boxes take up space, talking about sentimental gifts, and finding ways to meet in the middle when sharing storage space. This…
19 Sep 2026 · 23 min
Would You Rather Have More Time or More Money | Easy English Conversation
Practice talking in English about choosing between more free time and more money. Join Sarah and Mike as they discuss rushed dinners, a broken washing machine, and working on a Saturday. Their slow, easy conversation helps you explain everyday choices about work, spending, and rest. This episode is perfect for B1 English learners who want to improve their everyday speaking and vocabulary for discussing time, money, and the choices that matter to them. 💡 Tip: Explain a trade-off involving time or money using “although,” including whether it was worth it. 📚 Vocabulary in this episode •…
17 Sep 2026 · 20 min
Improve Your English While You Cook | 20 Minutes of Real English (B1–B2)
Improve Your English While You Cook | 40 Minutes of Real English (B1, B2) | Everyday English Academy Learn how to talk about cooking mistakes and preparing dinner in English with Sarah and Mike. From Mike's smoking toast to a stew with whole garlic cloves, their slow, easy conversation helps you describe what happens in your own kitchen and talk with someone while you cook. Do you know what to say in English when dinner goes wrong? You'll practise explaining why toast burned, checking what's missing from the pantry, talking about how to dice and mince ingredients, describing stale bread and…
15 Sep 2026 · 24 min
Talking About September in English | Easy English Podcast
Practise talking about September plans and changing weather in English with Sarah and Mike. Their slow, easy conversation helps you compare activities, talk about what to wear, and arrange a day out without filling every evening on your calendar. This episode is perfect for B1 English learners who want to improve everyday speaking, learn seasonal vocabulary, and respond politely to invitations while making September plans. 💡 Tip: Practise declining Mike's September invitation by suggesting another day: “Would Saturday work instead? 📚 Vocabulary in this episode • transition: change from one…
13 Sep 2026 · 23 min
Why You Struggle to Find Words in English (And How to Fix It) | Easy English Podcast
Practise explaining what you mean in English when you cannot remember the right word. Sarah and Mike talk through choosing dinner, asking for a replacement screw at a hardware store, and finding words when your mind goes blank. Their slow conversation helps you keep talking and ask for time to think. Do you know what you want to say, but the English words will not come? You'll practise asking for a thinking pause, describing a kitchen tool by what it does, checking meaning with "Do you mean", correcting a number, and explaining which table you would prefer at a restaurant. This episode is…
11 Sep 2026 · 34 min
Can You Learn English by Overhearing? | Easy English Listening Practice
Learn English the easy, relaxing way with Sarah and Mike. Slow, clear conversation for B1 learners, so you can follow every word and pick up natural, everyday English as you listen. Want to understand real English without feeling lost? In this episode you'll practise listening, learn new words in context, and hear how the phrases are actually used in everyday conversation. This episode is perfect for B1 English learners who want to improve their listening, speaking, and everyday vocabulary. 💡 Tip: Write down one whole sentence you hear a real person say, then say it aloud twice. ⏱️ Chapters…
9 Sep 2026 · 27 min
Tell Me About Yourself - Your First Job Interview | Easy English Podcast
Sarah and Mike sit down with a very real interview scene this week: a nineteen year old walking into a small neighborhood bakery for her first job interview, and the question that trips up almost every English learner, "tell me about yourself." This slow, easy English conversation is for anyone preparing for a real interview and wanting to answer that question without freezing up or rambling. This episode is perfect for B1 English learners who want to practise real interview English, structure a clear "tell me about yourself" answer, and sound calm and natural instead of rehearsed. 💡 Tip:…
7 Sep 2026 · 27 min
Listen, Pause, Predict - Train Your Brain to Think in English (B1–B2)
Pausing a video before the speaker finishes might sound strange, but it is one of the best ways to train your brain to think in English. Sarah and Mike sit down for a slow, easy conversation about the listen, pause, predict method: stopping a video, saying your guess out loud, then pressing play to check. If you have ever watched a fast bike repair video or nodded politely at someone while understanding almost nothing, this daily English conversation is for you. Do you understand English when you read it, but freeze when someone speaks quickly? In this friendly English podcast episode you'll…
5 Sep 2026 · 37 min
Improve Your English While You Walk | English Podcast for Beginners | A2–B1
Improve Your English While You Walk | 45 Minutes, No Screen Needed (A2, B1) | Everyday English Academy Grab your shoes and step outside, because this one is made for walking. Sarah and Mike talk slowly about describing the street around you in English, the wet sidewalk, the bare tree by the mailbox, the scaffolding on a building being fixed, so you can practise saying real sentences out loud while you move. It is a daily English conversation you can listen to on the way to work, to the shop, or just around your own block. Do you ever run out of words when you try to talk about the ordinary…
3 Sep 2026 · 49 min
The Best Way to Practice English Speaking: Daily Life Conversations
Ending a conversation politely is one of the hardest things to do in English, especially when a friendly neighbor catches you in the driveway with a melting bag of ice in your arms.What do you actually say when someone is standing between you and your front door?If you have ever wanted to leave a chat kindly without sounding rude, this one is for you.This episode is perfect for B1 English learners who want to sound polite and natural in real conversations with neighbors, shop staff and old friends, and to build everyday vocabulary they can use the same day.💡 Tip: Pick one exit line today and…
1 Sep 2026 · 38 min
How to Change Your Routine in English | Easy English Podcast
Changing a habit is hard, and talking about it in English can feel just as tricky. Sarah and Mike sit down for a slow, honest conversation about trying to change your routine: cutting back on coffee, going to the gym in a dark winter morning, reading instead of scrolling, and what happens when a new habit quietly stops after nine days. This daily English conversation gives you the words you need when a friend asks how your new plan is going and you have to answer truthfully. What do you say when someone asks about the habit you started in January and you gave up on it in February? In this…
30 Aug 2026 · 29 min
English Podcast for Easy English Listening | Habits of People Who Never Give Up
Habits of People Who Never Give Up | Intermediate English Podcast (B1, B2) | Everyday English Academy Everybody has a hobby that is still sitting on the coffee table, half started. Today Sarah and Mike talk slowly about the habits of people who never give up, from a harmonica that gets picked up and put down again to a language app deleted on day sixty-two at a rainy bus stop. It is a calm English podcast conversation that gives you the words to talk about your own stops and restarts, at work, at the gym, or in your studies. Have you ever announced on a Monday that you are getting back into…
28 Aug 2026 · 24 min
The First Day at a New Job | English Conversation Practice
The First Day at a New Job | Everyday English Academy Starting a new job in English can feel like a lot of names, forms and fast talking all at once. Sarah and Mike slow everything down and walk through a first day at work, from telling the receptionist who you are to signing forms, meeting your team and asking a manager one clear question about a task. If you are getting ready for a new workplace, an induction day or a first week with new colleagues, this daily English conversation gives you the words you will actually need. What do you say when someone tells you their name and two seconds…
26 Aug 2026 · 32 min
Stop Comparing Your English to Other People | English listening Practice
Have you ever left a conversation group feeling like everyone else was miles ahead of you? Sarah and Mike sit down for a slow, easy English conversation about why we compare our English to other people, and what a fairer way to measure progress looks like. If you have ever gone quiet at a loud dinner table or slipped out of a class early, this one is for you. How do you know if your English is actually getting better? In this friendly English podcast conversation you'll practise saying "Could you slow down a bit" and "Bear with me" without feeling embarrassed, talk about what it means to…
24 Aug 2026 · 19 min
What Nobody Tells You About Getting Older | English Listening Practice
What Nobody Tells You About Getting Older | English Listening Practice (B1, B2) | Everyday English Academy Getting older is something we all do, and it comes with its own set of words. Sarah and Mike sit down for a slow, honest chat about aching backs in the morning, quiet evenings with a cup of tea, and why a Friday night at a crowded bar is not as tempting as it used to be. If you have ever wanted to talk about how your body feels, how tired you are, or how your priorities have changed, this daily English conversation gives you the language to do it. How do you say you are tired in a way…
22 Aug 2026 · 28 min
Talking About Tea vs Coffee Drinkers in English | Easy English Podcast
Tea or coffee? It sounds like a small question, but it comes up almost every day at work, at a friend's house, or in a café. Sarah and Mike sit down for a slow, easy English conversation about tea drinkers and coffee drinkers, and about how we offer, accept, and politely refuse a drink. This is daily English conversation practice you can use the next time someone puts the kettle on in your office kitchen.Do you ever say "no thank you" and then the other person keeps offering anyway? In this friendly English podcast chat you will practise offering a drink with "Can I get you anything?" and…
20 Aug 2026 · 23 min
7 Conversations Every English Learner Should Be Able to Have | B1–B2 English Podcast
7 Conversations Every English Learner Should Be Able to Have | B1, B2 Podcast | Everyday English Academy Some conversations come back again and again, no matter where you live or travel. Sarah and Mike slow things down and walk through seven of them, from small talk at a party to telling a waiter that the wrong dish arrived, so you have real words ready when the moment comes. If you have ever gone quiet because a stranger asked you a simple question, this English podcast is for you. What do you say when someone asks how you like their city and your mind goes blank? Over these seven scenes…
18 Aug 2026 · 15 min
Easy English Podcast for English Conversations | Asking for Directions
Getting lost in a new city is normal, and asking for directions in English is a skill you can practise today. Sarah and Mike sit down for a slow, easy English conversation about stopping a stranger politely, understanding the answer, and finding the place you are looking for. If you travel, walk to work in a new area, or help visitors in your own town, this daily English conversation gives you the words you really need on the street. Have you ever asked someone for directions and then walked away with no idea what they said? In this friendly English podcast you will practise starting with…
16 Aug 2026 · 22 min
Talking About Autumn and Rainy Days in English | Easy English Podcast
Autumn Vibes And Rainy Day Activities | Everyday English Academy Autumn is one of the easiest seasons to talk about in English, because there is so much to describe: the colour of the leaves, the smell of the air, the sound of rain on the window. Sarah and Mike take a slow walk through a cool bright morning, then head inside for a rainy afternoon, chatting about crunchy leaves, pumpkin harvests and how to describe rain from the lightest drizzle to a full storm. If you ever get stuck making small talk about the weather or the season, this daily English conversation gives you the words and the…
14 Aug 2026 · 22 min
Talking About Your First Week in a New Country | Easy English Podcast
Your First Week in a New Country | Easy English Podcast | Everyday English Academy Landing in a new country is exciting, and it is also confusing, so this slow English conversation is all about surviving your first week abroad. Sarah and Mike talk about arrivals halls with no phone signal, jet lag at the lunch table, and the paperwork you have to do before anything feels normal. If you are moving, studying or travelling somewhere new, this daily English conversation gives you the words to describe those first strange days. Have you ever stood under a row of airport signs and had no idea…
12 Aug 2026 · 27 min
Never Run Out of Things to Say | English Conversation Practice
How to Talk to Anyone, Anywhere | 20 Minutes of Real English Listening Practice (B1, B2) | Everyday English Academy Small talk with strangers is one of the hardest parts of everyday English, and most textbooks skip it. Sarah and Mike sit down for a slow, relaxed conversation about how to start a chat with anyone, anywhere, from a bus stop to a quiet office kitchen at six in the morning, and how to leave that chat politely without feeling awkward. If you have ever said hello to a colleague and then had no idea what to say next, this English podcast episode is for you. What do you actually say…

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Publisher: Everyday English Academy
Language: English
Category: Learning
New episodes: Several times a week
Typical length: 27 min
Latest episode: 14 Oct 2026
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