Practice your English listening skills with the Plain English podcast. Each podcast episode includes two parts: the Story and the Expression.
The episode begins with a Story about a current events topic. In the second half of the episode, you'll learn how to use a common English expression or phrasal verb.
There are over 700 podcast episodes, with two new ones each week.
Where to get them
You can find the Plain English podcast in any public podcast app or directory.
Just search "Plain English" and find the dark purple Plain English logo.
Here are direct links to listen to Plain English on popular platforms:
Timing
New episodes are released every Monday and Thursday, at 6:00 a.m. Chicago time. As soon as the episodes are released into the podcast apps, the transcripts and other lesson resources are published at PlainEnglish.com.
Transcripts
Each podcast episode has a free transcript. The transcript is divided into two pages:
The Story page
The Expression page
The story page has the first half of the episode transcript; the Expression page has the second half.