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Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
#83 Ideating
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is ideating and what is an ideation. These words are becoming popular in business today, but they are not as new as you might think. We’ll ...
#82 (You Don’t Have To) Take My Word For It
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you want people to confirm what you say or just trust you? You can use this phrase either way. We’ll talk about how on this episode. If you a...
#81 Make Up Your Mind!
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This can be quite a strong request, but you can also use it among friends or close colleagues. What does it mean and how can you use it? We take about...
#80 Get Used To OR Used To Do?
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Have these two phrases confused you in the past? They are so close but the meaning is so different. How do you use “Get used to” and ̶...
#79 Trolling at Work
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This word, “trolling” has gotten a lot of attention recently. But not every meaning is bad. Here are some different ways you might use tro...
#78 Gaslighting
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when your boss or colleague accuses you of doing something you don’t remember doing? Or not doing something you are sure you did do...
#77 Cut to the Cuts
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“Cut” is a word that just keeps coming up in English idioms. It means so much that sometimes it feels like it means nothing! So let’...
#76 Crickets and Ghosts, Oh My!
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Are we in the office or in the woods? What do crickets and ghosts have to do with business English? Do I hear crickets now? Are you ghosting me? IR...
#75 The Former or the Latter
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you get confused by these two options? Which one is the former, which one is the latter? What does former and latter even mean? We’ll discuss...
#74 Blue Sky Scenario
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
More corporate speak? Well, yes, this idiom is from corporate speak too, and you may hear it in business. But this one might not be easy to understand...
#73 Another Day in Paradise
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can you recognize sarcasm when you hear it? What is sarcasm and why do we use it? We talk about sarcasm in this week’s episode. If you are a mem...
#72 Googling Texting and Adulting
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What does is mean when someone says they are adulting? And when did the noun “adult” become a verb anyway? We talk about this and 2 other ...
#71 Pivot, Value Add, Burning Bridges
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Corporate-speak is loved and hated in business. We’re almost finished with a 4 part series on corporate speak. In this final week we’ll ta...
#70 Greenlight, Boil the Ocean and Bandwidth
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Corporate-speak is loved and hated in business. We’re in the middle of a 4 part series on corporate speak. This week we’ll talk about gree...
#69 – Move the Needle, Scale, and Key Learnings
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Corporate-speak is loved and hated in business. We’re in the middle of a 4 part series on corporate speak. This week we’ll talk about movi...
#68 Table It, Circle Back and Touch Base
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Corporate-speak is loved and hated in business. In the Next few episodes we’ll talk about some common corporate speak phrases. This week we̵...
#67 I Get Your Gist
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Has someone told you they get your gist? Could you get the gist of that? Or do you know what gist means? We’ll talk about gist in this episode. ...
#66 Which or That
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One of the hardest things to decide in English is whether to use which or that for your relative clause. We’ll talk about some ways to help make...
#65 Swag and Merch
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is swag and what is merch? These are two business words that are similar but a little different. We’ll talk about that in this episode. Rea...
#64 Catch Me Up
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The phrasal verb “Catch up” does a lot of work in English, In this episode we talk about 5 ways we use it every day! Read the transcript h...