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All Ears English Podcast

AEE: Why Napping Is a Refreshing Connection Topic

13 Jun 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

0.031 - 2.707 Lindsay McMahon

This is an all ears English podcast.

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Chapter 2: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

2.727 - 32.788 Lindsay McMahon

Why napping is a refreshing connection topic. welcome to the all ears english podcast downloaded more than 200 million times are you feeling stuck with your english we'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection not perfection with your american hosts lindsay mcmahon the english adventurer and michelle kaplan the new york radio girl

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32.768 - 55.097 Lindsay McMahon

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58.216 - 63.248 Michelle Kaplan

Are you able to nap? Is napping a part of your culture or your daily life?

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Chapter 3: How do cultural differences influence napping habits?

63.869 - 74.554 Michelle Kaplan

Today, we dive into the topic of cat naps and power naps, and we show you how this can be the beginning of a robust connection conversation in English.

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80.457 - 93.177 Lindsay McMahon

English is part of how you're evaluated, whether you like it or not, in meetings, in interviews, in negotiations. The question isn't whether your English is okay or good enough. It's whether it's working for you.

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Chapter 4: What are the benefits of taking cat naps or power naps?

93.958 - 120.272 Lindsay McMahon

Is it getting you the promotions and the salary raises that you deserve? If not, this is the year to do something about it. Our free two-minute fluency quiz shows you your true English level, B1, B2, or C1, and where you can level up for real-world success for your career or your global life in English. Take the quiz now for free at allearsenglish.com slash fluency score.

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120.833 - 139.662 Lindsay McMahon

That's allearsenglish.com slash f-l-u-e-n-c-y-s-c-o-r-e. Hey, Lindsay, how are you? Good, Michelle. Feeling sleepy today?

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Chapter 5: How do naps affect our productivity and daily lives?

139.702 - 154.617 Lindsay McMahon

Are you feeling like you want to take a nap? I am feeling like I want to take a nap. Do you take a lot of naps, Lindsay? Are you a napper? I actually sort of took a little nap yesterday, but I rarely do. But for some reason yesterday, I was just feeling a little tired, just decided to lie down.

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Chapter 6: What are common feelings after waking up from a nap?

154.637 - 159.182 Lindsay McMahon

So it took like a 30 minute nap or so, which was really nice for a change. Yeah.

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159.162 - 183.006 Michelle Kaplan

Yeah, that's good. Yeah, especially lately, I absolutely need naps. And, you know, we've talked about sleeping before on the show. And today we're going to talk about naps. Because it is a good conversation topic, because everyone can relate to that feeling of, oh, I wish I could get a little nap or something like that. If they nap, can they nap, all of these things.

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183.166 - 183.246 Lindsay McMahon

Yes.

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Chapter 7: What vocabulary is essential for discussing naps in English?

183.226 - 203.434 Lindsay McMahon

Yeah. And it's really funny how when you're in college, napping takes on a whole new level of importance. At least it didn't on my campus. I feel like kids napped a lot in college and talked about napping a lot in college. Less so in adult life, but we still get to grab a nap once in a while. So we're going to get into all this today and how to talk about it.

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203.614 - 215.81 Lindsay McMahon

But I want to call out a couple of people that left comments and reviews over on Spotify and just say a huge thank you. So thank you to Sadam Mode. Thank you to Ains. Thank you to Geriardi.

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Chapter 8: How can you effectively start a conversation about napping?

216.47 - 232.869 Lindsay McMahon

And thank you to TonySouza17. These are all listeners who took the time to go and write a message, left a rating and review. Wherever you listen, rate our show, review our show, guys. Tell us what you think about the show. All right? Definitely.

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233.25 - 254.728 Michelle Kaplan

All right. Thank you so much. Yes. So let's go into so we're going to do some key vocab and then we're going to do some connection questions, basically. OK, so this is the first one. So when you took that nap yesterday, Lindsay, the 30 minute nap, did you wake up and did you feel refreshed right away or did you feel groggy?

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254.708 - 273.544 Lindsay McMahon

Yeah, I guess it wasn't a proper nap because I never fully fell asleep. I just kind of closed my eyes and relaxed. But like, I do tend to feel groggy after I nap during the day. That's why I usually don't do it at all. Just because of the way you feel after. So groggy is a good is a good word. What does it feel like to be groggy?

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273.828 - 286.638 Michelle Kaplan

To be groggy, you just feel like out of it. Yeah. You could also say out of it. You just don't feel, you're like a little confused. You don't feel good. You don't feel good. You feel more tired, really.

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287.079 - 287.299 Lindsay McMahon

Yeah.

287.6 - 298.958 Michelle Kaplan

Yeah. A little disconnected from earth. Yeah. I always feel like it's the next day. Do you have that? I feel like, really? This was all in the same day?

299.038 - 314.719 Lindsay McMahon

But I feel it's just so funny. Yeah, it's a little bit of the same feeling I get when I walk out of a movie, like a daytime movie. It's like, oh, the light hits you. You're like, wait, it's daytime? What day is it? What week is it? I'm totally confused and lost.

314.699 - 339.102 Michelle Kaplan

Yeah. So I it's hard to hit that sweet spot when you nap to where you just wake up feeling refreshed, which is another great word. It's kind of and I feel like a lot of people wake up groggy. And a lot of times what happens to me is I will wake up. groggy and I feel like I'm going to die. And I'm like, this is not a good feeling.

339.202 - 346.431 Michelle Kaplan

And then maybe in half an hour later, then I start to feel the benefits of what I had done. But it's not good at first.

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