Easy Stories in English
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It's My Podcast and I'll Ramble If I Want To (Conversation)
15 Dec 2025
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The Three Goats (Rerun)
01 Dec 2025
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Hangzhou and the Joy of Cycling (Conversation)
17 Nov 2025
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The Demon Cats (Beginner)
30 Oct 2025
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Doggo and Kitty Bake a Cake (Pre-Intermediate)
13 Oct 2025
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How Slow Can I Go? (Conversation)
06 Oct 2025
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The Juniper Tree (Advanced)
29 Sep 2025
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My Morning Routine (Conversation)
15 Sep 2025
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Before the Light Dies (Beginner)
08 Sep 2025
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Hello from China! (Conversation)
01 Sep 2025
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Running (Pre-Intermediate)
19 Aug 2025
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I Ate Colin's Face (Conversation)
12 Aug 2025
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The Cave of the Danishman (Beginner)
05 Aug 2025
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Freezing to Death in Scotland (Conversation)
22 Jul 2025
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I Got Kicked Out! (Conversation)
15 Jul 2025
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The Monkey's Heart (Intermediate)
08 Jul 2025
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Who is Middle Class? (Conversation)
24 Jun 2025
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Just Say Yes (Pre-Intermediate)
17 Jun 2025
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Have You Met Elaine? (Intermediate)
27 May 2025
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Return to the Sea (Intermediate)
13 May 2025
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Book a class in June and July and get 50% off! EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Classes An old fisherman sits by the sea, waiting for fish to come. He has se...
Saint George and the Dragon (Rerun)
29 Apr 2025
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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 famou...
Grandmother March (Beginner)
15 Apr 2025
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Why is the weather in March so changeable? Well, it's all to do with wine and a very angry lady from Bulgaria... Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/March...
Giving Up Sugar for Lent (Conversation)
01 Apr 2025
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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...
Banksy | The World's Most Famous Anonymous Artist (English Learning for Curious Minds)
25 Mar 2025
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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 a...
Adrian's Dream
18 Mar 2025
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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...
Life, Love and Learning Japanese (Conversation)
04 Mar 2025
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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 o...
The Dragon of Kraków (Pre-Intermediate)
18 Feb 2025
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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. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglis...
The Shape of Art (Beginner)
04 Feb 2025
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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...
Three Balls of Wool (Pre-Intermediate)
21 Jan 2025
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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...
Think Fast! (Beginner)
07 Jan 2025
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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 al...
How I Celebrate Christmas (Conversation)
24 Dec 2024
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Chocolate oranges, burning puddings and white carrots: British Christmas is quite unique. Find out all about how it's celebrated in today's episode. G...
How the Platypus Came to Be (Pre-Intermediate)
10 Dec 2024
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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 fro...
New? Start here! (Conversation)
26 Nov 2024
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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 rein...
The Curse of the Pig (Beginner)
12 Nov 2024
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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...
Three Kisses (Pre-Intermediate)
29 Oct 2024
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Answer my survey and get the free beginner story, The City Mouse and the Country Mouse: https://www.easystoriesinenglish.com/ask Leah's mother dies, a...
I have a confession to make...
18 Oct 2024
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The Freezer Door (Beginner)
15 Oct 2024
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Level up your English with Story Builders, an eight-week online course https://www.easystoriesinenglish.com/build A woman has a loving husband and chi...
The Superpower of Story with Bree Aesie
01 Oct 2024
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Get 25% off my Story Builders course by signing up by the end of today! https://easystoriesinenglish.com/build Today I talk to Bree Aesie from the Int...
Hamburg, City of Water (Conversation)
24 Sep 2024
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Get 25% off my Story Builders course by signing up before 1st October! https://easystoriesinenglish.com/build In today's episode, learn all about the ...
The Pumpkin Jug (Beginner)
10 Sep 2024
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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...
Misty the Snake (Rerun)
03 Sep 2024
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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 rea...
My Sister's Wedding (Conversation)
27 Aug 2024
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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 w...
Doing Evil Part 2 (Intermediate)
20 Aug 2024
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Doing Evil Part 1 (Intermediate)
13 Aug 2024
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The Golden Fish (Beginner)
06 Aug 2024
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Climbing Mount Everest Part 2 (from Into the Story)
30 Jul 2024
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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...
Climbing Mount Everest Part 1 (from Into the Story)
23 Jul 2024
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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...
A Good Long Natter (Conversation)
16 Jul 2024
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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 sup...
Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Cut Off Your Hair (Pre-Intermediate)
09 Jul 2024
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Book a class with me! If you book a package of 10 classes, you can get 33% off: EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Classes An old couple wish for a son and inst...
Strange Friends (Advanced)
02 Jul 2024
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Book a class with me! If you book a package of 10 classes, you can get 33% off: EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Classes A cat and a mouse live together as fr...
Hector the Snail (Rerun)
18 Jun 2024
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The Light at the Bottom of the Sea (Pre-Intermediate)
11 Jun 2024
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The Kind-Hearted Pea (Beginner)
04 Jun 2024
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Normal People Problems (Conversation)
21 May 2024
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A Visitor from Chilly Bottom (Intermediate)
14 May 2024
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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 toget...
Let's Write a Story Together! with Alastair Budge (Advanced)
07 May 2024
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In this episode, I brainstorm a story with Alastair Budge. We start with the concept of someone from Antarctica moving to London and experiencing cult...
Blasphemy! (Conversation)
23 Apr 2024
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A Crooked Old House (Pre-Intermediate)
16 Apr 2024
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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 hil...
The Emu and the Kangaroo (Beginner)
09 Apr 2024
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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 spir...
Coming Back to God (Conversation)
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 Clu...
What Makes a Snake (Advanced)
19 Mar 2024
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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 ...
The Holy Cat (Beginner)
12 Mar 2024
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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... Go to ...
Love and Friendship in Your 30s (Conversation)
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The Singing Widow (Beginner)
20 Feb 2024
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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 hi...
The Great Race (Rerun)
10 Feb 2024
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Get 20% off Gymglish! Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Courses and use the code DRAGON2024. Buddha is about to leave Earth, and he wants to say goodbye ...
200 Episodes and Five Years of Easy Stories in English! (Conversation)
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Apologies that this episode is a bit late. I've been fighting both catatonia and a cold. In this episode I talk about the history of the podcast, give...
The Red Book (Beginner)
16 Jan 2024
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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 fi...
A Tarot Reading (Conversation)
09 Jan 2024
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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 t...
A Lucky New Year (Rerun)
31 Dec 2023
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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 cha...
How the Narwhal Got Its Tusk (Intermediate)
19 Dec 2023
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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...
The Giant Turnip (Beginner)
05 Dec 2023
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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...
The Water Monster (Intermediate)
21 Nov 2023
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Doggo and Kitty Tear Their Trousers (Advanced)
07 Nov 2023
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Bonus Episode: How Long Until I Get Fluent in English? with The Level Up English Podcast
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have a bonus episode from The Level Up English Podcast with Michael Lavers, answering the question 'How long does it take to get fluent in En...
How to Teach a Language (Pre-Intermediate)
24 Oct 2023
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The Path of Pins and Needles (Intermediate)
10 Oct 2023
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The Three Goats (Beginner)
26 Sep 2023
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Simon's New Job (Beginner)
12 Sep 2023
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How to Learn a Language (Pre-Intermediate)
29 Aug 2023
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The Piper of Hamelin (Beginner)
15 Aug 2023
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The Elephant and the Hare (Intermediate)
01 Aug 2023
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The King's New Clothes (Beginner)
18 Jul 2023
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The Voice of Reason (Pre-Intermediate)
04 Jul 2023
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Four Windows (Intermediate)
20 Jun 2023
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Easy Stories in English Premium has arrived!
16 Jun 2023
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Pioneers of the Continuum: The Saviour
13 Jun 2023
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Get episodes without adverts + bonus episodes at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! === The year is 2039 A group of scient...
Eyes, Teeth and Toenails (Beginner)
06 Jun 2023
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Interview with Alastair about Pioneers of the Continuum (Intermediate)
23 May 2023
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Eileen (Pre-Intermediate)
09 May 2023
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Saint George and the Dragon (Pre-Intermediate)
25 Apr 2023
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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 ...
The Rabbit Man (Intermediate)
11 Apr 2023
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Heorhiy lives happily as a peasant, but one day a rich man comes to his house and tells him he has a family debt. Heorhiy works three years to pay it ...
The Pancake Man (Beginner)
28 Mar 2023
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Francis's mother dies, and his father gets very sad. One day, Francis's father starts making pancakes. Francis loves the pancakes, so his dad makes bi...
The Labyrinth (Pre-Intermediate)
14 Mar 2023
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A woman keeps ending up in bad relationships. A businessman works so hard he has heart problems. A young man killed his friend by drunk driving and no...
Bonus Episode: The Bizarre Life of Lewis Carroll with English Learning for Curious Minds
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have a bonus episode from English Learning for Curious Minds. Listen and enjoy! Get the transcript at https://bit.ly/LifeOfLewisCarroll Subs...
The Hunt (Intermediate)
28 Feb 2023
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You have nowhere else to go. Beth left. Kai attacked. Faruq crashed. You hid. So one day, you go to that place you've heard about, where you can buy a...
The Perfect Pet (Beginner)
14 Feb 2023
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Rory has always wanted a pet, but his parents don't like animals. When Rory finishes university, he decides to get a pet. First, he gets a dog, but th...
Why Blood is Red (Pre-Intermediate)
31 Jan 2023
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In the beginning, there were two brother gods, Kimesh and Musesh. Kimesh created the planets with loud fire, and Musesh created the plants and animals...
Doggo and Kitty Do Their Laundry (Advanced)
17 Jan 2023
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Doggo and Kitty want to be like the adults, and adults put on clothes when they go outside. But there's a problem: Doggo and Kitty's clothes are dirty...
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Beginner)
03 Jan 2023
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Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === Goldilocks goes into the forest and gets lost. She finds a house with porridge by the window, an...
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Parts 3 & 4 (Intermediate)
20 Dec 2022
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Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === Every day, the lord of the castle goes hunting and Gawain stays in bed, bantering with the bea...