Happy English Podcast

845 - Backyard Fun

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I want you to know that I didn’t just throw this lesson together. And please, if you’re driving, feel free to turn it up! And if you’re at home,...

844 - Phrasal Verbs Related to Driving

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I almost hit the wall when I backed up my car. I was in the middle of talking to Jack when he suddenly cut me off to tell me that I should slow down. ...

843 - What Does Won’t Really Mean

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I’m sure you won’t forget this lesson. Even though my usual recording software won’t work with my new microphone, I won’t give up brining this...

842 - Time to Beat the Heat

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The temperature was already 30 degrees at 7:00 this morning. Let me tell you, it’s time to beat the heat. A nice dish of chocolate ice cream is one ...

841 - This Is Some Lesson

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I have some things to tell you today, even though I had some trouble putting this lesson together. I mean I had like some 50 different ideas, but I na...

840 - Another, The Other, Other

03 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The other day, I was thinking about what kind of lesson I can teach here and at first I had an idea, and then I had another idea and then another one....

839 - Independence Day

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This summer, I’ve been sharing short and fun lessons about American life—what people do, eat, and celebrate. This week, we’re talking about Fire...

838 - Each or Every

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I’m gonna guess that each of you listening to this podcast is interested in improving your English. I think about that ever time I write up one of t...

837 - Do you Belive

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I believe you like learning English, don’t you. In this case, I believe has the same meaning as I think. I’m pretty sure you like English. Believe...

836 - Summer Getaways

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why don’t you take a short getaway from what you were just doing, and check out today’s podcast English lesson. I’m pretty sure that doing so wi...

835 - All The Ways We Can Think

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I think you’re gonna like this lesson. I assume you’ve heard a lot of this vocabulary before, but I reckon maybe you haven't used all of it. In th...

834 - Here’s How To Spend

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hey, thanks for spending time with me today. I’m sure you’ll feel that by listening to this podcast, you’ll be spending your time wisely. Today ...

833 - Kicking Off Summer

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I hope you’re getting fired up for this English lesson because today, we’re gonna talk about how Americans kick off the summer. This week, we’r...

832 - Too Much and Much Too

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I was much too tired to go to the gym today. To be honest, I guess I’m too bored with that gym. The equipment is too old and there are too many peop...

831 - Except, Besides, Without

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Besides English, do you study any other languages? I mean, except for your native language. Think about those questions, because  without any further...

830 - Let’s Think

08 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Just think. A year ago you were at a totally different place along your English learning journey. And if you think that reaching your language goals i...

829 - How We Use Last

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Do you remember the last song you listened to? When was that, last night? And how long did it last? I’ll bet this is the last thing you thought I’...

828 - Cool & Casual Uses of HAVE in English

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why don’t you have yourself a cup of joe, grab your notebook and settle in. Today we’re gonna talk about your old car that has had it, and even th...

827 - Let Me Let You Know About Let

21 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever let it slip or let it rip? Maybe you need to tell someone to let it go or just let it all hang out. And of course, you can just let it b...

826 - Please drop the T

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I know that you often listen to this podcast. Maybe it’s because you like to hear authentic American English and you find that this helps you speak ...

825 - Phrasal Verbs With Away

14 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I was working away this morning trying to write this podcast English lesson. And it was hard to concentrate because my dog, Max was barking away while...

824 - Let’s Get Married In English

12 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Armstrong, party of 4, your table’s ready. Party of 4. That’s an interesting way to count a group of people, don’t you think? Well if you like p...

823 - Late Delayed Held Up

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sorry I’m late. I got held up in traffic. Has this happened to you recently? Have you gotten held up and then you’re running behind. Well, if you’...

822 - 7 Meanings Of Check Out

02 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When I checked out of the hotel, I decided to check out the used bookshop across the street. It has a good reputation, and for sure, it checks out. An...

821 - Floor, Story, Flight, Condo, Apartment

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Thirteen years ago, Hurricane Sandy blew into New York, and caused tons of problems for a lot of people, especially my friend Harry, who lived on the ...

820 - Conversational Like

26 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I worked a lot this week. I think I was at work like, 65 hours all together. So when I was done last night, I was like, so tired. I fell asleep on the...

819 - When LY Changes Everything

23 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Yesterday, I stopped by a cafe near my house and nearly spent the whole day thinking so hard about this lesson, I hardly drank my coffee! But then I t...

818 - Build Vocabulary Without Getting Bored

21 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we’re gonna talk about one of the biggest goals that English learners have — and that is: building vocabulary. You’ve probably felt this ...

817 - Phrasal Verbs With Give

19 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The other day, I got this ball point pen that’s made of Cedar word. Wow! It really gives off a nice smell. And at the store, they were giving away a...

816 - Conversational Idioms With Give

16 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Man, I’d give anything to have a day off. Have you ever felt this way? I know learning another language is not easy, and requires daily practice. I’...

815 - Casual Phrasal Verbs With Up

14 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Listen, I’m not trying to butter you up, but I do want to say that I appreciate you listening to this podcast each week. Maybe you can learn somethi...

814 - I Agree

09 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I Agree. Sounds simple, right? But depending on what you’re agreeing with, or who you’re agreeing with, or what you’re agreeing to, the grammar ...

813 -Six Ways To Use Must

03 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You must check out today’s podcast, it’s an absolute must! And for your own good, you must not skip any part of this episode. You must be wonderin...

812 - Should We Look, Watch, or See

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What should I do this weekend? Go see the cherry blossoms, or watch a movie? Or maybe I should go to the museum and look at their collection of modern...

811 - It’s All About It

30 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s time for another podcast English lesson. You like it, right? It’s good for you to listen to English, and a podcast like this, well, it’s gr...

810 - Seven Phrases With Like

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Recently, I’ve been working a lot of long days. Yesterday was no exception. I was so tired when I got home last night, I was out like a light. Then ...

809 - Let’s Start From The Top

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the middle of recording this podcast, I realized that the microphone wasn’t plugged in. Aye yai yai! So I had to go back to the top and start aga...

808 - Six Ways to Use Just

19 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I just got the idea that just is just one of those words that has a number of difference uses in everyday English. Just a sec, let me think about that...

807 - To Be or Being - Which Works Better

17 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Maybe you've been wondering how to start a sentence. Like, is it better to say, eating pizza makes me happy, or to eat pizza makes me happy. At first...

806 - How’s your Memory

12 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

So how is your memory? Do you have a memory like a sieve or maybe your memory is more like an elephant. Some people have a short memory and some peopl...

805 - Talk About Ability Using Can, Could & Be Able To

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is it , I can do that...or,  I’m able to do that. I could do that...or, I was able to do that. And what about, I’ll be able to do that? Today, it...

804 - 6 Ways To Wait

08 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You don’t need to wait around anymore. I know that you were waiting on me to help you figure out if you should use wait for or wait to or wait up an...

803 - Is it Really or Very

24 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I think this is really going to be a helpful lesson for you today. Very and really are two very basic words in English, but I do know that they can be...

802 - Knock, Knock

20 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Did you know that you can knock back, knock down, knock around, and knock up? You can even knock someone out or tell someone to knock it off. For toda...

801 - Travel, Trip, Journey, and Voyage

17 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Why don’t we go somewhere. A lot of people learn English because they love to travel. How about you? Whether it’s taking trip through the countrys...

800 - Deadlines With By, Until, and Unless

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Deadlines, we all have them, and so we need to talk about them. Finish your homework by Friday. Work hard until the weekend. And you can’t have any ...

799 - Is it Don't or Haven't?

12 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Even though I have my own business don’t like doing bookkeeping. I use some software to help me with that, but I haven’t had any real training in ...

798 - Ache vs Pain

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I visited my 97-year-old aunt in the nursing home the other day.  I haven't seen her in a while and it was a bit of a pain in the neck to get there b...

797 - 5 Ways To Use Put On

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The first thing I do every morning when I get up is I put on the coffee maker. Then I put on a podcast and get dressed. It's been pretty cold lately s...

796 - 7 Ways To Use The Simple Present Tense

05 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Yesterday I go to the pizza place down the block and I find out they have new owners. And I look behind the counter and they have all of these weird k...

795 - Things you can have

03 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

pet can result in having a headache. My dog Max is having a birthday in a few months, and I was thinking of having a birthday party for him. Did you ...

794 - Phrasal Verbs And Other Communication Phrases

31 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I’m so glad I called up my buddy Ed the other day. He’s a buddy of mine from high school and last week, out of the blue,  he hit me up in a text ...

793 - Tired, Tired Of, Tired From

29 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The word tired is one of those words in English that has a number of different uses and while you may be familiar with the basic meaning of tired, whi...

792 - 5 Ways To Use Always

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Always is a commonly used word, and probably one that you learned when you first started studying English. I’m sure everyone listening today  knows...

791 - Phrasal Verbs Related To Starting

20 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s time to kick off another podcast English lesson. Boot up your ipod, and fire up your headphones. We’re about to dive into a bunch of phrasal ...

790 - Using How

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How about this? Let’s look at the word how and see all the ways you can use how to make your English sound more natural. How come? I’m glad you as...

789 - The End

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today, I have a podcast for your that’s all about the end. I hope you can stick around until the tail end because by the time we are at the end, you...

788 - It’s Over And Above

08 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Let me tell you a bit about the setup I have here. First off, I’ve got two clocks in the office. One of them is on the wall above my desk, and the o...

787 - Is It Bring or Take

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bring and take. Both of these words can be used in English to talk about moving something or someone from place to place. Sounds simple enough, right?...

786 - How We Really Use SAY

30 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I saw a buddy of mine from high school the other day. It was really nice to catch up with him. He said he’s planing on selling his house. He said he...

785 - Six Ways To Use Go Out

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

These days, I don’t go out as much on the weekends as I did when I was in my 20s. I remember that in those days, there were a lot of fashion trends ...

784 - Hand Phrasal Verbs

18 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I love my watch. It’s not a Rolex or anything like that, but it was handed down to me by my grandfather. He was a teacher too and I remember him tel...

783 - Is It Hard Or Hardly

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I’ve been working hard recently. It’s not that this is hard work, it’s just that I have hard schedule. Like today, I hardly had time to eat lunc...

782 - Winter Phrasal Verbs

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It snowed hard last night and when I opened the curtains, the windows were frozen over.  It seemed like I was snowed in. But because I’m so snowed ...

781 - Using Kick

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I had an awesome lunch today. I went for Thai food and had green curry. It had a kick to it, but it was so tasty.  That restaurant is always kicking ...

780 - Using Go For

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As soon as I’m finished work today, I’m gonna go for a walk in Central Park. The park looks so nice after a snowfall. This morning when I walked b...

779 - Learn To Use Kind, Kind Of You, Kind Of, & A Kind Of In English

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s very kind of you to listen to this podcast. It’s a kind of English lesson, isn’t it? There are different kinds of English lessons out there...

778 - 8 Meanings Of The Verb Get In English

04 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I get it. You got here because you want to get something new in English. You’re getting more and more interested in improving your English. I’m su...

777 - Learn The Difference Between Want, Wish, & Hope

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I really want you to have a great experience learning English with me. And if you do, I hope you will tell your friends about this podcast. I wish I c...

776 - 7 Phrasal Verbs Using Head To Show Movement

27 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I got up early this morning because I needed to head out early.  As I was heading to my office I ran into one of my coworkers, who was heading over t...

775 - How To Ue Gerunds & Participles To Describe Things In English

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I walked into the office wondering what to teach in this podcast and then I remembered that the students in my podcast learner’s study group were fe...

774 - Different Ways To Show Gratitude In English

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Next week is a holiday called Thanksgiving here in the USA. It’s a family holiday, where we show gratitude and appreciation to others. And that gave...

773 - Adding More Information To Your Sentence With Relative Clauses

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast, which I produce for you each week, is designed to help you improve your English. I’m sure that English learners who listen to the Happ...

772 - How To Use Pay For, Pay By, Pay In, Pay Down, Pay Up & Pay Back In English

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I gotta tell you, I was pretty surprised when the boss paid for lunch today. I mean, he pays our salary each month, but he’s never treated us to lun...

771 - How To Use Present, Present Progressive, And Modals To Talk About The Future

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Future is here! Have you seen what’s going on with AI, space travel, and robotics? When they start sending humans to go to Mars, I’m definitel...

770 - 7 Ways To Give A Reason In English Without Because

06 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Seeing that you like learning English here, I thought you may be interested in sounding more fluent and sophisticated. Today, we’ll look at 7 differ...

769 - 6 Phrasal Verbs To Talk About Halloween In English

31 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Have you been bugged out recently? Has anything weirded you out? Have you been creeped out by anything or anyone lately? Well, don’t freak out. Toda...

768 - Useful Vocabulary & Phrases To Talk About Halloween In English

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever been to a haunted house or Haunted Mansion in Disneyland? Do you believe in ghosts? Have you ever seen a goblin or a skeleton? Today, le...

767 - The Difference Between During, For, In, and While To Talk About Time

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Do you usually listen to music while you’re studying? Do you like to study during the day or in the evening? Do you study for a few hours at once or...

766 - Learn The Meaning And Usage Of Almost, Most, and Mostly In English

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

So thanks to my stupid boss, I almost missed Jack’s party last Friday night. Luckily the party was still going on when I arrived and most of my frie...

765 - American English Idioms With The Words Tree and Leaf

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Do you like to leaf through a magazine when you’re waiting for a flight? Or maybe you’ve turned over a new leaf and started studying English more....

764 - Learn The Difference Between Just and Only In English

16 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever been writing something or maybe even just talking to someone and you find yourself stuck on a couple of super common words, because you’...

763 - 3 Practical Tips To Help You Improve Your English Pronunciation

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

These days, it seems like a lot of people all over the world speak English, doesn't it? And that means that there are ton of different English accents...

762 - Learn The Difference Between I Went There & I’ve Been There In English

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I went to a jazz club last night. I’ve actually been to that club several times. I went there. I’ve been there. Interesting grammar patterns, don’...

761 - American English Idioms Related To Fall Vocabulary

07 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Fall is here, and that means rainy days and wind, apples and nuts, and of course, leaves. . And we're diving into a whole bunch of them inspired by fa...

760 - Using Ain’t In Casual English Conversation

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Even though I ain’t gonna tell you a deep history of English slang,  let’s talk about a word that’s both loved and hated: ain’t!Over the year...

759 - Using Double Negatives In English For Emphasis

03 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For some weird reason, the coffee shop was closed this morning. I looked inside, but I couldn’t see anybody. I mean, I could see nothing in there. W...

758 - The Difference Between Remember Doing vs. Remember To Do In English

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Stop, try, remember, and forget. These four verbs can give you a headache because when they are followed by gerund (ING) or an infinitive (TO VERB) th...

757 - 6 Phrasal Verbs with FALL In American English

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It just turned fall a few days ago, and that got me thinking about fall vocabulary. And, because it’s been a few weeks since we’ve looked at phras...

756 - Using Me Too, Me Neither, & Me Either To Agree And Connect In English

25 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In everyday English conversations, we often use short phrases to express agreement or shared feelings. Three common phrases are "me too," "me neither,...

755 - The Difference Between I Have Lived Here And I Have Been Living Here

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Check this out. I’ve lived here for 10 years. I’ve been living here for 10 years. A lot of English learners get stuck on the difference between th...

754 - How To Use The Past Perfect Tense In Conversational English

21 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Did you ever wish you could add a little more excitement and interest to your English conversations? Maybe you’d like to add some color and exciteme...

753 - Learn the Difference Between The Simple Past and Present Perfect Tense

19 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I went to Central Park yesterday. Of course, it wasn’t my first time to go there. I have been to Central Park many times before. Recently, a lot of...

752 - 6 Ways To Use While In English Conversation

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

While I was writing this lesson, I was thinking about the early days of my teaching career in Sendai, Japan. While living there, I had the chance to v...

751 - Phrasal Verbs To Talk About Education In English

13 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I went over my notes today and after reading over everything I found out that we haven't run through any phrasal verbs here in a while. Have we fallen...

750 - Using Do, Did, & Indirect Questions For Emphasis In English

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I have to be honest, I do need a vacation. Wait, what? Did you notice that? I said, I do need a vacation. Do, need. Two verbs one after another. Do we...

749 - 6 Ear Idioms In English

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I hope you don’t mind if I bend your ear a little bit today. This past week, I’ve been up to my ears in new ideas for English lessons, and today’...

748 - 11 Uses & Meanings Of Get in English

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the last podcast episode, I showed you some idioms using the verb get. Well after that I was thinking and just the word get, all by itself has more...

747 - English Idioms and Phrases With Get

04 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I first got my feet wet in the podcast world in 2014. In those days, everything was new to me, and it took a while for me to get my act together. Than...

746 - 10 Different Ways To Use Would In English

02 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Would you like to learn something interesting today? I knew you would say yes! It would seem that you're pretty interested in improving your English. ...