Zdenek’s English Podcast
Episodes
Episode 281 - Cristina Castagnoli
28 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I interview Cristina, a singer Italy that I taught in London for couple of months. She is a huge personality, and was an absolute plea...
Episode 280 - Road to Civilisation (instalment 14 - without Honza)
28 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The classic episode is back, although this time it is a bit different.
Episode 279 - UK's General Elections 2019
14 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As someone who is not a fan of Brexit and Boris Johnson, I was gutted when the general elections results were published this Thursday. I called Nick o...
Episode 278 - Michelle's Research
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I speak to my academic manager from my summer job in Wembley Michelle. Michelle is from Ireland, but she has also worked in UAE for 5...
Episode 277 - Irish Stereotypes
17 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I have a friendly chat with Aisling who was my colleague at a summer camp in Wembley. Before I recorded this, I did little research a...
Episode 276 - Seriously Geeky Conversation with Matea
12 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I talk to Matea, an English teacher from Croatia, about how she got to such a high English level, her role in England, board games, T...
Episode 275 - Cassandra on the Podcast
02 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the podcast I speak to Cassandra who was my colleague back in summer. She is a drama student so you can imagine having her on the p...
Episode 274 - Present Perfect
20 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is a no-nonsense episode in which I teach you everything you need to know about the so unpopular English tense "present perfect".
Episode 273 - Catching up with Neimo
13 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This summer I worked for MLI with a lot of interesting people again. In this particular episode, it's Neimo who actually makes a ZEP comeback. He...
Episode 272 - Weather Idioms
06 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I am catching up with my friend Mark again. This is his fourth appearance on the podcast. What has he been up to? What new activity h...
Episode 271 - Vocabulary Test
27 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is an unplanned one. I woke up in the morning and while preparing for today's afternoon classes, I decided to make a listening exercise t...
Episode 270 - Guy from Airport
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Remember the legendary episode 55 about a random guy from the train? Well, here is a sequel to it. This time I met a well-educated Iranian lecturer. ...
Episode 269 - Nrup's Studies Update
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Nrup looks back at his first academic year at Charles University. Being a medical student at such a reputable university is not easy,...
Episode 268 - Summing up the Previous Arsenal's Season & Football Vocabulary
01 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I speak to my friend Nrup about football. We try to sum up season 2018-2019 from Arsenal's point of view and we go through a list of ...
Episode 267 - Mission Czexit
23 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's official. I've left the Czech Republic. Where did I move to and why? How difficult was it to decide and how will this affect ZEP? Listen to this ...
Episode 266 - Maximum Volume (part 2)
18 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I talk to Max about German stereotypes.
Episode 265 - Maximum Volume (part 1)
10 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 265 was recorded at a lake in Podebrady. This time I talk to my former student from Germany called Max whose English level is almost C2. We ma...
Episode 264 - Saviour's Speech
04 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I talk to a student from Zambia about a motivational speech he has given at the graduation ceremony. We also talk about his country a...
Episode 263 - Chilling out with Asad at the Graduation Garden Party
27 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I talk to one of the most articulate students I have taught this year. We talk about the country of his origin, but also about the co...
Episode 262 - Breaking the Glass Ceiling with Marek Kiczkowiak
27 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I speak to Marek Kiczkowiak, Ph.D. who is the founder of TEFL Equity Advocates and Academy. Marek is something like Martin Luther Ki...
Episode 261 - Phrasal Verbs in Louse's Adventures Episode
18 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I go through the conversation I had in episode 260 with my fellow DELTA sufferer, native speaker from England Louis and clarify ...
Episode 260 - Louise's Adventures
12 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I decided to say hi to my DELTA classmate from England Louise and while I was on it, I thought to myself why not invite her onto ZEP. It was a wise d...
Episode 259 - It's Not That Deep Podcast (Doctor Who episode) - Pronunciation Analysis
01 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Do you remember Clare without "i"? She has featured on ZEP several times before. I wanted to give you a taste of her new podcast "It's Not That Deep" ...
Episode 258 - That's a Question with PP1
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was recorded during class while playing a game where we ask each other simple questions. The episode features a lot of guests so there so...
Episode 257 - A Chat with Martin from RnR English Podcast
14 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features a high profile guest Martin from a well established Rock 'n Roll English podcast. After introducing the guest of this episode, w...
Episode 256 - A Chat with Olga about Dental Hygiene
27 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a conversation class with my student Olga. I put her on the spot a bit by coming to our private lesson and asking her to record a podc...
Episode 255 - A Friendly Chat with Salem, Rubick and Rami
13 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was supposed to be published for patrons only, but I changed my mind about it because it is too funny and cool to have only a few people ...
Episode 254 - A Conversation about the Middle East
06 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I talk to my students Rubick from Lebanon and Salem from Syria about the Middle East. We talk about this world region and its specif...
Episode 253 - Catching up with Kay on St. Patrick's Day
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I catch up with my Irish friend Kay who lived in the Czech Republic last year and is now working at a university in Manchester. As it ...
Episode 252 - Bowling with Honza
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I talk to my advanced student Honza about bowling. He is a bowler and he knows everything you need to know. Prepare for a lot of vocab...
Episode 251 - Flashcards Vocab vol.8
17 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is another episode from the series of "Flashcards Vocab". In this particular one I use a lot of examples from British politics, but I also talk a...
Episode 250 - Ten Messages from Listeners
10 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I read out and respond to ten messages/emails I have recieved in the last few months. Most of them praise my work I do with this podc...
Episode 249 - Binominal Phrases
18 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I talk to my Claire. This is a light-hearted chat, but make no mistake, it also has a very thoughful educational motive. Essentially,...
Episode 248 - Glottal Stop
09 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I take a light-hearted approach to teach a pronunciation phenomenon called glottal stop /ʔ/- a sound that is often used in spok...
Episode 247 - A Chat with Dustin from Board Gaming with Education Podcast
30 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's been a while since I had another podcaster on my podcast. So I was very pleased when Dustin from Board Gaming with English (now renamed int...
Episode 246 - Petr Cech
22 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This time I talk to my English friend Marvin about Petr Cech, a Chelsea (and Czech) legend and currently an Arsenal player, who has recently announced...
Episode 245 - Language Analysis of my Interview on Luke's English Podcast
16 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I reflect on the experience of featuring in episodes 569 and 570 of Luke's English Podcast. I will tell you how I felt before, du...
Episode 244 - Bumbling through Canada with Dumb John
09 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I talk to John from Canada, another playtester of Kingdoms of Deceit. We talk mostly about Canada related topics and I also ask ...
Episode 243 - Road to Civilisation (instlalment 13)
01 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode has two main parts. The first part is a classic New Year's Eve Road to Civilisation with my cousin Honza and also an additional guest Nru...
Episode 242 - Adjective Football
29 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was recorded on a train last winter. I kept postponing publishing it because I always thought it was a bit weird. I have now changed...
Episode 241 - 5 Bad and 5 Good Things about the Czech Republic and Czechs
28 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is dedicated to Czech people. I attempt to give you a balanced view of what it is like to be Czech by presenting my top 5 good and ...
Episode 240 - Christmas Competition
23 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this insanely rambly episode I introduce you a new competition. You have exactly one week to send me an email with a few pieces of information name...
Episode 239 - Shedding Light on Brexit
22 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I talk to Nick, a student of politics from England, about Brexit. Nick is currently in the middle of writing an essay on Brexit and th...
Episode 238 - A Class with Barbara (part 2)
15 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This is part 2 of the class with Barbara. We actually start off this episode by speaking German, which is kinda hilarious. Barbara tells us what it wa...
Episode 237 - A Class with Barbara (part 1)
07 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I talk to my student Barbara who is a very interesting young woman. She was born in Chile, but lived most of her life in Europe....
Episode 236 - Health Idioms
25 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This time I am joined by a podcast regular Mark from the UK. We have about 20-minute catch-up chat in which I manage to throw in a lot of idioms rel...
Episode 235 - Road to Civilisation (instalment 12)
15 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It does exactly what is says on the tin.
Episode 234 - Visiting Franta in Brighton
08 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I caught up with Franta who had previously featured in one of the most successful episodes on this podcast ever. This time I visited F...
Episode 233 - Pint of Guinness with a Croatian Group Leader
24 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
During my time in England this summer I struck up a friendly conversation with one of the group leaders and before you know it, I was invited for a pi...
Episode 232 - Spider Rustle
16 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I tell an anecdote and talk about what I have been up to lately.
Episode 231 - Meet my CELTA soulmate Claire
07 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I introduce you to an American friend of mine with whom I took the CELTA course a few years ago. This summer we both worked for the c...
Episode 230 - A Report from Lepster Meet-up in London
18 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode does exactly what it says on the tin. Firstly, I tell you some information about the meet-up, how it was organised, where it happene...
Episode 229 - A Conversation with a Musician from London
05 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I speak to Aisha who I had a pleasure to work with during summer 2018 in London as an activity leader. She has studied at a music co...
Episode 228 - Catching up with Marzena
21 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I talk to my former colleague and a friend Marzena from Poland about her not always positive experiences of working for a language sc...
Episode 227 - a Chat with my English Colleague in Oxford
21 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I talk to my coworker Neimo from England. The episode was recorded in Oxford and we speak about our job on that day. But more im...
Episode 226 - Airport Pick-up
16 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This is an utterly imporvised episode. I had to kill time while waiting for a group at an airport.
Episode 225 - Maths Expressions
14 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After exactly one year I met up with Mark who is originally from Russia and has been living and studying in England for a while. This means he has a ...
Episode 224 - A Chat with Ryoko from Japan
04 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this, to my mind, very positive and motivating episode I talk to Ryoko, my former Japanese student and a well-travelled person, who has lived, work...
Episode 223 - June, LEP Premium, World Cup, Summer Camp
30 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I would like to update you on what I have been doing. I had a free June which means I did a lot of things to kill time. I speak ...
Episode 222 - A Chat with Marija about English Exams
10 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was recorded outside by the river. In it I have an informal chat with a high level English speaker Marija who has been on the podca...
Episode 221 - A Chat with a Brit Studying in Japan
04 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I talk to a friend and another playtester of the game I have been developing called Kingdoms of Deceit. Nick is currently studyi...
Episode 220 - Libraries, Books, and Knowledge
26 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I talk to Shaun from England about his job which is a library assistant. We speak about books and how they can benefit us and we als...
Episode 219 - Clare Back on ZEP
14 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Remember Clare from episode 161? Well, she is back on the podcast. We did a nice skype catch-up discussing various topics such as teaching English, he...
Epizode 218 - A Friendly Chat with 2 Azeri Medicine Students
07 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I have a friendly chat with 2 young students of mine from Azerbaijan who have come to the Czech Republic to study medicine. We talk ab...
Episode 217 - Colour Idioms in Context
23 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode I invited a friend of podcast Nrup who comes from India. The aim of this episode is to clarify idioms which contain colours so i...
Episode 216 - Chinese and Russian Stereotypes
18 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I talk to my students Fu aka Cloudy and Nikita. The former is Chinese and the latter Russian. We go through some common stereot...
Episode 215 - A Chat with Max from the U.S.
07 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I speak to my friend and surprsingly also my former student Max from the United States of America. We talk about Max's journey of lea...
Episode 214 - Road to Civilisation (instalment 11)
01 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Honza back on the podcast in another instalment of Road to Civilization series. Apart from the usual nonsensical banter, we also attempt to play a gam...
Episode 213 - Th sounds in English (part 1)
30 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I will take a look at phonology, namely how "th" is pronounced in English i.e "ð" and "θ" sounds. These seem to be some the most c...
Episode 212 - The Recorder Story
24 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I have always been impressed by the Pink Gorilla Story episode (episode 125) of Luke's English Podcast and ever since I started doing my podcast...
Episode 211 - A Class with three Africans and one Latin American
17 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I talk to my three African students from Etiopia, Senegal, and Kenya, as well as a young man from Peru. The talk revolves around the t...
Episode 210 - Being Sociable
10 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This is a continuation of the interview with Key which was published in episode 208. The episode features Kay from Ireland herself, but also Maria fr...
Episode 209 - Two Improvised Recordings
04 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a hodge-podge of 2 seemingly unrelated recordings. However, they have one thing in common - they are both improvised. In both cases t...
Episode 208 - Meet Kay - an Irish Teacher, Polyglot, and Stand-up Comedian
24 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I talk to my friend and a regular board game meet-up attendee Kay. Despite her very young age, she has already lived in a...
Episode 207 - A Chat with Galaxy from Northern Ireland
14 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I talk to Jack aka Galaxy from Northern Ireland who happens to have a very distinct Northern Irish accent. We cover different to...
Episode 206 - Dominik's Travel Experiences
08 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Dominik, a friend of Mirek's. To remind you, Mirek was on the podcast in episode 97 - Iceskating with a Lifeguard (recorde...
Episode 205 - Bruce and his Learning Journey
30 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I talk to Bruce who is a playtester for my board game Kingdoms of Deceit. We talk about the country he is from which happens to be Est...
Episode 204 - Flashcards Vocabulary vol. 4
24 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Anither episode in which I go through the expressions from my vocab app.
Episode 203 - A Chat with Nrup from India (part 2)
17 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This is a direct continuation of the previous episode which featured my student and a regular board game club attendee Nrup. This time we talk about f...
Episode 202 - A Chat with an Indian Student (part 1)
07 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I talk to Nrup from India. He is a young student who lived in Quatar for a long time and now decided to study medicine in the Cze...
Episode 201 - Road to Civilisation (instalment 10)
02 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This is the 10th episode of Road to Civilisation traditionally recorded on New Year's Eve. Expect not less than usual a ramble, some funny language co...
Episode 200 - 200
24 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Here is episode 200 of Zdenek's English Podcast. The episode could be divided into three parts. The first part is my never-ending ramble about this ...
Episode 199 - Petra, Dogs, Iceland, and Tattoos
03 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I talk my former student Petra during one of our last classes together. She was about to leave her job to work as a waitress in Icel...
Episode 198 - Flashcards Vocabulary vol.3
22 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This episodes is another continuation from the series of my flashcards vocabulary.
Episode 197 - Celebrating 200, 17 November, New Podcast
17 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
As you know episode 200 is quickly approaching. I took this as an opportunity to ask you, my listeners, to get involved in the celebration by ...
Episode 196 - A Beer with C2 English Learner (part 3)
12 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This is the final part of my interview with Marija from Macedonia. This time, we play a fun word association game. If you want more from the two ...
Episode 195 - A Beer with C2 English Learner (part 2).mp3
06 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
As you know, these days I don't publish episodes which are over 1 hour long. Unfortunately, I accidentally published the entire episode last time, eve...
Episode 194 - A Beer with C2 English Learner (part 1)
30 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I speak to Marija, a proficient student from Macedonia who happens to be a member of my board game meet-up club. We have a pleasant co...
Episode 193 - Road to Civilisation (instalment 9)
22 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is pure banter between my cousin and me. It starts off with John rustling his plastic bag trying to sabotage the podcast. During the enti...
Episode 192 - Flashcards Vocabulary vol. 2
11 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
As a response to the mistakes I have made as a podcaster in the last few episodes, I bring you the second sequel to a Flashcards Vocabulary serie...
Episode 191 - Marek Talking about Norway
05 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this epsioe I talk to my intermediate student Marek about his life, especially about an interesting challenge he underwent alone in a forest w...
Episode 190 - Flashcards Vocabulary vol.1
29 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I go through vocabulary that I collected in the past 2 months.
Episode 189 - Podcast in Jeopardy
24 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I decided to share with what I have been up to lately, to tell you what fills most of my time these days, and where I will be teaching...
Episode 188 - Talk with my Japanese Friend
10 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I talk to Yusuke from Japan on his last day in the Czech Republic. Yusuke is my former student and a new enthusiastic listener to L...
Episode 187 - Dasha's Diary
20 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I talk to Dasha, an English teacher who came to my town as an activity leader of 15 Ukrainian kids. She talks about how she became an ...
Episode 186 - London Job Recap
11 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a summary of how I spent July 2017 - working in London for a language school. As I recorded this with little preparation and I spe...
Episode 185 - Luke's Criminal Past
04 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It wouldn't be a proper visit of London if I didn't get to see Luke and do some podcasting with him. This time I decided to find out a bit more ab...
Episode 184 - Michaela's Farewell
02 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I say good-bye to Michaela, my esteemed colleague from England. She tells us about her next work-related move and we also tell yo...
Episode 183 - Freestyle Chat with Marzena and 2 Surprising Guests
23 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I talk to Marzena, a colleague teacher of mine from Poland. We discuss how this summer school experience has been for us so far, inclu...
Episode 182 - Talking to Mark aka Russian about British Education
17 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I meet up with my Russian friend who happens to be living in London since he was ten. When you speak to him, you wouldn't really think...