Zdenek’s English Podcast
Episodes
Episode 181 - London adventure: talking to Michaela - part 1
13 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Finally I managed to come out of my comfort zone and accepted an offer to work in Wembley, London for a few weeks teaching kids in a summer school. ...
Episode 180 - A Word with A Rising Star Teacher (part 2)
05 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second part of the interview with Marvin, an English teacher from Great Britain. Following the previous episode, we continue talking abou...
Episode 179 - A Word with a Rising Star Teacher (part 1)
17 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I talk to Marvin from England who is an English teacher just like me and who has similar approach in teaching. He is very positive and...
Episode 178 - How I Took IELTS ( part 2)
11 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second part of a 2-part series about how I took the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) exam. In this particular episode...
Episode 177 - How I Took IELTS ( part 1)
03 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this well prepared double episode I will be telling you how I took the IELTS exam. I will look into what went according to plan, what shocked me, ...
Episode 176 - Garden Ramble
28 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was recorded outside in my garden. I took on a challenge to talk without any prior preperation, without having any notes, or following a...
Episode 175 - First Lepster Meet-up in Prague (part 2)
27 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second part of the episode which was recorded during the first Lepster meet-up in Prague. It starts with an arrival of a Japanese Lepster ...
Episode 174 - First Lepster Meet-up in Prague (part 1)
20 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was recorded during the first official Prague Meet-up of Luke's English Podcast listeners. It features listeners Zdenek (Czech), Jakob (F...
Episode 173 - Computer Games with PP1
06 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was recorded during a class with my students from the Middle East. The topic was computer games. My students talked about the impact on c...
Episode 172 - On Travelling with Monika and her Crew
09 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I meet up again with Monika. Just to remind you, episode 90 called On Shopping with Monika, which I recorded in London a couple years...
Episode 171 - Insomniac
31 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
I recorded this episode because I couldn't fall asleep basically. I think it is quite apparent in my voice. first I welcome new Zeppers, I encourage...
Episode 170 - Luke Back on ZEP (part 5 - analysis)
10 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This is the final part of a 5-part series called Luke Back on ZEP. Similarly to the previous episode, in this one I am looking at another 25 interest...
Episode 169 - Luke Back on ZEP (part 4)
07 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This is an extension to the triple episode named Luke Back on ZEP. In this episode I am looking at first 25 of total 50 interesting features of Englis...
Episode 168 - Luke Back on ZEP (part 3)
20 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This is the final part of a chat with Luke Thompson from Luke’s English Podcast. In this episode you can hear about what Luke likes teaching the mos...
Episode 167 - Luke Back on ZEP (part 2)
18 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This is part 2 of the Skype call conversation I recorded with Luke right after receiving my module 1 DELTA score. After an introduction in which I tr...
Episode 166 - Luke Back on ZEP (part 1)
14 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This series of episodes was recorded a couple of hours after I learnt my result of DELTA module 1. What could possible be a better way for me to cele...
Episode 165 - A-Z Game with Ritual People
09 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
I decided to turn my English class with people from Ritual agency into a recorded freestyle conversation. Yet again, I refreshed the good old A-Z game...
Episode 164 - A bit of Banter with Major (part 2)
05 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second part of lighthearted and extremely geeky chat with George aka Major or Emperor. In this one we go through all the characters of Ki...
Episode 163 - A bit of Banter with Major (part 1)
03 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the podcast features another playtester of Kingdoms of Deceit from Nottingham in England who goes by the name of Major, Emperor Zero o...
Episode 162 - The Jingle Poll
21 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I ask you to help me select the best jingle for Zdenek's English Podcast future episodes from top 5 tunes which were randomly generat...
Episode 161 - Teacher Talk with Clare
19 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Clare, a history graduate and currently an English teacher who has lived and studied in both Czech Republic and Russia. We go th...
Episode 160 - Eva and Mark in Prague (part 2)
04 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second part of a chat with Eva and her boyfriend Mark. This time it focuses on their working experience in a Greek hotel which did not exa...
Episode 159 - Eva and Mark in Prague (part 1)
02 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Do you remember Eva from England whom I met during my Celta course duing summer 2015 and who nailed it with that post-CELTA interview? Well, guess wha...
Episode 158 - Road to Civilisation (instalment 8)
01 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
good old RTC is back!!! Enjoy I and Honza looking back at the previous year and celebrating the coming of year 2017!
Episode 157 - Taking the DELTA (part 6 - The Interviews)
17 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This is the concluding episode of Taking the DELTA series. First, I shall tell you about my impression of the Module 1 Exam. This is followed by my s...
Episode 156 - Taking the DELTA (part 5 - The Verdict)
20 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode you will find out whether I passed Module 2 of the DELTA Module 2 or not. I also answer couple of questions and address a few top...
Episode 155 - Taking the DELTA (part 4 - the Rest of the Course)
13 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This is part 4 of "Taking the DELTA" series in which I embark upon a perilous journey of trying to describe my feelings during a super intense full-ti...
Episode 154 - Taking the DELTA (part 3 - LSA1)
04 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This is the third part of Taking the DELTA series. How did I did in my first important assessed lesson? What do you have to do to pass an LSA? What d...
Episode 153 - Taking the DELTA (part 2 - Input Sessions)
17 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The is the second part of the Taking the DELTA series. In this part you hear me fixing a few problems that arose during the last episode. The mai...
Episode 152 - Taking the Delta (part 1- Introduction)
03 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In the first part of this episode I remind everyone what this podcast is and why I decided to start doing it years ago, as well as explain my long po...
Episode 151 - Ethan Back on the Podcast
03 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Hello listeners, here is one more episode before I embark on a journey of professional development. I should be back after about 2 months. In this ...
Episode 150 - Top 10 Board Games
02 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features my very good friend George. In it we give our top 10 lists of our favourite board games. What are our favourite games? Why do w...
Episode 149 - A Chat with Shaun (part 2 - Kingdoms of Deceit)
01 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second part of the discussion with Shaun, my native speaker friend who I met through playtesting my board game called Kingdoms of Deceit. ...
Episode 148 - A Chat with Shaun (part 1 - Brexit)
01 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This is a highly requested episode which I recorded with my friend Shaun, a native speaker from England. This particular part is devoted to Brexit, a ...
Episode 147 - Tattooing & Handball
10 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is an improvised lesson. It features two students of mine, Valentin from Ukraine and Mina from Serbia. The former is a rising star of tat...
Episode 146 - Hexagonal Talk (Infinitive vs. Gerund)
29 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Hello listeners, sometimes I like to improvise my classes and sometimes I improvise episodes of Zdenek's English podcast, too. And sometimes thes...
Episode 145 - Hanging out with Kevin in Podebrady
18 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It had been a while since the last native speaker on the podcast and that's why about a month ago I took my friend Kevin to a pub in Podebrady (in the...
Episode 144 - The Speed-dating Story & Clarifying Conditionals
25 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The main course of this podcast episode is me reading out a real life experience of attending a speeddating event. Some time ago I wrote a story to te...
Episode 143 - Musing with Peter (part 2)
19 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
First of all, in a short introduction to this episode I attempt to explain my podcasting absence. And then.... ....I embark on a musing journey with...
Episode 142 - Musing with Peter (part 1)
16 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This is another episode with a student of mine. These days I prefer killing more birds with one stone. Petr has actually appeared on the podcast ...
Episode 141 - Interview with Zuzka (part 2 - AZ Game)
31 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second part of the interview with Zuzka. From the feedback I got from you I deduce that you thoroughly enjoyed part one. In this one we...
Episode 140 - Vote for me in LEP Photo Competition
21 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The time has come to test the loyalty of the Zeppers. As you know not long ago Luke launched a cool brand new competition called Luke's English Podcas...
Episode 139 - Interview with Zuzka (part 1:Learning Tips)
19 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What is it like to self-study English through the eyes of a 16-year old these days? Zuzka from the Czech Republic will provide you with some useful a...
Episode 138 - An English Lesson with my Chinese Students
10 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This year I am teaching a group of Chinese students. From Asia I have only taught some Saudis before. Overall, I have to say that teaching the Chinese...
Episode 137 - Farewell 2015
08 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Hello everyone, it has been ages since my last episode. In fact, I recorded one on 25 December last year but only managed to get round to the publishi...
Episode 136 - How to Seduce Women (part 2)
30 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is pretty much a coverage of my first attempts of field testing the knowledge I learnt from the books about how to seduce women.. How...
Episode 135 - How to Seduce Women (part 1)
22 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In a nutshell, this is a series about my journey of becoming more apt with women upon which I have lately decided to embark. I hope you find it intere...
Episode 134 - My Take on Events in Paris
16 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I talk about the horrific events of terrorist attacks in Paris which happened on 13 November 2015. I mention some common opinions t...
Episode 133 - Reviewing English Tenses with Jirka
09 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I spoke to Jirka, the mountain trekker who has already been on the podcast before. This time we attempted to look at the most common E...
Episode 132 - Doing Push-ups & Clarifying Vocabulary
31 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Well, it's been long time since I did something crazy on this podcast. :) In this episodes I took on a challenge of doing 100 push-ups live while c...
Episode 131 - Road to Civilization (instalment 7)
29 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Long time since I published RTC last time :) I think Honza is at his best in this episode. And he is trying to reach out to you listeners so don't let...
Episode 130 - Catching up with Aarony
12 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I am catching up with my friend Aarony, a football journalist from Bangladesh. Aarony has appeared on the podcast before and I am glad...
Episode 129 - Random Generated Q&A
05 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode I used a programme which created random questions for me to answer. Admittedly, I wasn't at my best regarding my language abilities a...
Episode 128 - Talking to Eva about CELTA
20 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was recorded during my last days of CELTA course. It is a light-hearted interview with my classmate, a trilingual speaker called Eva who ...
Episode 127 - CELTA (part 3)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This is the final part of the mini series about CELTA. In this episode I will reveal the secret of the grade I have received in CELTA. Apart fr...
Episode 126 - CELTA (part 2)
23 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second part of the miniseries about how I did in the CELTA course. In this episode I am going to tell you about what my challenges as a te...
Episode 125 - CELTA (part 1)
07 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini-series I am going to be telling you about my experience of taking Cambridge CELTA course. In part one I will first explain the long...
Episode 124 - A Chat with Johny
27 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features a young bilingual man, half English half Czech. Although he was born and has been living in the Czech Republic his entire life, ...
Episode 123 - Luke's Roleplays Reborn
19 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
I recorded this episode as a response to Luke's English podcast double episode called Bad Haircut Situation. Initially this was not meant to be publis...
Episode 122 - Crazy Chat with my Students (part 3)
16 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This is the final part of the series with arguably the most interesting and indubitably the smartest class I have ever taught - futue PHD students - ...
Episode 121 - Crazy Chat with my Students (part 2)
09 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Here is the long awaited part 2. It feels so nostalgic to listen to this already and it was recorded only 14 days ago. Enjoy!
Episode 120 - Crazy Chat with my Students (part 1)
01 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was recorded due to the success of its predecessor. It is a lose sequel to episode 89 which featured my former upper-intermediate studen...
Episode 119 - On Studying Abroad with class N2 (part 2)
23 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second part of the episode recorded in the classroom with the students of mine. In this one I asked them to tell us what it was like f...
Episode 118 - On Studying Abroad with class N2 (part 1)
11 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This is a lesson with my high level students which I decided to convert into a podcast episode.
Episode 117 - Graham in the (Kebab) House (part 2)
02 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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Episode 116 - Graham in the (Kebab) House (part 1)
22 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I took my friend Mirek up on the offer to meet up with Graham from Canada to carry out an improvised interview. It took place in Samer...
Episode 115 - Chat TIME with Alex (part 2)
27 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we pick up on the light-hearted chat with Alex from the previous edition of the podcast. In this one in particular I try to throw in s...
Episode 114 - Chat TIME with Alex (part 1)
19 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first part of an interview with Alex, a Czech girl who has lived in Canada for a short time and whose brother was on the team of people re...
Interview in Czech with My Former Russian Student Kuba
06 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This is my first attempt to record an episode of a podcast in my native tongue. The way I speak speak there is really weird but I hope learners of Cze...
Episode 113 - The Conditional Rant
03 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This Episode is the long awaited unveiling of the rap song I have written in order to teach you conditional clauses and wait for it...I HAVE ALSO RAPP...
Mirek's Interview with Zdenek from ZEP
26 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
I was interviewed by Mirek who is going to write his thesis on Podcasts in English Language Teaching. I speak about Luke's English Podcast, my podcast...
Episode 112 - ZEP Competition (1st Place)
21 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
And here comes the winner of the competition :) Congratulations!
A Short Message - My New Toy
19 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This is just a short message for you to fill the time before I release the interview with the winner of ZEP competition :)
Episode 111 - ZEP Competition (2nd Place)
16 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Here is the interview with the person who finished in the second place in ZEP competition. Congratulations!
Episode 110 - ZEP Competition (3rd place)
14 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Here is the 3rd place in the ZEP competition. Warning: There is a lot of improvised ramble prior to the interview.
Episode 109 - ZEP Competition (4th Place)
09 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The 4th place of the ZEP competition including 3 error corrections as a bonus.
Episode 108 - ZEP Competition (6-7th place)
08 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Another competition interview charged with a lot of emotions of various sorts.
Episode 107 - ZEP Competition (5th place)
04 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Here is the 5th place of ZEP competition.
The Conditional Rant - with "Zero Conditional"
02 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lyrics by Zdenek Lukas Music downloaded from http://www.killatune.com/freenonexbeats/freebeats1.mp3
Episode 106 - ZEP Competition (6-7th Place)
02 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The person who finished in the shared sixth/ seventh place of the competition is revealed in this episode. I also take a brief look at the geniti...
Episode 105 - ZEP Competition (8th Place)
30 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Finally the competition results are here!!! Thanks everyone for the participation :)
A Short message
19 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This quick message is mainly a call on Ben from Algeria to get back to me so that we can record his competition entry. I also outline what kind of...
Episode 104 - Michal and Bart's First English Interview
14 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I decided to give a chance to two young Czech teenagers to have a say on the podcast. The first ten minutes are the introduction ...
Episode 103 - Road to Civilization (instalment 6)
31 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
I and my cousin Honza in a New Year's Eve Road to Civilization episode :)
Episode 102 - Ethane (part 3)
29 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This is the final part of the interview with Ethan recorded in the second largest city in the Czech Republic Brno. For this one I prepared idioms rela...
Episode 101 - Ethane (part 2)
28 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second part of the interview with Ethan I recorded in Brno. This time we focus on Ethan’s music and his DJ career. Ethan exclusively pro...
Episode 100 - "100"
27 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This is the 100th episode of Zdenek‘s English Podcast. Naturally, I used this milestone episode as an opportunity to review my podcasting history, b...
Episode 99 - Ethane (part 1)
14 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was recorded in Brno. It features an interview with my English friend Ethan (at the time of the recording slightly under the weather) who...
Episode 98 - Competition Announcement
07 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I am going to tell you about a competition which I have decided to launch for you, i.e. the listeners of this podcast. I hope you will...
Episode 97 - Iceskating with a Lifeguard
03 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This is an improvised episode, recorded in an ice rink, which I produced with a friend of mine who has recently come back from a working holiday in th...
Episode 96 - The Accent Girl
29 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I called on skype Gabriela from Brazil, my favourite contestant of Luke's English Podcast competition. She is only 13 and has already ...
Episode 95 - Talk with Bill: Language Dissection
20 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This is the last episode from a mini-series featuring the American pastor Bill. In this one I scrutinize the interesting items of vocabulary for you....
Episode 94 - Questions for Bill
11 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the podcast is a direct continuation of the intriguing dialogue I had with the American pastor Bill in episode no.92. This part is bas...
Episode 93 - Sticky Notes (Installment 1)
05 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This is a brand new improvised episode in which I decided to go through some of the sticky notes found in my room and explain the bits of vocab writte...
Episode 92 - A Talk with Bill about Americans and Pastoring
02 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This edition of the podcast features a native speaker Bill, a pastor from the USA. He came to visit a friend of his in the Czech Republic. We met in t...
Episode 91 - Skypecall wih José from Learning with Myself
28 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode I decided to skypecall my colleague José from Chile. I call him my colleague for two reasons. First, he is a teacher by profe...
Episode 90 - On Shopping with Monika
20 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Do you remember Monika from the episode A Word with a Future Manager Living in London? And do you remember how Monika invited me to visit her in th UK...
Episode 89 - Crazy Talk with my Former Students
16 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was recorded on the day I took the final test with my foreign students. In the evening, we went to a bar and drank a bit and I used the o...
Episode 88 - AZ Game
10 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I and my cousin go for a beer and we made an amazing decision to play a spontaneous game in which we profoundly ramble, ramble and ram...
Episode 87 - Zdenek's Master's Thesis
29 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This brand new episode partially reveals the truth behind how I managed to get hold of my master's degree. I will be reading you selected chapt...