Get to know and learn English with Isi & Mitch; a bi-national couple in the UK. We talk all things British including pubs, small talk, music, food, the stiff upper lip and the bloody weather! We love to hear from our listeners and answer your questions on the English language or British life and culture. This is the authentic way to learn the language with day-to-day conversations and getting to know Isi & Mitch a little bit better. Become a member and we’ll give you interactive transcripts and bonus content for each episode at www.easyenglish.fm/membership!
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Mitch & Isi take a quiz to test their relationship... Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Mitch & Isi: [0:23] So, hello. - Hi. Hi. - Hi. Welcome to the Easy English Podcast. But... - But today as a video podcast. So, if you're listening, now, on a podcast app, you can also switch over to YouTube, where it's already out and watch it, as a video. But you don't need to. We wi...
Listen to part 2 of the podcast where Isi and Mitch give advice on how to pass an English speaking test, based around the IELTS test. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:23] Hello everybody, welcome to another episode of the Easy English Podcast. Mitch: [0:28] This week's episode is a bit different, as we're carrying on from our part one of easy taking the IELTS te...
Find your ideal English teacher on italki 🎉 Use the code english3 for €5 off your first class (minimum €10): https://go.italki.com/english3 This week, Mitch and Isi guide you and give advice on how to pass an English speaking test, based around the IELTS test. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Show Notes Find your ideal English teacher on italki 🎉 Use the code ENGLISH3 for €5 off your fi...
Mitch and Isi give you advice on things you shouldn't do, things you should do when making conversations with strangers in English in different, everyday scenarios. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:22] Welcome aboard the HMS Easy English. Isi: [0:27] Her Majesty's sail. Mitch: [0:29] Her Majesty's ship. Isi: [0:30] Why are we on a ship? Mitch: [0:32] I don't kno...
Mitch and Isi give you 10 useful English contractions to help you sound like a native speaker! They also update you on a new, Asia-friendly 'Zoom' conversation call time. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Show Notes Register your interest in our Asia-Friendly conversation call here: Click Here Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:22] Hiya, podcast peeps. Isi: [0:25] Hello. Mitch: [0:25] Welcome to a...
Justin, an American from Texas and Easy Languages family member joins us to talk about money, driving on the left, the Royal Family, plus culture shocks and strange similarities between Brits and people from the United States Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:23] Hello, everybody. Isi: [0:24] Hello. Mitch: [0:25] Welcome to another episode of the Easy English Pod...
Find your ideal English teacher on italki 🎉 Use the code ENGLISH2026 for €5 off your first class (minimum €10): https://go.italki.com/english2 Isi and Mitch give you 5 (and a half) tips and tricks for keeping the conversation not only going, but flowing if you're a non-native English speaker trying to improve your conversation skills Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Show Notes Find your ...
Mitch and Isi give you 5 common scenarios in a British pub and give you advice, vocabulary and conversational tips to help you, not just survive... but thrive! In a traditional pub in the UK. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Show Notes Improve your English conversation skills: Start your 7-day free trial of our Conversation Membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:23] Okay, hello, welcome to...
Mitch and Isi will give you their honest pros & cons list, advice & knowledge. And overall, try to convince you to travel to the UK by boat. Our new, Asia-friendly, conversation call - 10:15 GMT (15:45 in India / 18:15 in China & 19:15 in Japan & Korea) every Tuesday will start if 10 people email me - mitch@easyenglish.video with the phrase " I'm in ". Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.f...
Isi and Mitch give you 10 everyday sayings that British people use - and what they really mean... Go to https://go.italki.com/english2026 to get 5€ off your first italki lesson with our code ENGLISH when you spend at least 10 €. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch [0:22]Hi everybody, welcome to the Easy English Podcast. Long time, no see. It's been a while. Isi [0:29]I...
Isi and Mitch introduce their "Kick-Off 2026 Challenge," a 14-day intensive program to boost English skills through daily tasks. They then dive into a fun comparison of American and British English, demonstrating pronunciation differences for 10 common words like "schedule," "tomato," and "aluminium." The episode also features a listener question, an invitation to their interactive "Pub Call" conversation club, and concludes with a classic British joke.
Isi and Mitch kick off their Christmas special with exciting announcements for their 14-day English learning challenge and an interactive transcript membership. They then unwrap an early Christmas gift before diving into a detailed comparison of festive traditions in the UK and Germany. Topics covered include unique decorating styles, popular holiday foods, media consumption, children's gift-giving customs, and distinct social gatherings like Christmas markets and Boxing Day.
In this engaging episode, hosts Isi and Mitch delve into eight practical English idioms. Using humorous AI-generated images, Isi guesses their meanings while Mitch shares their fascinating origins and explains how to use them in daily conversations. Listeners learn expressions like "full of beans," "not my cup of tea," and "break the ice," enhancing their understanding of nuanced English phrases.
Mitch and Isi find out facts, slang and phrases from Scotland. The duo then answer Marianne's question about British TV shows before Mitch reads out a few classic British jokes. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Show Notes Mitch & Janusz's jokes video: British Jokes (Easy English 168) Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:23] We've hit a milestone as well. I just... I didn't even notice. We're on...
The pace of life, food habits, market days and more... Mitch and Isi talk about the culture shocks they discovered during their time in the south west of France Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Mitch: [0:23] Did you see this? They think they have a video now of... did you see that the Louvre was robbed? Isi: [0:29] Yeah, I didn't hear much about it. I saw this video as well. Mi...
Crossing on a red light? Table service in a pub? Bus, supermarket and London Underground ettiquette? Mitch tests Isi with 5 very British scenarios to see if she knows the unwritten rules of British life. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Isi: [0:22] Hello! Mitch: [0:24] Hello! Welcome to the Easy English Podcast. Isi: [0:28] I'm pro-leaving this out next time. We should......
Come play along as Isi ranks traditional British food, such as the full English breakfast, Sunday roast dinner, crumpets ans the famous fish & chips. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Mitch: [0:22] Hello. Isi: [0:24] Hi. Mitch: [0:25] Welcome to the Easy English Podcast. Isi: [0:29] How long will we say this? Always? Mitch: [0:31] Always. Forever. Isi: [0:33] It takes five g...
Improve your English listening skills as Isi tries to guess where these 7 strong accents from the UK are from... Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:22] Hiya everybody, welcome to the Easy English Podcast. Isi: [0:27] Hello. Mitch: [0:28] I'm overdoing my enthusiasm I feel, because we are in a low energy state. We've just come back from Berlin and we both caught th...
Ballpark figure, shift, chur, keener, a double-double, lekker, togs, thongs, jonesin & craic... do you know these English slang words from outside the UK? Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:25] I'm nervous. Isi: [0:26] Really? Mitch: [0:28] Nervously excited. Isi: [0:30] Mitch is confused, because he doesn't know what's coming up today. Mitch: [0:33] Yeah, I f...
Working holidays, lunch at your desk, small talk at meetings, wild Christmas parties & tea breaks... we discuss 5 strange work habits in the UK. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Isi: [0:22] Hiya! Mitch: [0:23] Hiya! Isi: [0:24] Hiya! Mitch: [0:25] Welcome to Easy English... Welcome to the Easy English Podcast. For those of you listening, you should be made aware, as per usu...
This week, Mitch and Isi were joined by special guest Harry from Easy Spanish. With Harry being a Brit living in Spain, they talked about reverse culture shocks; things Harry misses, loves, finds annoying and more, when he comes back to the UK. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Show Notes Tom Jones: Green Green Grass Of Home Easy Spanish YouTube: Learn Spanish the Fun Way with Us! Easy Spa...
This week, Mitch finds 5 very British things that he thinks will annoy Germans. Isi debates whether separate hold and cold taps, basic bakeries, pubs that close early, narrow and dangerous roads and short-shorts in winter would annoy ALL Germans. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:22] Hiya! Welcome to the Easy English Podcast. Today, we're going to be discussing f...
Mitch's mum, a seasoned childminder, offers unique insights into British parenting, from the nuances of raising children in the UK to common 'mum-isms' and their meanings. She shares heartwarming and funny anecdotes from her 30 years of childminding and tackles listener questions about modern challenges like social media and fostering gender equality in boys.
Mitch and Isi discuss the lesser known traditions in the UK; can you really walk off-road from Brighton to Scotland? Is Guy Fawkes a modern-day superhero? Has Isi won a pub quiz? Boy George as Captain Hook?!?! Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Isi: [0:00] Let's go on. Mitch: [0:00] Let's go on. Isi: [0:01] Okay. What is this? Is it like this? Mitch: [0:11] What was that you were...
Mitch and Isi go back in time to the 1990s England and Germany and make each other guess the titles to the shows they watched as children. How have these shows defined both of their personalities? Isi finds out with a ChatGPT summary at the end. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Isi: [0:00] Water, earth, fire. Isi: [0:03] Is that the kid from '(The) Sixth Sense'? Mitch: [0:11] I...
Mitch and Isi discuss English words that are originally from the German language and answer your questions in our regular segment of 'Unhelpful Advice' Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:22] Is it all on? Is it all going? Isi: [0:25] What are we talking about? Mitch: [0:27] Hello and welcome to the Easy English Podcast episode... I don't know. Isi: [0:34] We don't...
Mitch and Isi discuss the social class system in the UK and how, just by simply changing your car, supermarket or dog can affect your status. They discuss the upper class and how normal people like you and me can enter this privileged world. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Show Notes The British Social Class Interview: The SOCIAL CLASS System... EXPLAINED (Easy English 191) Transcript In...
Sweetheart, darling, ducky, honey, sausage, poppet, mate and of course... love. This week, Mitch and Isi discuss names of affection, or 'pet names' in the UK. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Isi: [0:00] Treacle. - Alright treacle? - Pumpkin, muffin, poppet, sausage. - Allo sausage. - And cabbage?! Mitch: [0:10] Cabbage is not one. Isi: [0:12] Mate. Mitch: [0:13] Mate. Alright,...
A noisy neighbour, an awkward stand-off, an ironic compliment and a round at the bar... 4 difficult scenarios for Isi to deal with in the UK. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Mitch: [0:22] Hiya, welcome to the Easy English Podcast. Isi, how's it going? Isi: [0:28] It's going. Mitch: [0:29] It's going. Very good. That's a very British response. So today, I wanted to, like in the...
Today's episode is all about love; the reality TV show Love is Blind; how the concept works, if it is successful and how it is good for learning English. Isi also has three phrases all about love from the medieval ages and from French nobility. Lastly, Samuel asks us a question about improving their English and we announce our NEW Wednesday afternoon conversation classes. Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyengli...
