_Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_  Dear Learner The last month of the year is here once again. So it seems a good idea to have a podcast about The calendar. Listen to some interesting facts about the calendar most of us use which is for level 2. Also read the information about New Year's Day on the extras page, it wasn't always January1! Which toys do you think are the most popular over the last 50 years? Listen to our podcast Toys, toys, toys and find out. This is for level 1. Of course De ...Continue Reading

 _Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_  Dear Learner November is full of special dates and we have a podcast and/or video about them all! We've already had Bonfire night and Poppy day, World TV day is on the 21st, and finally Thanksgiving. November is also called Movember, watch the video about this fundraising month too. Check out the sidebar for other featured podcasts. Meanwhile, we start this month with a business podcast about The VW scandal The German car manufacturer has been deceiving client ...Continue Reading

 _Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_  Dear Learner October is one of our favourite months: the weather is not too cold yet and there are some nice things to look forward to. In fact The fall, is one of our featured podcasts this month. Listen and find out why Jackie and Richard like autumn. For level 2 we have Good boy! Guide Dogs Week is 3 - 11 October this year. And for level 3 we have Going Dutch, meet Hendrik and find out why he doesn't come from Holland! Meanwhile, we start this month with a ...Continue Reading

 _Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_  Dear Learner Well, for us the summer seemed to fly by. Which is appropriate as our first podcast for this month is Fly the flag! It's all about New Zealand and the possibility they may get a new flag. We look at the flag they have now and talk about what's wrong with it. We also think about some possible new designs. Our second podcast this month is all about The delivery van. We look at the range of things that can be delivered to your house - no need to go ou ...Continue Reading

 _Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_  Dear Learner Last month we made our 400th podcast and to celebrate, we had a special competition with the prize being free pie membership for a whole year. Watch the video on our pie plus page to find out who was the lucky winner. It's July, it's the summer and it's hot. This means loads of sporting events are on and we have podcasts on them all. Our first podcast for July is Rain stopped play and it's all about the wonderful game of cricket. Listen to hear how ...Continue Reading

 _Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_  Dear Learner This month we made our 400th podcast! You can listen to one of our podcasts every day and it will take well over a year to hear them all. To mark the occasion we have a special competition and the prize is free pie membership for a whole year. Watch the video on our pie plus page and send us your answer. Competition closes July 14. Our 400th podcast is called Why yoga? And we hear Jim answer the question. Summer starts in June and everyone heads fo ...Continue Reading

 _Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_  Dear Learner We hope you enjoyed our video and podcast last month about the Wild orchids that grow around the house, every day is prettier than the last. We start this month with one of our business podcasts. We continue with the theme of import and export; this time we ask why some countries import the very same goods that they Export. For level 3 this month we talk about whether or not comments posted on websites should be anonymous or not? What do you thi ...Continue Reading

 _Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_  Dear Learner We start the month off with us talking about our experience of being on a TV show. We were interviewed for A place in the sun, listen to hear how that went. Also watch the video of us on the show! This is for level 3. For level 2 we have a fun podcast about all the amazing things that the simple Baking soda can do, it's not just for cooking! Spring is in the air! (1.74) And that is the title of one of our "podcasts of the month". List ...Continue Reading

 _Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_  Dear Learner In January we had a podcast on dieting: You are what you eat for level 3. We continue the theme of dieting for the start of February. This time we look at the 5:2 diet which we have been trying. Listen and find out how successful, or not, this has been for us. this is for level 2. We also stay with food, but not dieting, for our level 1 podcast this month which celebrates Chinese New Year. Not one but two videos from Ken Hom. Listen to what the key ...Continue Reading

 _Monthly news from podcastsinenglish_  Dear Learner Welcome to 2015 and our 10th year of making podcasts for podcastsinenglish.com! We start the year with a quiz. Jackie tests Richard on events from last year, can you do better than him? Find out in The 2014 quiz. This is for level 1. You can also test yourself on 2013 in That was the year 2013. This is for level 3. Have you made any new year's resolutions this year? We talked to some friends about the resolutions they have or haven't made for th ...Continue Reading