Happy Easter, everyone! 🐰🌸

A new episode of the Speak English Now Podcast is here:

Happy Easter 2026! Learn English with Easter Traditions, Food, and a Fun Mini-Story

In this episode, we talk about:
🥚 Easter traditions
🍖 popular Easter food in the US
🐇 the Easter Bunny
🎧 and a fun mini-story to help you practice speaking English

Get the transcript here: https://speakenglishpodcast.com/376-happy-easter-2026-learn-english-with-easter-traditions/

Today, we're going to talk about two systems of measurement that are used around the world: the Imperial system and the Metric system. These are important to know, especially if you plan to travel or communicate with people from different countries. Get the transcript here: https://speakenglishpodcast.com/podcast

How to choose English listening level?

Listening is powerful… but it must be comprehensible

You already know that I insist on one thing again and again: you need to listen a lot.
You need to listen every day, and you need to repeat the same lessons many times, because repetition helps you consolidate:

• vocabulary
• grammar patterns
• pronunciation

…in a natural way.

But today I want to make something very clear, because some students misunderstand this idea:

✅ Listening is powerful only when the content is comprehensible.

Read the Transcript on my website:

Have You Ever Had This Moment?

You start speaking English. At the beginning, it's okay. And then suddenly… your brain stops. You know the idea. You know the meaning. But the word doesn't come.

So what do you do? You speak faster. You try to push the words out. And then you feel frustrated.

Sometimes you even feel ashamed, like: "Why can't I say something so simple?"

Get the transcript here: https://speakenglishpodcast.com/373-why-you-freeze-when-speaking-english

Today we're going to talk about Valentine's Day.
But don't worry — this is not going to be a boring episode about chocolates, roses, and red hearts everywhere.
Let me ask you something.
Is Valentine's Day really about love?
Or is it about pressure?
Pressure to buy a gift.
Pressure to be romantic.
Pressure to post something on Instagram.
Pressure to prove that your relationship is perfect.

Get the transcript on my website: https://speakenglishpodcast.com/372-is-valentines-day-really-about-love

In the previous episode, we talked about how dogs understand our emotions and how they communicate without words.
Today, I want to continue that conversation, but from a different angle.
Instead of focusing on emotions, we're going to look at how dogs experience the world, how they gather information, and why they naturally look to humans for guidance.
Because dogs don't just feel with us.
They observe, analyze, and cooperate with us in ways that are easy to overlook.

Get the transcript on my website: https://speakenglishpodcast.com/371-dogs-and-their-superpower

Today, I want to talk about dogs again.
If you've been listening to the podcast for a while, you already know this isn't the first time I've brought up dogs.
Dogs are one of those topics we can come back to again and again, because each time we look at them from a different angle, we discover something new.

Get the transcript here: https://speakenglishpodcast.com/370-how-dogs-communicate-emotions/

Welcome back! This is the final episode in our 4-part series about going to the doctor.
So far, we learned how to make an appointment, how to check in at the clinic, and how to answer the nurse's questions. In this lesson, we will focus on the conversation with the doctor.
This part can feel intimidating, but with a few simple expressions and some practice, you'll feel much more confident.

Get the transcript on my website: https://speakenglishpodcast.com/podcast/