169. A Cup of Tea with Daniel Burt (Part 1)

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Luke Thompson

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🗓️ 15 February 2014

⏱️ 73 minutes

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[1/2] Daniel Burt is a journalist, comedy writer and performer from Melbourne, Australia. He writes for two big newspapers in Australia, he worked as an intern at Late Night with David Letterman, he has his own page on Wikipedia and in his work he has interviewed Matt Smith, David Tennant, Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, which means he has met 2 Doctor Whos Sherlock Holmes, Dr Watson and The Hobbit! Wow. For more information click here: http://teacherluke.wordpress.com/2014/02/15/danielburt/

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0:00.0	My grandmothers is it spec savers? No chance.
0:04.0	No my daughter doesn't go to spec-savers.
0:07.0	You're having a laugh. My sister go to spec-savers.
0:10.0	Specsavers? For my mum, it's out of the question. Dad he hasn't been to
0:16.2	spexifers in years. If your loved ones can't make it into a Spexavers store
0:21.0	it's easy to arrange home visits.
0:24.0	Our opticians are caring and highly trained.
0:27.0	To find out if your loved ones you're eligible, visit our website.
0:35.0	You're listening to Luke's English podcast. For more information, you can visit teacher Luke.
0:38.0	Wordpress.com. Hello everybody welcome to Luke's English podcast this is the first in a two-part
0:49.8	episode in which I speak to my Australian friend Daniel Bert. Now Daniel Bert is a journalist, a comedy writer and performer from Melbourne in Australia.
1:00.0	He writes for two big newspapers in Australia. He worked as an intern at
1:05.1	late night with David Letterman. He has his own page on Wikipedia and in his work
1:10.5	he has interviewed Matt Smith, David Tenant, Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman,
1:17.3	which means that he's met two Doctor Who's, Sherlock Holmes, Dr Watson, and The Hobbit.
1:23.6	Wow.
1:25.0	In this episode, you can listen to us talking
1:27.1	about diverse topics, such as Australia's relationship
1:31.0	to the Queen and the Commonwealth, his work as an entertainment journalist, his time living in New York, the David Letterman
1:38.9	Show Show Business and zombies.
1:44.2	I'm very pleased to have Daniel on the podcast for a number of reasons.
1:48.5	He's a bright witty guy with lots of things to say, and he can talk the hind legs off a donkey.
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