560. Sarah Donnelly Returns - Writing jokes, public speaking, doing comedy in another language
Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson
Luke Thompson
4.7 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2018
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Talking to comedian Sarah Donnelly about how she writes her jokes, advice on public speaking and how to avoid nerves and negative feelings, performing stand-up comedy in another language, and more. Sarah is a comedian and language teacher from the US, now living in France.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello folks, it's new episode time. This one is another conversation with a friend of mine. I think you'll find it funny and also useful because it contains some good advice about public speaking and ways of dealing with nerves. |
| 0:12.0 | The episode is sponsored by I Talkie, which is a service that will help |
| 0:15.9 | you to develop your fluency in English by having conversations and lessons online, |
| 0:21.7 | to get some speaking time and claim that I Talkie and |
| 0:24.0 | claim that I talkie voucher worth a free lesson. |
| 0:27.0 | Just go to Teacher Luke.co. |
| 0:29.0 | dot UK. |
| 0:30.0 | talk or click an I talkie logo on my website. |
| 0:34.0 | You're listening to Luke's English podcast. |
| 0:40.0 | For more information, |
| 0:41.0 | visit teacherloop.co. UK. |
| 0:50.0 | Hello, here's a new episode. How are you? Are you all right? Yes, I hope you are. I've no idea if you are, but I hope you are. |
| 0:57.6 | Okay, strange way to begin the episode, but we've started now. So let's carry on shall we? |
| 1:03.7 | Okay then. Right good. Today I'm talking to friend of the podcast, Sarah Donnelly. |
| 1:10.0 | It's not the first time Sarah's been on this podcast, but it's been quite a long time since she |
| 1:15.4 | was in an episode on her own. |
| 1:18.3 | I mean, as the only guest, not just alone. |
| 1:21.1 | I mean, she wasn't just completely on her own in front of a microphone in an empty room. |
| 1:26.5 | Like, um, Luke, hello? Is anyone here? I was there too, of course. I mean, without any other |
| 1:32.1 | guests, right? Because mostly Sarah has been |
| 1:36.2 | in episodes of this podcast with other people, you see. Earlier this year I talked to her |
| 1:42.1 | and Amber about their comedy show about becoming a mum in France. |
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