This is an all-ears English podcast, episode 2,500. Would you learn English by any means necessary?

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on connection, not perfection, with your American host, Aubrey Carter, the IELTS-Wiz, and Lindsay

McMahon, the English adventurer, coming to you from Arizona and Colorado USA.

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Hey there, Aubrey. How's it going? Welcome to 2,500, episode 2,500. Lindsay, 2,500 episodes. That's amazing.

We should be very proud. And what really, it's about our listeners, you know, the comments they send us.

We love you guys. And we're going to keep going for another 2,500 or more. So we're here for you.

Absolutely. We're answering a great question.

Today we get so many good questions. Keep them coming, guys, for another 2,500 episodes.

Exactly. I do have a question to start off today. You ready? Let's hear it. Yeah.

So have you ever been in a situation where you had to get out by any means necessary?

Yes. So when I was in high school, I got locked inside a hallway where like the classroom

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