AEE 2560: Do You Want the Long or Short Version? How to Open a Story with Respect

All Ears English Podcast

Lindsay McMahon

Education, Business, Language Learning

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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0:00.0	This is an all ears English podcast episode 2560. Do you want the long or short version? How to
0:07.7	open a story with respect. Welcome to the all ears English podcast downloaded more than
0:16.2	200 million times. Are you feeling stuck with your English? We'll show you how to become
0:22.8	fearless and fluent by focusing on connection, not perfection, with your American hosts,
0:30.5	Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York Radio Girl,
0:37.2	coming to you from Colorado and New York City,
0:40.9	USA. And to get your transcripts delivered by email every week, go to all-earsenglish.com
0:49.4	forward slash subscribe. When you get started telling a story and you know it could be a long one,
0:59.0	what can you say to find out how much detail the person wants? Find out today and learn why
1:04.0	this is crucial for connection and friendship. Picture this. You're part of the conversation. Someone jumps in with a fast comment. Everyone
1:19.7	reacts, but you're left behind, still processing the words. It's not that you don't understand
1:25.5	English. It's that real conversations don't slow down for you.
1:30.1	Slang, speed, tone, it all stacks up fast. The good news, these are trainable skills if you know your
1:38.0	English level and what to do to move up. Start by taking our free two-minute fluency quiz
1:44.0	to find out exactly what your level is now. Go to all-earsenglish.com slash fluency score. That's all-eersenglish.com slash F-L-U-E-N-C-Y-S-C-O-R-E Hey there, Michelle.
2:06.1	Hi, Lindsay, how are you?
2:08.0	Good.
2:08.6	How are you?
2:09.1	What's new?
2:10.3	Good, good.
2:11.8	So, Lindsay, I just have to tell you what happened to me over the weekend.
2:15.8	Do either the long version or the short
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