AEE 2612: I'm Up for It If You Are! How to Recruit Friends to Join You at Social Events

All Ears English Podcast

Lindsay McMahon

Business, Education, Language Learning

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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0:00.0	This is an All-Ears English podcast episode 2612. I'm up for it if you are, how to recruit your friends to join you at social events.
0:11.4	Welcome to the All-Ears English podcast, downloaded more than 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,
0:37.0	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
0:49.5	forward slash subscribe. When you are invited to an event, how can you say to your friend that you
0:57.9	want to go only if they go? Today build this key connection skill to enjoy the event alongside
1:04.0	good friends. Many English learners focus on grammar.
1:14.2	They want their sentences to be correct.
1:17.5	But fluency isn't just about correctness.
1:20.9	It's about sounding natural, choosing the right phrase, responding quickly without translating
1:27.0	every thought in your head. That's why someone
1:30.3	can know a lot of grammar rules and still feel uncomfortable in conversations. Real fluency comes
1:38.4	from understanding patterns, tone, and natural expressions. Our free two-minute fluency quiz helps you discover your level and what skills will move you
1:51.1	forward.
1:51.6	Go to all-earsenglish.com slash fluency score.
1:56.2	That's all-earsenglish.com slash f-l-U-E-N-C-Y-S-C-O-R-E.
2:07.6	Hey there, Michelle.
2:12.6	How you doing?
2:13.4	I'm good.
2:14.3	Lindsay, how are you?
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