AEE: Pesky Prefixes Part 1: Insecurity or Lack of Security?

All Ears English Podcast

Lindsay McMahon

Education, Language Learning, Business

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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0:00.0	This is an all-ears English podcast. Pesky Prefixes Part 1, Insecurity or Lack of Security.
0:09.7	Welcome to the All-Ears English podcast downloaded more than 200 million times. Are you feeling stuck with your English?
0:18.4	We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing
0:23.5	on connection, not perfection, with your American host, Michelle Kaplan, the New York Radio Girl,
0:31.3	and Aubrey Carter, the Isles Whiz, coming to you from Arizona and New York City USA.
0:39.3	To get real-time transcripts write on your phone and create your personalized vocabulary list, try the All-Ears English app for iOS and Android.
0:50.5	Start your seven-day free trial at all-earsenglish.com forward slash app.
0:59.8	On part one of this three-part series about prefixes, Aubrey and Michelle talk about the word secure
1:06.1	and common mistakes that are made when adding the prefix in to it. Time to clear up any confusion
1:13.1	so you can feel more secure starting today. Hello, Michelle. How are you? I'm doing well,
1:23.3	Aubrey. How are you? Nice to see you. Yes, always a pleasure recording with you. I'm excited for
1:28.7	this episode today. I have a question for you to start us out. Okay, let's hear it. Were you
1:34.7	insecure as a young person? Yes. Same. I'm always impressed and kind of shocked when like a teenager isn't,
1:45.4	when they seem extremely confident and sure of themselves.
1:48.2	That was not me.
1:49.6	And it's hard because,
1:51.3	you know,
1:52.7	I think about,
1:53.3	I mean,
1:53.6	you have some like older kids,
1:56.8	so I'm sure you've gone through this with them.
1:58.8	But,
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