Bonus episode #148 – From A to Z

Culips Everyday English Podcast

Culips English Podcast

Self-improvement, Education, Language Learning, Courses

4.8 • 968 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Ever wondered what happens behind the scenes of your favorite English podcast? In this episode, Andrew gives you an exclusive peek into the Culips production process while teaching you natural English expressions and vocabulary along the way. You'll learn useful phrases like "behind the scenes," "put the pedal to the metal," and "down to the wire" as Andrew walks you through each step of creating an episode. This is perfect practice for intermediate to advanced learners who want to improve their listening skills while satisfying their curiosity about how quality English content really gets made!

What you'll learn:

* 10+ useful expressions like "behind the scenes," "put the pedal to the metal," and "down to the wire" - phrases you'll hear in movies, at work, and in daily conversations
* English vocabulary that's actually useful: "brainstorming," "transcribe," "proofreader," and "on the fly"
* How to sound more natural when you explain processes or tell stories about your work
* Real pronunciation - hear how native speakers actually talk (with pauses, corrections, and natural flow)
* Confidence boost - follow along with a real English story and feel proud when you understand it all
* Speaking: Discuss this episode with other Culips listeners in our Discord community!

Perfect for you if:

* You want to understand English podcasts and videos without subtitles
* You're preparing for work or study in English
* You love learning through interesting stories (not boring textbook lessons!)
* You want to sound more natural when speaking English

Important links:

* Become a Culips member
* Study with the interactive transcript
* Join the Culips Discord server
* Small-group speaking class schedule

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to bonus episode number 148 of the Culep's English podcast, the series
0:06.1	where we big be, build our fluency, improve our cultural knowledge, grow our vocabulary,
0:12.9	and become better and clear English communicators. If you like those goals, then you're in the
0:18.1	right place and I'm going to do my best to help you achieve them.
0:21.6	By the way, my name's Andrew. I'm a Canadian English teacher, but I live abroad in Seoul,
0:26.6	South Korea. And here in our bonus episodes, I tell you a story each and every week from my
0:31.6	everyday life. And yeah, I'm telling you these stories so that you can improve your English
0:36.8	with me. We'll do it
0:38.3	together. To accompany each and every episode, there's a 100% free transcript plus a vocabulary
0:44.5	glossary. And if you're a Culeps member, then we'll throw in a comprehension quiz as well. So you can
0:50.1	test and see how much you are able to understand from this episode after listening to it.
0:55.4	And if you'd like to sign up and become a Culeps member, just visit our website,
0:59.2	culeps.com, for all of the info about the benefits and bonuses you get as a member.
1:04.3	And yeah, to sign up and become a part of our community.
1:08.0	Speaking of our awesome Culeps member community, in today's episode, I'm going to
1:12.6	talk about something that was requested by one of our members in one of my weekly small group
1:18.2	speaking classes. For Culeps members, we have three weekly speaking classes that you can join one,
1:24.4	two, or three of, and we talk about a recent Culeps episode. And also at the end of
1:29.7	each class, we have a kind of open session, a Q&A, if you will, where people can leave comments
1:35.7	or ask questions or we just chat and hang out. And one of the members, and I really have to
1:40.9	apologize because I can't remember exactly who requested this topic.
1:46.1	So please let me know if it was you.
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