Chatterbox #339 – Street smarts

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Self-improvement, Education, Language Learning, Courses

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🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Chatterbox, Andrew and Anna talk about street smarts: the practical skills and awareness people should have in order to stay safe and confident in cities. They share personal stories about living in places like Madrid, London, Seoul, and Canada, and explain how experiences such as pickpocketing or mugging can change the way people think about safety. The hosts also compare life in big cities to life in smaller towns or the countryside, showing how different environments require different kinds of common sense.

This episode is great for upper-intermediate English learners who want to understand everyday English conversations about real-life situations, build up vocabulary related to safety and street crime, and practice listening to natural storytelling from native speakers.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

* Vocabulary: Useful English words and expressions about safety, danger, and daily life in cities, such as dodgy, pickpocket, mugging, and shady character.
* Listening: Improve your listening skills by following an easy-to-understand conversation between two native speakers sharing real experiences.
* Speaking: Learn how to tell your own stories about travel, street smarts, and staying safe using natural English phrases.
* Culture: Discover how people from different countries think about safety in cities and compare experiences from Canada, Spain, Korea, and the UK.
* Fluency: Listening to real conversations will help you understand natural speech and respond more quickly in English.

The Best Way to Learn with This Episode:

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Chatterbox. My name is Andrew and I'm here with my co-host Anna today,
0:06.6	who will be joining me in just a second. If you're new to the show, Chatterbox is the Culep series
0:12.5	for Intermediate to Advanced English Learners, where we help you improve your English by talking about
0:18.5	real world topics using natural everyday language.
0:23.1	Today's topic is street smarts.
0:25.8	And we're going to chat about what it means to be street smart and we'll share some of our
0:30.0	personal experiences from living in different cities around the world as well.
0:35.1	In particular, Hannah's got some pretty interesting stories to share, I think.
0:39.4	So stick around to hear them. But first, I want to let you know that there's a helpful study
0:44.3	guide, interactive transcript, and even a speaking class to accompany this episode. And that's
0:50.4	available for all Culep's members. We'll actually be discussing this topic together in our speaking class.
0:56.8	So if you want to join us for that,
0:58.4	and it's an amazing way to not only meet some new friends,
1:01.7	but also to improve your English fluency,
1:04.3	then just head over to our website, cullips.com.
1:07.8	You can sign up and become a member today for an affordable price. And thanks to all of
1:13.1	our members out there, guys, you're amazing. We couldn't do cul-lips without you. So thank you so
1:18.1	much for your support. Okay. And with that being said, it's time to get started with our
1:23.5	episode today. Let's jump right into our conversation about street smarts. Enjoy. Here we go.
1:30.6	Okay, Anna, let's get started with our conversation about street smarts, and I'll let you do the
1:37.6	honors, Anna, and give us the definition. What does this mean? What is street smarts?
1:45.2	Street smarts is having practical knowledge, but also an instinct for handling real life situations,
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