Simplified Speech #231 – Hanging out with Kassy

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🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In this Simplified Speech episode, Andrew catches up with Kassy, who returns to share exciting updates about her life. She talks about finishing her master’s degree, taking a long trip across the United States with her baby, moving to a new city in Korea, and adjusting to work after maternity leave. Kassy also shares her experience planning her son’s first birthday and explains a special Korean tradition called Doljanchi, where a baby chooses an item that predicts their future.

You’ll learn how to talk about life changes, travel experiences, and family traditions in clear, natural English. Andrew and Kassy also highlight useful vocabulary like caravan, strew, and mat leave, explaining how each one is used in everyday conversations.

What you’ll learn with this episode:

* How to describe life updates and big transitions using natural English phrases
* Vocabulary for talking about travel, family, and moving to a new home
* The meaning of cultural terms like Doljanchi and maternity leave
* How native speakers share personal stories and connect emotionally in conversation

This episode is perfect for:

* Intermediate English learners who want to understand everyday conversations
* Anyone interested in modern Korean culture and family life
* Listeners who want to improve their vocabulary and fluency for storytelling and daily English conversations

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone, and welcome to simplified speech, the Culep series, which features clear, natural, and easy to understand conversations between native speakers.
0:10.5	And today, I am joined by my co-host, Cassie.
0:14.6	Cassie, hey, what's up? It's been a while. How are you doing?
0:18.3	Hey, Andrew, I'm doing great, and it feels so good to be back.
0:23.1	Yeah.
0:24.3	It's great to have you back.
0:26.6	And Cassie, over the last week or two, I've been getting a lot of emails and messages from
0:33.1	Culep's listeners asking me, where's Cassie, where's Cassie?
0:36.6	And so I'm so happy to have you back.
0:38.5	And I think our listeners are happy to have you back as well.
0:42.2	And the reason why you took a little bit of a long break, well, there are several reasons.
0:48.2	And we'll get into those in this episode today.
0:50.9	We're going to catch up with Cassie and see what she's been up to over the last
0:54.8	little while. And we'll get to that conversation in just a moment, everyone. But before we do,
0:59.6	I want to let you know that there is a helpful study guide and an interactive transcript to
1:05.2	accompany this episode for all Culeps members. So if you visit our website, Culeps.com, you can see the full details about what you get
1:13.4	as a member and you'll get access to so many good things, the benefits and the bonuses,
1:19.9	the learning materials, the study tools, and even the speaking classes that we offer our members.
1:26.1	And yeah, you can see all of the details.
1:27.8	You can sign up and become a member today
1:30.4	by visiting our website, culeps.com.
1:32.6	So guys, check that out.
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