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This episode is all about cultural differences. I talk to my brother James and our friend Aaron about customs, culture and behaviour from around the world and discuss the question: Is it weird, or is it just different? CLICK HERE TO READ A TRANSCRIPT AND VOCABULARY NOTES

This is probably the most random episode of the podcast so far, and certainly the longest. It's about the same length as a football match, in fact, why not listen to this while watching an actual football match. It might make it more interesting. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE NOTES AND A LIST OF THE A-Z WORDS I MENTION ;)

Enter the competition to win the phrasal verbs dictionary. Details of the competition below. I also teach you loads of useful phrasal verbs that begin with the letters A, B and C. CLICK HERE TO READ VOCABULARY NOTES, DEFINITIONS AND MORE INFORMATION! :) Please donate some money to help me pay for this service. Thanks! Luke

A vocabulary episode in which I explain all the actions in a normal day. I got an email today from a woman in Russia. She said it can be easy to talk about big topics like politics but what's hard is explaining simple actions in detail. So I'm going to describe a typical day in my life, in great detail. This episode features a lot of specific vocabulary. Click here to read this vocabulary and other notes.

Learn how to be a rock star in this episode. I'll teach you a bit about music and about how to play the drums. Also you can listen to various famous drummers talking about their technique. See below for some vocab.  CLICK HERE TO READ VOCABULARY NOTES AND TRANSCRIPTS FOR THIS EPISODE  

I chat to Oli about the news and teach you 6 idioms and 6 phrasal verbs. FOR A FULL LIST OF THE IDIOMS AND PHRASAL VERBS, WITH DEFINITIONS AND EXAMPLES - CLICK HERE

Join my cousin Oli and me as we discuss an interesting legal case. This is quite a well known case which involves some quite dark themes such as murder and suicide. CLICK HERE FOR VOCABULARY AND A TRANSCRIPT OF THE STORY

Listen to one of Luke's stand-up gigs. First I talk about stand-up comedy and tell you some common expressions to describe comedy performances (see below). Then listen to me describing how I feel before a comedy gig, then listen to a recording of a recent gig. Finally I describe how I feel after the gig. There is some explicit content in this episode. Please don't listen if you are offended easily. CLICK HERE TO SEE VOCABULARY FROM THIS EPISODE, AND TO WATCH SOME STAND-UP VIDEOS

Why is it called Luke's English Braincast? Listen to the episode until the end to find out. What's been going on? What's been happening? In this episode, Luke and James talk about recent news stories and current affairs including: -The London Olympic Games -The Queen's Diamond Jubilee -The Superbowl -Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary -The Oscars 2012 -Women drivers and a number of other fascinating topics. CLICK HERE TO READ VOCABULARY NOTES AND MORE

Warning: Explicit Content. Do not listen to this if you are easily offended. This episode contains lots of very rude words and offensive content. This is an overview of all the swear words in British English. The aim of this episode is to explain how to swear. Please remember that swearing is very offensive and is almost always inapporopriate. Please do not swear regularly! It doesn't sound good. In this episode I am joined by my brother James and we explain all the main swear words in English, their meaning, their use and how offensive they are. You can read the list of swear words below. Please remember that they are very rude indeed! CLICK HERE TO READ A LIST OF ALL THE SWEAR WORDS WE TEACH IN THIS EPISODE - YOU CAN ALSO SEE SOME FUNNY AND INTERESTING VIDEOS ABOUT SWEARING I do not intend to cause offence with this episode, just to educate people about language. Please vote for me in the Macmillan Dictionary awards. You could win a dictionary if I get to 1000 votes. TO VOTE FOR LUKE'S ENGLISH PODCAST - CLICK HERE VOCABULARY: Click here to read a full list of the swear words and expressions in this episode.

In this episode I teach you lots of vocabulary for talking about voting, elections, government and politics. This episode contains some seriously useful and important terms about politics and the way the government runs here in the UK. CLICK HERE TO READ ALL THE VOCABULARY ITEMS IN THIS EPISODE AND FOR A TRANSCRIPT TO THE COMEDY SKETCH

Some of the most important phrases, responses and common expressions used in English every day. These are sets of phrases that always go together. Some people call them adjacency pairs. Learn many of these vital expressions in this episode of Luke's English Podcast, one of the fastest growing English language learning podcasts online. CLICK HERE TO READ ALL THE PHRASES I TEACH IN THIS EPISODE AND TO WATCH SOME FUNNY VIDEOS Thanks for listening. Please make a donation if you can.

Listen to the family discussing issues, debating questions and doing speaking challenges in this episode. This episode is filled with useful vocabulary and expressions. Listen to hear people expressing their opinions, arguing and debating various important and entertaining issues. I also talk about New Year, Christmas and the view from my living room window. TO READ NOTES AND VOCABULARY FOR THIS EPISODE - CLICK HERE

This episode is all about Christmas. Learn plenty of general English vocabulary and culture. CLICK HERE TO READ A FULL LIST OF VOCABULARY WITH DEFINITIONS FROM THIS EPISODE Thanks for listening - please donate some money to help me continue making episodes for Luke's English Podcast. Merry Christmas everyone!