Episodios

  • Boxcar English - 016 - Jazz House

    Boxcar English - 016 - Jazz House
    May 20 2025
    Sometimes life encounters jazz. And it stops to listen. And sometimes listening makes you want to do. Listening is doing! Please write to me about what you think about jazz. Do you listen to jazz? Do you play jazz? Send me an email at karl@boxcarenglish.com Let me hear how your English is coming. You could be featured in a future episode.
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    7 m
  • Boxcar English - 015 - The Sun Comes Out

    Boxcar English - 015 - The Sun Comes Out
    May 16 2025
    Listen to this story and soak up some authentic American phrases! The weather changes everything. It changed my day today. I had a lot of work to do. I also had to do something outside. It was raining outside, and I got wet. Finally, I was able to start working! But then the sun came out. And I couldn’t stand to stay inside.
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    6 m
  • Boxcar English - 014 - Catching a Ride

    Boxcar English - 014 - Catching a Ride
    May 13 2025
    You’ll find a surprisingly emotional story in this episode, and some interesting, authentic phrases too. I was walking with my dog when it started to rain. A car drove by — and I caught a ride with it… Listen to the episode to find out what happened. Please send me a message at karl@boxcarenglish.com, and tell me if you’ve ever been hitchhiking (some places call this “autostop”).
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    7 m
  • Boxcar English - 013 - A Walking Vacation

    Boxcar English - 013 - A Walking Vacation
    May 9 2025
    Do you like to travel? I do, but I also don’t like going very far away from home. And I have a dog. You don’t have to go very far to find new places. This is the story of my vacation. I discovered a new land, only by walking a few minutes from my home.
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    12 m
  • Boxcar English - 012 - Blue and Yellow Signs

    Boxcar English - 012 - Blue and Yellow Signs
    May 6 2025
    There are lots of new things to look for and learn in this episode. New phrases and new words. Let me know which ones are new to you. Send me your questions at karl@boxcarenglish.com. I went to town to take care of a few things. I rode my bike there. It was Spring, and there were flowers blooming. While in town, I saw posters for a show. They were yellow and blue, and I saw them everywhere. I wondered what the show would be like. It looked like it would be so good.
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    7 m
  • Boxcar English - 011 - When I Lost My Phone

    Boxcar English - 011 - When I Lost My Phone
    May 1 2025
    Listen closely… this podcast is meant to be easy to understand for about a B1-level English student. Unlike other English listening podcasts, this podcast is designed to be heard without thinking too much. The idea is to make you forget you’re learning the language and focus on the story so you start to THINK in English. I lost my phone on a walk in the country. I asked some hunters about it. They weren’t friendly. A little dog barked at me. And I tried to believe I would find my phone… Have you ever lost your phone? Send me a […]
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    10 m
  • Boxcar English - 010 - Pie Contest

    Boxcar English - 010 - Pie Contest
    Apr 29 2025
    Karl judges a pie baking contest. He is nervous, because he feels like he doesn’t know enough about pie. He has to cancel his Tuesday card game with his grandmother. But she is going to bake her famous apple pie for the contest. When he judges the pie contest, he is rather overwhelmed.
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    17 m
  • Boxcar English - 009 - My Kind of Advertising

    Boxcar English - 009 - My Kind of Advertising
    Apr 25 2025
    You see advertisements (or “ads”) every day. They say that seeing advertisements is not good for you. That’s probably true. But I would like to make my own advertisements. My own KIND of advertisements…
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    8 m
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