Plain English

753 Episodes

1. The work from home tech wish list | Learn the phrasal verb ‘filter out’

   Published: 5/6/2021
2. The first green jacket for golf-crazy Japan | Learn the English expression ‘let loose’

   Published: 5/3/2021
3. The great remote work debate of 2021 | Learn the English expression ‘hand-in-hand’

   Published: 4/29/2021
4. The significance of closed borders for US-Canada border towns | Learn the English expression ‘closely-knit’

   Published: 4/26/2021
5. Your COVID vaccine questions, answered | Learn the English expression ‘a feature, not a bug’

   Published: 4/22/2021
6. The rise of digital nomad visas to attract remote workers | Learn the English expression ‘get around’

   Published: 4/19/2021
7. The last Blockbuster Video store | Learn the expression ‘at its peak’

   Published: 4/15/2021
8. An epic traffic jam in the Suez Canal | Learn the English expression “back up”

   Published: 4/12/2021
9. Volvo is going fully electric by 2030 | Learn the expression ‘stay on top of’

   Published: 4/8/2021
10. What in the (cyber) world are NFT’s? | Learn the English expression ‘bragging rights’

    Published: 4/5/2021
11. Why you should question vaccine passports | Learn the expression ‘weight on your shoulders’

    Published: 4/1/2021
12. Could more remote work opportunities benefit organizational neurodiversity? | Learn the English expression ‘catch-all’

    Published: 3/29/2021
13. Duty-free shops had a rough 2020 | Learn the English expression ‘add up’

    Published: 3/25/2021
14. Sports betting is coming to America | Learn the expression ‘stay out of it’

    Published: 3/22/2021
15. ‘Nomadland’ turned real people into unlikely movie stars | Learn the English expression ‘make ends meet’

    Published: 3/19/2021
16. ‘Nomadland’ explores a house-less life on the road | Learn the phrasal verb ‘run into’

    Published: 3/15/2021
17. Snow reaching unlikely places this winter | Learn the English expression ‘resort to’

    Published: 3/11/2021
18. Serrana, Brazil is hoping to unravel a coronavirus mystery | Learn the expression ‘get in on the action’

    Published: 3/8/2021
19. Bezos is retiring from Amazon, sort of | Learn the English expression ‘step back from’

    Published: 3/5/2021
20. TV shows are already weaving in COVID-19 storylines | Learn the expression ‘skirt the issue’

    Published: 3/1/2021