2Ts Episode 45 - shopping

This time out on the pod the 2Ts talk about some of the world's unluckiest people and the concept of luck in general.  They take a deep dive into some of their favourite stories of bad luck.  Let us know if you consider yourself unlucky, lucky or generally believe that luck is something you make for yourself!

2Ts Episode 47 - Unluckiest people in the world

This time on the pod we're doing a special interview for Pride month.  The 2Ts sit down with Oscar/Lana Vuli from Science Queers to talk about his/her experiences in the world of Drag.  We hope you enjoy the episode, catch Oscar/Lana's act if you can and check out his/her Youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWR22076Osunb7hiTHfhr1Q

2Ts Episode 52 - Pride Month Special: The Wonderful World of Drag feat. Lana Vuli

This time on the podcast Katy & Tim discuss crazy inventions, some real, some completely made up! Can you tell the difference?

2Ts Episode 54 - Crazy Inventions

This time on the pod Katy and Tim discuss some dilemmas from the popular Reddit thread AITA (Am I the Asshole?).
Listen along and decide who you think is in the wrong in each of the situations.

2Ts Episode 56 - AITA (Am I the A**hole?)

This time on the pod Katy and Tim discuss atomic study habits; small changes and tweaks students can make to aid their learning and language acquisition.

2Ts Episode 59: Atomic Study Habits

This time on 2Ts in a Pod Katy & Tim delve back into Reddit to examine some more scenarios where people aren't sure if they're in the wrong or not.

2Ts In A Pod Episode 61 - AITA (Am I the A**hole?) #2

This time on 2Ts in a Pod Katy & Tim look at some stories of people who have won a Darwin Award for dying in the most stupid way possible. If you want to read more Darwin Award stories, follow this link: https://darwinawards.com/

2Ts In A Pod Episode 62 - Dumb Ways To Die

This time on the podcast Katy and Tim discuss various expressions and words in English that come from other cultures and languages.

2Ts In A Pod Episode 63 - Expressions From Different Cultures

This time on the podcast Katy and Tim look at the world of agony aunt advice columns from popular newspapers and magazines.

2Ts In A Pod Episode 64 - Agony Aunts

This time on the podcast Katy & Tim look at some classic joke formats in English and have a right old laugh!

2Ts In A Pod Episode 65 - Jokes

This time on the pod, Katy and Tim discuss some weird laws from the UK. Does your country have any strange old laws that are still on the books?

2Ts In A Pod Episode 66 - Weird Laws

This time on the podcast, Katy and Tim recommend some good books to read on the beach or in a hammock during the hot summer months!

Here are the books they recommend:
Katy:
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
One Day by David Nicholls
The Marcus Didius Falco Series by Lindsey Davis

Tim:
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

2Ts in a Pod Episode 67 - Books to Read on the Beach

This time on the pod Katy and Tim take a look at some more English expressions and their fascinating origins.

2Ts In A Pod Episode 68 - Expressions & Their Origins 2

This time on the podcast Katy & Tim discuss some urban legends; strange, unsettling stories that have been passed down over the years. Are they true? Who knows?...

2Ts In A Pod Episode 69 - Urban Legends

This time on the podcast Katy and Tim explore some of the most remote places on Earth.

Check out this link to explore the Son Doong Cave in Vietnam:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news-features/son-doong-cave/2/#s=pano37

2Ts In A Pod Episode 70 - Remote Places

This time on the podcast Katy & Tim debate a situation from an edition of "You Be The Judge" from the Guardian newspaper in which a couple presents their marital dispute for judgement. 

Click here to download the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/yhfudusz

If you want to read more editions of "You Be The Judge", check them out here on the Guardian website.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/series/you-be-the-judge

2Ts In A Pod Episode 71 - You Be The Judge

This time on the pod Katy & Tim discuss another marital dispute from the excellent Guardian series "You Be The Judge". We now offer full transcripts of the podcast complete with 6 useful expressions from the episode. Download it here:
https://shorturl.at/iGaqz 

Check out this link if you want to read the article Katy & Tim discuss:
https://shorturl.at/JA8pS

2Ts In A Pod Episode 72 - You Be The Judge 2

This time on the show, Katy and Tim tell some more spooky tales for Halloween! Also featuring a new creepy story from master storyteller Wilf Merttens!

Follow this link to download the transcript and glossary for this episode: https://tinyurl.com/54n8rnmx

2Ts In A Pod Episode 73 - Halloween Special 2024

This time on the podcast Katy and Tim discuss the weird and wonderful world of online dating and learn some useful vocabulary to describe all too common experiences on dating apps and platforms. 

Download the transcript here: https://tinyurl.com/4wjy27sm

2Ts In A Pod Episode 74 - Online Dating

This time on the podcast Katy and Tim explore some hypothetical scenarios and what they would do in them. 

Download the transcript and useful vocabulary here: https://shorturl.at/6Lowf

2Ts in a Pod Episode 75 - What If...?

Our bi-weekly podcast aimed at helping learners of English to improve their listening skills.

This episode Tim and Katy talk about all things food and try some traditional dishes from the USA and the Dominican Republic.

2Ts Episode 3 - Food

This time on the pod, Tim and Katy talk about 'Pet Hates'.  Our guests this week talk about the specific ways that they get frustrated with everyday living.  There;s 5 ways to say with some great ways to express your annoyance and some comedy relief with some 'knock, knock 'jokes.

2Ts Episode 5 - Pet Hates

This week Tim and Katy talk how to use stories in the classroom with special guest Melody Philip and we'll hear a special story from master storyteller Wilf Mertens.

Plus the presenters will tell us about stories they remember from their childhood.

2Ts Episode 6 - Stories

This week Katy and Tim talk about all things travel.  They tell us about their own travelling tales and also speak to guests about trips around the world 'on a shoe string', speaking Russian and reading in Mandarin. They also hear about crazy trips out in China trying to get pictures of the Great Wall and strange meals.

We've also got 5 ways to talk about travel to boost your vocab!

2Ts Episode 9 - Travel Tales

This time on the pod, Tim and Katy talk about small world stories and debate whether coincidences are real or whether there is something more to them.

As per usual we have some great vox pop interview with guests and the plenty of laughs in our hot and summery studio!

2Ts Episode 11 - Small world and coincidences

This week on the pod Katy and Tim talk about different sports.  They explore the typical sports played around the world and also delve into the world of alternative sports and activities.  They speak to two people about Roller-derby and cheese-rolling and talk about 'weird' sports they'd invented when they were kids.  

Enjoy and don't forget to follow us on Facebook and Instagram for up to date 2Ts news!

2Ts Episode 17 - The weird and wonderful world of sports

This week on the pod Katy and Tim continue with their series on how to tackle the FCE exam.

This week they talk about one of the more difficult parts for students, the speaking!

Tim and Katy dissect each section of the exam with some great tips for students and teachers alike!

2Ts - Episode 20 - FCE Speaking

This time on the pod, Tim and Katy pay homage to one of their favourite podcasts 'Off Menu' where they design their dream 3 course meal complete with sides and drinks!  The Ts describe in moth-watering detail exactly what they'd eat at this scrumptious feast.   Enjoy!

2Ts Episode 24 - 'Off Menu' homage

This time on the pod Tim and Katy start a brand new series of episodes.  The 2Ts' book club.  The idea is to encourage English language learners to read more and enjoy the huge plethora of English language books out there.  This time, we begin with a firm favourite from a much beloved author,  Roald Dahl.  The Ts want you to join in so before you listen to the episode give 'The landlady' by Roald Dahl a read then come and join us to examine the writing and story behind the book.

2Ts Episode 37 - Book club (The Landlady by Roald Dahl)

This time on the pod our Ts dive into some spooky stories and scary tales as they trade Halloween stories and try to scare each other to death!  We see a return to the pod of expert storyteller Wilf who delivers a spine-tingling tale that will make all the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.... Enjoy!

This episode of the podcast was edited and mixed by Anna Cantero.

2Ts - Episode 40 - Halloween special

We're back again with another instalment of our book club.  This time the Ts tackle another few chapters of the book, go through the vocabulary and provide excellent insight as the story begins to unfold.

2Ts - Episode 43 - Book club part 3 (The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman

Fun Podcast for adult English learners with level B2 and above with the 2Ts, Tim and Katy.

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