Pete Smissen
Aussie English
G’day and welcome to the Aussie English podcast. I’m Pete Smissen and my objective here is to teach you guys the English spoken down under. Whether you plan to travel, to work or to live in Australia or you just have an interest in our culture, history and spoken dialect of English. You have come to the right place. And whether you aim to speak English like a true blue Aussie or you just want to be able to understand “what the flippin’ hell we’re on about when we’re havin’ a yarn”. You have come to the right place. If you listen to this podcast you will learn: •A ton of Aussie slang and vocabu...
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Jul 5, 2026
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Episodes
Crikey!! What's with the ads, mate?! 22.07.2022 5:35
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AE 1159 - Pete's 2c: Can You Guess Which Language 'Kayak' Comes From? 19.07.2022 24:55
Send us Fan Mail 👉 Listen to this episode on the podcast: https://www.aussieenglish.com.au/1159 👉 Join my 5-Day FREE English Course: https://www.aussieenglish.com.au/free-course/ 👉 Join the Premium Podcast here & access 1000+ episodes: https://www.aussieenglish.com.au How's your week going so far? Come sit down with me here on Pete's 2c on the Aussie English podcast! In Pete&apo...
AE 1158 - Expression: Get Wind of Something 17.07.2022 16:49
Send us Fan Mail 👉 Download the FREE PDF Worksheet: https://aussieenglish.com.au/AE1158_Worksheet 👉 Listen to this episode on the podcast: https://www.aussieenglish.com.au/1158 👉 Join my 5-Day FREE English Course: https://www.aussieenglish.com.au/free-course/ 👉 Join the Premium Podcast here & access 1000+ episodes: https://www.aussieenglish.com.au How’s the weekend so far, you mob? In t...
AE 1157 - The Goss: Got a Tattoo? You Can't Come in! 15.07.2022 43:31
Send us Fan Mail 👉 Listen to this episode on the podcast: https://www.aussieenglish.com.au/ 1157 👉 Join my 5-Day FREE English Course: https://www.aussieenglish.com.au/free-course/ 👉 Join the Premium Podcast here & access 1000+ episodes: https://www.aussieenglish.com.au Welcome to another Goss episode here on the Aussie English podcast! I found this online article about restaurants in Quee...
AE 1156 - The Goss: Dad Is Importing A Campervan From Japan 08.07.2022 30:37
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AE 1155 - The Goss: My Parents' Roadtrip up the East Coast of Australia 03.07.2022 26:11
Send us Fan Mail 👉 Listen to this episode on the podcast: https://www.aussieenglish.com.au/1155 👉 Join my 5-Day FREE English Course: https://www.aussieenglish.com.au/free-course/ 👉 Join the Premium Podcast here & access 1000+ episodes: https://www.aussieenglish.com.au Join me in welcoming back my dad, Ian Smissen , to the podcast! Dad and Mum recently travelled up to Queensland and guess wh...
AE 1154 - 5 Expressions To Sound Fluent in English | Part 9 26.06.2022 11:05
Send us Fan Mail It’s time for a quick review of the English expressions I taught you here on the Aussie English podcast! Over the past few episodes, I talked about 5 English expressions that you can use for your daily conversations:Make A Fool Out Of Yourselfhttps://aussieenglish.com.au/1142Read Between The Lines https://aussieenglish.com.au/1144Where The Rubber Meets The Road https://aussieengli...
AE 1153 - Pete's 2c: Strewth! My Daughter Spat the Dummy! 19.06.2022 31:09
Send us Fan Mail Happy Sunday, guys! The kids are asleep and it's time for me to get on Instagram to answer your questions! In today's Pete's 2c episode, I talk about whether Australians say 'apartment' or 'flat'. Right, urban living quarters. There was also a question about what stuff one needs to take with them when going on a trip to Australia. Yes, besides yo...
AE 1152 - Interview: How to Build an Online Business on Instagram with Camille Hanson – Part 2 16.06.2022 25:08
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another round of awesome chin-wags here on the Aussie English podcast! Meet the lovely Camille Hanson, an online English teacher, influencer, author, avid language learner, and mum of three. In today's Part 2 of my interview with Camille, we chatted about how she ended up becoming an English teacher and how she started her online business. We also talk about how sh...
AE 1151 - Interview: How to Learn 5 Languages from Scratch with Camille Hanson – Part 1 12.06.2022 38:33
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another round of awesome chin-wags here on the Aussie English podcast! Meet the lovely Camille Hanson, an online English teacher, influencers, author, avid language learner, and mum of three. In today's episode, we talk about what it's like being a parent to very young children & what it was like for Camille growing up in the US.You see, she grew in a very...
AE 1150 - Pete's 2c: Blokes, Cobbers, & Mates 08.06.2022 31:32
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another Pete’s 2c episode! I really enjoy doing these episodes as I get to talk freely, like sitting down with you guys, and popping open a cold one! In today’s episode, I answer questions from my Instagram followers. I got asked if I like the US or the UK (which I found sort of hard to answer, haha). Then someone asked what I think about Brisbane & Perth, my favour...
AE 1149 - Expression: Foot The Bill 05.06.2022 21:31
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the weekly expression lesson episode here on the Aussie English podcast! In today’s episode, I am going to teach you about the English expression “foot the bill”.Yes, quite funny & gross when you hear it being said – you begin to imagine someone giving a chopped off foot to a restaurant waiter. That’s morbid. So let’s let that slide! I’ll give you example situations...
AE 1148 - Expression: Take No Prisoners 29.05.2022 19:58
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the weekly expression lesson episode here on the Aussie English podcast! In today’s episode, I am going to teach you about the English expression “take no prisoners”.I will give you a breakdown of the meaning of the words in the expression and its full meaning. There will also be examples given so you’ll know how to use the expression. Plus, you will learn the grisly or...
AE 1147 - Interview: Building an Online Business with Podcasting with Lindsay McMahon 25.05.2022 36:39
Send us Fan Mail Here’s another awesome chin-wagging episode for you guys! Let’s welcome back Lindsay McMahon, co-owner of the All Ears English podcast! You may remember her from episode AE 678, where we talked about the difference between American and Australian English. In today’s episode, we talk about podcasting as a business. She shares tips on how literally anyone can start a podcast, use it...
AE 1146 - Expression: Where The Rubber Meets The Road 22.05.2022 22:05
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the weekly English expression lesson here on the Aussie English podcast! Besides telling you that I am now obsessing over plants at home, I am going to teach you all about the English expression “where the rubber meets the road”.In today’s episode, I will answer a question from Jasmin: what is the difference between ‘fairly’ and ‘rather’? Listen in, guys, this is “rathe...
AE 1145 - Interview: Japan, Language Learning, Cringey YouTube Polyglots & More with David Rajaraman - Part 2 18.05.2022 44:50
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another awesome chin-wagging episode here on the Aussie English podcast! Today's guest is David Rajaraman! Last time, we talked about how he went from India, to Brunei, to Australia, then to Japan, all in just about 30 years of his lifeIn today's episode, we talk about how David grew up bilingual then realised that that wasn't the norm in many places arou...
AE 1144 - Expression: Read Between The Lines 15.05.2022 24:22
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this weekly English expression episode here on the Aussie English podcast! In today’s episode, I will talk about the expression “read between the lines”.As always, I’ll break down for you the meaning of the words in the expression, then give you the real meaning of the full expression. I’ll also be answering a question from Luciana, and she asks how open Australians are...
AE 1143 - Interview: English Teacher to Car Mechanic in Japan with David Rajaraman - Part 1 11.05.2022 49:59
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another awesome chin-wagging episode here on the Aussie English podcast! Today's guest is David Rajaraman! During our last conversation, we talked about how he went from India to Brunei, to Australia, and ultimately to Japan in just about 30 years. In the first part of this two part series, we're going to chat to David about how he went from an English teacher...
AE 1142 - Expression: Make a Fool Out of Yourself 08.05.2022 25:52
Send us Fan Mail It’s another expression-filled Sunday here on the Aussie English podcast! In today’s episode, I will teach you all about the expression “make a fool out of yourself”.As always, I will break down the meaning of the words in the expression together with example sentences so you can use them in your daily conversations. I will also be answering a question from Daniel who asks “Is it...
AE 1141 - The Goss: Answering your Questions about the 2022 Federal Election 06.05.2022 27:07
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another Goss episode here on the Aussie English podcast! Guess what's coming up in Australia in a couple of weeks? It's the 2022 Australian Federal Elections! Yes, Australians are coming out May 21st Saturday and elect members of the 47th Parliament of Australia. In today's episode, we talk about how Australians vote during elections. In our area, there w...
AE 1140 - The Goss: The 2022 Federal Election. Who Will We Vote For? 04.05.2022 53:43
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another Goss episode here on the Aussie English podcast! Guess what's coming up in Australia in a couple of weeks? It's the 2022 Australian Federal Elections! Yes, Australians are coming out May 21st Saturday and elect members of the 47th Parliament of Australia. In today's episode, we give you an explanation of how parliamentary government officials get...
AE 1139 - 5 Expressions To Sound Fluent in English | Part 8 01.05.2022 12:42
Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to the Aussie English podcast! I think it's been a month that I've not been making YouTube videos for the Aussie English channel but yeah, I'm back on YT today starting with this lesson on English Expressions. In today's video, let's recap the past 5 English Expressions here on the podcast:Get Out of Someone's Hair - https://aussieenglish...
AE 1138 - Interview: Escaping Ukraine Before the Russian Invasion with Justin Hammond - Part 2 27.04.2022 29:57
Send us Fan Mail Here's another round of interviews for you here on the Aussie English podcast! Do you remember Justin Hammond of episode AE 475? Yep, this mate's a language learner like me and has been doing travels around Russia and Ukraine. In today's episode, we talk about his experiences living in Ukraine and Russia and the cultural relationship between the two countries. How h...
AE 1137 - Interview: Going From Beginner to Near-Native in Russian with Justin Hammond - Part 1 24.04.2022 31:52
Send us Fan Mail Here's another round of interviews for you here on the Aussie English podcast! Do you remember Justin Hammond of episode AE 475? Yep, this mate's a language learner like me and has been doing travels around Russia and Ukraine. In this first episode, we catch up on his language learning experiences, learning French, Mandarin Chinese and then Russian later at university. W...
AE 1136 - The Goss: Aussie Kids Ditch Smartphones for 'Dumbphones' 21.04.2022 41:42
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to another Goss episode here on the Aussie English podcast! I bet you’ve owned a dumbphone before! Well, back in the days, they weren’t really called ‘dumbphones’, were they? We see them as sophisticated gadgets before; you were so cool in school if you got a cellular phone, right? With the advancement of technology, mobile phones that can’t connect to the Internet are now...
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