Pete Smissen

Aussie English

Education EN ↓ 1371 episodes

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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Pete Smissen

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AE 806 - Expression: Your Bread and Butter 10.01.2021 17:16

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening to this weekly episode where I teach you all about English expressions. In this episode, I breakdown for you the expression "bread and butter" - what it means & how to use it in your daily conversations. Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

AE 805 - Interview: Migrating From Argentina to Australia with Martin Ruffo of InspiringED.com 09.01.2021 48:08

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening to this 2nd part of my interview with Martin Ruffo of InspiringED.com! A migrant from Argentina, he is currently the Product Manager for InspiringED.com.

AE 804 - Aussie Slang: At Sparrow's Fart 08.01.2021 3:05

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this episode of the Aussie Slang series where I teach you how to use "At sparrow's fart" like a fair dinkum Australian!

AE 803 - Say "How's it going?" Like An Aussie! 08.01.2021 12:12

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening to this new Australian English Pronunciation: Intensive Level episode.

AE 802 - The Goss: Stowaway Owls, Talking Kangaroos, & Dogs Trained to Protect Bandicoots & Koalas 07.01.2021 23:54

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening to this episode of The Goss! These are recorded conversations with my old man Ian Smissen for you to learn more about Australian culture, news, and current affairs.

AE 801 - The Goss: Australia's Best-Ever Sportsperson and Oldest-Ever Chocolates! 05.01.2021 23:32

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening to this episode of The Goss! These are conversations with my old man Ian Smissen so that you get to know more about what Australians talk about in and around the country.

AE 800 - Interview: Why & How Pete Smissen Changed Careers Later in Life with Martin Ruffo from InspiringEd 02.01.2021 19:01

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening to my first interview for the year 2021! Meet Martin Ruffo from Argentina who migrated here to Australia. He is currently the Product Manager for www. InspiringED.com - an online learning hub for anyone who wants to take courses on a variety of topics. In this interview, I got asked interesting questions mainly focused on how I shifted careers...

AE 799 - The Goss: Recapping Australia's 2020 + New Australian English Words from 2020 31.12.2020 32:37

AE 798 - The Goss: Gladys & Sydney's Northern Beaches Stuff Up 29.12.2020 12:14

AE 797 - Christmas Episode: Pete & Ian Talk about Christmas, Mullets, Covid, and Consumerism! 25.12.2020 51:56

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening to this special episode with me and dad Ian Smissen!

AE 796 - The Goss: How the 2020 AFL Season Has Been Turned Upside Down! 24.12.2020 31:29

AE 795 - The Goss: Aussie Boutique Breweries and Pubs in the Old Days 22.12.2020 28:08

AE 794 - Expression: Turn A Blind Eye To Something 20.12.2020 24:57

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening to this weekly episode where I teach you all about English expressions.

AE 793 - Minisode: Do Snakes Just Want To Kill You? 18.12.2020 9:15

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening as I interview Australia’s awesome reptile photographer Ross McGibbon! In this episode, we talk about if snakes do really want to kill you all the time - because they actually don’t.

AE 792: 10 Aussie Animals & How to Pronounce Them 17.12.2020 16:11

Send us Fan Mail Improve your listening skills today - listen, play & pause this episode - and start speaking like a native English speaker!

AE 791: The Goss: What Would Happen If All Diseases Were Cured? 16.12.2020 26:46

AE 790 - Minisode: Aussie Slang According To Bird Photographer Sean Dooley 14.12.2020 10:19

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening as I interview Australia’s bird expert Sean Dooley! He is the author of The Big Twitch, the best-selling book recounting his journey to break Australia’s record for photographing birds in Australia. In this mini episode, he talked about ‘bird idioms’ or ‘bird slang’ - word and phrases commonly used by bird enthusiasts in and out of Australia.

AE 789: How To Say "G'Day" The Aussie Way 12.12.2020 11:43

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English as I teach you today the Aussie way to say “G’day!”. Know how to pronounce it like a native English speaker, and also when and where to say it. Practice well, mates!

AE 788 - Interview: Nadia Mofrad's Journey from Iran to Uni Life in Australia 11.12.2020 49:59

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening as I interview Nadia Mofrad from Iran about her journey in an Australian university.

AE 787: Noisy Aussie Cicadas! 10.12.2020 15:37

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English as I give you a breakdown of an online article written about cicada season in Australia.

AE 786: The Goss: West Gate Tragedy & History of The Yarra River 09.12.2020 14:27

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening to this episode of The Goss! These are conversations with my old man Ian Smissen and today we talk about Australian politics!

AE 785 - Minisode: One Key Advice In Learning English 07.12.2020 12:53

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening as I interview Lamont of Days of French N Swedish, who learns Swedish without having to leave Australia. In this episode, we talk about Lamont’s advice to people learning English as a second language.

AE 784 - Minisode: How The Death Adder Got Its Name 06.12.2020 8:25

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening as I interview Australia’s awesome reptile photographer Ross McGibbon! In this episode, we talk about how the death adder snake got its name.

AE 783 - Interview: Getting to Know the Real Lucy from English with Lucy 04.12.2020 1:03:52

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English as I interview Lucy Earl of English With Lucy! We talk about her love for teaching & life as a YouTube star.

AE 782 - The Goss: Lying Pollies and Idiots of the Week 02.12.2020 18:25

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in The Goss where we talk about lying politicians, the idiot of the week, and meet FriendlyJordies of YouTube.