Pete Smissen

Aussie English

Education EN ↓ 1387 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

Episodes

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

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 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.

AE 781 - Minisode: How Migration Affects Language 30.11.2020 22:37

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening as I interview Simon Roper, a British polyglot with a fascination for Old English languages. In this episode, we talk about how migration affects language. Listen to examples of loan words, words adopted from a foreign language with little or no modification, and how they evolved into the English words we know today!

AE 780 - Expression: Hands Down 29.11.2020 20:56

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this expression episode of the Aussie English Podcast where I teach you how to use HANDS DOWN like an Aussie.

AE 779 - Minisode: How Do Dialects Diverge? 27.11.2020 7:19

AE 778 - The Goss: Talking about Alcohol, Booze, and Grog 25.11.2020 23:58

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 alcohol, booze, grog and the Australian drinking culture.

AE 777 - Minisode: Why You Should Not Learn Multiple Languages All At The Same Time 23.11.2020 8:37

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening as I interview Lamont of Days of French N Swedish. This cool guy is on a journey learning multiple languages without leaving Australia. His videos entertain viewers about how he manages learning French and Swedish at the same time. In this mini episode with me, we talk about people’s different capacities in learning and why one should not lear...

AE 776 - Expression: Fly Off the Handle 22.11.2020 21:36

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English in this expression episode of the Aussie English Podcast where I teach you how to use FLY OFF THE HANDLE like an Australian.

AE 775 - Minisode: Australia's Got The 10 Deadliest Snakes - DEBUNKED 20.11.2020 21:41

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 snakes in Australia and what makes them really deadly.

AE 774 - The Goss: COVID 19 | October Update 18.11.2020 17:00

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 Covid updates in Australia.

AE 773 - Minisode: What Is The Future Of English As A Global Language? 16.11.2020 8:37

Send us Fan Mail Learn Australian English by listening as I interview Simon Roper, a British polyglot with a fascination for Old English languages. In this episode, we talk about what will be the future of English as a global language.