Zdenek’s English Podcast

In this episode I and my cousin go for a beer and we made an amazing decision to play a spontaneous game in which we profoundly ramble, ramble and ramble...and we recorded it all of course :) If you wonder why we got to T and the podcast ends there without saying "Bye", it is because my recorder ran out of memory and switched off without giving me any warning. We actually did finish playing the ga...

This brand new episode partially reveals the truth behind how I managed to get hold of my master's degree. I will be reading you selected chapters from my diploma thesis so brace yourselves for a high level academic language of linguistics. Should you prefer my more human side, in this edition of the podcast you can also hear about my latest experiences, plans, relationship updates and drug addict...

This episode features a native speaker - Kevin from the USA, an English teacher working in Brazil. He can, in my opinion, be considered an inspirational figure for all English teachers around the world as he developed his own unique teaching style. I basically agree with his approach and most of his ideas about teaching. In this episode Kevin serves a lot of valuable advice to all learners of Engl...

This is another interview of the series I recorded in England. This time it features my good friend Franta. Franta, a former radio Dj and football player in the Czech Republic, describes his fascinating experiences of moving over to London and later to Brighton ultimately becoming a hotel manager in the latter city. Since when he first came to the UK, he had zero English and worked as a kitchen po...

This episode was recorded in Bristol (England). It features my friend John who settled down there. As a part of my English holiday I visited him and we recorded this episode. We talk about various things such John’s previous and possible future job. As part of this, I learnt the word lollipopman by the way. We also touch upon solar panel energy, guinea pigs and last but not the least we think had...

This double episode is devoted my listeners. In each part you can listen to an audio message I received from a listener of the podcast. In this (second part) I'm answering namely to 2 questions which a long-time listener Daniel from Italy sent me. If you want to know more about my hometown Podebrady and also the Czech comedy group Jára Cimrman, this is episode is exactly for you.

This double episode is devoted my listeners. In each part you can listen to an audio message I received from a listener of the podcast. In this particular one, I am responding to questions sent by a listener from Hungary called Gabor. He asks more or less about DOTA, the computer game I was hooked on for a long time.

In this podcast episode you will have chance to listen to Roman, my countryman who happened to have passed the CPE exam at grade A. In our interview we discuss various topics because Roman is an inspiring guy in various aspects. He is a passionate fisherman, a up-and-coming table tennis player and his spoken English is for a non-native spekaer abolutely brilliant. If you want to learn some useful...

This edition is a direct continuation of the previous one. I and Vika keep chatting about relationships. We attempt to divide types of relationships, we touch upon the questions such as "Does the best friend exist?", "Is it possible to be a friend with woman if you are a man?" Is one night stand more for men?" "Should men cry?" and a lot more.

This episode features a recorded discussion which I had with my former private Ukrainian student called Victoria about 2 months. The theme was centred upon the popular subject of relationships, differences between men and women and picking up routines. Vika is an interesting young girl who has a lot to say on this topic and since her English is at advanced level, she is also very enjoyable to list...

This edition of the podcast is an indirect sequel to the interview with Luke Thompson, namely episode 75 - part 1. I took out bits and pieces from our conversation, focusing on interesting vocabulary as well as the mistakes I commited and decided to analyse them. Besides giving you my own examples and throwing in more items of vocabulary which I have recently learnt, I am trying to respond to my c...

At the beginning Luke will tell you what his friends think about him putting so much time into doing his podcast. After that we change roles on Luke starts asking me questions such as: What is my favourite thing about doing the podcast and what kind of episode I like doing most. Arguably, the icing on the cake of the whole interview is when Luke outlines a situation of a zombie attack in the park....

This is the second part of the interview with Luke Thompson, the author of Luke's English Podcast. What was Luke's initial reaction when I told him about my idea of starting my own podcast? What would have Luke said to me if had been a lawyer? Where is Luke rightly drawing the line and what kind of advice is he giving me? What kind of motivating words does Luke give me and in what way does he thin...

This is by far the greatest moment for this podcast so far. For this interview I travelled to Great Britain to meet up with Luke Thompson, a stand-up comedian, English teacher and most importantly the person who made Luke’s English Podcast – the best English podcast for English learners on the internet. Just to remind everyone, he also happens to be the reason I started doing my own podcast. This...

In this 4-part series I am gonna be telling you all about my holiday in England which I went on in July 2014. So if you want to know what friends and other people I visited there, what experiences I had, and how it all made me feel, this is the right episode for you. In this final episode of this series, I will sum up my whole holiday in England. I will tell what kind of impact it had on me. I did...

In this 4-part series I am gonna be telling you all about my holiday in England which I went on in July 2014. So if you want to know what friends and other people I visited there, what experiences I had, and how it all made me feel, this is the right episode for you. In this particular episode, I will be speaking about how I met Luke Thompson in London. It was an emotional moment for me since I fe...

In this 4-part series I am gonna be telling you all about my holiday in England which I went on in July 2014. So if you want to know what friends and other people I visited there, what experiences I had, and how it all made me feel, this is the right episode for you. In this particular episode, you I can hear me talking in a slightly nostalgic way when crossing the English Channel on a ferry. Ther...

In this 4-part series I am gonna be telling you all about my holiday in England which I went on in July 2014. So if you want to know what friends and other people I visited there, what experiences I had, and how it all made me feel, this is the right episode for you. In this particular episode, you will get acquinted with my objectvies for this holiday. You will probably notice that I was in a kin...

In this double episode I called Guillaume, a long-time ZEP podcast fan from Switzerland. It was not his podcasting debut as he has his own Guillaume's English Podcast. Among others we talked about his country Switzerland, his experience of meeting Luke from Luke's English Podcast and also about the benefits of running one's own podcast. Guillaume also made it clear which episodes of Zdenek's Engli...

In this double episode I called Guillaume, a long-time ZEP podcast fan from Switzerland. It was not his podcasting debut as he has his own Guillaume's English Podcast. Among others we talked about his country Switzerland, his experience of meeting Luke from Luke's English Podcast and also about the benefits of running one's own podcast. Guillaume also made it clear which episodes of Zdenek's Engli...

This episode was not planned at all. After watching the demolition of the Brazilian national team by Germany, I took the initiative and called a native speaker Ethan (you might know him from previous episodes) to hear his own comments on this amazing match. We spoke about the match, about how both nations’ supporters must feel now and how their feelings can idiomatically be expressed in English. W...

This is the second part of the interview with my cousin about the World Cup. What football teams could we hypotetically play for in the World Cup considering our skills? Why did Lusi Suarez bite the Italian player? What are our theories behind this incident. We also try to answer questions from the listeners and at the end you can listen to a short language analysis.

In this episode we got together with my cousin Honza to talk about the ongoing World Cup in Brazil. In the first part we talk about who we think might win it, who our favourite teams are and we also touch upon the fact that Muslim players didn't drink during the match because of Ramadan. After this there is a language analysis part in which my dog also makes an appearanace.

This is another from the popular series about me and my cousin's journey to civilization. This one was recorded in autumn and there is a language analysis section added, too.

This is a special heart-to-heart episode about my feelings of being betrayed. Basically, you have a unique opportunity to witness me speaking my heart out How exciting! (sarcasm) (I should have been born as Latin American I guess - I have no stiff upper lip whatsoever) More importantly, I will explain some vocabulary connected to the act of betrayal and I will also read out a slighly difficult poe...