Podcasts for improving your English
The English learner of the 2020s is incredibly lucky. There is so much free English audio content available online. When I was studying French at school in the late 90s, our teacher told us we needed to listen to French outside the lessons — my options were to find a French radio station or rent a VHS tape of a French film. Of course, I almost never did it.
Today you can listen to any type of English, on any type of topic, whenever you want. Here is my list of recommendations for podcasts to listen to — both podcasts for native speakers and for English learners.
Also make sure you read my post about the best way to improve your English by listening to podcasts.
Podcasts for native speakers
All of these podcasts cover different topics in each episode.
- British accent
Tech Tent (topic: technology)
Word of Mouth (topic: language)
- American accent
Podcasts for English learners
Here are some podcasts aimed at intermediate/advanced English learners. Most of them also have transcripts available.
- British accent
- American accent
Of course, there are so many podcasts to choose from. This is just a small selection of ones that I personally enjoy or think are useful.
Short audio clips every day on Whatsapp
If you don’t have time to listen to a whole podcast, you can subscribe to receive a short (20–30 second) audio clip every day on Whatsapp.
Each audio clip is linked to a transcript, with slang and colloquial expressions explained.
