Easy Stories in English
by Ariel Goodbody, Polyglot English Teacher & Glassbox Media
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646K to 1.9M🎙 ~2x weekly·277 episodes·Last published 1mo ago - Monthly Reach
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1.3M to 3.8M🇰🇷21%🇧🇷21%🇯🇵8%+32 more - Active Followers
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517K to 1.5M
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I Can't Keep Doing This (Intermediate)
May 4, 2026
27m 30s
Cambodia is Hard to Talk About (Conversation)
Apr 6, 2026
30m 11s
Herding Mountains to Make a Forest (Pre-Intermediate)
Mar 23, 2026
26m 30s
Doing Stand-Up Comedy in Chinese (Conversation)
Mar 9, 2026
25m 14s
The Animals' Peace Party (Pre-Intermediate)
Feb 23, 2026
20m 35s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/4/26 |  I Can't Keep Doing This (Intermediate)✨ | podcast productionpersonal growth+3 | — | Easy Stories in EnglishGlassbox Media+1 | — | vocabularybinge+3 | — | 27m 30s | |
| 4/6/26 |  Cambodia is Hard to Talk About (Conversation)✨ | Cambodiagenocide+4 | — | giant spider | CambodiaUK | Cambodiagenocide+4 | — | 30m 11s | |
| 3/23/26 |  Herding Mountains to Make a Forest (Pre-Intermediate)✨ | mythslegends+3 | — | Easy Stories in EnglishChinese Myths | YunnanChina | HerdBucket+7 | — | 26m 30s | |
| 3/9/26 |  Doing Stand-Up Comedy in Chinese (Conversation)✨ | stand-up comedyChinese language+4 | — | Easy Stories in English | ChinaLondon | stand-up comedyChinese+4 | — | 25m 14s | |
| 2/23/26 |  The Animals' Peace Party (Pre-Intermediate)✨ | animalspeace+5 | — | Easy Stories in Englishmegaphone.fm | — | peace partyanimals+5 | — | 20m 35s | |
| 2/9/26 |  All the Housemates I've Ever Had (Conversation)✨ | housematesliving situations+4 | — | Easy Stories in English | BristolLondon+2 | housematesliving together+6 | — | 59m 22s | |
| 1/26/26 |  How the Moon Became Beautiful (Beginner)✨ | mythslegends+3 | — | How the Moon Became Beautiful | China | moonbeauty+5 | — | 18m 19s | |
| 1/12/26 |  Christmas in Japan (Conversation)✨ | Christmas in JapanCultural differences+4 | — | EasyStoriesInEnglish.com | OsakaFukuoka+1 | ChristmasJapan+6 | — | 1h 07m 35s | |
| 12/30/25 |  Hansel and Gretel (Pre-Intermediate)✨ | fairy talehorror+3 | — | Easy Stories in EnglishGlassbox Media+2 | — | Hansel and Gretelfairy tale+4 | — | 36m 04s | |
| 12/15/25 | It's My Podcast and I'll Ramble If I Want To (Conversation)✨ | podcast ramblingfood experiences+3 | — | bone marrowEasy Stories in English+1 | JapanOsaka | podcastbone marrow+5 | — | 37m 59s | |
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| 12/1/25 | The Three Goats (Rerun)✨ | children's storyfairytale+3 | — | EasyStoriesInEnglish.comGlassbox Media+1 | — | goattroll+5 | — | 21m 37s | |
| 11/17/25 |  Hangzhou and the Joy of Cycling (Conversation) | Get episodes without adverts + bonus episodes at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! This episode has come out very late because of my appendicectomy. Apologies! I have recovered now and we should be back to our regular schedule soon enough. 'Above there is heaven, and below there is Hangzhou.' So it must be a pretty great city, right? I sure thought so! In today's episode, I tell you all about my visit to this ancient Chinese city, with its lovely lake, temples and food. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Hangzhou for the full transcript. 00:00 Intro 00:53 A rite of passage 02:54 A new view 06:03 Hali Bote 09:57 Hang Joe! Do it! 11:36 Bustling with history 13:30 A mouldy hotel 14:24 That West Lake vibe 16:59 Soaking up the temples 19:22 Amazing noodles 21:37 Back on the bike! 25:44 An unfortunate incident 28:07 New frames 29:18 Where's this cafe?? 31:13 The results of my Japanese exam 34:07 Random China things 37:49 The best tissues in the world 40:22 Stay in the light? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 43m 56s | ||||||
| 10/30/25 |  The Demon Cats (Beginner) | Get episodes without adverts at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! Would you go fishing on Halloween night? That's when demons walk the Earth, and nobody is truly safe... But Murdo McTaggart doesn't believe in superstitions like that, and he heads out to catch fish while the other villagers go to church. He'll come to regret that mistake as the Devil - Auld Clootie himself - comes to him in the form of 13 tone-deaf cats. Have a spooky time with today's Scottish folk tale! Apologies for the changes to the usual schedule - I'm recovering from an appendicectomy (having my appendix removed) so I've had to move things around a bit. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/DemonCats for the full transcript. Level: Beginner Genre: Horror. Vocabulary: Demon, Fisherman, Superstition, Fur, Disappear, Bone, Stab, Scratch, Bite, Priest, Holy water. Setting: Scotland. Word Count: 1423. Author: Ariel Goodbody. 00:00 Intro 01:09 Pumpkin Day? 02:28 Vocabulary descriptions 02:32 Demon 03:12 Fisherman 03:30 Superstition 04:10 Fur 04:24 Disappear 04:47 Bone 05:09 Stab 05:35 Scratch and bite 06:01 Priest 06:16 Holy water 06:52 The Demon Cats 08:02 Murdo ignores the warnings 09:14 Something dark is coming... 10:13 The cats sing a cumha 11:48 The first gift 12:32 Another 'song' 13:20 Another offering 13:54 More singing?! 14:57 A clever trick 16:11 A fight to the death? 17:07 A cry for help 18:01 Just in time! 19:32 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 21m 43s | ||||||
| 10/13/25 |  Doggo and Kitty Bake a Cake (Pre-Intermediate) | Get episodes without adverts at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! It's Kitty's birthday! And how better to celebrate than by baking a cake? Just one problem: how do you do it? Well, if you add five delicious things, it will be five times as delicious, and if you add a hundred delicious things... Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/CakeL2 for the full transcript. Level: Pre-Intermediate. Genre: Children's. Vocabulary: Sandpit, Nuts, Eggshell, Divine, Pretend, Wag, Naughty, Stomach rumbles, Mud. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 1947. Author: Ariel Goodbody. 0:00 Intro 0:52 You can see me! 2:31 Relevelling 6:26 Vocabulary 11:03 Doggo and Kitty Bake a Cake 26:10 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 29m 38s | ||||||
| 10/6/25 |  How Slow Can I Go? (Conversation) | Get episodes without adverts + bonus episodes at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! Listen to me articulate and enunciate every word as I discuss unusual beverages, insane apps, doing Pilates in Chinese, and how I'm feeding you all worms. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Slow for the full transcript. Vocabulary: Latte, Beetroot, Pistachio, Red envelope, Massage, Pilates, Monologue, Worm, Nest 0:00 Intro 01:41 How slow can I go? 05:33 A mysterious drink 08:10 Crazy Chinese apps 13:00 Inappropriate videos 17:20 Pilates à la Chinoise 19:15 Levelling up abroad 20:59 Autumn, anyone? 22:00 Where to find my funky food pics 24:20 My upcoming travels 27:08 Let's speed things up a bit 32:23 Mother has arrived 33:19 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 36m 18s | ||||||
| 9/29/25 |  The Juniper Tree (Advanced) | Get episodes without adverts at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! Skin as white as snow and eyes as red as blood. Some would call it beautiful, but to Nicholas's parents, he is a demon child. But when Nicholas discovers that his 'mother' is not his real mother, his whole world starts to change. Today's story has themes of child abuse, cannibalism and violence. It is not appropriate for children. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Juniper for the full transcript. Level: Advanced. Genre: Horror Vocabulary: Juniper berry, Torment, Console, Demon, Witch, Chest (box), Padlock, Millstone. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 4623. Author: Ariel Goodbody. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 51m 12s | ||||||
| 9/15/25 |  My Morning Routine (Conversation) | Get episodes without adverts + bonus episodes at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! What I do every morning, in excruciating detail. When do I floss, how do I know when to put on deodorant, and what do I eat for breakfast? All these fascinating questions, and more, answered for you. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Routine for the full transcript. Vocabulary: Night owl, Equator, Dental floss, Mouthwash, Yoga block, Yoga strap, Cork, Bar soap, Shower gel, Deodorant, “He could talk for England”, Grind, Muesli 00:00 Intro 00:50 Throwback to French class 02:59 Are you a morning person or a night owl? 06:22 Brushing and flossing 10:41 Adventures in Listerine 11:55 Yoga time! 16:11 Getting clean 18:27 Deodorant tactics 22:40 Talking for England 23:32 A coffee fiend 26:40 What's for breakfast? 31:21 Eating isn't enough! 35:03 Dumping rubbish 37:43 Easy like Sunday morning Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 42m 57s | ||||||
| 9/8/25 |  Before the Light Dies (Beginner) | Get episodes without adverts at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! The king asks a clockmaker to repair an old magical clock. But when the clockmaker tries to repair the clock, nothing works... until he discovers a secret that will change his life. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Clockmaker for the full transcript. Level: Beginner. Genre: Romance. Vocabulary: Clockmaker, Ancestor, Repair, Ban, Apprentice, Gear, Rush, Symbol, Diary, Honesty, Secret. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 1753. Author: Ariel Goodbody. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 29m 31s | ||||||
| 9/1/25 |  Hello from China! (Conversation) | Get episodes without adverts + bonus episodes at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! Spicy bullfrog, fights with policemen and getting locked out... my first two weeks in China have certainly been eventful! Find out all about my move to Ningbo in today's episode. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/China2 for the full transcript. Vocabulary: Bureaucracy, Ultrasound, Bedside manner, SIM card, Apartment complex, Congee, Adzuki bean, Bullfrog, Red bayberry, 'Mad dogs and Englishmen', Sweat, Cicada, Pale, 'A fish out of water', Scavenger hunt 00:00 Intro 01:56 The flight 05:07 The fastest train in the world 06:33 Assaulting a policeman 07:48 Making friends with the locals 10:00 The joys of bureaucracy 15:46 My home away from home 17:46 Finally, I'm rich! 19:32 Get your chopsticks out 25:49 It's too darn hot! 27:50 Comfortable and livable 29:15 Security 32:10 Locked out of the system 34:06 My new job 37:23 The hardest thing you can do 40:35 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 44m 01s | ||||||
| 8/19/25 |  Running (Pre-Intermediate) | Get episodes without adverts + bonus episodes at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! Her mind runs, so she runs. She runs to stop her mind running. But one day, she sees an owl in the park, and reality stops running smoothly. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Running for the full transcript. Level: Pre-Intermediate. Genre: Philosophical. Vocabulary: Squirrel, Leash, Freedom, Owl, Mad, Hunt, Bin, Otter, Footprint, Pawprint, Hoofprint. Setting: Modern. Word Count: 1448 Author: Ariel Goodbody. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 24m 41s | ||||||
| 8/12/25 |  I Ate Colin's Face (Conversation) | Get episodes without adverts + bonus episodes at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! In the last week before moving to China, I recount awkward goodbyes, the British tradition of caterpillar-shaped cakes, my sneaky strategy to avoid jet lag, and my super secret language study hacks. Keep listening to learn English! Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Colin for the full transcript. Vocabulary: Bubbly (drink), Caterpillar, Irish goodbye, Fly long-haul, Maglev, Jet lag 00:00 Intro 01:36 Audio chat 04:42 A week of lasts 05:46 A British icon 10:54 My travel itinerary 13:05 Avoiding jet lag 16:18 Dodging earthquakes 17:39 How I'm studying Chinese 21:51 Finding love at the worst time 24:13 Bathed in love 27:20 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 30m 32s | ||||||
| 8/5/25 |  The Cave of the Danishman (Beginner) | Get episodes without adverts + bonus episodes at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! A horrible pirate called the Denschman terrorises a small Scottish island. But when a storm leaves the Denschman trapped in a cave, will the people of the island be cruel enough to leave him to die? Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Danish for the full transcript. Level: Beginner. Genre: Myths & Legends. Vocabulary: Raid, Eagle, Hide, Sink, Pray, Crash, Sword, Gift, Kind-hearted. Setting: Scotland. Word Count: 1992. Author: Tom Muir. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 49m 49s | ||||||
| 7/22/25 |  Freezing to Death in Scotland (Conversation) | Get episodes without adverts + bonus episodes at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! So I recently went to my cousin’s wedding in Edinburgh, which turned out to be much colder than expected, ESPECIALLY since I was camping! Fortunately, the beauty of the Quaker wedding ceremony more than made up for it. I couldn't stick around for long, though, as I had to whiz back to London on the train to take the highest level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. Sounds boring, but in fact it allowed me to process old failures, reconnect with academia, and set me up on a good mental path for my move to China. Learn all this more in this episode of Easy Stories in English! Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Freezing for the full transcript. Vocabulary: Camper van, RV, Quaker, Ceilidh, Pass rate, Emotional breakdown, Close the loop, Peter Pan syndrome, Puer aeternus, Heart rate variability, 'It hits different', Shibboleth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 37m 50s | ||||||
| 7/15/25 |  I Got Kicked Out! (Conversation) | Get episodes without adverts + bonus episodes at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! Yes, that's right, I was kicked out of a public building... Not only that, I went to a wild party in Cambridge, and I'm setting the house on fire with incense. Sort of. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Kicked for the full transcript. Vocabulary: Hay fever, Incense, Ball (party), Checkmate, Gen Z, Shisha, Bumper cars, Helter skelter, Middle of the road, Joie de vivre Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 43m 23s | ||||||
| 7/8/25 |  The Monkey's Heart (Intermediate) | Get episodes without adverts + bonus episodes at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! A monkey shares his figs with a shark, and for a while they are friends, but when the shark invites the monkey to his home under the sea, the monkey suspects that something may be wrong... Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Monkey for the full transcript. Level: Intermediate. Genre: Philosophical. Vocabulary: Fig, Nimble, Toss, X and Y don't mix, Halfway, Graceful, Indifferent, Ordeal, Nap, Send someone your wishes. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 1686. Author: Fairy Tales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 20m 46s | ||||||
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35 placements across 35 markets.
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