Kuli English Podcast

In this episode, we talk about a few differences between everyday life in Japan vs. the US, including food, hangouts, friends, and language. As mentioned near the end of this episode, here is the link to The Tokyo Talks blog post about Kuli English Podcast: https://www.thetokyotalk.com/post/mic-on-thoughts-in-motion-chris-jeng

Contents:

00:00 Start
07:20 Food
28:34 Hangouts and friends
37:07 Language

What does awkward mean? In this story, we'll be covering four of my real life stories about feeling awkward!

Contents:
00:00 Start
04:28 Ticket gate story
08:02 Sushi story
17:33 Date story
29:10 21 guns story

In this episode, I talk about the Penguin Story, a prank where I dressed up as a penguin and ran in an election!

In this episode, I talk about my main two tips for how to tell stories in English: put in feelings, and put in checkpoints!

In this episode, we're going to focus on language stuff! I'll be sharing three main tips on how to learn English. As always, I'll be speaking at an intermediate-friendly English level, which I call Kuli-English level.

If you have any tips that you'd like to share, please comment them below!

In this episode we talk about getting nervous! Why do we get nervous, and how can we humans avoid it??

Today, we talk about one of my favorite hobbies - programming robots to cheat in video games! If you have no experience at all with programming, don't worry! I'll be explaining everything with the usual easy-to-understand Kuli level English.

In this episode, we talk about musical instruments, and introduce them in a way that's easy for anyone to understand, even if you've never played any music before! As always, I'll be telling stories in easy-to-understand, Kuli English.

In this episode, we talk about the American school system and how it works, all in easy-to-understand Kuli-level English and with lots of little stories to keep things entertaining.

In this episode, we dive into a wild Japanese children’s book called The Red Shoes. I rewrote the story into easy-to-understand “Kuli English” and added comments and explanations to help English learners follow along.

In this free-talk episode, we talk about a pretty mundane story about going to a pizza shop and pretending not to speak Japanese. We also talk about Kabukicho and how to avoid talking to people!

In this episode we talk about superstitions, from lucky pennies to fortune telling in Yokohama, and also a childhood story about my lucky pet rock.

Wesley joins to talk about growing up bilingual, forgetting words in both languages, and how language shapes memory. We also share childhood stories, including getting locked in a bathroom and sticking a finger in a fan.

It’s the middle of the year, so let’s talk New Year’s resolutions! In this episode, we'll talk about purposely failing a fitness challenge at Google, broken water heaters, and the Japanese sento!

Content:

00:00 Intro
00:34 New Year’s Resolution
07:09 Google Walktober
09:50 Sedentary Squatters
16:23 My Water Broke
23:58 Hurt My Thumb

Today, we talk about how using the word “please” can sound polite — or rude — in English. We compare English and Japanese politeness, bust the myth of Business English, and share funny stories about coconut water, fried chicken, and supermarket small talk.

Explore Kyoto’s Arashiyama Monkey Park with me — learn about boss monkeys, banana politics, and how to survive the monkey mafia. Plus, a random story about chicken nuggets. Enjoy some fun English listening practice along the way!