

Rock n' Roll English
Martin Johnston
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Dec 24, 2018 • 28min
E123: Come on Mate... it's Christmas! 🎅
In this Christmas-themed podcast, topics include buttering someone up, unusual Christmas traditions like eating KFC in Japan, debate over whether McDonald's is a restaurant, debunking myths about Christmas trees in Trafalgar Square, and discussing Christmas traditions and behaviors in Britain.

Dec 17, 2018 • 24min
E122: How Posh Are You? 🤑
Another BIG test today where we discuss the class system in Britain! 😁 There's talk of TINY heads 🙆, BASHING Bibles ✝️, 'DRIVING' horses 🐎 and lots more! Lots and lots of RnR vocab - just standard day in the RnR English office, so keep CALM and keep on ROCKin' baby! 💣💣💣

Dec 10, 2018 • 28min
E121: What's Your LIKEABILITY? 🤔
Are you a LIKEABLE person? 🤔 Is that even a word? We look at all of that in today's show! Plus, there is talk of 90 year-olds with Netflix 📺, clarification of the word BITCH 😇, stealing seats in Slovenia 💺 and lots more! Just a normal day in the RnR world so just keeeeeeep on ROCKin'! 👊

Dec 3, 2018 • 24min
E120: Sorry is the Hardest Word to Say 😬
Boom Boom is back after being banished for his school boy error and he's back to (kind of) say sorry 😀 We speak about Walt Disney imagining his friends having sex 😲, Keith Richards ✌️, the benefits of Coca-Cola 😀 and lots more! So just keep CALM and keep on ROCKin'! 👊

Nov 26, 2018 • 25min
E119: Black Friday Bedlam 🤪
Black Friday can now consider itself 'mainstream' now that there is a show about it on RnR English! 😁 We speak about seeing DREAMS more clearly 💤, VOMIT 🤢, buying clothes before 2001 👚 - microphones are very much switched ON 🎙️, so take a seat, put some headphones on and just keeeeeep on ROCKin'! 👊

Nov 19, 2018 • 22min
E118: International Men's Day 👨
I can't remember if I did a podcast about this last year (and I'm too lazy to look)... but this year I speak to a WOMAN about it! ☮️ There's talk of getting LONGER 😲, PERVERTS 😲, SCHOOL BOY errors 🎒... PLUS there is a very emotional song and lots more, so just keeeeeeeep on ROCKin' baby! 🔥

Nov 12, 2018 • 27min
E117: The Awkward Birthday Stuff 😬
Birthdays are great, but are they ALWAYS great? 🤔 Here we look at the NOT so good stuff like the DOUBLE DIP 🤢, BOUNCY castles 😀, NO-ONE coming to your party 😢 and lots more! There's some GOOD news but also some BAD news, but whatever happens you know that we'll keep on ROCKin'! ✌️

Nov 5, 2018 • 24min
E116: Guy Fawkes / Fireworks / Bonfire Night Debate 🔥
Should fireworks be illegal? 🚫 An interesting debate that we look at with help from debate.org 🤓 There's also talk of MACHINE GUNS 🔫, dubious Google searches 😬, blowing up Buckingham Palace 🔥 and lots more - BOOM shake the ROOM! 💣💣💣

Oct 29, 2018 • 24min
E115: Halloween, Souls and Saints 👻
A Halloween podcast was done last year, so it's the difficult Part II 😬 There's talk of boys wearing LIPSTICK 💋, first time we saw GENITALS 😲, doing ANYTHING for a £ 💸 and LOTS and LOTS of RnR vocab - so just keeeeeep on ROCKin'! ✌️

Oct 22, 2018 • 22min
E114: Every PersonTells a Story... 🤨
As always, the most important problems of the world are discussed on this show... politics, culture, science, so that's why we speak about today 😀. Not much else to add to that except.... keeeeeeeep on ROCKin'! 👊


