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Boxcar English

Boxcar English

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Boxcar English is a podcast for English learners. It's one of the best and most pleasant ways to learn English. A gentle, slow voice, with simple language, tells stories that deal with everyday life situations in sometimes dreamlike ways, so the listener engages with the meaning, rather than idea of learning English. Listen to episode 050 for instructions on how to use the podcast! The philosophy of the podcast is to provide the good, positive energy needed for learning a new language, with much of the content for free or low cost, and for all of it to be made by a human, and not impersonal AI-based creation. It's based on the language-learning theory of "Comprehensible and Compelling input," which says that you should listen and read to a lot of materials that are 1) Easy to understand (you know 95% of the vocabulary), and 2) Interesting to listen to. Boxcar English is designed to be fun, welcoming, & refreshing to different levels of learners. At Boxcar English, there's always room for you! go to boxcarenglish.com for more information and lessons (written and via Signal) Support the podcast and get the transcripts at patreon.com/boxcarenglishpodcast© 2025 BOXCAR ENGLISH Language Learning Social Sciences Travel Writing & Commentary
Episodes
  • 082: The Greener Grass of Home

    082: The Greener Grass of Home
    Aug 20 2026
    Start with Episode 076: On the Train if you haven’t heard it yet! If you don’t know the common expression “the grass is greener on the other side,” you will learn what it means in this episode! Please join us at Patreon.com/boxcarenglishpodcast to get the human-transcribed text to each episode! (AI transcripts generally contain errors—not good if you’re learning a language!) AND chat with me, Karl. I can help you with your English questions with real, lived experience—something chatbots are incapable of! boxcarenglish.com patreon.com/boxcarenglishpodcast
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    9 mins
  • 081: The Spur of the Moment

    081: The Spur of the Moment
    Aug 14 2026
    I come back home… and I wish my adventure had been longer… then I realize the adventure is not over. Subscribe (only $1 a month) on Patreon and get the human-generated transcript (i.e., no errors from the A.I.!) patreon.com/boxcarenglishpodcast boxcarenglish.com (beginning of transcript) So I was back home. My spur-of-the-moment adventure was over. Do you know what spurs are? They’re these sharp things that fit on the back of shoes. People use them when they ride horses. I guess they kick into the horse with the spur, and the horse gets hurt and wants to run.
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    5 mins
  • 080: You've got to be kidding me!

    080: You've got to be kidding me!
    Aug 6 2026
    This episode continues the story begun in 076: On the train. Here is a sample of the transcript (for the full transcript, support us at patreon.com/boxcarenglishpodcast) ===================== [0:21] I woke up in the small concrete building and saw Shelby sitting beside me. But let me go back a second. Before I woke up, I was dreaming about birds. The birds were red and blue and the sky was blue too. It was–it was like a cartoon on TV. The two birds were singing to each other. One was in one tree, and the other was in another tree. It was really […]
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    5 mins
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