Our free podcasts are designed to help you learn English and improve your listening comprehension. Culips ESL podcasts also have tons of cultural content and we talk a lot about life in Canada and in Montreal in particular.

At Culips, we focus on everyday North American English. Our podcasts are recorded in real, unscripted English, the way we normally speak. Each episode will take you outside of the classroom setting and let you experience common slang, natural expressions, and new vocabulary.

Latest Episode:

Making small talk—Culips English Podcast

There are so many different kinds of conversation to have! Small talk is the simple kind of conversation that people often have with others that they don’t know very well. In this episode, we give examples of what you can talk aboutto break the ice, and how people strike up a conversation in different places. And did you know that Harp is secretly shy?

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Previous Episodes

	The Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy—Culips English Podcast	Apr 10
	To bounce back – Culips English Podcast	Apr 03
	Introducing Tom! – Culips English Podcast	Mar 27
	I am dead tired – Culips English Podcast	Mar 20
	Garden-Variety	Mar 13
	Another Canadian Winter	Mar 06
	Stress	Feb 27
	It’s never good to steal someone’s thunder.	Feb 20
	Who doesn’t love a good book?	Feb 13
	Don’t cry over spilled (spilt) milk	Feb 06
	It’s like trying to find a needle in a haystack!	Jan 30
	Gossip	Jan 24
	Are we on the same page?	Jan 16
	Shopping	Jan 09
	Holidays throughout the year in Canada	Jan 01
	Christmas Questions from our listeners answered!	Dec 25
	Dibs!	Dec 19
	Tips for Canadian job interviews	Dec 12
	A taste of your own medicine	Dec 06
	Baby talk	Nov 27
	It happened out of the blue!	Nov 21
	Word Blends like fantabulous, ginormous, and frenemy	Nov 14
	Snack time!	Nov 07
	The art of telling stories in English	Oct 31
	What’s the big deal? Don’t blow it out of proportion.	Oct 24
	Air Travel	Oct 18
	We hope that you are into Culips podcasts!	Oct 10
	Working for a Living	Oct 3
	Would you ever butter someone up?	Sept 26
	An Interview with Katie	Sept 19
	Dream vacations, vacation memories, and staycations	Sept 12
	Is this episode over your head?	Sept 6
	Urban Legends, Old Wives’ Tales, and Superstitions from North America	Aug 29
	Paul’s travel stories of North America	Aug 23
	Moolah!	Aug 16
	An interview with Ricardo Dasilva	Aug 8
	The World of Dating: Are you seeing anyone?	July 25
	Do you usually try to look on the bright side?	July 18
	Talking about the weather with Harp and Maura	July 12
	Harp is a chip off the old block.	July 4
	Expression: To have a ball	June 26
	Expression: Over the hill	June 20
	Expression: On the ball	June 13
	Cross-Cultural Relationships: An interview with Melanie	June 5
	We are going to pump you up!	May 30
	The early bird special!	May 24
	Slang: Let’s bounce	May 16
	Expression: To bump into someone	May 9
	Do you have the guts to listen to this episode?	May 3
	Interviewing Adam Hoyt	Apr 25

The Culips Membership Program

Culips’ award-winning ESL podcasts are FREE to download here at our website or through iTunes. Listen to them at home, on the bus, at the gym, or anywhere you’d like!
If you want to get even more out of our podcasts, sign up today for a Culips membership.

For a small monthly membership fee, you’ll get access to the Lipservice written materials that support each and every episode of our podcast. [Free Lipservice Samples]
The Lipservice materials for each episode include:

a transcript of the show
detailed explanations for many of the words and phrases used in the episode
further information about related topics that were not covered in the show
and a quiz to help you test your understanding of the things discussed in the podcast

Culips – ESL Site of the Year 2009

The Culips site has been chosen as EnglishClub.com’s “ESL Site of the Year” for 2009! Everyone at Culips is honoured by this special award. We thank English Club for its recognition and thank our listeners for their support.