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Boxcar English

Boxcar English is a podcast for English learners. It"s one of the best and most pleasant ways to learn English. A warm voice with a limited vocabulary range speaks slowly enough for you to understand. The series are designed for different levels of English learners. The podcast focuses on stories that are interesting, funny, sometimes beautiful, sometimes strange, so the listener engages with the meaning, rather than the surface level of the language. The "For beginners" podcast focus on basic

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024: Follow the Wind

Boxcar English ·

2025/06/17

This is a dreamlike story. But it is not a dream… Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference between life and dreams. Please visit the Boxcar English website: boxcarenglish.com And support the podcast on Patreon to receive all our transcripts: patreon.com/boxcarenglishpodcast

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00:07:57

022: Fixing a Hole

Boxcar English ·

2025/06/10

Sunday is a day of rest for many, especially when it’s raining outside. But sometimes things get in the way. Please leave a review for the podcast! Follow the podcast on Instagram @boxcar_english and TikTok @boxcar.english and support us on Patreon at patreon.com/boxcarenglishpodcast where you can get transcripts and live chats! Visit boxcarenglish.com to take […]

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00:08:47

021: Mountain Dream

Boxcar English ·

2025/06/06

In this episode, you’ll learn some ways of talking about your dreams. Sometimes dreams are hard to describe. This story shows how our character, Karl, uses English to describe things that are out of the ordinary. Karl goes to the mountains with his grandmother. They rent a little house by a stream. It’s quiet there […]

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00:06:12

020: Eleven Deer

Boxcar English ·

2025/06/03

Karl sees eleven deer in his yard. He wishes they would let him pet them. They, of course, do not. Then he thinks about one time when he ate deer meat. Support the podcast at patreon.com/BoxcarEnglishPodcast. You’ll get access to all the transcripts! And more things. Great things. Visit Boxcarenglish.com to take lessons with me. […]

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00:05:16

028: Grocery Store (Part 1)

Boxcar English ·

2025/06/03

Find out how to use vocabulary like “grossed out”! Enjoy a tale of a friendly, absent-minded janitor! Learn English with useful, everyday language that’s not too hard to understand! Get the transcript by supporting the podcast for as little as 3 euros at patreon.com/BoxcarEnglishPodcast And take lessons with the real Karl (as real as Karl […]

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00:06:50

019: The Doctor

Boxcar English ·

2025/05/30

Karl gets sick and goes to visit the doctor… He’s worried he didn’t really need to go. But it’s important to see the doctor when you’re sick. This is a great way to learn about how to speak in an important situation. This podcast works even better with the transcript! You can get them for […]

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00:10:52

018: Action Movie

Boxcar English ·

2025/05/26

This episode is about how watching a movie makes you feel. It’s about watching an action movie. It’s about feeling like you can do all the things you see in an action movie… Have you ever felt this way before? Tell me about it, at karl@boxcarenglish.com

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00:06:39

Boxcar English – 017 – Police Stop

Boxcar English ·

2025/05/23

There are some essential phrasal verbs in here! Especially if you’re in the USA. Such as : “pull over” – this means to stop your car on the side of the road. It’s what you have to do when a police car flashes its lights behind you. Fortunately, nothing bad happens during this police stop. […]

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00:07:27

Boxcar English – 016 – Jazz House

Boxcar English ·

2025/05/20

Sometimes life encounters jazz. And it stops to listen. And sometimes listening makes you want to do. Listening is doing! Please write to me about what you think about jazz. Do you listen to jazz? Do you play jazz? Send me an email at karl@boxcarenglish.com Let me hear how your English is coming. You could […]

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00:05:55

Boxcar English – 015 – The Sun Comes Out

Boxcar English ·

2025/05/16

Listen to this story and soak up some authentic American phrases! The weather changes everything. It changed my day today. I had a lot of work to do. I also had to do something outside. It was raining outside, and I got wet. Finally, I was able to start working! But then the sun came […]

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00:07:29

Boxcar English – 014 – Catching a Ride

Boxcar English ·

2025/05/13

You’ll find a surprisingly emotional story in this episode, and some interesting, authentic phrases too. I was walking with my dog when it started to rain. A car drove by — and I caught a ride with it… Listen to the episode to find out what happened. Please send me a message at karl@boxcarenglish.com, and […]

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00:12:02

Boxcar English – 013 – A Walking Vacation

Boxcar English ·

2025/05/09

Do you like to travel? I do, but I also don’t like going very far away from home. And I have a dog. You don’t have to go very far to find new places. This is the story of my vacation. I discovered a new land, only by walking a few minutes from my home.

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00:07:13

Boxcar English – 012 – Blue and Yellow Signs

Boxcar English ·

2025/05/06

There are lots of new things to look for and learn in this episode. New phrases and new words. Let me know which ones are new to you. Send me your questions at karl@boxcarenglish.com. I went to town to take care of a few things. I rode my bike there. It was Spring, and there […]

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00:10:13

Boxcar English – 011 – When I Lost My Phone

Boxcar English ·

2025/05/01

Listen closely… this podcast is meant to be easy to understand for about a B1-level English student. Unlike other English listening podcasts, this podcast is designed to be heard without thinking too much. The idea is to make you forget you’re learning the language and focus on the story so you start to THINK in […]

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00:16:41

Boxcar English – 010 – Pie Contest

Boxcar English ·

2025/04/29

Karl judges a pie baking contest. He is nervous, because he feels like he doesn’t know enough about pie. He has to cancel his Tuesday card game with his grandmother. But she is going to bake her famous apple pie for the contest. When he judges the pie contest, he is rather overwhelmed.

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00:07:38

Boxcar English – 009 – My Kind of Advertising

Boxcar English ·

2025/04/25

You see advertisements (or “ads”) every day. They say that seeing advertisements is not good for you. That’s probably true. But I would like to make my own advertisements. My own KIND of advertisements…

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00:09:37

Boxcar English – 008 – My Horse, Whose Name is Happy

Boxcar English ·

2025/04/22

I rode my horse, whose name is Happy, a long way. Until my horse got sick. I was stuck on the side of the road, playing with my blue hat. Then, something great happened…

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00:11:24

Boxcar English – 007 – Painting My Room

Boxcar English ·

2025/04/18

I wanted to paint my room, but I wasn’t sure which color to choose… So I went to the paint store and tried to pick out a color. But it’s hard to pick just one when there are so many choices.

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00:08:36

Boxcar English – 006 – Magic Bottle

Boxcar English ·

2025/04/15

I found something strange today. It was outside my front door. It was a bottle — an old bottle. The bottle was very interesting to me, but I didn’t know why…

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6:07

Boxcar English 005 – Eyes

Boxcar English ·

2025/02/25

How are your eyes? How well do you see? Has the way you see changed? Karl thinks about his eyes and what it’s like to get older.

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