Chatterbox #345 – Interview with Michael Lavers
4/22/202636 min
From Cornwall to Bangkok: Cycling, Podcasting, and Pop Culture with Michael Lavers
Would you leave England to start a new life in Bangkok? Would you plan a cycling trip across an entire country?
In this episode, Andrew interviews Michael Lavers from the Level Up English Podcast, a British podcaster who is doing exactly that. They chat about growing up in Cornwall, moving to Thailand, cycling adventures, and the challenges of learning Thai. Andrew ends the conversation with some quick questions about British pop culture that surprise even Michael!
Listening to long conversations like this one is a fantastic way to improve your listening skills and pick up natural English expressions in context.
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🔑 Key Expressions
Keep an ear out for these phrases during the episode:
- To put someone through the wringer
- A scholar and a gentleman
- Murky
- Not one’s cup of tea
- To be foiled
- To chuck something
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Transcript preview
First 90 secondsAndrew· Host0:00
Hello, everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Culips English Podcast. How is it going? I hope you're doing well. Thank you for clicking play and joining me here for another English lesson. In today's episode, we have a very special guest, Michael Lavers from the Level Up English podcast joins me to talk, well, all about him. [laughs] Actually, Michael reached out to me and asked me if I would like to appear as a guest on his podcast, and I thought I would reciprocate the favor. Now, reciprocate, this is a difficult word, but it means to respond in an equal way. So he invited me, and then I invited him. I reciprocated the request. Michael said that was a good idea, and so we actually got together and recorded three episodes. One where Michael interviews me, and you can hear that over on his podcast, and I'll put the link in the description for you in case you wanna check that out. And of course, I highly recommend that you do. And then the second episode where I interview him, and you'll hear that interview today. Guys, we talk about a whole range of interesting things. Michael is a scholar and a gentleman, and it was great chatting with him. Our conversation begins by talking about his upbringing in England, and then he actually is based in Thailand right now, so we talk a little bit about Thailand. We talk about one of his hobbies, which is cycling.