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Dec 2023
18m 33s

30: Desert Island Dilemma

Isi & Mitch
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Join Mitch and Isi as they explain how to use the word 'grim' whilst trying to survive a ChatGPT ispired survival challege, armed with only their wits and useless YouTuber gear. But before that, there is an exciting update for all Easy English members at the start of the new year, in the form of the 30 Day Challenge. Become a member now to take part and improve your English in 2024!

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Intro

Mitch:
[0:19] Welcome to the Easy English Podcast, episode number... wait.

Isi:
[0:23] Are we on 30?

Mitch:
[0:24] Wait.

Isi:
[0:25] Are we 30?

Mitch:
[0:26] Wait, don't get so excited yet. (30!)
Episode number 30.

Isi:
[0:32] I mean, it does sound like nothing.

Mitch:
[0:34] The big three zero.

Isi:
[0:36] When will we be on 100?

Mitch:
[0:37] Dirty 30.

Isi:
[0:39] Wait.

Mitch:
[0:40] What?

Isi:
[0:40] We do, every two weeks a podcast?

Mitch:
[0:42] Yeah.
Yeah. 15 months, podcast, we missed our year anniversary.

Isi:
[0:50] I know, I know, we started on October, okay, I accept it.

Mitch:
[0:53] Okay, 30th birthday.

Isi:
[0:54] So 100 will still take.

Mitch:
[0:57] Yeah.

Isi:
[0:58] Three years.

Mitch:
[0:59] And when will we?

Isi:
[1:00] Well, who knows? Maybe one day we'll do, every week, a podcast.

Mitch:
[1:03] Yeah, and at what podcast number will we become professional and not speak over each other?

Isi:
[1:08] Hey, we don't.

Mitch:
[1:09] What?

Isi:
[1:10] You interrupt me. (What?) I don't, (What?) I don't, (What?) I don't. Okay, we have to start this episode with an Easy English update because we have a really good one.

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