Welcome to Culips, a free English learning podcast!
Are you looking for a fun way to learn natural English, including idioms and slang? You can stop searching because now you’re here. Culips English as a second language (ESL) podcast is for people who want to have fun while learning natural, everyday English, focusing on idioms, expressions, and slang. Every week we have a new, free audio episode available on our site and through iTunes. In all our episodes, we always speak English as it’s actually used in day-to-day life, and we give you plenty of explanations of new or interesting terms along the way.
Our English language podcast is for learners of all levels and ages. Each episode takes you out of the classroom and introduces you to common slang, natural expressions, and interesting vocabulary. Culture is also an important part of Culips, and we want you to get to know us!
Talk to you soon,
Harp and Maura (Culips hosts) 
Culips Membership
By becoming a member of Culips English Podcast, you can learn even more from each episode. Culips Members have access to extra learning materials. As a member, you’ll get a written transcript for each of our episodes, so you can follow along while listening or review the text separately. You’ll also get detailed explanations of new or interesting vocabulary, with additional examples and cultural advice. Afterwards, you can take the quiz for each episode to see how much you’ve learned. And of course, our English podcast is designed to help you with your listening comprehension too!
Latest Episode:
Yes and no sounds—Culips English Podcast
In every language, there are funny little sounds that we make that are very important! In English, we have lots of noises we make while speaking. In this episode, we’re looking at sounds that mean yes and no. Listen closely as Harp and Maura give their best examples of mmhmm, uh-huh, and uh-uh using different tones. Are you going to learn from this episode? Mmhmm.
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Previous Episodes
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 Learning Materials written materials that support each and every episode of our podcast. [Free Learning Material Samples]
The Learning 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.





