Simple English Listening
Tristan Palumbo — Intermediate English Stories
4.9from 317 ratings
- 158
- Episodes
- 7
- Transcribed
- 317
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 173K
- YouTube views
About Simple English Listening
Cambridge-certified teacher of 12 years. I'm Tristan, telling stories & true events in B1–B2 English. Traveler and artist. 📱 My Speaking app → https://coffeechatenglish.com (https://coffeechatenglish.com/) 10–15 min/day · $8/month · cancel anytime - Read stories & speak about them with AI ——— 🧚 Free Stories & Transcripts → https:// (https://coffeechatenglish.com/)simpleenglishbooks.com (http://www.simpleenglishlistening.com) All episodes are written and recorded in my own real human voice — no AI narration. 🧙♂️ Tristan Palumbo is a British teacher. He's helped thousands of adults in Vietnam, Japan, Korea, Italy and the UK. He uses “comprehensible input” — interesting stories in clear, easy English — to help you learn naturally.
- Publisher
- Tristan Palumbo — Intermediate English Stories
- Category
- education · education · fiction
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 10 Feb 2020
- Latest episode
- 12 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
7 of 158 episodes have a transcript.
12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Paris on Fire: 7000 Arrests. Students vs Police 🔥 Full Story in B2 English
28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
7 School Kids STUCK in Cable Car | 900ft Above River (True Story) 🚡 B1 English Story
10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Meta Glasses: Man Films 329 Women Secretly 👀 B2 English Conversation
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Paris on Fire: 7000 Arrests. Students vs Police 🔥 Full Story in B2 English
Published 12 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And next year's school budget is already the biggest item on the whole country's state budget. So they already are spending more on education than on the military, defence, and on everything else. So for high school students, France already spends 24% more on each student than the average developed country in the OECD. So what's going on? Is the money, maybe the money is just really, really badly managed, like Like, seriously, awfully managed. But France has a bigger problem. Debt. France has more debt than any other European country. Well, besides Italy and Greece. But I mean, you know, Greece and Italy, like, they don't really count, right? […]
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- YouTube views
- 173,314
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 34 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 283 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 59 / 100
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- 45
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 97
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