What happens when you need to see a doctor — and how much does it depend on where you live?

Today, we talk to Anne, Inger and Sophie about their very different experiences of healthcare in Portugal, South Africa, France and India. From long waiting times to private healthcare, they compare the good, the bad — and the expensive!

After a summer of extreme heat and dramatic forest fires across Europe, climate change is feeling increasingly close to home. Sue talks to April about water conservation, gardening and some of the small changes we can make in our everyday lives — as well as the bigger changes we may need to think about for the future.

Ogni regione italiana presenta parole, accenti, sfumature e modi di dire diversi. Oggi andiamo in Toscana, dove nasce l’italiano moderno.

Welcome back to The English Podcast.

After recording our World Cup special with Desirée, we realised we'd left some great conversations on the cutting-room floor. So here's a short bonus episode with some of our favourite moments—from trying to pronounce a South African footballer's name to discovering why millions of people become so passionate about the beautiful game.

With the quarter finals of the World Cup looming, in this month's episode, we are talking football. We would like to shift our attention away from Mbappe, Kane, Haaland, Messi & Ronaldo to talk to our colleague Desiree, a recently converted football enthusiast, about Mbekezeli Mbokazi, the inspiring central defender of the national team whose meteoric rise to international competitions and the FIFA world cup has everyone talking, in his native South Africa.

With football increasingly dominating the headlines, in this month's episode of Ze English Podcast, we are taking you away from it all to visit a remote part of Spain in the company of our colleague Henrietta who tells us what it is like living 'off the grid' in Galicia.

It's the Cannes season again and today we step into the glamorous — and sometimes brutal — world of cinema festivals. Lawrence talks to Zac, a sound engineer who recently worked on his very first feature film and experienced the stressful race to try to get it selected for the Cannes Film Festival.c

How hard is it to get in? What happens when thousands of films compete for just a few places? And does rejection really mean failure?

In today’s episode, we are slowing things down as we explore the relaxing world of handicrafts.

Our colleague Laurence tells Sue how simple handcraft activities help reduce her stress, boost her creativity, and bring a calming meditative sense of accomplishment that reflects her past achievements.