Simple English Listening — Comprehensible Input Stories
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 10–15 min/day · $8/month · cancel anytime - Read stories & speak about them with AI ——— 🧚 Free Stories & Transcripts → https://simpleenglishbooks.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.
Episodes
Book kept opening on the same page - B1 Comprehensible Input.
📱 My speaking app → https://coffeechatenglish.com
Two native English speakers share real ghost experiences, including a guitar that played itself! Listen to a natural, real human conversation and improve English listening skills with true ghost stories.
📜 Free Transcript (50+ languages) → https://simpleenglishbooks.com/b8
🌎 Joseph's chann...
No money for medicine. Injections every night. B1 English story.
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Learn English through Lionel Messi's life story, spoken by a British native speaker, with a real human voice. Comprehensible input. Intermediate English listening.
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Free Transcript (50+ languages) → https://simpleenglishbooks.com/b7
📌 This is a true story. All events are real ...
Maradona's handball! Baggio's penalty! Stolen trophy! B1 Conversation
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Two native British English teachers share funny World Cup stories in a native English speaker conversation full of comprehensible input for B1 learners.
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🌍 I'm Tristan, a Cambridge-certified English teacher. For 12 years experience. I've taught English in classrooms in UK, Italy, South K...
Two earthquakes 39 seconds apart. True B1 English story.
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The worst quake in 100 years hit. Neighbors dig through the rubble with their hands to save lives — a true story told as comprehensible input, in clear British English, so you learn English through stories.
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Free Transcript (50+ languages) → https://simpleenglishbooks.com/b6
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One brother went missing. 4 stories from Gaza — B2 English Conversation
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Two British teachers share inspiring stories from Gaza. Learn English by comprehensible input — a native English speaker conversation at B2 level.
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🧙♂️ Intermediate Stories (50+ languages) → https://simpleenglishbooks.com/s
Island sun to Olympic ice - they tried the impossible! B1 English story
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Hear the dramatic true story of Jamaica’s first bobsled team! Improve English listening skills with a real human voice, in clear upper intermediate English.
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Free Transcript (50+ languages) → https://simpleenglishbooks.com/b5
📌 Disclaimer: This story is based on real events, b...
Incredible dogs that save lives & one talks! B1 English conversation
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In this real human voice conversation, we share three inspiring true stories about hero dogs to improve English listening skills.
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Free Transcript (50+ languages) → https://simpleenglishbooks.com/b2
The band continued to play while water rose — B1 English story
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Real human voice. The dramatic true story of the Titanic, through the eyes of violinist Wallace Hartley. The music never stopped. Learn English through a story.
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Free Transcript (30 languages) → https://simpleenglishbooks.com/b1
This story is based on the true events of Wallace Hartley. Nam...
5 People got too close. Bigfoot stories - B1 English conversation
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Real English conversation about Bigfoot, Native American legends, and 4 terrifying encounters. Improve English listening skills with two native British teachers. True stories.
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Free Transcript → https://simpleenglishbooks.com/a9
Taken in a small boat by armed pirates - B2 English story
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An epic true story for upper intermediate English listening. An American captain is taken by Somali pirates. He's trapped at sea for 5 days. Learn English by listening to stories of survival.
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Free Transcript → https://simpleenglishbooks.com/a8
This story is based on the true events of Captain Phillips. N...
How did poor volunteers beat an empire? B1 English listening
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British teachers tell this epic true story of how America won their independence. Improve English listening skills with slow, clear narration perfect for B1 learners, by myself and James.
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Free Transcript → https://simpleenglishbooks.com/a7
The evil queen finally finds her! My version - B1 English Story
E-book in 13 languages → https://simpleenglishbooks.com/a6
Slow English story of Snow White, told by a native British speaker. The evil queen hunts for Snow White in the forest. Learn English through stories.
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Free Part 1 → 🌐 https://simpleenglishbooks.com/a5
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My version of this old folk story — B1 English story.
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A dark fairy tale. A jealous queen orders Snow White’s death. She escapes into the forest and leaves her old life behind. Learn English through stories in clear B1 English.
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Free Story Version → 🌐 https://simpleenglishbooks.com/a5
Tinder date turned nightmare in Philippines — B1 English story
⚠️ Mature themes (15+) – includes crime
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Traveler shares a true story of corrupt police and crime. Real British English conversation to learn English through a story.
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Rhys' Travel Channel → 🌐 https://www.tiktok.com/@rhysaroundtheworld
Free Transcript in 50+ languages → https://simpleengli...
Full life story, death & legacy — B1 English Listening.
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A British English telling of history's most famous life. Follow Jesus from the cheering crowds to the cross—and discover why his story changed the world. Learn English through a true story.
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Free transcript 50+ languages → 🌐 https://simpleenglishbooks.com/b4
Trapped in a candy house horror — B1 English story.
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A dark retelling of Hansel and Gretel in clear B1 English.
A forest, a candy house, and a dangerous witch — told with simple vocabulary to help intermediate learners improve listening through stories.
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🧙♂️ Free story & transcript → https://simpleenglishbooks.com/a4
Trapped by rising floodwaters in Vietnam — B1 English story.
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British accent story of Vietnam’s worst floods — a powerful true story of fear, darkness, rising water, families climbing higher, and friends escaping Hoi An.
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Free Vocab Games → 🌐 https://simpleenglishbooks.com/a3
B1 English Stories — improve English listening skills.
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Easy English stories with Anansi the Spider 🕷️ — 2 folk tales full of tricks, culture, and lessons, told slow by a British teacher.
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More Anansi stories → 🌐 https://simpleenglishbooks.com/a2
B2 English Story — legendary true survival story!
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British accent story of a plane crash in the Andes ✈️ — a true story of survival, fear, hunger, and human strength, told in clear B2 English by a native teacher. t
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Transcript (interactive) → 🌐 https://simpleenglishbooks.com/a1
Lazy way to learn English with easy study strategies.
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Easy ways to learn English for speaking and reading. Smart tips you can do at home, step by step, with low effort and high results.
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Transcripts & games → 🌐 https://simpleenglishbooks.com
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