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2Ts in a Pod Episode 75 – What If…?

This time on the podcast Katy and Tim explore some hypothetical scenarios and what they would do in them.

Download the transcript and useful vocabulary here: shorturl.at/6Lowf

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2Ts in a Pod Episode 67 – Books to Read on the Beach

This time on the podcast, Katy and Tim recommend some good books to read on the beach or in a hammock during the hot summer months!

Here are the books they recommend:
Katy:
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
One Day by David Nicholls
The Marcus Didius Falco Series by Lindsey Davis

Tim:
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

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2Ts in a Pod: Episode 53 – Mike Coppock: Endurance Challenges

2Ts in a Pod are back with a great new episode on the topic of endurance challenges. Katy and Tim talk to Mike Coppock, the long distance mountain runner, about his experiences completing the Island Munros Triathlon and setting a new record for crossing the Pyrenees mountains from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean coast.

If you want to read more about Mike’s adventures, or watch the excellent short film of the Island Munros Triathlon, follow the links below:

cutt.ly/xA5ypvm – Island Munros Triathlon & The Martin Moran Foundation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK3bdOVBW78 – Island Munros Triathlon short film

cutt.ly/SA5y0ua – The full story of Mike’s Pyrenees crossing

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2Ts in a Pod Episode 52: Pride Month Special – The Wonderful World of Drag

Image credit: Mark Wilding

For episode 52 we spoke to Oscar/Lana Vuli a drag performer based in Barcelona. We spoke about his/her route into drag performance and experiences performing live and on the Youtube Channel “Science Queers”. You’ll find a link to the channel below.

It was a great episode and a really enjoyable interview, we hope you like it!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWR22076Osunb7hiTHfhr1Q

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2Ts in a Pod: Episode 51 – Book Club – Thursday Murder Club Part 7

Don’t you just love a 2 episode week? We’re back with episode 51 continuing our book club series on Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club.

In this episode we talk about chapters 32-40; we discuss the things that happen, our favourite parts and examine some interesting vocabulary that comes up.

Why not read and listen along? Or, if you’re a teacher, encourage your students to do so.

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