Welcome to Easy Stories in English, the podcast that will take your English from OK to Good, and from Good to Great!

Learning a language is hard. With Easy Stories in English, you can learn English the natural way, without studying lists of vocabulary or complicated grammar rules. Every week, Ariel Goodbody, author and language teacher, will present a story adapted to your level of English. The stories will be hilarious, dramatic, and entertaining, but never too difficult. If you’re learning English and are tired of boring textbooks, then this is the podcast for you.

  • All levels
  • L1 - Beginner
  • L2 - Pre-Intermediate
  • L3 - Intermediate
  • L4 - Advanced

Golden Horses

23/06/2020 Ariel Goodbody L3 - Intermediate 00:23:50 0 Comments

Today I will tell you the tale of a time when the world lived in harmony and justice, when the gods rarely interfered in human affairs. In the faraway, endless steppe to the east of the Danube lived many warring tribes. Among these, the most powerful was the royal family...

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The Musicians of Bremen

16/06/2020 Ariel Goodbody L1 - Beginner 00:21:17 6 Comments

Once there was a donkey who lived with a farmer. The donkey was very old. Before, he had worked every day in the fields and carried many heavy things. Now he was old, and he found it hard to carry heavy things. One day, the donkey was carrying a...

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The Red Mountain

09/06/2020 Ariel Goodbody L1 - Beginner 00:34:08 10 Comments

Once, there was a horrible king. He loved killing people. If someone bothered him, he said, ‘Fight me!’ and made the person fight him. He always won the fight, and the floors of the castle always had blood on them. Everyone was afraid of him. His family was afraid...

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The Curse of the Clock

02/06/2020 Ariel Goodbody L1 - Beginner 00:26:07 4 Comments

Today in Prague there is the astronomical clock, a great and mysterious clock. It brings in tourists from around the world. But many do not know that the clock has a dark history. It happened over 500 years ago…

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The Cello That Spoke

26/05/2020 Ariel Goodbody L4 - Advanced 0:35:39 6 Comments

Once upon a time, there was a talented cello player. She loved her cello like a son, and practised on it for hours every day. Sometimes, she concentrated so hard that she could practically see the notes floating in the air around her. But one day, as she sat down...

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The Paper Man

19/05/2020 Ariel Goodbody L1 - Beginner 00:27:32 24 Comments

Once there was a man made of paper. He was called the Paper Man. He lived in a town called Dull. In Dull, the people hated anyone strange. They hated clowns, they hated magic people and they hated anyone who didn’t do what they did. Of course, they hated...

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