Business English from All Ears English
Lindsay McMahon
Want to feel more confident with your business English?Lindsay and Michelle show you real, business English vocabulary for the global economy in this podcast from All Ears English. Learn spoken English for business with native speakers.Get advanced skills for English meetings, presentations, small talk and socializing at work, job interviews, telephone English and more.Write more clear and concise business emails in English to sound professional.Be respected when you speak to colleagues, bosses, partners, suppliers, and stakeholders.Increase your self-esteem at work to participate, facilitate, persuade, and respond quickly in English.Learn formal, informal, and semi-formal English for different workplace situationsIncrease your salary and get a promotion.This podcast is perfect for you if you are at the mid-career or middle management stage, early career, senior-level or C-suite, entrepreneur, self-employed freelancer, or a small business owner.The English level for this podcast is intermediate to advanced English CEFR B1 Intermediate English, CEFR B2 Upper-Intermediate English, CEFR C1 Advanced English, CEFR C2 Proficiency EnglishThis podcast is great for software engineers, senior executives, MBA students, marketing managers, doctors, lawyers, accountants, project managers, HR professionals, customer service professionals, IT, financial planners, import/export businesses, biotech professionals, sales reps, and any career that involves international business or using English.With every episode, we show you how to organize and deliver your message clearly.You’ll be able to understand phone calls and conference calls by improving your listening skills.Use the right English grammar and the right English tenses in every situation.We also cover: Assigning tasks to the team, global leadership and management, English pronunciation and accent, American culture and business, cross-cultural communication skills for business, negotiation idioms, vocabulary, slang, and business proverbs and sayings.Learn how to tell stories that convince people to take action in business.Speak with customers and resolve client issues.Be polite with the right English vocabulary when you speak with your colleagues.This podcast is a collection of episodes that were originally published on All Ears English Podcast and new Business English episodes.
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Nov 5, 2026 • 25min
BE 643: Appalachian, Southern or Boston? How to Understand American Accents
Explore why American English sounds so different from one region to another, from Boston and New York to the South, Midwest, and West Coast. Learn how travel, education, and city size shape speech, why connected speech can be challenging, and how podcasts, TV, and street interviews can train your ear to catch meaning across accents.
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Nov 3, 2026 • 17min
BE 642: Care to Learn Some Business English?
Explore meaningful workplace causes, from breast cancer awareness to animal rescue, while learning the subtle differences between “care about,” “care to,” and “care for.” Discover how these phrases work in professional conversations, including polite invitations and potentially sarcastic questions that can raise workplace tension.
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Nov 1, 2026 • 17min
BE 641: Keep an Eye on Your Business English
Learn practical business verbs for overseeing work, tracking progress, and spotting potential problems. The discussion explores the nuances of observe, monitor, keep an eye on, and keep track of, with workplace examples involving reports, customers, expenses, and projects. A realistic project update shows how to use each expression naturally in professional conversation.
Oct 29, 2026 • 18min
BE 640: Should You Say Method or Manner?
Explore the difference between “method” and “manner” through workplace examples, from processing customer orders to describing professional style and behavior. The conversation also covers setting work-life boundaries, limiting screen time, and the satisfaction of fixing things around the house. A practical guide to choosing the right word and communicating with confidence.
Oct 28, 2026 • 15min
BE: The AI Notetaker Is Listening
AI-powered meeting note takers are changing how professionals communicate in English. Explore ways to make meetings clearer for everyone, from stating goals and context to announcing decisions, assigning owners, setting deadlines, and flagging risks. Learn how strategic speaking can turn automated notes into useful, actionable records.
Oct 27, 2026 • 15min
BE 639: Invest Some Time With Us Today!
Explore how American business culture connects time with money. Learn the workplace language of buying, spending, saving, investing, and wasting time, with a product-launch role-play bringing these phrases to life. The discussion also covers efficiency, AI, preparation, negotiations, meetings, and how different cultures view time and priorities.
Oct 25, 2026 • 15min
BE 638: Is This Grammar Throwing You Off?
Unexpected delays can throw workplace plans off, derail projects, and put launches behind. Explore the difference between simple present and present continuous when describing disruptions happening now. A realistic product-launch roleplay highlights phrases for supplier problems, shifting deadlines, and urgent team communication, plus the idiom “throw a wrench into things.”
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Oct 22, 2026 • 15min
BE 637: Did or Have? Past Tense Grammar for Business English
Explore how “Did you...?” and “Have you...?” create different expectations in business communication. Through examples involving clients, reports, contracts, and proposals, the discussion highlights how tense choices can sound more direct or more flexible. A workplace role-play brings these subtle grammar and tone differences to life.
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Oct 20, 2026 • 17min
BE 636: Should Companies Switch to a 4-Day Workweek?
Could a four-day workweek deliver the same results in fewer hours? This discussion explores longer workdays, compressed schedules, Tokyo’s government policy, work-life balance, and whether nurses and other professions could make the switch. It also examines predictions about AI reducing working hours and stages a lively workplace debate over flexibility, coverage, and employee choice.
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Oct 18, 2026 • 14min
BE 635: How Piggybacking Can Boost Your Performance at Work
Explore how “piggyback on” transforms from a childhood phrase into useful workplace language. Learn how it applies to ideas, projects, opportunities, distribution networks, and event planning, plus when to use more formal alternatives like “build on” and “expand on.” The discussion also looks at how informal phrasal verbs can create stronger professional connections.
