931. Overcoming Fears 😰 with Zdenek

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Luke Thompson

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🗓️ 14 April 2025

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

This episode features a conversation with Zdenek about fears and anxieties experienced in everyday life. We explore common fears such as driving, flying, culture shock, language learning and public speaking, plus vocabulary we use to talk about the subject. Listen for stories of Luke's fear of Paris cafes, airport anxiety, Luke's dramatic scooter ride in Nha Trang, Zdenek's fears of Vietnamese roads and driving, Luke's recent cycling accident in Paris, Zdenek's encounter with a London police officer, nerves about teaching, and more.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Luke's English Podcast.
0:06.2	For more information, visit teacher luke.com.com.
0:13.6	Hello, listeners. Welcome back to Luke's English podcast.
0:18.7	Hello. How are you doing today? I hope you're doing fine.
0:21.7	Now, a brand new episode and this one is another conversation episode for you to give you some more listening practice and the chance to pick up vocabulary in the context of a natural conversation.
0:35.3	My guest today in this one is Zdenek Lucas, back on the podcast once again.
0:41.8	Zdenek's been on this show a few times, but just in case you don't know him, he is an English teacher
0:47.5	originally from the Czech Republic, currently living in Vietnam. He was first on this podcast in
0:53.6	episodes number 569 and 570 when he was first on this podcast in episodes number 569 and 570 when he talked about
0:58.9	his story of learning English, living in the UK and becoming an English teacher. He is a podcaster too.
1:07.1	He does Zdenek's English podcast and also more recently his show about learning English with football called the Footglish podcast.
1:16.0	You can get it wherever you get your podcasts.
1:18.7	So this conversation with Zdenek today is all about fear.
1:23.2	This is our topic, fear.
1:25.6	Things which give us fear or have given us fear in our lives and overcoming those fears.
1:32.2	So, yes, fear, being frightened, being scared, feeling anxious or nervous about things.
1:39.1	So we talk about moments when we've been scared or felt very anxious, what happened, how we dealt with them,
1:46.5	and what we learned from them. This contains anecdotes from our lives, so little stories and
1:52.4	descriptions of things that have happened to us, and also plenty of language for talking about
1:57.5	this whole subject. So there's definitely a lot of vocabulary for you to pick up from this.
2:03.7	I should say, kind of a little disclaimer. We talk about fear and overcoming fears, but neither of us are
2:10.7	experts in this area. I mean, we're not psychologists or professionals in the area of cognitive behavioral therapy or anything like
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