892. You're not a LEPster, by any chance, are you? (July 2024 Ramble)

Join me on another rambling episode as I encourage ninjas to come out of the shadows 🥷, touch on some present perfect continuous verb forms 🔁, give some podcast updates, give a report about the stand-up comedy show 😂 & live podcast recording 🎤, teach some polite and diplomatic language with a dramatic bank robbery scenario 🔫, give a summary of the UK's general election results 🗳️ & more...
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0:00:00 Introduction
0:01:35 PDF starts here
0:05:08 Answer a question (don't be a ninja)
0:05:14 Present perfection continuous (grammar)
0:15:03 Podcast Aims & Luke
0:18:46 Episode Overview
0:20:48 News & Podcast Updates
0:41:04 ✈️ The French Air Force flies over the podcastle (montage)
0:48:02 Stand-up Show & LEP Live (quick report)
0:56:39 Teaching polite & diplomatic hedging language
1:11:07 How psychics use grammar
1:25:23 Hostage negotiations (hedging language in action)
1:38:57 Action movie screenplays - bank robbery/hostages
1:47:31 UK General Election results
1:53:47 Donald Trump assassination attempt
2:00:58 England / Euro 2024
2:01:56 Podcast ending 💀 😅