# Episode 81: Learn American English with Maestro Sersea Podcast Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-and-teach-american-english-with-maestro-sersea-podcast-6600571/episode-81-learn-american-english-with-maestro-sersea-podcast Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-and-teach-american-english-with-maestro-sersea-podcast-6600571/episode-81-learn-american-english-with-maestro-sersea-podcast.md Podcast: [Learn and Teach American English with Maestro Sersea Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-and-teach-american-english-with-maestro-sersea-podcast-6600571) Published: 2025-02-03T15:44:38+00:00 Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/americanenglish/1878902 Audio file: https://content.rss.com/episodes/298142/1878902/americanenglish/2025_02_03_15_44_20_a30d6479-3d47-4243-9e76-1042de78527c.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/learn-and-teach-american-english-with-maestro-sersea-podcast-6600571/episodes/episode-81-learn-american-english-with-maestro-sersea-podcast Duration seconds: 1885 ## Resource In today's episode, we will share 3 segments to help you teach English or learn and increase English fluency: Grammar: "Understanding Infinitives and Gerunds" American English Idioms "Time to Kill" English Listening Comprehension: An excerpt from Chapter 2 of Vladislav Bogorov's book, "When History Had Other Plans." This excerpt is about slavery under Socialism. You can learn more about this book here: https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/chronos-books/our-books/when-history-had-other-plans ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/learn-and-teach-american-english-with-maestro-sersea-podcast-6600571/episodes/episode-81-learn-american-english-with-maestro-sersea-podcast/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-and-teach-american-english-with-maestro-sersea-podcast-6600571/episode-81-learn-american-english-with-maestro-sersea-podcast.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.