{"podcast":{"title":"Happy English Podcast","slug":"happy-english-podcast-739863","podcast_index_feed_id":739863,"rss_url":"http://feeds.feedburner.com/HappyEnglishPodcast","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/happy-english-podcast_1","image_url":"http://www.myhappyenglish.com/x9walos9f/uploads/2016/02/happy-english-podcast-3000.jpg","author":"Michael DiGiacomo Happy English (happyenglishny@gmail.com)","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Learn English with the Happy English Podcast. Fun, practical, and useful English lessons for students of all levels and ages. Learn American English idioms, phrasal verbs, pronunciation, confusing vocabulary, grammar and more! Get Happy, Get English. Happy English! Visit myhappyenglish.com to hear all of the episodes.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T18:20:48.384344+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happy-english-podcast-739863"},"episode":{"title":"1078 - What Does \"Go Ahead\" Really Mean?","slug":"1078-what-does-go-ahead-really-mean","published_at":"2026-07-17T09:44:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happy-english-podcast-739863/1078-what-does-go-ahead-really-mean","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happy-english-podcast-739863","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/1078-what-does-go-ahead-really-mean--73024731","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73024731/1078_what_does_go_ahead_really_mean.mp3","summary":"Go ahead. Go ahead and start without me. You go ahead. I'll catch up. Go right ahead. Go ahead, I'm listening. Go ahead. Two simple words that you'll hear all the time in everyday American English. Sometimes we use it to give someone permission. Sometimes it means start or continue. Sometimes we use it to tell someone to go before us. And depending on your tone of voice, \"Go ahead\" can even sound like a challenge. So today, we're going to look at what \"go ahead\" really means and how you can use it in everyday conversation. The Happy English Podcast Helping people speak English better since 2014 Over 1,000 episodes • 8 million downloads 📘 Get free weekly English lessons plus instant access to my FREE Vocabulary Workshop.: https://learn.myhappyenglish.com/free-english-lessons 🎥 Watch video versions of the Happy English Podcast on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@HappyEnglishNY/podcasts 🌐 Learn more about my English lessons and courses https://www.myhappyenglish.com","meta_description":"Go ahead. Go ahead and start without me. You go ahead. I'll catch up. Go right ahead. Go ahead, I'm listening. Go ahead. Two simple words that you'll hear…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":610,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/happy-english-podcast-739863/episodes/1078-what-does-go-ahead-really-mean/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happy-english-podcast-739863/1078-what-does-go-ahead-really-mean.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}