{"podcast":{"title":"Learning English Grammar","slug":"learning-english-grammar-576995","podcast_index_feed_id":576995,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p02pc9wq.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02pc9wq","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0hxqkgj.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":308,"summary":"Practise your English grammar with these short programmes. Each week we explore a new piece of grammar you need to improve your English. Hear how grammar is used in everyday situations, and test what you’ve learnt with games and quizzes. Find more at bbclearningenglish.com Follow us at bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-grammar-576995"},"episode":{"title":"Gossip","slug":"gossip","published_at":"2025-12-09T10:13:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-grammar-576995/gossip","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-grammar-576995","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0mmgp4w","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss-low/proto/http/vpid/p0mmglg0.mp3","summary":"What language can you use when you're gossiping? Pippa and Phil talk about some office gossip, and our grammar guru Georgie explains language we can use when we're speculating about something which may or may not be true. Learn about reported speech, and how to use 'may' or 'might' to speculate. TRANSCRIPT AND WORKSHEET: Find a full transcript for this episode and a worksheet ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/learning-english-grammar/251209 THE READING ROOM: ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/the_reading_room FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us ✔️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ 6 Minute English ✔️ 6 Minute Vocabulary ✔️ The English We Speak They're all available by searching in your podcast app.","meta_description":"What language can you use when you're gossiping? Pippa and Phil talk about some office gossip, and our grammar guru Georgie explains language we can use w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":424,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/learning-english-grammar-576995/episodes/gossip/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-grammar-576995/gossip.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}