You are not so great, Britain
This is a podcast in which we are trying to help Britain better itself by popping up the balloon of self-satisfaction of Britons. Because not everything is great in Britain. And if you want to fix it, you first need to see where the issue is. Rule Brittannia: Public DomainArtwork: Michał Wrona Guitars: Artur Lesicki
Episodes
11 episodes
Chapter 10: So long, and thanks for the fish (and chips).
It's time to bring the project to a close. In this chapter, we touch on some subjects we haven't covered and check if Elisa's British boyfriend still wants to talk to us. Thank you for being with us through those 10 ep...
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Episode 10
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29:05
Chapter 9: Hey ho, hey ho, it's off to work we go
People from all over EU until recently were coming to the UK in their thousands to look for work. People from other parts of the world still find Britain an attractive destination. But is the British workmarket a good place t...
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Episode 9
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32:20
Chapter 8: trains, buses and everything
One of Elisa's English language students said that "Britain is the country where everything is organized and buses are always on time". Oh, how wrong she was. With the bus and rail strikers, the government accuses trade union leade...
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Episode 8
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38:45
Chapter 7: British universities. Are they really so good?
We invited professor Jan Čulík, lecturer in Czech from the school of modern languages and cultures at Glasgow University today. We decided to ask him if the British universities, so famous around the world for their teaching qualit...
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Episode 7
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35:59
Chapter 6: Trucking Hell
Our guest today is Mat Ireland, driver, podcaster, and writer. We discuss the topic of the infrastructure for truckers in Britain. You can find Mat:- on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@suffolkmatireland/videos- on Faceboo...
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Episode 6
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36:25
Chapter 5: British bureaucracy
This week Elisa and Tomasz discuss why British bureaucracy is so disfunctional and what can be done to improve user's experience in contact with the government, banks and other insitutions. To ilustrate problems when talking to aut...
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Episode 5
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40:26
Chapter 4: Home, sweet home. Tiny, mouldy home...
Britons are pround of being one of the richest economy. But are standards of living really that great?We lived in a few countries between us, and we can't remember topics like "mould", "leaving rooms unheated to save money", "single gla...
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33:15
Chapter 3: Britain is a world leading democracy. Or is it?
Britain is very proud of it's democracy. You can often hear soundbites like "world leading", "well-established" or "historic". Sure, Magna Carta and other things were good - for their time. But it's XXI century. Is Britain's democr...
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Episode 3
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34:36
Chapter 2: Britain is rubbish - or "why there is so much litter everywhere?"
Britain is a beautiful country. Old victorian towns, beautiful landscape, walkable city centres. Yet it is all spoiled by rubbish. Litter is everywhere, even despite the fact that bins are plentiful and easily accessible - from the main streets...
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30:53
Chapter 1: The NHS is the envy of the whole world... or is it?
Once upon a time, I (Tomasz) was asked to write a series of articles about how Britain looks through the eyes of foreigners. I simply had to start with the NHS. It's a recurring topic of every conversation between EU citizens in the UK. I think...
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