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  • The Night the Host Stopped Talking

    The Night the Host Stopped Talking
    2026/09/27
    An ordinary night, a week after the lights came back. Ray has had heartburn since dinner, his arm has ached all week, and he says it's the chair. At sixteen minutes past one he stops in the middle of a sentence. The microphone is still on, and the whole county hears what happens next. Free lesson page for this episode — full transcript, the six expressions with examples, the word tour, the shadowing lines and a short test: https://nightcallsenglish.com/lesson/12-stay-with-me/ All of season one is out now, and season two is coming soon. Follow or subscribe wherever you are listening, and it arrives on its own. All episodes: https://nightcallsenglish.com/lesson/ 00:00 Opening 00:50 Ray opens the lines 02:01 Call: Bea, a hat for a stranger 03:46 Call: Hank, nobody cut the tree 04:59 Line two · Dani · ten years at the oven 06:24 Ray stops in the middle of a sentence 08:43 Two streets · the door code 09:22 Dani takes over · the hallway 10:54 Stand clear 13:51 The paramedics 15:17 Tonight in Norwick 16:38 After the Line: Iris & Owen 17:49 Last week · quick recap 18:38 Tonight · the English of calling for help 21:26 Six expressions from tonight 25:00 Word tour 26:13 Shadowing 27:33 Sign-off
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    28 分
  • The Stranger Nobody Could Thank

    The Stranger Nobody Could Thank
    2026/09/27
    The second night without power. One by one, people who have never met call to describe the same stranger. He helped each of them with something that could not wait, he said Ray's own sentence, and he was gone before anybody could thank him. Nobody knows who he is. Then somebody sees him again, right now. Free lesson page for this episode — full transcript, the six expressions with examples, the word tour, the shadowing lines and a short test: https://nightcallsenglish.com/lesson/11-no-hat-no-gloves/ All of season one is out now, and season two is coming soon. Follow or subscribe wherever you are listening, and it arrives on its own. All episodes: https://nightcallsenglish.com/lesson/ 00:00 Opening 00:50 Ray opens the lines 02:18 Call: Lou, the car in the driveway 04:26 Line two · Jo · the tree on Quarry Road 08:45 Line four · Caleb · the oxygen 11:53 Line one · Rosa · the care home on the hill 15:09 Tonight in Norwick 18:07 Line three · Maddie · the walk home 20:38 Line five · Mateo · right now, at the pumps 22:47 Ray stays on the air 24:33 After the Line: Iris & Owen 25:00 Last week · quick recap 25:51 Tonight · the English of telling what you saw 28:44 Six expressions from tonight 32:48 Word tour 33:41 Shadowing 34:59 Sign-off
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    36 分
  • The Night the Roof Came Off

    The Night the Roof Came Off
    2026/09/27
    A storm takes the roofs off half of Norwick in one hour. When it stops, Ruth goes to check on her grandson and finds the sky where his ceiling was, and no Eli. He is seven. He has not said a word since August, so he will not answer when she calls. It is eighteen degrees. Free lesson page for this episode — full transcript, the six expressions with examples, the word tour, the shadowing lines and a short test: https://nightcallsenglish.com/lesson/10-the-back-seat/ All of season one is out now, and season two is coming soon. Follow or subscribe wherever you are listening, and it arrives on its own. All episodes: https://nightcallsenglish.com/lesson/ 00:00 Opening 00:50 Ray opens the lines 02:13 Call: Ruth, Eli isn't in the house 07:43 Line one · Ines · three streets away 09:51 Ray goes through the house with her 14:44 Two streets over · Linden to Alder 17:11 Fourteen Alder · the garage 21:03 Ray closes the program 22:39 After the Line: Iris & Owen 23:10 Last week · quick recap 24:01 Tonight · the English of keeping somebody on the line 28:19 Six expressions from tonight 31:59 Word tour 33:00 Shadowing 34:07 Sign-off
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    35 分
  • The Night the Producer Had to Do the Talking

    The Night the Producer Had to Do the Talking
    2026/09/27
    Ray drove three hours to keep the promise he made on air last week, and the road back is shut. So the producer does the program. Nadia solves the night's mystery in twelve minutes, the caller tells her he wanted the hour instead, and she is left with forty minutes, one microphone and nothing prepared. Free lesson page for this episode — full transcript, the six expressions with examples, the word tour, the shadowing lines and a short test: https://nightcallsenglish.com/lesson/09-line-two-is-me/ All of season one is out now, and season two is coming soon. Follow or subscribe wherever you are listening, and it arrives on its own. All episodes: https://nightcallsenglish.com/lesson/ 00:00 Opening 00:50 Not Ray 03:03 Line one · Arun · the basket in aisle six 07:05 Forty minutes 08:19 Tonight in Norwick 10:54 Line four · and Nadia goes off 12:21 Two strangers on one line 14:10 Line five 15:05 What happened next · the gray Volvo 19:10 Tonight in Norwick 20:45 After the Line: Iris & Owen 21:12 Last week · quick recap 22:03 Tonight · the English of having to keep talking 25:30 Six expressions from tonight 29:36 Word tour 31:03 Shadowing 32:46 Sign-off
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    34 分
  • The Night a Caller Came Back Angry

    The Night a Caller Came Back Angry
    2026/09/27
    In November this program told the town about a fourteen-year-old who slept on the last ferry because his mother worked nights. Tonight his mother is on line one. She has been holding since ten to one, she is not calling for help, and there is no warm-up call: the program starts with her. Free lesson page for this episode — full transcript, the six expressions with examples, the word tour, the shadowing lines and a short test: https://nightcallsenglish.com/lesson/08-you-should-have-asked/ All of season one is out now, and season two is coming soon. Follow or subscribe wherever you are listening, and it arrives on its own. All episodes: https://nightcallsenglish.com/lesson/ 00:00 Opening 00:50 Ray opens the lines 02:28 Line one · Alma 05:25 What she is actually angry about 09:45 Tonight in Norwick 10:50 Elena · the one who went 14:12 Line three 16:46 Ten to two 21:31 The board lights 22:15 Ray closes the program 23:10 After the Line: Iris & Owen 23:36 Last week · quick recap 24:21 Tonight · the language of being in the wrong 26:56 Six expressions from tonight 30:36 Word tour 31:53 Shadowing 33:23 Sign-off
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    34 分
  • The Dog Who Walked Home to the Wrong House

    The Dog Who Walked Home to the Wrong House
    2026/09/27
    Four days before Christmas, fifteen degrees and dropping, something scratches at Vera's front door at half past twelve. It's an old gray dog in a coat, and the phone number on his collar is the number of the house she moved into six weeks ago. Every official way of finding his family leads back to her hallway. That leaves one way. Free lesson page for this episode — full transcript, the six expressions with examples, the word tour, the shadowing lines and a short test: https://nightcallsenglish.com/lesson/07-somebody-else-s-dog/ All of season one is out now, and season two is coming soon. Follow or subscribe wherever you are listening, and it arrives on its own. All episodes: https://nightcallsenglish.com/lesson/ 00:00 Opening 00:50 Ray opens the lines 01:37 Tonight in Norwick 02:20 Call: Otto, the museum on Cedar Street 04:26 Call: Vera, somebody at the door 10:22 The drawer · a name and a clinic 14:38 Earl · which side of the fence 18:57 Gus · the car with the radio on 22:27 The porch light 24:16 Ray closes the program 25:48 After the Line: Iris & Owen 26:16 Last week · quick recap 27:01 Tonight · the language of arriving 30:41 Six expressions from tonight 33:57 Word tour 35:18 Shadowing 36:41 Sign-off
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    38 分
  • The Car That Never Came Back — Part Two

    The Car That Never Came Back — Part Two
    2026/09/27
    Six weeks ago a woman in a toll booth told Ray about a silver car that comes through at three forty-seven every night and never comes back. Tonight is the fourth year to the night. Marta asks for one thing: stay on the line until it comes. For the first time, Night Calls does not end at two. Free lesson page for this episode — full transcript, the six expressions with examples, the word tour, the shadowing lines and a short test: https://nightcallsenglish.com/lesson/06-three-forty-seven/ All of season one is out now, and season two is coming soon. Follow or subscribe wherever you are listening, and it arrives on its own. All episodes: https://nightcallsenglish.com/lesson/ 00:00 Opening 00:50 Ray opens the lines 01:37 Tonight in Norwick 02:40 Call: Ben, the inflatable Santa 04:29 Call: Marta, the fourth year 14:33 Two o'clock · the lines stay open 16:24 Twenty to four · the barrier 20:31 Ray closes the program 21:45 After the Line: Iris & Owen 22:12 Last week · quick recap 22:49 Tonight · the language of finding out 25:59 Six expressions from tonight 29:28 Word tour 30:36 Shadowing 31:52 Sign-off
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    33 分
  • Stay Awake, Lena

    Stay Awake, Lena
    2026/09/27
    The first snow of the year closes the road north. At twenty past one a nine-year-old girl calls the first-time line from a car that has gone off the bridge at mile forty. Her mom won't wake up properly, the phone is on six percent, and she is very, very sleepy. Ray has forty minutes and a town full of people who are awake. Free lesson page for this episode — full transcript, the six expressions with examples, the word tour, the shadowing lines and a short test: https://nightcallsenglish.com/lesson/05-mile-forty/ All of season one is out now, and season two is coming soon. Follow or subscribe wherever you are listening, and it arrives on its own. All episodes: https://nightcallsenglish.com/lesson/ 00:00 Opening 00:50 Ray opens the lines 01:40 Tonight in Norwick 02:39 Call: Hana, watching the snow 04:39 Call: Lena, the car 09:16 Tonight in Norwick 17:26 Three horns 20:29 Ray closes the program 21:38 After the Line: Iris & Owen 22:04 Last week · quick recap 22:53 Tonight · the language of getting somebody through 25:59 Six expressions from tonight 29:28 Word tour 30:27 Shadowing 31:53 Sign-off
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    33 分