About Fluent Tales

Fluent Tales is a free English-learning podcast for intermediate (B1–B2) learners. Every day, two hosts, Maya and Leo, have a relaxed conversation about a real-life topic, and every episode comes with a full transcript and a breakdown of the most useful vocabulary.

Who it's for

Fluent Tales is for learners who can already get by in English but want to understand natural, everyday conversation: the reactions, idioms, phrasal verbs and small talk that textbooks rarely cover. If you can follow a slow conversation but lose the thread when native speakers talk normally, this is for you.

How to use an episode

1. Listen first without reading, and notice how much you understand.
2. Read the transcript on the episode page and listen again, following along.
3. Study the vocabulary breakdown: each expression has a simple meaning and a new example sentence.
4. Answer the question the hosts ask mid-episode in the YouTube comments. Writing is the best practice.

What's in an episode

• A new short episode every day, from one of several recurring categories: work, relationships, money, travel, technology, health, motivation and more.
• One longer 20–30 minute deep dive every Sunday.
• A full transcript, 8–20 vocabulary items with examples, and a short summary on every episode page.

Browse them all on the episode archive.

How Fluent Tales is made

We want to be upfront about this: Maya and Leo are illustrated characters, not real people. Each episode's conversation is written with the help of AI language models, following a fixed set of guidelines: natural B1–B2 English, a single clear topic, and vocabulary that actually appears in the conversation. The voices are generated with AI text-to-speech. Any personal stories the hosts tell are part of the fictional conversation.

Every script goes through automatic quality checks before it's published: length, structure, a complete vocabulary section, and a separate review of whether the dialogue sounds natural, stays on topic and suits the target level. Scripts that fail are rewritten.

If you spot a mistake in an episode, such as an unnatural phrase, a wrong definition or a typo in a transcript, please tell us. Corrections genuinely help.

Who runs it

Fluent Tales is a small, independent project, built and run by an independent developer with an interest in language learning. It's free, supported by advertising and by listeners who choose to buy us a coffee.

Get in touch

Questions, corrections, topic ideas or partnership requests: use the contact form. You can also find us on YouTube.