The Bardwell Road Centre Podcast

Presenter: Aziz (Saudi Arabia)
Topic: Smoking and the new anti-smoking law to be introduced in England on July 1st, 2007

In this show, adult English language students in an upper-intermediate level general English course in the UK talk about smoking and discuss the new anti-smoking law to be introduced in England on July 1st of this year, 2007. Under this new law, smoking will not be permitted in public places. For more information, see this BBC News article, for example:
England smoke ban to start 1 July
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6196910.stm

A big hello to Ricardo Verde and his students "across the pond" (as we say) in New York City, USA!

Please listen to our discussion and tell us how things are in NYC and the USA generally! How many of you smoke? Has anyone given up recently? Is smoking permitted inside public buildings in NYC? How strict are the smoking laws in the USA? Do smokers respect the laws or find ways around them? What's your forecast for the new law coming to England?

Aziz, from Saudi Arabia, is this week's presenter. He chose the topic, prepared interview questions, introduced and closed the show, interviewed his classmates, selected the jingle used to link the sections of the show, and press-ganged his two group teachers, me (ex-smoker), Geoff Taylor, and Helen Brown (smoker), into service to get points of view from native Englanders!

A big thanks to Azo (smoker) and to guests Shayma (non-smoker), from the United Arab Emirates, and Suliman (smoker), from Saudi Arabia. A special big thank you to group teacher, Helen Brown, for agreeing to be interviewed, and for her refreshingly sardonic contribution!

As usual, the show was recorded in class, on second teacher, Geoff's, Apple PowerBook computer with the program Garageband 3. After editing in Garageband, the file was converted to MP3 using LameBrain (check at www.macupdate.com).

This show is produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK