146.2 - The Incredible Flight of "Lawn Chair" Larry (Larry Walters)

<p>In today&apos;s episode, you’ll hear the incredible story of a man named Larry Walters, or &quot;Lawn Chair&quot; Larry, who bought over 40 weather balloons, attached them to a lawn chair in his backyard and flew 16,000 feet up in the air.</p><p>The story is weird and funny, and it gives way to a larger discussion about “Cluster Ballooning.” I’ll explain challenging words and phrases as I go along!</p><p>In Part 1 of this episode, you&apos;ll learn all about the common English expression &quot;up in the air.&quot; You&apos;ll learn the expression&apos;s origin, how to use it in a multitude of situations and you&apos;ll do pronunciation exercises with it. <br/><b><br/>Big shoutout to Guilherme Krause and Christian for supporting the podcast this month, I really appreciate it!<br/></b><br/>*****<br/><br/><b>Premium Content: </b>This episode is part of <a href='https://american-english-podcast.teachable.com/p/transcripts-episode-101-150/'>Season 3.</a> By purchasing Season 3 transcripts, you&apos;ll be able to access the full episodes, the full PDF transcripts for episodes 101 - 150, an Mp3 download  and the premium podcast player to work on your pronunciation.  <br/><br/></p><ul><li><a href='https://courses.americanenglishpodcast.com/p/season-1-2-and-3-bundle'>Get ALL PREMIUM CONTENT FOR SEASONS 1 - 3  (with 5 in-depth courses to improve your English,  includes all transcripts + mp3s)</a></li><li><a href='http://courses.americanenglishpodcast.com/p/transcripts-and-mp3s-001-150'>Get ONLY the Transcripts for Episodes 001 - 150</a></li><li><a href='https://american-english-podcast.teachable.com/p/101-american-english-slang-words'>Get the Free E-Book: 101 American English Slang Words</a> </li><li><a href='https://courses.americanenglishpodcast.com/p/american-english-accent-course'>American English Accent Course</a></li></ul><p>*****</p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/americanenglish">Support the show</a>