No, we have something better. You can use all of the learning resources for a selection of podcast episodes for free, with as long as you like. You don't even need to create an account. You can also listen to lots of our podcast episodes here or on your favourite podcast app.

If you want to unlock the learning materials and all the bonus episodes, and support our work, then we'd love for you to become a member.

What's more, we have a 30-days 'no questions asked' refund policy. Full refunds are all processed within 24hrs.

Yes. like every subscription service (Netflix, Spotify etc.), the membership renews automatically.

But it is very easy to cancel, and takes < 5 seconds.

You can cancel it at any time, all in your online dashboard, and you'll keep your access until the end of that billing period.

If you are on our Annual membership, we send you a reminder 7 days before it renews, so that there are no surprises.

We hate complicated cancellation processes just as much as you.

Yes. If you join on our Pro Annual membership you can download everything.

If you choose the Monthly membership, you can access everything online, but not download.

We currently support instant translations for our transcripts and subtitles for these 12 languages: Spanish, German, Polish, Italian, French, Turkish, Portuguese, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Czech, Russian, and Arabic.

If your language is not on this list, don't worry. If you are a member, simply email hi@leonardoenglish.com and we will help you add it to your account manually.

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We have a 30 day 'no questions asked' refund policy.

This means that you can request a full refund for whatever reason you want - the language level was too high/low, I didn't have time to use it, my dog ate my phone, it doesn't matter.

Yes. Students get 50% off all Annual plans, and we offer educational plans for schools. Please email hi@leonardoenglish.com and we'll take it from there.

Please note, the student discount does not apply for monthly plans.

All our prices are displayed in Euros.

If you are outside the Eurozone area, during checkout you might see the option to pay in your local currency (e.g. USD).

If your card isn't in Euros, and you choose to pay in Euros, the price will automatically be converted into your currency at the time of payment.

Here are the prices in some popular currencies (last updated at 19/05/25 07:30):

US Dollar: Starter ($14.54 per month / $89.54 per year), Pro ($22.38 per month / $134.19 per year)

Brazilian Real: Starter (R$82.68 per month / R$509.14 per year), Pro (R$127.24 per month / R$763.04 per year)

Turkish Lira: Starter (₺564.70 per month / ₺3,477.34 per year), Pro (₺869.01 per month / ₺5,211.45 per year)

Polish Zloty: Starter (zł55.34 per month / zł340.76 per year), Pro (zł85.16 per month / zł510.69 per year)

Japanese Yen: Starter (¥2,118.02 per month / ¥13,042.37 per year), Pro (¥3,259.37 per month / ¥19,546.43 per year)

Please note, these prices are for illustrative purposes only. The final price charged will be determined by your payment card. 

Yes. When you become a member you will receive a unique link to add the member-only episodes to your favourite podcast app. You can read more about this here.

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Yes, changing your membership is very easy.

If you join on the monthly plan, then decide to change to an annual plan, you will only pay the difference.

The difference is worked out on a pro-rata basis, so any 'unused time' is added as a credit to your account.

You can do this by visiting the membership page when you are logged in.

Sure, if you are a member you can request topics for us to make.

We want to make the podcasts that our members want to listen to - join today and start requesting topics within minutes.

Sure, and lots of our members do.

Many companies have a ‘learning and development’ budget for their employees, and your membership to Leonardo English should certainly qualify for this.

You’ll receive an itemised receipt and invoice as well, so your Finance department will be happy.

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Hi, I'm Alastair 👋.

I'm an English guy from London, who has spent 37 years on this earth studying foreign languages, working in technology, teaching English to foreigners, and thinking about learning languages.

I'm a native English speaker, am fluent in Italian and French, I have a Masters in Mandarin Chinese, and have studied Swedish, Russian, Latin and Greek, as well as dabbling in Spanish and German.

I've lived in the UK, Malta, France, Italy and China. I now live in Sweden, am married to an Italian, have two (almost) trilingual kids, and have friends from all over the world, so I've spent my life thinking about how best to learn a language, and doing experiments on myself.

I'm building Leonardo English to help people like you improve your English while learning about the world.

The majority of our content is in a British 'BBC' accent, otherwise known as The Queen's English.

On occasion we may have content in an American, Australian, or South African accent.

And we'd love to hear from you. Please email hi@leonardoenglish.com.