Ep 50: Test Your Listening | Real-World Business English Answerphone Messages... Can you pass?

In the 50th episode of The Business English Podcast, Rob celebrates the podcast's milestone by recapping past topics, including making first impressions, networking, presenting, small talk, meetings, risk management, conflict resolution, telephone skills, and professional use of conditionals. To mark the occasion, Rob introduces two surprises: a segment called "The Answerphone Showdown," featuring real-world business English answerphone messages and corresponding question sets, and a brand new website, www.thebusinessenglishpodcast.com, which hosts the entire podcast catalog with blog posts summarizing key information and quizzes for each episode. The episode then dives into five sections, each presenting a different answerphone message scenario—travel disruptions, meeting arrangements, networking follow-ups, customer service complaints, and negotiation tactics—followed by a set of multiple-choice questions designed to test the listener's comprehension.