ESL Podcast is run by a team of experienced English as a Second Language professors with over 30 years of high school, adult, and university ESL teaching experience. Dr. Jeff McQuillan is the host and guide for each lesson, providing language and cultural explanations. Dr. Lucy Tse writes the scripts and story ideas for the lessons and helps with recording conversations for the lessons. Both Dr. Tse and Dr. McQuillan received a Ph.D. in applied linguistics and education at the University of Southern California.