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An internet pioneer or a criminal mastermind? The answer depends on who you ask.
In this episode, we explore the extraordinary story of Kim Dotcom, the man behind Megaupload.com, and the rise and fall of his empire.
- Internet pioneer or criminal?
- Childhood and early involvement with computers
- Hacking exploits and self-publicity
- Kim Dotcom's legal troubles and escape to Thailand
- Megaupload.com: The birth of a controversial website
- Megaupload's massive popularity and piracy concerns
- Kim Dotcom's move to New Zealand and his new life
- The dramatic police raid on Kim Dotcom's mansion
- Legal charges against Kim Dotcom and extradition battle
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For some people, hell is a place of eternal punishment. For others, it's merely a stepping stone on the way to redemption.
In this episode, we'll be exploring the idea of hell, its different interpretations, and what happens in each one.
- Defining hell and its interpretations in different religions
- Ancient Egyptian beliefs: judgment in the afterlife, weighing of the heart
- Ancient Greek beliefs: the Underworld and Tartarus
- Jewish beliefs: Sheol and Gehinnom as places of the dead and purification
- Christian beliefs: multiple interpretations of hell, references in the Bible
- Dante's Inferno
- Islamic beliefs: Jahannam, seven circles of hell, fiery punishments
- The ethical "Problem of Hell" and its theological implications
- Alternative perspectives: Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism and the absence of hell
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As time goes by, language continues to evolve.
In this episode, we explore the question of evolving English, and the specific question of how we refer to people without a permanent and stable place to live, as this example highlights the politicisation of language.
- Language's purpose: communicate information between people
- Language changes over time, often for political reasons
- Referring to people without a permanent home
- Difference between "house" and "home"
- "Homeless" as the most commonly used term
- Push to replace "homeless" with "houseless" or "unhoused"
- Critics argue "homeless" implies streets are a legitimate home
- Question of whether it matters to homeless individuals
- Homelessness is a complex issue
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He was King of Britain, but only for 325 days before dramatically quitting the job to be with the woman he loved.
But was it the ultimate love story, or was it an act of treason and selfishness?
- Edward VIII: King of Britain for 325 days
- Love story or treason and selfishness?
- The message that shocked the British public
- Early life and rise to the throne
- Edward's reputation as a dandy and playboy
- Disapproval from the Prime Minister and King George V
- Edward meets Wallis Simpson
- Challenges with marrying Wallis Simpson
- Edward's abdication and life after leaving the throne
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It was a fierce football rivalry fought not on the pitch but on social media and at the High Courts of Justice in London.
In this episode, we'll delve into the fierce rivalry between football wives Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy, the libel case that followed, and the rise of WAG culture in Britain.
- The cult of the “wag”
- Who were Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy?
- Coleen Rooney’s revelation
- The feud between Coleen Rooney & Rebekah Vardy
- Rebekah Vardy takes Coleen Rooney to court
- Trademarking Wagatha Christie
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From cramped cubicles to collaborative open-plan setups, a lot has changed since the creation of the modern office – but it doesn't stop there.
In this episode, we'll be exploring the question of why and how the modern office was created and look at some of the developments that led us to this place.
- The concept of the modern office and its prevalence worldwide
- The historical absence of dedicated indoor workspaces
- The emergence of the first large offices in the late 17th and early 18th centuries
- The Old Admiralty Office and its significance as the headquarters of the British Navy
- The paperwork-dominated tasks of early offices
- The impact of the typewriter on office work and the increased presence of women in offices
- The layout of offices during the typewriter era
- The invention of the cubicle and its popularity in office design
- Alternative office arrangements, including open-plan offices and their criticisms
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Many consider him as the man who embodies the epitome of "Frenchness". A figure who, 200 years after his death, is still held as an example of the glories of France.
In this episode, we'll talk about the rise and fall of Napoleon, the establishment of the French empire, and Napoleon's complex legacy.
- Early life and Corsican heritage
- Rise to power during the French Revolutionary Wars
- Military successes and establishment of the French Empire
- Napoleon as a strategic genius
- The disastrous invasion of Russia and downfall
- Exile and brief return to power
- Defeat at the Battle of Waterloo and final exile
- Complex legacy and varying views on Napoleon
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When Adolf Hitler's half-niece was found dead in a pool of her own blood, the Nazi party rushed to cover up the scene.
But who killed Geli Raubal, why, and did she take some very dark secrets with her to the grave?
- The discovery of Geli's body
- Who was Geli Raubal
- What was the nature of Hitler and Geli's relationship?
- What happened to Geli Raubal?
- Why did Geli Raubal kill herself?
- Did Hitler kill his niece?
- Hitler's reaction to the death
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He was a secretive billionaire who would earn the nickname of "The King of Oil".
In this episode, we'll be talking about the early life of Marc Rich, how he made his fortune, how he got on the wrong side of the US authorities, and the controversial presidential pardon.
- The Clinton pardon
- The early life of Marc Rich
- The work of a commodities trader
- The global rise of mercury
- The Trans-Israel pipeline
- Creating Marc Rich + Co
- Selling Iranian oil
- Being charged with tax fraud
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Wondering what The "English Learning for Curious Minds podcast" is all about?
Here's an update on how things have been going, almost 400 episodes and 5 million downloads after we started...
- Introduction to the host of English Learning for Curious Minds
- Deciding to start the podcast
- My language-learning journey
- Publishing the first episode
- English Learning for Curious Minds today
- Going “full-time”
- Why starting a podcast is more complicated than pressing record
- How the sausage is made
- Where to start?
- Should you use the interactive transcripts?
- It’s still day 0
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What do some of the biggest porn websites in the industry have in common? They are all owned by a media and technology company named MindGeek.
In this episode, we'll be taking a look at the history of the porn business, the role of MindGeek in the evolution of porn and money, and the current state of the adult industry.
- Introduction to the topic of porn and the porn industry
- MindGeek's acquisition of major adult entertainment properties
- The evolution of the porn industry and the impact of the Internet
- Challenges in accepting online payments for porn websites
- VISA and Mastercard's role in regulating the industry
- Rise of tube sites and their impact on the business model
- Fabian Thylmann's recognition of the financial potential of tube sites
- The power of tube sites in attracting viewers and advertisers
- Challenges faced by payment companies and the case of OnlyFans
- Uncertainty and secrecy surrounding MindGeek's ownership and control
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Dubbed "The King of the Sting" or "The Fake Sheikh", Mazher Mahmood was a journalist who posed as a Middle-Eastern prince and exposed the rich and famous.
But it turned out that his methods and fact-checking weren't always as honest as he claimed...
- The Sarah Ferguson Sting
- Who was Mazher Mahmood?
- CAUGHT! Match-fixer pockets £150k as he rigs the England Test at Lord’s
- The story to kidnap Victoria Beckham
- Criticism of Mahmood’s methods
- The Tulisa Contostavlos cocaine expose
- Legacy of Mazher Mahmood
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Ancient Rome was powered by the blood, sweat and tears of millions of slaves.
In this episode, we look at what life was like for really like people unlucky enough to be sold into slavery in Ancient Rome.
- The capture of a slave in Ancient Rome
- Aristotle & Slavery
- How slaves were recruited
- How many slaves were there in Ancient Rome?
- Who could become a slave?
- What happened to slaves after they were captured?
- The different roles of male vs. female slaves
- How much did slaves cost in Ancient Rome?
- What jobs did slaves do?
- The most unfortunate type of slave: the actor
- The better roles for slaves
- Working in the mines
- Slave uprisings
- Improving rights for slaves
- How slaves could be freed
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The FIFA World Cup is full of controversy, on and off the pitch.
In this episode, we look at five of the most controversial episodes in World Cup history and finish up with five interesting facts about the world's most popular football tournament.
- Controversy #1: Diego Maradona & The Hand of God
- Controversy #2: The murder of Andres Escobar
- Controversy #3: The Kuwait Goal Scandal
- Controversy #4: Zinedine Zidane headbutt
- Controversy #5: Italy decide to play in black
- Trivia point #1: The unusual location of the first world cup
- Trivia point #2: How much beer is drunk
- Trivia point #3: How many people watch the world cup
- Trivia point #4: Pickles the trophy-finding dog
- Trivia point #5: The controversy of the Qatar World Cup
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He was the undisputed King of Pop, with 13 number-one hits, hundreds of millions of fans and a legacy that will continue to inspire artists for generations to come.
But beneath the surface, Michael Jackson's life was plagued by insecurity, loneliness, and deep-rooted demons that would ultimately lead to his untimely and tragic death.
- The early life of Michael Jackson
- His relationship with his father
- The early success of The Jackson 5
- "I Want You Back" - the first big hit
- The first number one & becoming a child prodigy
- Breaking away from his brothers
- Becoming the global King of Pop
- His unusual private life
- His accident and physical changes
- Releasing "Bad"
- Allegations of child abuse
- Marriage and children
- His death and subsequent inquiry
- The legacy of Michael Jackson
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For centuries, a woman could be accused of being a witch for the simple crime of being too poor, too rich, or too old.
For those accused, the trials were deeply unfair, and the punishment was often torture and death.
In this episode, we explore the unfair and bloody history of witches.
- The Salem Witch Trials
- The punishments given for witches at Salem
- What actually was a "witch"?
- Reasons people could be accused of being a witch
- Black vs. White magic
- Witches & the Black Death
- Malleus Maleficarum: The Catholic Church's witch instruction manual
- How witch trials worked
- King James VI & witches
- Why witch fears declined
- Witches in modern culture
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For hundreds of years, people have been afraid of blood-sucking creatures that rise from the dead.
But where does the vampire myth actually come from, what happened to the people accused of being a vampire, and what if there was a simple, biological explanation for it all?
- The start of Bram Stoker's Dracula
- The fundamental characteristics of vampires
- Vampires in ancient European folklore
- Why people might have thought vampires needed to drink blood
- Vampires being blamed for the plague
- The Great Vampire Epidemic
- The story of Petar Blagojević
- John Polidori’s The Vampyre
- Vampires & Vlad The Impaler
- Vampires on film
- Modern vampires
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It has been 5 years since the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia.
In part three of this three-part mini-series, we look at what has happened since then and ask ourselves whether we are any closer to knowing the truth.
- Recap of the story so far
- Vince Muscat starts talking to the police
- Melvin Theuma: the middleman
- Yorgen Fenech & 17 Black
- The phantom job
- Melvin Theuma starts getting paranoid
- The arrest of Melvin Theuma
- The letter to be passed to Yorgen Fenech
- Keith Schembri's lost phone
- The public inquest
- Political changes since Daphne's death
- The corruption and scandal involved in Daphne's murder investigation
- Will the killers ever be brought to justice?
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A few months after Daphne's brutal assassination, the Maltese police raided a potato shed.
They would "find" three men who would later admit to being involved in the murder, but were they really any closer to the truth?
- The initial investigations of Daphne's murder
- The December raid on the potato shed
- Vince Muscat & The DeGiorgio Brothers
- How the police caught the hitmen
- November 2019: when everything changed
- The arrest of Yorgen Fenech
- The power goes out and Keith Schembri is arrested
- Yorgen Fenech promises to "spill the beans"
- Fenech's pardon request is refused
- The resignation of the Prime Minister, Joseph Muscat
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On October 16th, 2017, a 52-year-old journalist was blown up in a car bomb outside her home in Malta.
In part one of our three-part mini-series, we'll learn about who she was, and who might have wanted her dead.
- The assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia
- Introduction to Malta
- Why small island countries are more prone to corruption
- The early career of Daphne Caruana Galizia
- Why Daphne Caruana Galizia was so popular
- Economic growth in 21st-century Malta
- “Malta is 17 miles by nine and flooded with cocaine, corruption, and filthy money”
- Daphne's corruption allegations in Malta
- Why Daphne was very unpopular with some Maltese citizens
- The attacks and harassment she faced
- Claims against Konrad Mizzi, Keith Schembri & Joseph Muscat
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He was the 45th President of the USA and the most controversial in recent history.
In this episode, we look at the life of Donald J. Trump and examine how he went from real estate developer to the leader of the free world.
- The early life of Donald Trump
- His paternal and maternal influences
- Accusations of racism against Fred Trump
- Avoiding getting drafted in the Vietnam War ("bone spurs")
- Getting into business with The Trump Organization
- Early business controversies
- Going upmarket and entering the casino business
- A small loan of 1 million dollars
- Developing the family business and becoming a (self-reported) billionaire
- Business problems in the 1990s
- Becoming a TV celebrity after "The Apprentice"
- Donald Trump's business failures & controversies
- Trump's political alliances over the years
- His path to The White House
- A return to politics?
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It's one of the most controversial topics in modern Spain; some say it's a cultural art form, and others say it's a brutal form of torture.
In this episode, we look at the history of bullfighting through the ages and ask ourselves what lies ahead.
- The matador looks up to the crowd
- What happens in a bullfight
- The early history of bullfighting
- Bullfighting in the Iberian peninsula
- The first "anti-bullfighting" legislation in the 16th Century
- The development of "modern" bullfighting
- The different styles of bullfighting
- General Franco & bullfighting
- The opposition to bullfighting
- Bullfighting today
- Will bullfighting ever be banned in Spain?
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We have been recycling for decades, yet only 9% of the world's plastic has ever been successfully recycled.
In this episode, we ask ourselves the heretical question, "is plastic recycling actually worth it?"
- A brief history of plastic usage
- How much plastic do we really use?
- The uses (and advantages) of plastic
- Plastic's advantages in food production
- Plastic's usage in medicine
- Plastic as a way to reduce energy usage?
- The durability of plastic
- The problem of what to do with plastic after we have finished using it
- What proportion of the world actually recycles?
- The environmental "cost" of recycling
- Plastic vs. cotton bags: the numbers
- Recycling + reducing + reusing
- Simple acts to reduce plastic usage
- Technological developments with recycling
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For thousands of years, humans have had ideas about mankind's potential impact on the climate.
In this episode, we look at how these ideas have changed, the men and women who have contributed to them, and ask ourselves why it has taken so long to start paying attention.
- Ancient ideas about mankind's impact on the climate
- The North American "rain follows the plough" theory
- Joseph Fourier & The Greenhouse Effect
- Eunice Newton Foote's discovery about CO2
- The theory that burning coal might be causing temperatures to rise
- Svante Arrhenius & global heating
- Guy Callendar, the amateur meteorologist
- The fear of a return to the Ice Age
- The Great Smog of 1952 in London
- Charles David Keeling attributes human activity to climate change
- Were rising CO2 levels good or bad?
- The establishment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- Modern climate change theories
- The role of the oil & gas industry
- Climate change deniers in US politics
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He was put on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list in 1999, and he would only be removed after he was hunted down and killed by US operatives in 2011
In this episode, we will tell the story of how Osama bin Laden went from a shy, religious young boy to the world's most famous terrorist.
- The early life of Osama bin Laden
- His time at university
- Deciding not to join the family business
- The Iranian Revolution of 1979
- The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
- Fighting in the Afghanistan War
- The invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi forces
- Why Osama bin Laden didn't want US forces in Saudi Arabia
- Losing his Saudi citizenship
- Launching Al Qaeda
- The 9/11 attacks
- Osama bin Laden's whereabouts after 9/11
- The killing of Osama bin Laden
- What was found in Osama bin Laden's compound
- Popular misconceptions about Osama bin Laden
- The legacy of Osama bin Laden
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He was the American civil-rights leader who was a prominent spokesman for the Nation of Islam. Yet he grew too powerful and was killed by the same organisation he had represented.
In this episode, we look at the amazing life, impact and legacy of Malcolm X.
- The assassination of Malcolm X
- The early family life of Malcolm X ("Little")
- The death of Malcolm's father
- The teenage years of Malcolm X
- Going to prison and finding religion
- Joining The Nation of Islam
- Becoming Malcolm "X"
- Converting Americans to the Nation of Islam (including Mohammed Ali)
- Clip of Malcolm X speaking
- The attack on Hinton Johnson
- Becoming known to the press (and the police)
- Going on a global tour
- Malcolm X vs. Martin Luther King
- Breaking with the Nation of Islam
- The murder of Malcolm X
- His legacy on the civil rights movement
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The game of chess played a vital role during the Cold War, allowing Russia and the United States to fight intellectual battles over a board game.
In this episode, we'll explore how the game of chess was used in a world where nuclear weapons could not
- The modern-day political impact of Chess
- The life of Anatoly Karpov
- The start of the Cold War
- Why chess was the battleground for the Cold War
- History of chess & statesmanship
- The "Fried Chicken Tournament"
- Why the USSR had a head start on the USA
- The early popularity of Chess in the USSR
- The fighting of "proxy wars" in the 1960s
- The relationship between KGB & chess players
- The bizarre 1978 Chess Championship in Manilla
- The arrival of Garry Kasparov
- Chess in the modern day
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To some, he was a visionary who helped us understand our unconscious mind. To others, he was a sex-crazed maniac who made no contributions to psychiatry.
In this episode, we'll explore the fascinating life and works of Sigmund Freud.
- The early life of Sigmund Freud
- Theories of the mind in 19th century Europe
- Meeting the love of his life, Martha Bernays
- Freud's first medical "treatment": cocaine
- Moving to Paris and studying with Jean-Martin Charcot
- The idea of the unconscious mind
- "The plunging of sexuality in theory and practice is not to my taste’"
- Opening his own "talking therapy" practice
- Coining the term "psychoanalysis"
- The publication of The Interpretation of Dreams
- Freud & The Oedipus Complex
- The publication of The Psychopathology of Everyday Life, and the idea of "Freudian slips"
- His friendship with Carl Jung
- The First World War breaks out
- Deteriorating health and final years
- The complicated legacy of Sigmund Freud
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He was Britain's most famous hangman and was responsible for the executions of up to 600 prisoners.
In this episode, we'll explore the curious life of a man who ended people's lives for a living.
- The unusual boyhood dream of Albert Pierrepoint
- Executions running in the family
- Capital punishment in the UK in the early 20th century
- Becoming an assistant executioner and working with his uncle
- Conducting his first execution
- The "long drop"
- Executing Nazi war criminals
- Becoming a pub landlord
- Why Albert Pierrepoint was so successful
- Controversial hangings in the 1950s
- Was he really a kind and gentle man?
- Retiring from his job as an executioner
- The beliefs of Albert Pierrepoint about capital punishment
- Legacy in books, films & TV
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Part three of our three-part mini-series on The Atomic Bomb.
Ever since the atomic bomb was dropped, people have been asking whether it was actually necessary.
In this episode, we'll explore the arguments for and against the use of atomic weapons in World War II, and look at how this has changed the world we live in.
- Recap of the journey to dropping the bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki
- The American reasons for dropping the bomb
- “It seems to be the most terrible thing ever discovered, but it can be made the most useful…”
- Arguments against dropping the bomb on Hiroshima & Nagasaki
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- American counterarguments
- The scientists who were against dropping the atomic bomb
- Post-war theories about why the atomic bomb was used
- Was Japan really close to surrendering?
- Nuclear proliferation since 1945
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Part one of this three-part mini-series on The Atomic Bomb.
In this episode, we explore the discovery of nuclear fission, the key scientists involved, The Manhattan Project and the race to develop a functioning atomic bomb.
- Early ideas about atomism
- Modern atomic theory in the 19th and 20th centuries
- The discovery of nuclear fission
- War breaks out in Europe
- Einstein and Szilárd's letter to President Roosevelt
- The Manhattan Project
- The first atomic test in Nevada
- “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds”
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It has gone from luxury to necessity, and there are over 2 billion air conditioning units in the world today.
In this episode, we'll take a look at how air conditioning got started, why people didn't mind being hot in the past, and what the true cost of staying cool might be for future generations.
- Staying cool is nothing new: Romans & Egyptian methods
- Ding Huan & the rotating fan
- Why people were afraid of creating cold artificially
- How the Dutch magician Cornelis Drebbel tricked King James I in 1620
- Benjamin Franklin getting sweaty one July in Philadelphia
- Primitive air conditioning by pumping air over ice
- Did people actually mind that there was no air conditioning?
- Willis H. Carrier & the first air conditioning unit
- Convincing the US public that it was something they needed
- 1920s sweaty American cinemas
- Spending $600,000 on an air conditioning unit in 1932
- The boom of air conditioning in the US
- How many households around the world have air conditioning in 2021?
- The impact of air conditioning: the good, the bad & the unexpected
- Environmental impact of air conditioning
- Future of air conditioning in the developing world
- New air conditioning technologies: high & low tech
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He is the world's highest-paid podcaster, and his podcast was acquired by Spotify for a reported $200 million in 2020.
But who actually is Joe Rogan, and what does this deal mean for independent podcasts?
- Introduction to Spotify
- A time when you couldn't listen to podcasts on Spotify
- How Spotify works (as a business)
- The business model of most podcasts
- The Joe Rogan Experience podcast
- Who is Joe Rogan?
- Why Spotify decided to buy the Joe Rogan Experience
- The commentator's opinion of the acquisition
- Controversies of the Joe Rogan Experience
- The Platform vs. Publisher debate
- The future of independent podcasters & Spotify
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It is one of London's most famous tourist attractions, and it has an amazing history that not all tourists are aware of.
In this episode, we'll explore the bloody but fascinating history of London's oldest standing building.
- The arrival of William The Conqueror in 1066
- How The Tower of London was built
- What The Tower of London was used for in the Middle Ages
- The country's most famous prison
- "Being sent to The Tower"
- Famous people who were executed at The Tower of London
- The Beefeaters of The Tower of London
- The Tower of London as a zoo
- The Royal Mint
- The first prisoner to escape from The Tower of London
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Since the collapse of the USSR, London has become the city of choice for Russian oligarchs.
In this episode, we'll explore how the UK's capital welcomed Russian money and why London became nicknamed "Londongrad".
- Roman Abramovich buys Chelsea
- Definition of "oligarch"
- Why was London the destination of choice for Russian oligarchs?
- London's cultural appeal
- The English legal system
- The English libel laws
- London as a financial hub
- Company ownership in the UK
- The "Golden Visa" scheme
- Links between Russian oligarchs and British politics
- Evgeny Lebedev becomes "Baron Lebedev"
- London doesn't ask questions about the origin of money
- The Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The future of "Londongrad"
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Despite only educating 1% of the population Oxford and Cambridge University have a tight grip over everything from UK politics to business.
In this episode, we look at what life at Oxbridge is like, why graduates often go on to such powerful positions, and see what these two universities have been doing to improve access to disadvantaged children.
- Global rankings of Oxford & Cambridge university
- Influence and power of Oxbridge
- How Oxbridge is divided (the "college" system)
- How much students at Oxbridge need to work
- The most prestigious of the Oxbridge colleges
- Christ Church Oxford: the college that has produced 13 Prime Ministers
- Trinity College Cambridge: the college that has produced 34 Nobel prize winners
- Famous alumni of Oxbridge
- Why are graduates of Oxbridge so successful?
- Is access to Oxbridge fair?
- Private schools & Oxbridge
- Getting into Oxbridge vs. American universities
- The Varsity Blues scandal
- Curiosities of Oxbridge: Harry Potter, a library with 13 million books, the head of Oliver Cromwell and a tortoise race
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The 20th century saw the creation of world-famous luxury fashion houses.
In this episode, we'll explore the stories of Chanel, Dior, Gucci and Versace, and look at how they changed what we wear.
- The first fashion designer: Charles Frederick Worth
- The concept of "off the peg" clothes
- Coco Chanel
- Chanel & The Duke of Westminster
- The founding of Gucci
- The role of sanctions on Italy
- The later life of the Gucci family
- Christian Dior - designing in post-war Paris
- "This is a new look"
- Gianni Versace
- Versace's approach to using celebrities
- "Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten" - Aldo Gucci
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It was meant to be a simple space mission to the moon, but 56 hours into the flight tragedy struck.
In this episode, we'll learn how three astronauts managed to use teamwork and quick thinking to escape death and return to Earth alive.
- Background to the Apollo programme
- The objective of the Apollo 13 mission
- The pilots of the Apollo 13 mission
- The three parts of the Apollo 13 spacecraft
- The importance of ground control at Houston
- The uneventful first 56 hours of the mission
- A piece of routine maintenance goes wrong
- "Houston, we've had a problem"
- What actually went wrong?
- Losing all power and being 330,000 km away from Earth
- How quick thinking turned this lunar mission into a rescue mission
- Figuring out the path back
- Conserving oxygen and water and going around the moon
- Fixing the spacecraft to avoid getting carbon dioxide poisoning
- Returning to Earth
- The legacy of Apollo 13
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He was the Victorian era's most famous social writer, and his novels were loved by everyone from Queen Victoria to street children.
In this episode we'll learn about Charles Dickens shone a light on the injustices of 19th century Britain and invented the modern idea of Christmas.
- Definition of "inimitable"
- The early life of Charles Dickens
- His early experience with grinding poverty
- Becoming a legal clerk and then reporting on parliamentary debates
- His talent for writing sketches
- His first book: The Pickwick Papers
- The serial publication style of Charles Dickens
- The private life of Charles Dickens
- His vast literary output
- The social activism of Charles Dickens
- Going on tour in his later years
- The fame of Charles Dickens
- His universal appeal
- Charles Dickens & the modern idea of Christmas
- The legacy of Charles Dickens
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He was the peasant who went from a village in Siberia to the centre of the Russian imperial court, befriending the Tsar and Tsarina, and playing a role in the downfall of Russia’s longest-serving dynasty, The Romanovs.
In this episode, we'll learn about the unlikely but fascinating life of Grigori Rasputin.
- Russia in 1900
- Overview of the fall of the Romanov Dynasty
- The early life of Grigory Yefimovich Novykh ("Rasputin")
- Discovering the "Khylsts" and “sinning to drive out sin”
- Earning the nickname of "The Mad Monk"
- Rasputin's personal hygiene (or lack of)
- Curing the Tsar's son, Alexei
- Securing a place within the imperial family
- Rasputin's relationship with the Tsarina, Alexandra
- An assassination attempt by a noseless peasant
- The plot to kill Rasputin
- The (very long) murder of Rasputin
- Russia after Rasputin's death
- The legacy (and importance) of Grigori Rasputin on Russian history
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It is one of the most influential cities in the United States but has recently been accused of falling into disrepair, with rising homelessness and open drug dealing.
In this episode, we'll look at what is happening in San Francisco, what has caused this, who and what is thought to be responisble, and what is being done to change it.
- The mothers' billboards: “Unfortunately, we’re just as famous for our dirt-cheap fentanyl”
- A brief history of San Francisco
- The tech boom contributes to an increase in house prices
- San Francisco's growing homeless population
- Drug use and petty crime
- The election of Chesa Boudin
- Chesa Boudin's personal experience with imprisonment
- Proposition 47: The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act
- Theories about the causes of San Francisco's decline
- The San Francisco budget: more per capita than any other US city
- The use of fentanyl in San Francisco
- The recall Chesa Boudin campaign
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An interview with Lindsay McMahon from All Ears English.
We discuss why learners should focus on "connection, not perfection", why this can be difficult for people, and Lindsay gives three practical tips on what you can do about this.
- What is All Ears English?
- What does "Connection Not Perfection" mean?
- Where does the idea of Connection Not Perfection come from?
- What is the problem with perfectionism?
- How does this apply to language learners?
- 3 practical tips that learners can use to better "connect" with English
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He was a famous organised criminal known for his superior mathematical skills.
In this episode, we'll learn how Meyer Lansky took the American criminal underworld by storm, built an empire and managed to evade the authorities.
- The early life of Meyer Lansky
- Befriending Bugsy Siegel & Lucky Luciano
- The relationship between the Jewish & Italian mobs
- The mob & The Prohibition Era
- The Atlantic City Conference & the United Crime Syndicate
- The end of Prohibition & starting in the casino business
- Getting a reputation for "honesty"
- Moving to Florida and setting up casinos
- His relationship with Batista in Cuba
- Las Vegas & the Flamingo Hotel
- Returning to Cuba & The Havana Conference
- Fidel Castro takes power and Lansky loses everything
- His last years
- Where did all the money go?
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On 26 June 1997, an unknown author published a book called Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Harry Potter would go on to become the best-selling series in literary history, selling over 500 million copies worldwide.
The journey to get there, however, was far from simple.
- The early life of JK Rowling
- Her mother's illness
- Getting the idea for Harry Potter
- Losing her mother, moving to Porto and her unhappy first marriage
- Escaping to Edinburgh
- Writing Harry Potter in a cafe while her daughter slept
- Trying to find a publisher for Harry Potter
- Why Harry Potter was rejected by so many publishers
- The daughter of the boss of Bloomsbury Publishing reads one chapter
- Getting her first book deal
- The reception of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- Seeing JK Rowling's personal story in Harry Potter
- Taking the book to the USA
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Today we have some news in English from our friends over at SEND7.
World News in 7 minutes. Monday 9th May 2022.
Today: Ukraine school attack. Russia V day. UK Northern Ireland assembly. Afghanistan Taliban ban faces. Hong Kong new Chief. Philippines elections. Nigeria airlines stop. Zimbabwe lending stop. Colombia gang violence. US mothers' advice.
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In March of 2018, it was revealed that 50 million Facebook profiles had been "hacked" and used to target American voters.
The story involved Donald Trump, a supposed Russian spy, a Cambridge researcher and a political consulting company.
The only problem was, how much of it was actually true?
- The breaking of the story on March 18th 2018
- A summary of the Cambridge Analytica report in The Guardian
- The academic: Aleksandr Kogan
- The role of Facebook in 2012
- Quiz apps on Facebook (and their real purpose)
- The role of Cambridge Analytica (the company)
- Building "This Is Your Digital Life"
- How many people took the quiz?
- Was there really a "data breach"?
- What was Aleksandr Kogan's involvement in the story?
- The results come in: was the Facebook data effective at guessing someone's personality?
- Cambridge Analytica's message to its clients: "5,000 data points on over 220 million Americans"
- Working for Ted Cruz
- Working for the Donald Trump Campaign
- The news breaking in 2018
- Was Cambridge Analytica involved in Brexit?
- Conclusion: Did Cambridge Analytica actually have any involvement in the US election?
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In the late 19th century there was fierce competition to provide electricity to the rapidly industrialising USA. The winner would be rewarded with huge wealth and fame.
But who would claim the prize, and how dirty would the fight get?
- Difference between AC & DC
- The Golden Age in America
- Early electrical inventions
- The race to invent indoor electric lighting
- Thomas Edison's incandescent electric light bulb
- Why Edison pushed for DC
- The problems with DC
- The opportunity for a monopoly
- Creating a challenge for Edison's employees
- Breaking with Tesla
- What was better: AC or DC?
- The arrival of George Westinghouse
- The battle gets dirty as Edison fears he is losing
- The creation of the first electric chair
- The execution of William Kemmler
- Westinghouse's AC system wins the contract for the 1893 World Fair
- The legacy of The War of Currents
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Worldwide we produce over 2 billion tonnes of rubbish every year.
In this episode, we explore the history of rubbish collection and look at what happens to our rubbish after the truck comes to take it away.
- How much rubbish does the average person throw away?
- Iceland vs. Lesotho
- How much is actually recycled
- A brief history of rubbish disposal
- Rubbish disposal in Ancient Greece
- Monte Testaccio & disposal of amphorae in Ancient Rome
- The four categories of rubbish disposal
- "Frank" & his rubbish disposal
- The incineration vs. landfill debate
- Recycling: how much actually ends up being recycled?
- Recycling throughout history
- Perverse incentives with recycling
- Developments in recycling
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For much of human civilisation, people have fought each to the death as a way of resolving arguments.
In this episode, we'll explore the curious and bloody history of one-on-one combat, from ancient Rome to 20th century France.
- The most recent "modern" duel (1967, France)
- The ancient concept of "champion warfare"
- Trial by combat: a legal way to resolve a dispute
- How trial by combat worked: a practical perspective
- Why trial by combat died out
- Trial by combat in Scandinavia: "Holmgang"
- Renaissance duelling for honour
- The role of the "second"
- The two French officers who duelled against each other 30 times in 19 years
- Duelling in the USA
- Duelling goes all the way to The White House: Andrew Jackson & Alexander Hamilton
- Why (and when) duelling stopped being popular
- The legacy of duelling in books, poetry and film
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In this episode, we'll explore the weird and fascinating origins of five foods that you know and (perhaps) love.
From the sandwich to tomato ketchup, chicken tikka masala, fish & chips and even the teabag, discover the weird and wonderful stories behind these well-known dishes.
- Weird origin story #1: The Sandwich
- Weird origin story #2: Tomato ketchup
- Weird origin story #3: Fish & chips
- Weird origin story #4: Chicken tikka masala
- Weird origin story #5: The tea bag
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There are over a billion smokers across the world, and over 7 trillion cigarettes are smoked every year.
In this episode, we'll look at the history of smoking, from the "discovery" of tobacco by Christopher Columbus to how tobacco companies keep us smoking, even when we know the dangers to our health.
- Tobacco in indigenous societies in the Americas
- 1492 - the year Christopher Columbus discovers tobacco
- The etymology of "tobacco"
- Jean Nicot finds a tobacco plant in Lisbon
- Catherine de Médici tries "snuff" for the first time
- Smoking sweeps across Europe
- The invention of the cigarette
- The invention of the cigarette rolling machine
- Smoking during World War I & II
- The 1964 headline: "Cigarettes Peril Health, U.S. Report Concludes."
- Smoking & society
- Cigarette advertising
- Legal cases against Big Tobacco
- The future of smoking - can it really be "smoke-free"?
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It's an amazing piece of legislation that protects the Earth's most isolated continent.
In this episode, we'll learn all about the history of Antarctica, which countries tried to claim it as their territory, and how the situation was resolved to benefit all humankind.
- Background to Antarctica
- The early history of Antarctic exploration
- Antarctica and whaling
- The rush to discover the magnetic South Pole
- The Sixth International Geographical Congress
- Land claims on Antarctica
- The Cold War & Antarctica
- The International Geophysical Year
- The signing of the Antarctic Treaty
- What the Antarctic Treaty actually does
- The future of the Antarctic Treaty
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In the 18th century, a small region of southwest England was the national centre for the illegal importing of goods such as tea and rum.
In this episode, we'll discover how smuggling really worked, who was involved, and why it was so successful for such a long period of time.
- Cornwall today
- Cornwall's relationship with London
- The Cornish identity
- Britain in the 18th century
- The reason that import taxes were so high
- Why Cornwall was such a centre for smuggling
- How smuggling worked in practical terms
- Why smuggling was so tolerated by the local population
- Honest vs. dishonest smugglers
- The strange English law about what you could do to goods found on a shipwreck
- John Carter: the "King of Prussia"
- How big a problem was smuggling in Britain?
- The end of smuggling in Britain
- The legacy of Cornish smugglers today
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He was the Romantic poet famously described as "mad, bad, and dangerous to know".
In this episode, we'll learn about his scandalous life, how he shocked the nation so badly he had to leave, and how England's first "rock star poet" became a national hero in Greece.
- The early life of Lord Byron
- His time at Harrow school
- Going to Cambridge University, sleeping around, and keeping a bear as a pet
- His first poetic scandal
- Embarking on The Grand Tour and discovering Europe's more relaxed attitude
- Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage and returning to England a hero
- Returning to England and becoming a hero overnight
- His affairs and sexual exploits in England
- His relationship with Augusta, his half-sister
- Getting married and being a father to Ada (Lovelace)
- Running away to Europe
- A dark, moody summer writing Gothic horror with Percy and Mary Shelley
- His exploits in Venice
- Finding some order to life with Countess Teresa Guiccioli
- Moving to Greece and becoming caught up with Greek independence
- His early death aged 36
- The legacy of Lord Byron
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In September 1939, the British government embarked on the biggest civilian operation in British history when it moved over a million children out of British cities to live with strangers in the countryside.
In this episode, we'll learn about this amazing mission and the mark it left on the country.
- September 1st, 1939 - the start of Operation Pied Piper
- Why children were sent away before the first bomb had even fallen
- Which cities were affected by evacuation?
- Dividing the country into three separate zones for evacuation
- Why it was called Operation Pied Piper
- Who was actually evacuated?
- Sending gold to Canada and paintings to Wales
- How the children were chosen to stay with host families
- How urban children reacted to countryside life
- Why the children returned after a few months of "the phoney war"
- Government propaganda: "Don't Do It, Mother. Leave the Children Where They Are"
- The Blitz starts and the children return to the countryside
- The mixed reaction of the evacuated children
- Psychological effects on evacuated children
- The mark Operation Pied Piper left on the country
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From a young age, he believed he was destined for greatness, and he became the UK's prime minister at the age of 55.
Discover how Boris Johnson's rise to power was unusual and full of contradictions, and how his fall was entirely predictable.
- Similarities between Donald Trump & Boris Johnson
- The early life of Boris Johnson
- A clever-but-lazy student
- His early career as a journalist
- Getting sacked for inventing quotes
- Breaking into politics
- Making lots of money (but never enough)
- His romantic life (what we know of it)
- Presenting TV programmes and being in the public eye
- Becoming Mayor of London
- Boris Johnson's attention to detail
- The decision to support Brexit
- Finally becoming Prime Minister of the UK
- Why Boris Johnson was so popular
- Boris Johnson's government during COVID
- "Partygate" and the ongoing fall of Boris Johnson
- “Nothing matters very much and most things don’t matter at all”
- The character of Boris Johnson
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It's the second most popular drink in the world after water, with 3.7 billion cups drunk every single day.
In this episode, we explore tea's fascinating history, how it changed global politics, caused countries to go to war with each other, and literally changed the world.
- How much tea do we really drink every year?
- Myths about the discovery of tea
- Early tea consumption in East Asia
- Tea first being brought to Northern Europe
- Catherine of Braganza: the woman who brought tea to Britain
- Tea and The East India Company
- The Brits adding sugar to tea
- Britain struggling to find a product to exchange with China for tea
- Flooding China with opium
- The Opium Wars
- Sending spies deep into China to discover how tea was made
- Tea cultivation in British colonies
- Curious tea fact #1: The three different word groups for "tea" (and what they tell us)
- Curious tea fact #2: The invention of the teabag
- Curious tea fact #3: How to make the perfect cup of tea (advice from an expert)
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Learn how to actually use podcasts to improve your English listening, vocabulary, speaking, and even writing.
This is a special episode packed full of tips & tricks to help you use podcasts in a more effective way.
- What most people do when listening to podcasts to learn a language
- Listening tip #1: How to become a more attentive listener
- Listening tip #2: Listening out for word/phrase use
- Listening tip #3: Listening out for sounds of English
- Podcast superpowers: how to use them as a learning exercise
- Vocabulary tip #1: How to go from passive to active vocabulary
- Speaking tip #1: Recording yourself, techniques to do so (and why this works)
- Speaking tip #2: Shadowing (and why this works)
- (Bonus) Speaking tip #3: Simultaneous translation (warning: advanced)
- Writing tip #1: Summaries & reflections
- The importance of writing in English as a way to clarify thoughts
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On February 6th, the 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth will celebrate her 70th anniversary of being the queen of the United Kingdom.
In this episode, we’ll ask ourselves what happens next, how will the next king be different, and what the future holds for the British Royal Family.
- The British royal family as a family business
- Practical question: who will the next monarch be?
- The popularity of Queen Elizabeth II
- The problems ahead for Prince Charles
- The public perception of Prince Charles
- Why the British royal family will reduce in size
- The Prince Andrew scandal
- How might Prince ("King") Charles deal with Prince William?
- Prince William & Princess Kate: the future of the British monarchy?
- Allowing more access to the British royal family
- Relationship between the British monarchy and the British parliament
- The successes of Queen Elizabeth II
- Charles I vs. Charles II vs. Charles III
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In the 17th century, Britain decided to kill its king and experiment with life without a monarch.
In this episode we'll learn about the English Civil War, the 11 years the country spent without a monarch, why the monarchy was eventually restored, and the impact this had on the country.
- The background to the English Civil Wars
- The Divine Right of Kings
- The errors of judgment of Charles I
- Dissolving Parliament in 1629
- Religious divisions in Great Britain
- Trust breaking down between the King and Parliament
- Civil War breaks out
- The nature of The First English Civil War
- The rise of Oliver Cromwell
- The trial and execution of King Charles I
- The second and third English Civil Wars
- The Interregnum
- The death of Oliver Cromwell and the return of Charles II to the throne
- What was life like when Britain didn't have a king
- The influence of "life without a king" on the country
- The legacy of Oliver Cromwell
- How to punish a man who had already died
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Over the past twenty years, over half a million Americans have died of opioid overdoses.
In this episode, we'll explore how this happened, who is responsible, and ask ourselves whether the USA will ever be able to kick its addiction to prescription opioids.
- Origin of "opioid"
- Opioid overdoses in the US vs Western Europe
- What caused the boom in opioid use in the United States?
- Morphine & heroin during the American Civil War
- The arrival of OxyContin
- Purdue Pharma sales representatives' tactics to sell the drug to doctors
- Increasing the doses for patients
- The "less than 1% of patients become addicted" claim
- People start abusing the drug
- Senior executives are aware but do nothing
- The cycle of addiction that doctors saw
- Moving onto heroin & fentanyl
- Why fentanyl is so powerful and dangerous
- Who has been held responsible for the opioid crisis?
- The Sackler Family (and its quest for immunity)
- Opioid prescriptions are down, but overdoses are up
- Is a solution for the opioid crisis possible?
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He was told by countless people that he would never make it as a star, yet by his mid-20s he was the most successful musician in the world.
In this episode, we'll learn about how Elvis Presley defied all his critics, became the biggest star of the 1960s, created the category of rock and roll but then lost the battle with his personal demons.
- The USA that Elvis Presley was born into
- Being given his third choice of birthday present: a guitar
- Coming fifth place in a singing competition
- Moving to Memphis and developing his own style
- Recording his first song at the studio of Sun Records
- Failing to achieve success and being told to continue driving a truck
- His first hit: "That's All Right"
- The musical style of Elvis Presley
- His first tour in 1954, aged only 19
- Thrusting his hips and causing controversy
- Letter to the FBI: "Presley is a definite danger to the security of the United States"
- Meeting Colonel Tom Parker, his exploitative manager
- Going on the Ed Sullivan show
- How much of his own music did Elvis actually write?
- Trying to make it as a Hollywood star
- Joining the army
- Meeting the 14-year old Priscilla Beaulieu
- Discovering prescription drugs
- Returning to music after a 7-year break
- The Elvis comeback
- The Las Vegas years & a changed image
- His marriage breaking up
- His two addictions: prescription drugs & fast food
- His love for "Fool's Gold"
- How he died, and how it was covered up by his family
- The rise of the Elvis impersonator
- The legacy of Elvis Presley
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His early life was full of tragedy and misfortune, but Ray Charles never let this get in his way.
In this episode, we'll learn about how Ray Charles overcame adversity to become one of the most loved musicians in American history.
- The early life of Ray Charles: born to a teenage mother in an institutionally racist country
- Ray Charles: "Even compared to other blacks we were on the bottom of the ladder looking up at everyone else. Nothing below us except the ground"
- The death of Ray Chales' younger brother
- Going blind and being sent to a school for the blind
- Learning to play the piano (while blind)
- The death of his mother and moving to Jacksonville
- Trying to make ends meet playing music
- Copying the style of Nat King Cole
- Deciding to move to Seattle
- Making a name for himself in Seattle and meeting Quincy Jones
- Getting his first record deal & "I Got A Woman"
- Ray Charles' style: a combination of blues, jazz & gospel
- Why Ray Charles was unpopular with many pastors
- Ray Charles as an excellent businessman
- Where his confidence comes from - “you’re blind, you ain’t stupid”
- Battling his heroin addiction
- Ray Charles and women
- Later life and legacy
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As a general rule, people are very bad at predicting the future.
In this episode, we'll take a look at some predictions of the future from the past, looking at what people thought our "today" would be like, the times they got it wrong, the times they got it eerily correct, and we'll also look at some predictions about what the future holds for future generations.
- Why there was never a great need to "predict" the future until recently
- A Roman born in 100BC being transported 1,000 years into their future
- The prediction of Robert Malthus in 1798 about population
- Paul Ehrlich's 1968 prediction: "The Population Bomb"
- John Maynard Keynes's 1930 prediction about a reduced working week
- Predictions from 1900 about what cities would look like: flying cars, roofs, driving ships
- The Millennium Bug prediction
- The man who could predict the future: Nikolas Tesla
- Tesla predicting self-driving cars
- Tesla predicting video calling
- Tesla incorrectly predicting fashion choices
- Tesla predicting an increasing expenditure on scientific discovery vs. war
- Predictions today about our future: cancer, multi-planetary, metaverse
- The terrible predictions top 3: computers, silent films & everything being invented
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He was the most famous bank robber in American history and is still thought of as a Robin Hood-type figure in popular culture.
Learn about how John Dillinger went from a quiet life to becoming America's Public Enemy Number One, and how the law finally caught up with him.
- The early life of John Dillinger: a naughty but not inherently bad boy
- Moving out of the city to stay out of trouble
- Being arrested for car theft and joining the navy
- Briefly getting his life back on track
- Meeting Ed Singleton and planning his first robbery
- The robbery that went wrong and subsequent arrest
- Being advised badly and going to prison for 9 years
- "I will be the meanest bastard you ever saw when I get out of here"
- Learning how to rob banks while in prison
- Being released from prison and returning to a life of crime
- Being arrested again and then rescued by friends from prison
- Going on the run and starting the bank-robbing spree
- Being arrested (again) and breaking out of prison by making a fake gun
- Being chased by the FBI
- Making front-page news
- Growing a moustache, dyeing his hair, then having plastic surgery
- Being betrayed by Anna Sage
- The final cinema trip of John Dillinger
- The legacy of John Dillinger
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The Peaky Blinders were a violent gang that terrorised the streets of Birmingham in the late 19th century.
Who actually were these men, what did they do, to who and why, and were the "real" Peaky Blinders anything like the ones in the TV series?
- The start of the TV series "Peaky Blinders"
- Life in Victorian England
- Life in 19th century Birmingham
- Petty crime and drinking in urban areas
- The creation of the police force
- The "sloggers" of Birmingham
- The first "Peaky Blinders"
- Did the Peaky Blinders put razor blades in their caps?
- The genius of the Peaky Blinders TV series: transport the gang into the 1920s
- The real Peaky Blinders of the 1920s
- Billy Kimber, Alfie Solomons & Charles Sabinin
- Criminal activity at the race tracks
- The Epsom Road Battle
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In the space of fewer than 100 years, fast food has fundamentally changed the global culinary landscape.
In this episode, we explore how it has managed to grow so much and what it is doing to our societies, world and bodies, and ask ourselves whether we'll ever kick our fast-food addiction.
- 1% of the world's population will eat at McDonald's today
- The entire population of Scotland is flipping burgers in the United States
- The power of the fast-food lobby
- How the US government pays for Big Macs
- Why the fast-food industry won't stop growing
- Fast food during COVID-19
- Changing dining habits during the pandemic
- The rise of "fast-casual"
- The rise of environmentally friendly fast food
- How fast-food restaurants are changing (or not changing) to accommodate changing tastes
- Impact of fast food on our bodies and health
- Future of the fast-food industry
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Every day 1% of the world's population will eat at McDonald's, and hundreds of millions more will eat burgers, chips and all sorts of different fast food.
But just how popular is it, how is it so cheap and where did it come from in the first place?
- Ancient "fast food"
- The first modern fast food at White Castle in 1921
- Bringing the automobile assembly line to the kitchen
- Why there was an early emphasis on cleanliness
- The 5 cents "Slider"
- Why White Castle didn't expand all over America
- The arrival of The Great Depression
- Richard & Maurice McDonald & the birth of the modern McDonald's restaurant
- The "Speedee Service System"
- The fast-food boom of the 1950s
- Ray Kroc discovers (and then buys) McDonald's
- Why McDonald's is so successful
- Adapting fast food to fit American culture
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Within the course of a few years, Robert Baden-Powell created a global movement that united children from all over the world.
In this episode, we'll take a look at how he came up with the idea, why it was so appealing, and the legacy that he has left on the world.
- The early life of Robert Baden-Powell
- Doing what was expected of an upper-class Englishman in the Victorian era
- Baden-Powell in The Boer War
- The Siege of Mafeking
- Returning to the UK a hero
- The first-ever scouting trip
- The publication of Scouting for Boys
- The 1909 Jamboree and the arrival of girl scouts
- The Scouts as a socially-progressive organisation
- The appeal of the Boy Scouts
- The Scouts Promise
- The Scouts during World War I
- The Scouts in the post-war period
- Creating a mass global movement & becoming “Chief Scout of The World”
- The death of Baden-Powell and his legacy
- Scouting today
- The controversies The Scouts have faced
- The future of The Scouts
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Although there have always been children, the concept of "childhood" is more recent than many people think, with one French historian declaring that childhood didn't exist until the 17th century.
In this episode, we'll explore how ideas of childhood have changed, from John Locke to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, from the English Romantic poets right through to the creation of the teenager in post-war America.
- What exactly is a child? What is childhood? When do you stop being a child, and for what reasons?
- Phillipe Ariès: the author of “Centuries of Childhood”
- Infant mortality in the Medieval era
- Medieval ideas of childhood
- Childhood in the Enlightenment
- John Locke's idea of childhood: a tabula rasa
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau's idea of childhood: innate and natural, guided by emotions
- The Romantics on childhood: a blissful innocence
- Childhood during the Industrial Revolution
- Working 68 hours a week in Victorian Britain
- The Victorians develop children's literature
- The invention of the teenager
- Childhood today: better, worse, or just different?
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There is a lot about the English language that makes very little sense at all.
In this episode we look at some of these illogicalities, paying close attention to homonyms, homographs, homophones, and even something called lonely negatives.
- How many words are there in English?
- English: The Mongrel Language
- A quick history of the English language: Anglo-Saxons, Vikings & French
- The scribes making English spelling very complicated
- The typesetters introducing new spellings
- Finding classical ancestry for words in English
- Confusing English #1: Homophones
- Fork candles vs. Four candles
- Confusing English #2: Homophonyms
- Confusing English #3: Homophographs
- Confusing English #4: Lonely Negatives
- An extremely confusing sentence
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He is the most famous spy in the world and has been drinking vodka martinis and driving fast cars since 1952.
In this episode, we'll look at the history of 007, his creator Ian Fleming, how Bond has changed over the years, and the fascinating family business behind the UK's most famous special agent.
- The classic image of James Bond
- Ian Fleming: the creator of the James Bond novels
- The first hit: Casino Royale
- How the James Bond novels are different from the James Bond films
- Why did he choose the name "James Bond" for 007?
- The very English death of Ian Fleming
- Why Sean Connery was a controversial choice to play James Bond
- Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan & Daniel Craig
- How the James Bond character has changed
- The (family) business of James Bond
- The future of James Bond
- The accents of James Bond
- James Bond speaking Russian & German
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She is the longest-serving monarch in British history and has lived through 14 British prime ministers and 13 US presidents.
In this episode, we'll take a look at the remarkable life of Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, and ask ourselves how she, the monarchy, and the country have changed since she became queen almost 70 years ago.
- Why Elizabeth was an unlikely queen
- King Edward VIII and his abdication
- The death of King George VI
- The young life of Elizabeth
- Becoming queen in 1952
- The changing world in 1952
- The personal life of Queen Elizabeth
- How much do we actually know about her views?
- How has the British monarchy changed since she took the throne?
- Is Queen Elizabeth still popular in Britain?
- The controversies of Queen Elizabeth
- 1992: her "annus horribilis"
- Recent controversies: Windsor Castle, Diana, Harry & Meghan, Prince Andrew
- The language of Queen Elizabeth: "The Queen's English"
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Part Two of our Brexit mini-series focuses on the Brexit vote itself.
In this episode, we'll look at why the UK held a referendum in the first place, how the campaign was fought, who voted for and against Brexit (and for what reasons), and why it was ultimately the vote to leave the European Union that proved successful.
- Recap of Britain's complicated relationship with Europe
- Why did the UK hold a referendum on EU membership in the first place?
- The rise of Euroscepticism & UKIP
- David Cameron & the Conservative Party
- Did people care about the EU before the Brexit vote?
- "Indescribably selfish recklessness"
- The Brexit campaign: Leave vs. Remain
- Reluctant Remainers
- Messaging of the Remain campaign ("An Unnecessary Risk")
- Messaging of the Leave campaign ("Take Back Control")
- Who voted to remain?
- Who voted to leave?
- “I think the people of this country have had enough of experts”
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The term "fake news" came to prominence in late 2016, but the idea of fake news is as old as time.
In this episode, we explore how fake news has been created over the years, for what purpose and by who, and ask ourselves whether it is harder than ever to tell the truth from a lie.
- "Fake News" in 2016
- What does "fake news" actually mean?
- The three reasons that people create fake news
- Fake News & Mark Anthony
- Fake News in Trento in 1475
- Fake News & the Nazis
- The British government and Fake News in the First World War
- How has news changed over the years?
- Life on the moon in 1835
- Macedonian teenagers and Donald Trump
- Sensational News vs. Fake News
- Russian troll farms
- Deep Fakes in 2021
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From 1995 to 2001, a man from eastern France stole 239 different pieces of art from 172 museums, an average of one theft every 14 days.
It's estimated that the value of all the stolen art was over 1 billion Euros, but he never sold a single piece of it.
- The early life of Stéphane Breitwieser
- Breitwieser's life falls apart
- Meeting (and falling in love with) his accomplice
- The first theft
- Why he was such an unusual art thief
- How the thefts would take place
- Why he was a billionaire with no money
- Being arrested for the first time
- Promising to do things differently
- Becoming even bolder
- Breaking promises
- Getting caught
- The aftermath of the crime
- Breitwieser's hopeless addiction to theft
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"Let's jump on board and cut them to pieces!" - Blackbeard.
"A merry life and a short one" - Captain Bartholomew Roberts.
Pirates have a special place in our imagination. They are both heroes and villains, their lives attractive but scary.
In this episode, we'll take a closer look at pirates through history, the situations that allowed them to exist and prosper, what life as a pirate was actually like, what caused the Golden Age of Piracy to come to an end, and the legacy that they left behind.
- The classic idea of a pirate
- Pirates throughout history
- The Golden Age of Piracy
- Why was there a boom in piracy in the 17th century?
- Captain Kidd: was he even a real "pirate"?
- State-sanctioned pirates
- The life of a pirate
- Pirate hierarchies
- What was a pirate attack really like?
- Pirates: early masters of the power of image
- The story of Blackbeard
- What caused the end of the pirates?
- The legacy of pirates
- Pirate myth-busting: parrots, pirate language, hooks and treasure
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In September 1519, a Portuguese explorer and a crew of 270 men set sail from Spain trying to find a sea route west, through the Americas.
Three years later, 18 of the men returned, tired and hungry, but becoming the first people to have successfully completed a full circle of the Earth.
- Introduction to The Age of Exploration
- The Treaty of Tordesillas
- Seeking a route west to The Spice Islands
- Magellan presents his idea to King Charles V of Spain
- Why was the Spanish king listening to a Portuguese explorer?
- The early life of Ferdinand Magellan
- A “career-minded daredevil"
- Why were spices in such high demand?
- Why did Magellan sail for Spain, not Portugal?
- The start of the expedition
- The first mutiny
- Finding a passage through South America
- Crossing The Pacific Ocean
- Arriving at Guam
- Magellan's death in The Philippines
- Arriving at The Spice Islands
- The journey back to Spain
- The legacy of the expedition
- Who was the first person to have circumnavigated the globe?
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On September 17th, 2011, hundreds of people descended on a park in the heart of New York's financial district.
Their aim? To protest against the global financial system and its effects on 99% of the population.
On this 10th anniversary of the protests, we take a look at what happened, what they achieved, and what impact they might have in the future.
- The United States in 2011
- The 1% vs. the 99%
- A global sense of uprising
- The idea behind Occupy Wall Street
- Meeting in Zuccotti Park in New York's Financial District
- What did the protestors actually want to change?
- Famous article by economist Joseph Stiglitz
- The public perception around the need for change
- A different model of decision-making
- The end of the protests
- What actually happened during the protests?
- Criticisms of Occupy Wall Street
- Disorganisation & being tricked about Radiohead playing
- Did it really represent the 99%?
- Pushing the idea of the 1% vs. 99% into the public consciousness
- Legacy of Occupy Wall Street
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It is one of the most popular websites in the world and has the goal of being a comprehensive collection of all of the knowledge in the world.
In this episode, we'll learn about the history of this amazing website, why it succeeded where others failed, how it actually works, and its importance as a source of truth.
- Some statistics about how big Wikipedia is
- History of encyclopedias
- Bomis.com and the dot-com-boom
- The founding of Nupedia
- Why Nupedia didn't work
- Launching Wikipedia
- Why (and how) Wikipedia was different
- Wikipedia's early growth
- Early criticisms of Wikipedia
- Who pays for Wikipedia?
- The surprising second and third most popular languages on Wikipedia
- Automating article creation
- Criticisms of Wikipedia's trustworthiness
- Trump vs. Biden on Wikipedia
- Influence of the contributors on what is published on Wikipedia
- Why you should edit Wikipedia
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It's one of the United States' most powerful advocacy groups and is a fierce defender of gun rights.
But it hasn't always been like this.
In this episode, we'll discover how it went from helping create gun control laws to becoming the most powerful pro-gun organisation in Washington D.C.
- The early years of the NRA
- Helping introduce gun control laws in the 1930s
- Passing the Gun Control Act of 1968
- The 1970s: A change in the NRA
- What does the NRA actually do? 5 key activities
- How the NRA reacts after a mass shooting
- The effect on the NRA of mass shootings
- Barack Obama: "the best gun salesman in America"
- The controversy within the NRA
- How many Americans live in a household with guns?
- American perceptions towards gun ownership
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In 1745 Charles Stuart arrived on the west coast of Scotland with the aim of taking back the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland.
It didn't go as planned and resulted in the last battle fought on British soil.
In this episode, we'll learn about his failed rebellion, and the legacy he has left on Great Britain.
- The early life of Bonnie Prince Charlie
- Relationship Bonnie Prince Charlie and Mary Queen of Scots
- Meaning of "Pretender" in English
- The Divine Right of Kings
- Arriving in Scotland in 1745
- Life in Britain under the Hanoverians
- The Highland Clans
- Marching towards Edinburgh
- Marching south towards London
- Stopping at Derby and turning back north
- What if the French had come to help?
- Who actually was in the Jacobite and government armies?
- The night before Culloden
- The Battle of Culloden
- The aftermath of the battle
- “Run, you cowardly Italian”
- The life of Bonnie Prince Charlie after Culloden
- Suppression of Highlandism after the battle
- Three unusual facts about Bonnie Prince Charlie
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He was the Scottish rebel who fought against the English and has become the most famous freedom fighter in Scottish history.
In this episode, we'll learn all about his battles against the English, and the legacy that William Wallace left on the country.
- Introduction to mini-series on Scottish heroes
- The brutal execution of William Wallace
- Introduction to Scotland (as a part of the British Isles)
- William Wallace "the man" vs. William Wallace "the legend"
- The death of Alexander II
- Gaining a reputation as a hater of the English
- Raising a small army and fighting the English
- The battle of Stirling Bridge
- Being rewarded with the position of The Guardian of Scotland
- Edward II marching north to teach William Wallace a lesson
- The battle of Falkirk
- "The machine gun of the Middle Ages"
- Becoming a diplomat and going to Europe
- Capture and execution
- Legacy of William Wallace within Scotland
- 1995 film "Braveheart"
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It's often said that the pen is mightier than the sword, and throughout history there are books that have been considered too dangerous to be read.
In this episode, we'll take a look at the times when governments have banned books, the reasons for this, and ask ourselves what this tells us about society.
- What's the link between The Bible, William Shakespeare, Harry Potter, The Quotations of Chairman Mao and Mickey Mouse?
- What does "banning" actually mean?
- Correlation between banning books and restricting civil liberties
- “….where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people.“
- The invention of the Gutenberg Printing Press
- Indulgences of the Catholic Church
- Growth of printing (and importance of censorship)
- Reasons for banning books: political, sexual, moral & religious
- The banning of Mein Kampf
- The trial of Lady Chatterley's Lover
- What banning books does for book sales
- The debate around The Catcher in the Rye
- Religious bans & The Satanic Verses
- Banning books in 2021
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He was an internet security pioneer, and his McAfee Antivirus software was used on hundreds of millions of computers all around the world.
But privately, he lived a crazy life that ended in tragedy.
In this episode, we'll learn all about the wild, wild, life of this cybersecurity legend.
- The early life of John McAfee
- Finding talent for mathematics
- Early vices: drink & drugs
- Being kicked out of his PhD programme
- Working in high-powered technology jobs (and developing a terrible drug addiction)
- Creating McAfee Antivirus and making money from paranoia
- Walking away with $80 million
- Becoming a target for hackers
- Losing all of his money in the financial crash
- Moving to Belize
- Claiming he was being extorted by the Belizean government
- The murder of George Faull
- Fleeing Belize
- Running for US President
- Attacking McAfee Antivirus
- Promoting cryptocurrency
- Being chased by the IRS and FBI
- The final chapter: The Spanish jail cell
- Conspiracy theories about his death
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He is considered by many to be the greatest public speaker in British history, and his words and speeches were a defining force in the British war effort.
In this episode, we'll learn all about how Winston Churchill used the English language to inspire a nation.
- Winning the 1953 Nobel Prize for literature
- Early obstacles to being a great orator
- Completing his education on his own
- Studying the great English orators
- Spending four decades as a member of parliament
- Churchill's gift for storytelling
- The medium: the radio
- My grandfather's memories of Churchill's speeches
- Background to Churchill's speeches
- How Churchill wrote
- Writing more words than William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens combined
- Speech #1: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat“
- Speech #2: "We shall never surrender"
- Speech #3: "Give us the tools, and we will finish the job"
- Why Churchill's words are so powerful
- Churchill's wit (and some funny jokes)
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In 2019, former Vice President Mike Pence said "Make no mistake about it - we're in a space race today".
Discover who the key players are, why there is a renewed interest in going to space, why it is now cheaper than ever before, and what the future of space exploration might look like.
- Enthusiasm for space post moon landing
- What was the next step in the first space race?
- Mike Pence's view on the new space race
- US, Russia and China
- The emergence of private space companies
- Why has going to space become cheaper?
- Space mining: what is it, and how does it work?
- Space junk?
- The benefits of space exploration for life on Earth
- Privacy and space
- The laws of space
- Reasons to be excited about a new space race
- Differences between the new and the old space race
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After the end of the Second World War, the US and the USSR were locked in a race to get to space first.
Discover how the race started, who scored all the early points, and why going to the moon first was the biggest prize in space history.
- End of World War II & Nazi V2 rockets
- The head of the USA space programme: Wernher von Braun
- The head of the USSR space programme: Sergei Korolev
- The early years of The Space Race
- Why there was such a desire to get to space
- Communism vs. Capitalism
- The first Sputnik Satellite
- Confusing The Americans
- First animals into space
- Yuri Gagarin: The first man in space
- 1962: A bold claim from President John F. Kennedy
- Next step "the moon"
- The alternative "man on the moon" plans
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It's a technology that some have said will bring in a Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Discover how 3D printing actually works, what industries it is revolutionising, and how it will (or won't) change every aspect of the world we live in.
- A brief history of the creation of objects
- 3D printing vs. traditional manufacturing
- Should we really call it "printing"?
- Early versions of 3D printing
- Patents & 3D printing
- Lowering of costs of 3D printing
- 3D printing & prototyping
- Recent cost reductions in 3D printing
- Revolutionising the global supply chain
- Example of a British car manufacturer
- 3D printing "anything"
- 3D printing in space
- Settlements on Mars
- 3D printing a cup, a new ear, and a full English breakfast
- The implications of 3D printing on the world we live in
- 3D printing guns & criticisms of 3D printing
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British food has a bad reputation. It's often considered boring, uninspiring, and tasteless.
But it hasn't always been this way.
Discover what role William the Conqueror, Henry VIII, The French Revolution and Colonialism all played in making British food taste the way it does.
- The current reputation of British food
- The arrival of the Normans in 1066
- Henry VIII and the Reformation
- Making fish taste better in Medieval England
- Stopping eating dangerous "Catholic" dishes
- The Industrial Revolution's effect on food
- Preserving food in cans
- Not having enough time to cook properly
- "We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine gun."
- The arrival of French chefs in British aristocratic homes
- The British Empire
- The history of curry
- “Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management”
- When (and why) British food lost its taste
- The Second World War & austerity
- Modern British food (& TV cooks)
- British food in 2021
- The biggest takeaway market in Europe
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It is, by some standards, the most successful modern religion.
Discover how Scientology went from the pseudo-medical ideas of an out-of-luck science fiction writer to a religion that counts some of the world's most famous film stars among its believers.
- The early life of L. Ron Hubbard
- Discovering a talent as a science fiction writer
- L. Ron Hubbard's naval career
- Moving to Los Angeles and developing a self-help system
- The publication of Dianetics, a book that contained "more promises and less evidence per page than any publication since the invention of printing"
- L. Ron Hubbard's theory about how the brain worked
- Turning Dianetics into a religion
- Charging large amounts of money to believers
- Making extravagant purchases all over the world
- Scientology's legal troubles
- Launching the Sea Org
- Adding to the doctrine of Scientology
- The disappearance and death of L. Ron Hubbard
- David Miscavige: a new leader arises
- How many Scientologists are there?
- Advertising at The Super Bowl
- Hollywood Scientologists: Tom Cruise & John Travolta
- Criticisms of Scientology
- Scientology's tax battle in the United States
- What actually is a religion?
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Spices are an integral part of almost every cuisine in the world and are something that most of us now take for granted.
Yet spices used to be an incredibly valuable commodity and were the preserve of only the very richest in some societies.
In this episode, we'll learn more about how they went from being the preserve of the very richest in society to something that we sprinkle on our dishes without worrying about the cost.
- What do we actually mean by "spice"?
- Is salt a spice?
- Theories about why hotter countries have spicier food
- Spices in Ancient Egypt
- Salt in Ancient Rome
- Pepper in the Middle Ages
- Spices as a status symbol
- King Edward I's spice bill in the 13th century
- Why were spices so expensive?
- Vasco Da Gama's trip to India
- Competition for spice in Asia
- The Spice Islands
- Swapping Manhattan for a tiny spice island
- The spice market today
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It was a revolutionary idea: being able to conduct fast, cheap, and effective blood tests with only a tiny drop of blood.
But it turned out that the company behind it was one, huge fraud.
This is the fascinating story of how a Stanford dropout went from the youngest self-made female billionaire in history to facing 20 years in prison.
- Background of Elizabeth Holmes
- Problem with blood testing
- Dropping out of Stanford
- Telling a fantastic story
- The atmosphere inside Theranos
- Was there any technology really being developed?
- Attracting influential investors and board members
- Too much pressure for scientists within the company
- The public launch of Theranos
- Becoming the youngest self-made female billionaire in history
- Idolising Steve Jobs
- The arrival of John Carreyrou
- Things starting to unravel for Theranos
- Dropping to zero
- Elizabeth Holmes today
- Reflecting on what went wrong
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It is the coworking company that was once valued at over $50 billion, but then came spectacularly crashing down.
In this episode, we'll learn about the amazing rise and fall of the company that tried to make office space cool.
- The questions that WeWork gets us thinking about
- WeWork at its peak
- The founding of WeWork in 2010
- Who was Adam Neumann?
- Who was Miguel McKelvey
- How WeWork as a business worked
- Making office space cool
- WeWork attracting billions of dollars in investment
- Meeting Mayoshi Son
- The vision continues to grow, and The We Company is born
- Was WeWork a tech company?
- Burning through money
- Things start to go wrong
- Looking under the hood
- The collapse of WeWork
- The phoenix to rise from the flames?
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He is the most famous playwright in history and has been translated into every major living language.
In this episode, you'll learn about this fantastic man's life, his works, and why he is still called "the world's greatest living playwright".
- An exhibition celebrating Shakespeare's 450th birthday
- The two most common questions people have about Shakespeare
- “He was not of an age, but for all time"
- “The words of a dead man/are modified in the guts of the living.”
- Shakespeare's universality
- The life of William Shakespeare
- Did Shakespeare really write the plays (and does it even matter)?
- Shakespeare's global influence
- Bardolators: ultra-keen Shakespeare fans
- Why Shakespeare is responsible for bringing starlings to North America
- Shakespeare's contribution to the English language
- How Shakespeare created words
- How Shakespeare worked
- Shakespeare's group of actors
- Why women didn't act
- Boys playing women characters
- Twelfth Night & ideas of gender
- King Lear in Romania
- Julius Caesar in Trump's America
- The Globe Theatre in London
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The Olympics are meant to be a politics-free zone.
But is this ever really possible?
In this episode, we'll learn about the history of The Olympics, and analyse five times politics was at the heart of the games.
- History of The Ancient Olympics
- When The Olympics were banned by the Romans
- Revival of Olympics in 19th century
- Baron Pierre de Coubertin & The first modern Olympics in 1896
- 1936 Olympics in Berlin
- 1972 Olympics in Mexico City
- 1976 Olympics in Montreal
- 1980 Olympics in Moscow
- 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi
- Politics and The Olympics in the age of social media
- Can politics ever be kept out of the games?
- Sport: War, minus the shooting
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For many, he is the greatest writer in the history of the English language.
Outside the UK, he is known as the author of two of the most important political fiction books in history: Animal Farm & 1984.
Learn about the amazing life of this fantastic man and the events that shaped his worldview.
- Reasons to learn about George Orwell
- The statue of George Orwell outside the headquarters of the BBC
- Orwell's honesty & genius with language
- The early life of George Orwell
- Seeing the injustices of The British Empire
- Discovering for himself how ordinary people lived
- A description of cooking a steak in a Parisian restaurant
- The Spanish Civil War
- Writing Animal Farm
- Retreating to a Scottish island and writing 1984
- The legacy of 1984
- The relevance of 1984 today
- The “The People Will Believe What the Media Tells Them They Believe” meme
- What George Orwell teaches us about the English language
- Three curious facts about George Orwell
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“A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see.”
It was the trip of a lifetime, where young, aristocratic British men would travel across Europe and open their eyes to new worlds.
Discover why these men would do this, how they travelled, what they got up to, and what it tells us about our relationship with tourism today.
- Reasons to learn about The Grand Tour now
- Who went on The Grand Tour?
- Where did they go?
- Italy: The place to not be missed
- Understanding the classics
- The role of The Cicerone (personal guide)
- Collecting works of art as souvenirs
- Thomas Howard: "The Collector Earl"
- Canaletto selling paintings to the travellers
- Non-cultural reasons for travelling: gambling, sex, and drinking
- Influence of classical world on the British imagination
- Practicalities of travel during The Grand Tour
- Partying in Naples with Lady Hamilton
- The Napoleonic Wars stopping The Grand Tour (and the consequences for British tourism)
- Influences of The Grand Tour
- Reflections on modern tourism
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It's the world's Sin City, where fortunes and made and lost.
In this episode, you'll learn about the history of this unlikely city, from its early days as a desert oasis to its links with the Mafia, from eccentric entrepreneurs right through to atomic bombs.
- Geographic location of Las Vegas
- Discovering Las Vegas ("The Meadows")
- 1905: A sleepy railway town
- Construction begins on The Hoover Dam
- Providing entertainment for construction workers
- 1930s and 1940s: Bugsy Siegel and The Mafia arrive
- Bugsy Siegel's early life
- Building The Flamingo
- Post World War II: "cheap luxury"
- Watching atomic bombs explode
- Howard Hughes arrives and never leaves
- Pushing the mafia out of town
- 1980s: Las Vegas revival
- Las Vegas today
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It is the most famous revolution in Europe and saw the continent's most populous country execute its monarch and restructure its society.
From guillotines to out of touch queens, the French Revolution is the story of how France became the country of "liberté, égalité, and fraternité".
- French society before the revolution
- Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette
- Raising taxes & The Estates General
- The impact of Enlightenment ideas on France
- Being "intoxicated with liberty and enthusiasm"
- The storming of The Bastille
- Declaration of The Rights of Man and The Citizen
- Robespierre
- Louis XVI trying to escape
- War with Austria
- The abolition of the French monarch & execution of Louis XVI
- Marie Antoinette & "Let them eat cake"
- The Reign of Terror
- The arrival of Napoleon Bonaparte and the end of the revolution
- Impact of The French Revolution on France
- Impact of The French Revolution on the world
- A tale of two French families and their reactions on Bastille Day
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It was the period in the mid-18th century where Britain experienced a radical transformation.
The Industrial Revolution saw huge improvements in manufacturing, millions of people move to the cities and the fabric of British society change forever.
- Evolution or Revolution?
- Pre-industrial life in Britain
- The inventions in The Industrial Revolution
- James Watt's Steam Engine
- The textile industry
- The canal system
- The productivity increases: 500 times better
- Changes in British family life
- Urbanisation in Britain
- Population increases & The Malthusian Catastrophe
- Infant mortality improvements
- Child labour
- Status of women
- Why did it happen in Britain?
- Impact on our modern world
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"In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes"
Tax might not sound interesting or exciting to most people, but it affects all of us.
In this episode, we explore what paying taxes actually means, and how it affects our relationship with the government and society.
And we'll do all of this through the story of two pen-pals, Arlette from Paris, France, and John from Austin, Texas.
- A very brief history of tax
- Focussing on income tax
- Example #1: John in Austin, Texas
- Example #2: Arlette in Paris, France
- The real cost of employing someone in France
- What lower/higher taxes mean in terms of government expectations
- Texas winter storm in 2021
- The social safety net in France
- The Gilet Jaunes
- Thomas Piketty & the idea of a wealth tax
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He is considered by many to have been the greatest footballer to have ever lived, yet off the pitch his life was full of tragedy.
Learn about the fascinating history of this amazing man, and discover why he arrived in Naples as a hero and left as the most hated man in Italy.
- Diego vs. Maradona
- Early life in Buenos Aires
- Being spotted by a talent scout and joining Argentinos Juniors
- An uneasy life in Barcelona
- Fighting with Athletico Bilbao
- His surprise move to Naples
- Naples vs. the rest of Italy
- Maradona being welcomed as a demi-god in Naples
- Becoming a national hero for Argentina
- The 1990 World Cup in Italy
- Maradona's life in the Neapolitan underworld
- Cocaine and prostitutes
- Failing drug tests and leaving Naples
- His tragic later life
- Response to his death in 2020
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It has been called the "bloodiest business in history", and cost the lives of 3 million whales.
In today's episode, we take a look at the amazing history of whaling, from how it really worked to the reasons it went on for so long.
- History of pre-industrial whaling
- How pre-industrial whaling worked
- Whaling during the Renaissance era
- How whale hunting in 19th Century America worked
- The men who killed the whales
- What whale products were used for
- Sailing further and further away on the hunt for whales
- Whaling in the 20th century
- Introducing quotas on whales
- Dangers for whales in the 21st century
- What is today's "whaling"?
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It's one of the four countries that form part of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and has a fantastic history of invention, rivalry with its neighbour, and fierce pride.
In this episode, we take a look at the fantastic history of Scotland and ask ourselves how long it will remain part of the UK.
“We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilisation.” - Voltaire
“Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind.” - Winston Churchill
- Statistics about Scotland (geographically large, but has a small population)
- Scotland's great history of inventors
- Early Scottish rivalry with England
- The story of William Wallace
- The unification with England
- The role of Panama
- Scotland getting limited powers of independence in 1999
- Brexit & Scottish independence
- Would Scotland be allowed back into the European Union?
- How long will Scotland remain in the UK?
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It's a dialect from a small area of London's that might sound impossible to understand.
In this episode, you'll learn what "apple and pears" means, what you should do if a friend asks if you want to go to the "battle", and who your "trouble and strife" might be...
- Example clip of Cockney Rhyming Slang
- How Cockney Rhyming Slang is formed
- Funny connections between Cockney Rhyming Slang and the meaning of words
- Why does Cockney Rhyming Slang exist?
- Theories about how Cockney Rhyming Slang was created
- Is Cockney Rhyming Slang useful?
- Cockney Rhyming Slang in pop-culture
- Similarities with Verlan in French
- Why you should learn some Cockney Rhyming Slang (even if it isn't useful at all)
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In the last part of our three-part series on Disney, we take a look at the magic of Disney and ask ourselves what ingredients are in its special, magic sauce.
- Can you really explain the 'magic' of Disney?
- The Hero's Journey
- The 5 core themes: narrative, characters, morale, humour, songs
- Theme #1: Narrative
- Theme #2: Characters
- Theme #3: Morale
- Theme #4: Humour
- Theme #5: Songs
- Bonus magic factor #1: Beautiful animation
- Bonus magic factor #2: Easy to internationalise
- Bonus magic factor #3: Nostalgia
- A missing 'secret' ingredient?
Full transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/disney-magic
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In the first part of our three-part series, we take a look at the fascinating history of Disney.
From why Mickey Mouse isn't a rabbit through to what Walt Disney was like as a person, the history of Disney is as interesting as it is magical.
- Early life of Walt Disney
- Setting off to California
- The "Alice Comedies"
- Setting up Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio
- Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (and why you probably haven't heard of him)
- Walt Disney's first big lesson
- The arrival of Mickey Mouse
- Merchandising
- Starting to make longer films (Snow White and The Seven Dwarves)
- Almost going bankrupt
- Starting to make nature documentaries
- Dreaming of an adventure park
- What was Walt really like as a man?
- Post-Walt Disney
- Films you might not know are ultimately Disney
- The Disney spending spree
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From a small, wet island, English has come to be the world's dominant language.
How did this actually happen, where does English actually come from, and how has the language changed over the years?
- How many people speak English
- Why English isn't a 'pure' language (English as a mongrel dog, and as a soup)
- Anglo-Saxons & "Old" English
- Anglo-Saxon words in English today (and why you should use them)
- “Short words are best, and old words when short are best of all.”
- Invasion by the Vikings (and the impact on the English language)
- Invasion by the Normans (and their linguistic impact)
- How French words became 'fancier' versions of the original English
- The French linguistic influence on how we talk about food in English
- William Shakespeare & the 1,700 words he added to English
- "Borrowing" words from the colonies
- How many countries speak English today
- English's incredible ability to change (and why some people still don't like that)
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It's the day of the year where we celebrate love and desire.
But where does it actually come from?
The origins of Valentine's Day are mysterious, and not even that closely related to love at all.
- "One of those mysterious historical or antiquarian problems which are doomed never to be solved.”
- Theory #1: St Valentine of Rome
- Theory #2: St Valentine of Terni
- Alternative legends of St Valentine
- Why is Valentine's Day on 14th February?
- The traditions of the Roman feast of Lupercalia
- The tradition of romance in the Medieval era
- Valentine's Day & Shakespeare
- The commercialisation of Valentine's Day
- How much we spend on Valentine's Day every year
- Alternatives to Valentine's Day
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Discover the story of what happened when an Italian engineer decided to build an island off the coast of Italy..and then declare it to be an independent country.
- Giorgio Rosa - the ambitious engineer
- The law about who owns the sea
- How he built the island
- Declaring Rose Island to be an independent country
- The political situation in the 1960s
- Why people were worried when he declared independence
- The reaction of the Italian government
- Declaring The Republic of Minerva in The Pacific Ocean
- Libertarianism & declaring new nation-states
- What will the countries of the future look like?
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It's the world's most famous book on military strategy.
Learn about its fascinating history, about the lessons in the book, and discover how you can apply some ideas from this 2,500-year-old book to your English learning.
- What we know (and don't know) about the book
- Sun Tzu: military strategist and general
- Other authors & editors of The Art of War
- Being brought by Europe (and used by Napoleon?)
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1 Lesson from The Art of War: Avoiding War
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2 Lesson from The Art of War: Being Prepared
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3 Lesson from The Art of War: Being Adaptable
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1 English Learning Lesson from The Art of War: Change your strategies
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2 English Learning Lesson from The Art of War: Have both a strategy and tactics
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3 English Learning Lesson from The Art of War: Take opportunities when you see them
- Why you should ignore all of the advice in the book (when it comes to learning English)
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It's the world's favourite sweet snack, and the chocolate industry is worth over $100 billion.
Discover the fantastic history of where it comes from, how it became so popular, and learn about some of the economics of chocolate production.
- The Theobroma Cacao tree: where it all starts
- Aztecs & the early years of drinking chocolate
- The arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors & a ‘bitter drink for pigs’
- Arriving in Europe
- How cacao trees grow (and why it can't in Europe)
- The invention of the cacao press
- The golden era of chocolate
- The industrialisation of the chocolate process
- Chocolate manufacturing & poverty
- Cacao trading & buying futures
- Chocfinger: the man who cornered the world cacao market
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It's the most famous cryptocurrency in the world, and went up in value by 269% in 2020.
In this episode, we take a look at what it actually is, how it works, why some people think it is the future of money and others think it is a giant bubble.
- How 'traditional' money works
- Banks and storing money
- 1971 and leaving the gold standard
- Inflation
- Satoshi Nakamoto & the Bitcoin whitepaper
- Principles of bitcoin
- How bitcoin payments work
- How the blockchain works
- Bitcoin and inflation
- Why the bitcoin price goes up and down
- Buying things with bitcoin
- The first pizzas bought with bitcoin
- Why people don't like bitcoin
- The US Federal Reserve & bitcoin
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It's the iconic Italian scooter that has conquered the world.
Learn about how it started, how it got its name, and why it has become such a huge, global success story.
- “A completely Italian product, such as we have not seen since the Roman chariot”
- 1884 and the founding of Piaggio
- World War I and making aeroplanes
- World War II and being bombed by the Allies
- Rebuilding the factory and deciding to build a scooter
- Version 1: Donald Duck
- Version 2: The Vespa
- Designing a scooter from the ground up
- Selling 1 million scooters by 1956
- Vespa and Hollywood
- Vespa as an aspirational symbol
- Vespas in the UK: Mods vs. Rockers
- Vespa in Italy today
- Weird records in a Vespa
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You might think that nothing of historical importance ever happens on Christmas Day, but you'd be wrong.
Here are 9 weird and wonderful events.
The one thing they have in common? They all happened on December 25th.
- Jesus of Nazareth - born on December 25th?
- Event #1 - Crowing of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor
- Event #2 - Coronation of William the Conqueror as King of England
- Event #3 - Discovery of Celcius as a measure of temperature
- Event #4 - Andrew Johnson pardoning Confederate soldiers
- Event #5 - The ceasefire of World War I
- Event #6 - The Apollo 8 space shuttle leaves Earth's orbit
- Event #7 - The execution of Ceaușescu
- Event #8 - The first live testing of the World Wide Web
- Event #9 - The resignation of Mikhael Gorbachev
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He was the creator of utilitarianism, a philosophical framework for how societies should be structured, based on the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.
Learn about the fascinating life of this interesting character, how this theory impacted the law, and how he was true to his beliefs even in death.
- Bentham's early life as a child prodigy
- Enlightenment principles
- Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
- Measuring pleasure vs. pain
- The six different measurements of pleasure and pain
- Rejecting existing laws
- The Panopticon and treatment of criminals
- Why should someone be killed for stealing?
- Problems with utilitarianism
- Defining the true meaning of happiness
- Applying utilitarianism to economics, sexuality and animal rights
- Bentham's wishes for his body when he died
- The theft of Jeremy Bentham's head
Full transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/jeremy-bentham
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He is the father of modern biology, and his 1869 book On the Origin of Species presented a revolutionary new idea about how species evolve.
Discover the amazing story of Charles Darwin, and the journey of how he developed this groundbreaking theory.
- Early life of Charles Darwin
- Being sent to medical school aged 16
- Developing an early interest in the natural world
- Moving to Cambridge and starting the journey of becoming a priest
- What happens when you put a beetle in your mouth
- Creationism & evolution
- The trip of a lifetime
- 5 weeks in the Galapagos Islands
- Returning to Britain and working in secret
- Publishing On the Origin of Species
- Modern theories of evolution
Full transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/charles-darwin
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The personality industry is worth billions, and promises to help us better understand ourselves.
But how did it start? How does it actually work?
And most importantly, does it actually work?
- What are personality tests?
- Historical ideas of personality & character: The four humours
- Sigmund Freud & Carl Jung
- Katharine Cook Briggs & Isabel Briggs-Myers: the mother and daughter pair from Michigan
- The Myers-Briggs Personality Indicator
- Personality within a family environment
- How The Myers-Briggs Personality Indicator works
- Corporate America & personality tests
- Personality testing: a billion dollar industry
- Problems with the personality test industry
- The Forer effect
- Why The Myers-Briggs Personality Indicator has remained so popular
Full transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/personality-tests
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It's the biggest shopping day of the year. How did it start, what actually happens, and how much do people really spend?
Plus, learn about the history of discounting, and how companies trick you into buying things you don't need.
- How much people spend on Black Friday
- How Black Friday has developed over the years
- The history of Black Friday (it doesn't come from 'going into the black')
- Coca-Cola and the first mass discount
- The business of discounting
- Tricks companies use to get you to buy stuff you don't need
- Trick #1 - The Rule of 100
- Trick #2 - Using prices with fewer syllables
- Trick #3 - Phased discounting
- The Black Friday alternative: Buy Nothing Day
- What Leonardo English is (or isn't) doing for Black Friday
Full transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/black-friday-history-of-discounting
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Starting in the 17th century, Britain sent hundreds of thousands of people to America and Australia for crimes as small as stealing a loaf of bread.
Learn about why this happened, how it worked, and the legacy it has left on the countries where these prisoners were sent to.
- Sending criminals away as a punishment - as old as time
- The Bloody Code & being killed for stealing a rabbit
- Impact of the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions on society
- Prison boats
- Sending criminals to America
- What life was like in America as a prisoner
- The American Revolution & finding a new place for prisoners
- The discovery of Australia
- The convicts' journey to Australia
- 1 in 5 Australians is a descendant of a convict
- Penal colonies in other countries
- The cultural impact of sending prisoners to the colonies
Full transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/penal-colonies
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There's no small-talk, no boring grammar exercises or vocabulary drills.
You'll learn English by listening, by hearing real conversations and real English, spoken by native speakers, and at a speed you can understand.
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From black cats to Friday the 13th, superstitions exist in cultures all over the world.
Where do they come from? Why do so many people believe them? And is there any evidence to suggest that they are actually true?
- Definition of 'superstition'
- Superstitions in Ancient Rome
- Superstitions + religion
- The Catholic Church + superstitions
- Why are so many superstitions about 'bad' luck?
- Superstition Story 1: Why you shouldn't open an umbrella inside
- Superstition Story 2: Salt over your shoulder
- Superstition Story 3: Knocking on wood
- Superstition Story 4: Saying 'bless you' after sneezing
- Superstition Story 5: Friday 13th
Full transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/superstitions
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You'll learn English by listening, by hearing real conversations and real English, spoken by native speakers, and at a speed you can understand.
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It's the belief that the world is unstable and unpredictable, and that we should all be prepared for what happens when catastrophe strikes.
Learn about where this idea came from, what survivalists do, and why the USA is the world's survivalist capital.
- What is survivalism?
- Different types of survivalist
- 1960s and the birth of survivalism
- Reasons that survivalism has grown
- Doomsday Preppers TV show
- Survivalism is big business
- COVID-19 and survivalism
- Survivalists: rich and poor
- Why is the US the global capital of survivalist?
Full transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/survivalism
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You'll learn English by listening, by hearing real conversations and real English, spoken by native speakers, and at a speed you can understand.
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In 70 countries around the world we change the time twice a year, giving us longer evenings in summer.
Why did we start doing this? Why do some people love it, others hate it, and will we ever stop doing it altogether?
- Early ideas about timekeeping
- Romans & hours that were longer or shorter than 60 minutes
- When every town had its own time zone
- The invention of standard time zones
- The Earth's tilt and the reason days are longer and shorter by season
- The proposals to create Daylight Saving Time: collecting insects & playing golf
- Starting to use Daylight Saving Time
- Daylight Saving Time in the 20th century
- Reasons to keep Daylight Saving Time: wellbeing, reducing crime, reducing accidents, businesses that benefit from it
- Reasons to get rid of Daylight Saving Time: doesn't save energy, it's annoying to change, lost productivity, health disadvantages, businesses that don't like it
- Farmers in the north of Scotland
- When the UK kept Daylight Saving Time all year round
- Complications with Daylight Saving Time when communicating between time zones
- Getting rid of Daylight Saving Time?
- Changing the clocks twice a year at the Queen's residences
Full transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/daylight-saving-time
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He has been called 'the most relentlessly curious man in history', and was the quintessential Renaissance man.
Learn all about the fantastic life of the genius after whom Leonardo English is named, from his talents as an artist to his skills as an engineer, and get inspired by his insatiable curiosity about how the world works.
- His early life in Vinci
- Apprenticeship in Verrocchio's workshop
- Keeping notebooks
- "The most relentlessly curious man in history"
- How everything in the world is connected
- Writing a letter to the Duke of Milan
- Painting The Last Supper
- Later life & moving to France
- Leonardo Da Vinci as a misfit in Florentine society: illegitimate, left-handed, uninterested in fame, homosexual, vegetarian
- Love for animals
- Work as an anatomist
- Work as an engineer
- The Mona Lisa
- "I haven't achieved enough"
Full transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/leonardo-da-vinci
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You'll learn English by listening, by hearing real conversations and real English, spoken by native speakers, and at a speed you can understand.
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“It measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile.” - Robert Kennedy
It's the number that world leaders constantly talk about, using it as proof of what a great job they are doing.
But what does it actually mean? What does it tell us, and what doesn't it tell us? And what would happen if we stopped using it altogether?
- Measuring growth in history
- Simon Kuznets & the invention of GDP
- John Maynard Keynes & popularising GDP after WWII
- How to calculate GDP
- Why GDP started being used & when it was useful
- Criticism of GDP #1: What is (and isn't) counted as part of GDP
- Criticism of GDP #2: Positive and negative contributions to GDP
- Criticism of GDP #3: Unpaid work & GDP
- GDP per capita as a measure of 'how well we are doing'
- Is all consumption good?
- Bhutan & measuring happiness
- Alternative #1: The Human Development Index
- Alternative #2: The Human Capital Index
- Alternative #3: The Genuine Progress Index
- Abandoning measuring GDP altogether?
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/gdp
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You'll learn English by listening, by hearing real conversations and real English, spoken by native speakers, and at a speed you can understand.
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For almost 300 years the vikings terrorised large parts of Europe, arriving in boats and killing anyone that got in their way.
But they were also traders, inventors, and storytellers, and they have had a lasting legacy on the world we live in.
In this episode we cover:
- The oversimplification of the vikings
- The first viking attack in 793
- Why did the vikings invade in the first place? Overpopulation, the search for brides, revenge, or they sensed an opportunity?
- Settling alongside the local population
- Technological advances with boats
- How the vikings fought
- Valhalla & what happened when a viking died in battle
- Trading in the middle east
- Viking social classes
- A viking symbol you probably have on your phone
- The vikings' linguistic legacy
- How did the vikings end?
- The Victorians and the vikings
- The viking ancestral legacy
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/the-vikings
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You've heard of zoology, but you might not have heard about its pseudoscience cousin, cryptozoology, the subculture that attempts to prove the existence of mysterious animals from folklore and popular culture.
In today's episode we cover
- Origins of Cryptozoology
- 1960s and conspiracy theories
- The discovery of the komodo dragon and the giant panda
- Problem with cryptozoology #1: lack of professionalism
- Problem with cryptozoology #2: problems with sightings of monsters
- Problem with cryptozoology #3: where do their remains go?
- Problem with cryptozoology #4: geological problems with cryptids
- Can you be a 'normal' cryptozoologist?
- We are still discovering 'real' species every year
- How cryptozoology can help us
- Discovering animals before they become extinct
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/cryptozoology
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You'll learn English by listening, by hearing real conversations and real English, spoken by native speakers, and at a speed you can understand.
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The Prime Minister of the UK has a unique way of using language, which shows his privileged upbringing and elite education.
Learn about how he uses language, why he talks in this way, why this appeals to the British people, and what similarities he has with Donald Trump.
In today's episode we cover:
- The early life of Boris Johnson
- Johnson's classical language
- Clip of Johnson in an Ancient Rome vs. Ancient Greece debate
- Johnson's carefully maintained image
- Johnson's struggle to use simple language
- British tradition of upper-class rulers
- Why Johnson makes no apologies for himself
- A £250,000 a year 'second job' that is 'chicken-feed'
- Johnson's human flaws
- Johnson's ability to use language to create vivid, memorable images
- Johnson as a breath of fresh air vs. status quo politicians
- Using comedy to avoid questions
- Similarities and differences between Boris Johnson and Donald Trump
- Did Boris Johnson attempt to manipulate the Google search results?
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/english-of-boris-johnson
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You'll learn English by listening, by hearing real conversations and real English, spoken by native speakers, and at a speed you can understand.
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"He it is who decides peace and war… He is king in all but name.” Quote about Cosimo de' Medici
The Medici family rose to power in Florence in the 1400s, and controlled the city for a large part of the Renaissance. Their legacy lives on through much of the art, culture, and architecture that we now take for granted.
In this episode we tell the story of how they rose to power and developed the idea of modern philanthropy.
In today's episode we cover:
- The founding of the Medici bank
- The bank and the Vatican City
- Cosimo de Medici: "The Father of The Fatherland"
- Patronage of the arts
- Lorenzo The Magnificent
- The attempted assassination of Lorenzo in front of 10,000 people
- Being held prisoner by the King of Naples
- The Medici entering the Vatican City
- Making marriage matches
- The legacy of The Medici
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/the-house-of-medici
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There's no small-talk, no boring grammar exercises or vocabulary drills.
You'll learn English by listening, by hearing real conversations and real English, spoken by native speakers, and at a speed you can understand.
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“The whales do not sing because they have an answer, they sing because they have a song.”- Gregory Colbert
Whales are some of the most amazing animals that have ever existed.
From where they come from to how they live their lives, through to the threats that they have faced and how they bring new life in death, it's time to learn more about the amazing life these animals lead.
In today's episode we cover:
- What really is a 'whale'?
- The great variety of whales
- How whales feed
- How whales migrate to find food and mate
- How whales communicate
- Whales: one of only 6 animals in the world that 'learn' to vocalise
- A whale song
- Whale hunting
- What happens when a whale dies
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/the-amazing-life-of-whales
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The history of electric cars goes back a lot further than Tesla and Elon Musk.
Indeed, the 'golden age' of electric cars was over 150 years ago.
Discover how electric cars have evolved, why some people say they aren't as green as people think they are, and we run the calculations to see what the true environmental cost of electric car ownership is.
- Electric vs. Petrol vs. Steam
- The Golden Age of the electric car
- Electric: The lady's choice
- The arrival of the Ford Model T
- The oil crises
- Tesla & The Roadster
- Criticisms of electric cars: production, usage, and resource extraction
- Calculating the true environmental cost of an electric car
- Tesla's share price
- Betting against electric?
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Tito, the former president of Yugoslavia, survived 21 assassination attempts, fought in two world wars, and managed to stand up to Josef Stalin and live to tell the tale.
In this episode we tell the tale of the fascinating life of Josip Broz, 'Tito'.
In today's episode we cover:
- Birth and early life of Josip Broz
- Joining the Austro-Hungarian army & World War One
- Being captured by the Russians
- Returning home to a different country
- World War II & the partisan underground
- Beating the Nazis
- Struggling with Stalin & death threats
- Post-Stalin years
- Authoritarian rule within Yugoslavia
- What was Tito's legacy?
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The former President of The United States of America uses a kind of English you won't find in a textbook.
Here we take a look at how he speaks, why he speaks like he speaks, and what Donald Trump can teach you about speaking English effectively.
In today's episode we cover:
- "I have the best words"
- The vocabulary that Trump uses
- The coherence of Donald Trump
- The problems that translators have with Donald Trump
- The vulgar language that Trump uses
- Linguistic techniques that Trump uses
- Why Trump is so effective
- What you can learn from Donald Trump
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It's one of the biggest financial frauds in history, and involves bankers, politicians, Hollywood celebrities, and The Wolf of Wall Street.
It's time to find out what happened to the missing Malaysian billions.
In today's episode we cover:
- Najib Razak comes to power in 2009
- Malaysia and the role of a development fund
- Enter Jho Low
- From $1 billion to $10 billion
- Lavish shopping sprees
- “Big-spending Malaysian is the mystery man of city club scene”
- The wildest party in Vegas
- The Wolf of Wall Street
- How the fraud really worked
- Offshore companies
- Goldman Sachs
- How everything came crashing down
- Najib Razak, Jho Low, and Goldman Sachs in 2020
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The pirates of the 21st century don't have parrots and swords, but night-vision goggles and AK47s.
Discover why pirates have re-emerged, how they work, and what the effect of piracy is on the areas in which they operate.
In today's episode we cover:
- Somalia - the world's piracy hotspot
- Why pirates emerged in Somalia
- How fisherman became pirates
- How pirates are organised
- Ransoms and getting paid
- The pirate stock market
- The effect on the community on land
- The 'new' pirate hotspot
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It's one of the world's most important financial institutions, but also one of the most controversial.
Discover what the World Bank actually is, how it works, what happens when it gets things right, and what happens when things go badly wrong.
In today's episode we cover:
- The creation of the World Bank
- The difference between the World Bank and the IMF
- The ambitious aims of the World Bank
- The first World Bank loan, to France
- Structural Adjustment (or "you do what we say")
- The Cochabamba Water War in Bolivia
- Why the World Bank imposes conditions
- What happens to all this debt?
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This far-right conspiracy theory has gone from niche internet forums to President Trump's Twitter account.
Discover the story behind QAnon - where does it come from, what do they believe, and is it really the most dangerous conspiracy theory in America?
In today's episode we cover:
- The first Q message
- PizzaGate
- Hillary Clinton
- What does Q actually believe?
- Donald Trump & QAnon
- QAnon & social media companies
- Why is QAnon so popular?
- US politicians & QAnon
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In 1971, Richard Nixon declared The War On Drugs. Almost 50 years later, and a war that has cost the US over a trillion dollars, we take a look at the effect that this war has had on society.
Why was it declared, what actually happened, and who are the real winners?
In today's episode we cover:
- History of drug use in the United States
- Sherlock Holmes & cocaine
- The prohibition era
- Why was The War on Drugs launched?
- Hippies + black community
- What actually happened
- Are drugs harder to buy now?
- Are drugs more expensive now?
- The balloon effect
- Prescription opiates
- The future for the War on Drugs
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In 1948 the United Nations signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which set out the 30 'inalienable' rights that all humans on Earth should get at birth.
But where did this come from? How effectively does it actually work?
And what comes next for human rights?
In today's episode we cover:
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- The 'first' human rights
- Human rights vs. Natural rights
- The French Revolution & United States Declaration of Independence
- Slavery & human rights
- Human rights & the law
- Ignoring human rights
- The countries that didn't vote for human rights
- Human rights as a western invention
- Environmental human rights
- The future of human rights
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There are 7,000 languages spoken across the world.
Yet 80% of the population speaks just 1.1% of the languages, and 43% of the languages are endangered.
What happens when they die out?
In today's episode we cover:
- How people feel differently when speaking different languages
- The 12 'dominant' world languages
- Why have certain languages dominated?
- Why do languages die out?
- When the last two speakers of a language hate each other
- Dying languages in the UK
- Hawaiian - a revival success story
- Reviving a dead language
- Written vs. oral languages
- Should we save languages?
- Why language is a part of culture
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Discover the amazing story of how a young woman from France befriended the royal family, escaped the guillotine, made death masks of revolutionaries, and then created the world's most successful waxworks museum.
The story of Madame Tussauds has a lot more to it than meets the eye.
In today's episode we cover:
- What is wax-working?
- Going to Paris to seek fortune
- Teaching art to King Louis XVI’s sister
- The arrival of the revolution
- Death masks
- The trip to London
- The UK tour
- Why Brits loved it
- Madame Tussauds in modern times
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Food delivery apps have taken over cities across the world, promising delicious food at the tap of a button.
But is it really that simple?
In this episode we discuss what the rise of food delivery apps means for us, for restaurants, and for the people who do the deliveries.
In today's episode we cover:
- How food delivery apps work
- Why restaurants use them
- The early years of food delivery apps
- Unfair tactics
- Charging $9 for a phone call
- Offers and commissions
- Chicago Pizza Boss
- Racing to the bottom
- Dark kitchens
- The people who deliver the food
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When a country finds gold, oil or diamonds, you might think this would be a good thing.
But in many cases, it is a curse for that country, and it would have been better off leaving its natural resources in the ground.
In today's episode we cover:
- Expression: "to strike gold"
- Wars & conflict
- What happens to your currency when you export natural resources
- Government accountability & politicians
- Equatorial Guinea (and the $600M president)
- Prices that change a lot
- Did the resource curse cause the fall of the Spanish empire?
- Countries that disprove the rule
- "The devil's excrement"
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People in Britain have a unique sense of humour.
For lots of foreigners it's difficult to understand and confusing. But British people are fiercely proud of their sense of humour, and Britain has produced some of the world's best comedies.
In this episode we take a look at what makes Brits laugh, and tell a few jokes along the way.
- Introduction to British humour
- What do British people laugh about?
- Sarcasm ("No sh*t Sherlock")
- What happens when you tell a joke about pasta to an Italian
- Self-deprecation (and putting yourself down)
- How to deliver a joke
- British vs. American humour
- Laughing at the mundane (and some classic British TV shows)
- Innuendo and double-entendre
- British stereotypes (and the Englishman, Scotsman and Irishman jokes)
- It takes a while, but it's worth it
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website: www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/the-british-sense-of-humour
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Carry On Series
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It has revolutionised our lives, made cars lighter, food fresher, and water safer.
But at what cost?
In this episode we take a look at the history of plastic, and ask ourselves what comes next.
In today's episode we cover:
- Elephants, combs and billiard balls - how plastic was invented
- Throwaway living in the 1950s
- How much plastic waste exists in the world?
- How much plastic do we eat?
- Recycling plastic
- The 5 countries that are responsible for the plastic in the oceans
- New non-plastic options
- A simple solution to the plastic problem
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It's one of the most isolated countries in the world, ruled by an authoritarian leader with a passion for horses and Guinness World Records.
It's time to find out about the weird and wonderful country of Turkmenistan.
In today's episode we cover:
- The cult of personality under Niyazov
- No dogs allowed in the capital
- The golden statue that turned to face the sun
- Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow and the love for horses
- Firing a gun from a bicycle
- The resource curse
- Changing money on the black market
- COVID-19
- Guinness World Records
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It's one of the most famous department stores in the world, catering to the world's rich and famous.
But it hasn't always been this way.
In this episode we take a look at the story of Harrods, and discover the fascinating and unusual history of this iconic London location.
In today's episode we cover:
- How it all started, back in 1824
- The Great Exhibition
- When it all burned down
- Harrods' famous customers
- Brandy on the escalator
- The Mohamed Al-Fayed years
- The lawsuit with Harrods New Zealand
- The cash for questions scandal
- The feud with The British Royal Family
- Selling lions and tigers
- Spending £32,000 on chocolates
- The Russian hoodie
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It's a collection of the biggest, fastest, and weirdest things in the world.
But how much do you really know about The Guinness World Records?
Today we look at the story behind the book, and discover how an argument about a bird turned into one of the best selling books in the world.
Here's what you have to look forward to in today's episode:
- Finding out the answers to things before the internet
- How the idea for the Guinness Book of Records came about
- The McWhirter twins and their photographic memory
- Record-breaking is big business
- Three strange records (Big Macs, Star Wars, and tall men)
- How to become a record-breaker (and how much it costs)
- Why there are so many 'strange' records (and who pays for them)
- Guinness gets all the free publicity
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You recognise the name. You recognise the label.
You've seen it on bananas, chocolate, coffee, and all over thousands of everyday products.
But how much do you really know about Fairtrade?
In today's episode we take a look at how it really works, who benefits, and why some companies are starting up alternatives to Fairtrade.
In today's episode we cover:
- A brief history of 'trade'
- Why farmers get a bad deal
- Max Havelaar & the first fair trade coffee
- The Dutch in Indonesia
- The mission of Fairtrade
- How Fairtrade works
- Why it works
- The criticisms of Fairtrade
- Alternatives to Fairtrade
- The future of Fairtrade
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It's one of the most powerful television channels in the United States, the current US president’s preferred news channel, and referred to by some as 'state TV'.
In today's episode we take a look at Fox News: who watches it, how it really makes money, and what event could cause its downfall.
In today's episode we cover:
- The growth of Fox News
- Fox News & Donald Trump
- News vs. opinion
- Very good, excellent, or superb - North Korean TV in America
- Advertisers on Fox News
- How Fox News really makes money
- Is Fox News really American?
- The Fox News viewer
- The Coronavirus & Fox News
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In the early hours of November 5th, 1605, a man was found in a cellar under The Houses of Parliament. He was moments away from blowing everything up, killing the King, and changing the course of British history forever.
Today we tell the story of Guy Fawkes, and how we went from religious terrorist to anti-establishment icon.
In today's episode we cover:
- November 5th celebrations in the UK
- The persecution of Catholics in Britain
- The plan to blow up parliament
- The anonymous letter
- Who really was Guy Fawkes?
- The execution of Guy Fawkes
- Was it all a conspiracy?
- Impact on the English language
- Weird Guy Fawkes traditions
- Guy Fawkes in popular culture
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In Holland in the 1600s the price of tulips rose so much that a single bulb reportedly cost more than a townhouse on Amsterdam's grand canal.
Today we look at the real story behind one of the greatest bubbles in history.
- What is a tulip?
- Why are things expensive?
- Why were tulips so expensive in Holland?
- Why were some people in Holland so rich?
- How tulips grow
- Tulip contracts
- The greater fool theory
- When the market crashed
- What really happened
- Have we learned our lesson?
- (BONUS) How to not lose all your money in a financial bubble
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In 1963 a criminal gang managed to stop a Royal Mail train, steal £2 million pounds in cash (£55 million in today's money), and escape. It took them just 15 minutes.
Today we tell the story of this infamous robbery, and the hunt to find the men who did it.
- The train carrying all the money
- Why was it carrying so much money?
- The story of the robbery
- The hunt for the suspects
- The discovery of the farm
- The Monopoly piece and the fingerprints
- The arrest of the suspects
- Who were the robbers?
- The escape from jail
- Ronnie Biggs in Brazil
- The victim of the robbery
- The Great Train Robbery in popular culture
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Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/the-great-train-robbery
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In 1755, Samuel Johnson published an English dictionary that has gone down in history.
Not only was it the first of its kind, it was full of funny jokes.
Today we tell the story of this fantastic dictionary.
- Dictionaries before 1755
- Why Johnson's was so famous
- Why was a dictionary needed?
- Why was the English language a mess?
- 'Fixing' English
- Johnson's dictionary: 40,000 words of fine scholarship
- Hidden joke 1: the definition of 'oats'
- Hidden joke 2: the definition of 'lexicographer'
- Hidden joke 3: the definition of 'lunch'
- Why writing a dictionary is so hard
Key vocabulary: Scholarship, Intriguing, Politically correct, Authoritative, Captured, The masses, Painting a picture, Linguistic, Reflecting on, Estimated, Mess, Literacy, Formal, All-encompassing, Collate, Unsatisfactory, Fast-forward, Scene was set, Stabilise, Anomalies, Peculiarities, Set things straight, Hang on, Exceptions, Convoluted, Messy, Organism, Gargantuan, Rivalry, Harmless, Busies, Tracing, Unpleasant, Unappreciated, Extensive, Buried, Highlighted, Adapt, From scratch, Evolving
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/the-story-of-a-fantastic-dictionary
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300 years ago, London experienced a gin craze of epic scale, with the average Londoner drinking 10 times the amount of gin that the world's biggest gin drinking country does now.
Today, it's time to learn about how gin almost destroyed London.
We'll learn about:
- 👀 Why 'gin' is called 'gin'
- ⚡ The perfect storm that made caused the gin boom
- 🍸 The gin shops
- 🌡 The ingredients of the 'gin'
- ☠ "Drunk for a penny; dead drunk for two pennies; clean straw for nothing.”
- 💊 Gin craze = crack cocaine epidemic?
- 👶 Poor Mary Defour
- ⚖ The Gin Act of 1751
- 📈 Gin today & the resurgence of gin
Key vocabulary: Epidemic, Epic, Bear in mind, Customary, Sophisticated, Phenomenon, Spirit, Juniper, Variant, Liquor, Brandy, Fate, Imported, Patriotic, Domestic, Reliance, Unlicensed, Boom, Legislation, Disposable income, Perfect storm, Establishments, Sipping, Emerge, Fiendishly, Sulphuric acid, Turpentine, Impotent, Sterile, Exceeded, Vast, Pass out, Monotonous, Drawn parallels, Impurities, Hopelessly, Wake-up call, Passed, Consumption, Resurgence, Craze, Stronghold
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/londons-gin-craze
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After water and air, it's the most used natural resource in the world. But are we really running out of it?
If so, why? And what happens if we do?
In today's episode we cover:
- 🌡 What do we use sand for?
- 🏘 How much sand goes into a house?
- 🇨🇳 How much sand China uses
- ⏳ Where does this sand come from?
- 👮♂️ Sand mafias
- 🤷♂️ Can we avoid using sand?
- 🗼 Sand in Dubai (it doesn't come from where you think it does)
Key vocabulary: Rolling, Dunes, Trekking, Infinite, Implausible, Run out, Pace, Consume, Crucial, Small-fry, Concrete, Asphalt, Aggregate, Runways, Gravel, Foundation, Cubic, Inhabitants, Urbanisation, Phenomenal, Reiterate, Vast, Embarked, Infrastructure, Trucks, Fine, Grains, Spherical, Barefoot, Cement, Angular, Sucks it up, Finite, Emergence, Mafias, Bribing, Turn a blind eye, Extracting, Corrupt, Suck up, Sucked up, Ecosystem, Ecological, Over the course, Outstrips, Particles, Temporary, Reinforce, Clocking in, Imported, Excess, Sink, Bunkers, Gargantuan, Uplifting,
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What would happen if the government just gave everyone money?
That's the idea of Universal Basic Income, and it's an idea that has supporters from all across the political spectrum.
In today's episode we cover:
- ✍ History of Universal Basic Income
- 🤖 Are the robots coming?
- 💸 Who should get the money?
- 💰 Who should pay for it?
- 👏 Who supports Universal Basic Income?
- 👍 Advantages of Universal Basic Income
- 👎 Disadvantages of Universal Basic Income
- 🇫🇮 The experiment in Finland - what happens when you give 2,000 people €560 a month?
- 🇱🇷 The experiment in Liberia - what happens when you give alcoholics and drug addicts money?
- ❓ Future of Universal Basic Income
Key vocabulary: Traction, Entrepreneurs, Programmers, Shareholders, Counteract, Bureaucracy, Poverty line, Corporations, Majority, Shareholdings, Spectrum, Libertarians, Pushing for, Proponent, Signature, Regardless, Neoliberal, Top-up, Extensively, Outcomes, Outspoken, Widespread, Adoption, Touched on, Dishing out, Assessing, Better off, Vehemently, Handing out, Implementing, Factor in, Welfare, Backsides, Handout, Incentive, Vicious cycle, Inflation, Get by, Vicious circle, Subsistence, Counter argument, Persuasive, Deemed, Compelling
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/universal-basic-income
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It's the most visited website in the world, with 80,000 searches per second. But have you ever actually wondered how it really works?
In today's episode we'll take a look at how this technology giant really works.
- 🔠 Alphabet & Google
- 🖥 What does 'The Internet' actually mean?
- 🕷 Google Spider
- 🤔 How does Google decide what results to show you?
- ❓ How does Google decide how websites are good or bad?
- 📊 Relevance, Quality, and User Experience
- 💵 How Google makes $6,000 a second
- 🛎 How Google Ads work
- 💍Why advertisers pay almost $1,000 for one click
- 📍 3 weird facts about Google - 1) How many new queries are asked every day, 2) How far a search travels and 3) How many computers are used in a single Google search?
Key vocabulary: On the hunt, Junk, Crawlers, Algorithm, Scanning, Adopt, Straightforward, Obscure, Trustworthy, Likewise, Popups, Tend, Tradeoff, Delicate, Distinctive, Rank, Auction, Bid, Indicate, Asbestos, Bidding, Implications, Round trip, Scratched the surface
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You might know nothing about it. But certainly does (or could do) know a huge amount about you.
Let's take a look at this incredibly powerful company that has the power to see everything we do.
In today's episode we cover:
- Animating transcripts
- Peter Thiel - founder of Palantir
- What does Palantir actually do?
- Big data
- What if the technology wasn't used for good?
- Minority Report in real life - the crime prediction tool
- Palantir & ICE
- The successes of Palantir
- Lord of the Rings
Key vocabulary: Poses, Libertarian, Doublespeak, Anything but, Connect the dots, Insider trading, Buzzword, Gargantuan, Piece together, Scratching their head, Crack, Infinitely, Hardware, Weigh up, Erosion, All-seeing, Comb, Speak out, Monitor, In inverted commas, Eerily, Algorithm, Creepy, Bias, Weighted, Deport, Pleas, Back down, Treasonous, Cynics, Lucrative, Web, Intrusion, Fraudster, Omnipotent, Orb, Blinding
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/palantir-the-most-important-company-youve-never-heard-of
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Today is a bit of a change from the normal.
It's time to ask for your help.
Let's build the best podcast in the world together.
- Animated transcripts
- Update on the podcast after 2 months
- What do I know?
- How you can help
- What you get in return
Key vocabulary: Animated, Browser, For one, Condense, Ether, Hand in hand, Pile, Operation, Shape, Priority, Shaping, Ray of light, Pleading
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/help
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The media might portray it as just a failed state run by a mad dictator, but today we'll find out that things might be just a little bit more complicated than they seem.
In today's episode we cover:
- Post Second World War - US vs. USSR in the Korean Peninsula
- The Korean War
- The post-war years
- North Korea & China
- Nuclear weapons (and why do they really have them?)
- Kim Jong-un
- North Korea in 2020
- 4 weird facts about North Korea (haircuts, marijuana, holes in one & the calendar)
Key vocabulary: Isolated, Feature, Animates, Neat, Slap bang in the middle, Powerhouse, Pariah, Hermit, Dictator, Recapping, Peninsula, Annexed, Colony, Guerilla, Construct, Jurisdiction, Backing, Stronghold, Armistice, Thriving, Polar, Unwind, Dissolution, Toppled, Precarious, Cozy up, Buffer, Affiliated, Perished, Enriching, Uranium, Volatile, Ruthless, Erratic, Counterpart, , Offensively, Reprisal, Offensive, Deterrent, Bargaining, Diplomatic, Concessions, Dismal, Prestige, Credentials, Longevity, Portrayed, Missile, Legitimacy, Gestures, Surreal, Brutal, Sentenced, Lighthearted, Curtail, Trivia, Feats, Sank, Hole in one, Phenomenally, Enlightening
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Confused about the difference between Great Britain and The United Kingdom, and always wondered when to call someone British instead of English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish? Let's clear it up, and explain how we got to this, admittedly, pretty complicated situation.
In today's episode we cover:
- Bye bye European Union
- Do people in the UK know the difference?
- The UK vs. Great Britain
- England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland - countries or not?
- Key events in the history of the formation of The United Kingdom
- The British Isles (actually 6,000 islands)
- Why is Great Britain 'Great'?
- Why does England play at the football World Cup but Great Britain compete at the olympics?
- When should you call someone British vs. English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish?
- What might happen after Brexit?
Key vocabulary: Listing out, Tricky, Interchangeably, Generalise, Stereotype, In light of, Admittedly, Synonyms, Sovereign state, Counties, I wouldn't blame you, Parliament, Ultimately, Key, Unification, Tribes, Effectively, Withdrew, Recap, Comprised, Bailiwick, Conflicting, Distinguish, Ego, Abundantly, Compete, Catchy, Branding, Fiercely, Heritage, Offended, Bet, Long story short, Phenomenally, Plausible, Referendum, Inevitably, Misuses
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/whats-the-difference-between-great-britain-and-the-united-kingdom
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It's time for Part 2 of our most common mistakes people make when learning English.
In today's episode we cover:
- Recap of Part 1
- Why you shouldn't focus on grammar (and how to actually learn grammar)
- Why you shouldn't just do 'survival' listening
- Why you don't need to go to an English-speaking country (and how to create your own immersion course)
- How to set aside time for English learning
- Why you should set yourself goals
- How to set yourself goals
- How to avoid getting disheartened
Key vocabulary: Hacks, Rid, Right up your street, Standalone, Discipline, Tricky, Bonus, Genders, Conjugations, Discouraged, Motivation, Heads down, Masochist, Classify, Base, Conjugated, By all means, Embrace, Quirkiness, Pet peeve, Combat, Gist, Core, Starting out, Purely, Turn of phrase, Switch, Interaction, Close to my heart, Hats off to you, Assuming, Immersive, Enroll, Hate on, Setting foot, Kudos, Dedicate, Postpone, Skip, Overused, Shinier, Chore, Motivation, Vicious circle, Slot, Routine, Ambitious, Penultimate, Motivate, Annotate, Flowing, Elaborate, Disheartened, Roller coaster, Uphill, Pack everything in, Uplifting, Interlude, Pointless
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/part-2-the-most-common-mistakes-people-make-when-learning-english-and-how-to-avoid-them
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It's time to take a look at the most common mistakes people make when learning English, and how to avoid them.
In today's episode we cover:
- 📍 Strategic vs. Specific mistakes
- 📕 Why you shouldn't use traditional language learning content
- 👀 Why you shouldn't judge your progress against that of others
- 📈 Are there really any English learning hacks?
- 😍 How to embrace the English learning process
- 🤞 How to get over your fear of making mistakes
- 👨🏻 Francesco, the fearless Sicilian English learner
- 🗣 Why you shouldn't speak too fast
- 🧠 Barack Obama as an orator
- 🔍 Sneak peek at Part 2
Key vocabulary: Deviation, Avoiding, Specifics, Strategic, Pat on the back, Disheartened, Hacks, Squeeze, Boosting, Specific, Without further ado, Artificial, Staged, Motivate, Chore, Dulled down, Over and above, Small-talk, Motivation, Pace, Engage, By all means, Tactics, Zero-sum, Endlessly, Core, Caught up, Shiny, Pains me, Prominent, Miraculously, Minimise, Framing, Embrace, At ease, Tedious, Relish, Elusive, Degree, As useful as being hit in the face with a wet fish, Patronise, Literate, Nod, In all probability, Scholarship, Implausible, Aptitude, Moustache, Prestigious, Single out, Equate, Orators, Hesitate, Comes across, Proxy, Linguistic, Nuanced, Accomplished, Bite-sized, Call this a day, Sneak peak, Detrimental, Momentum
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/part-2-the-most-common-mistakes-people-make-when-learning-english-and-how-to-avoid-them
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Do you believe in conspiracy theories?
Millions of people around the world do.
Today we're going to ask ourselves why, talk about why they can be so seductive, and zoom in on some of the wackiest ones out there.
This episode covers:
- 👀 What is a conspiracy theory?
- 👄Why conspiracy theories can be so seductive
- 🧠Why do we seek connections between events?
- 📈Why are conspiracy theories growing in popularity?
- 🍕Pizzagate & the danger of conspiracy theories
- ❄Why people believe Disney made Frozen
- 🦖Why people believe the dinosaurs built the pyramids
- ⛩Who people think advised on the building of Stonehenge
- 🐰The internet rabbit warren of conspiracy theories
Key vocabulary: Seductive, Faked, An inside job, Deep state, Fictional, Narratives, Goodies, Baddies, Institution, Baddy, Overplay, Assume, Narrative, Underlying, Intentionally, Deceived, Niche, Recesses, Mainstream, Attribute, Ease, Engaged in, Fanning the flames, Serial, Legitimises, Given the light of day, Laughable, Child sex ring, Spread, Surfaced, Harassed, Debunked, Airtime, Wackiest, Without further ado, Extinct, Tamed, Domesticated, Supposedly, Tenuous, Policy line, Distract, Cryogenically frozen, Franchise, Prehistoric, Piled up, Estimated, Blocks, Quite a stretch, Rabbit warren, Slippery slope
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/conspiracy-theories
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Britain's biggest contribution to gastronomy, the sandwich, was invented 250 years ago. How it was invented may surprise you though. Today it's time for part 4 of our mini-series on British food, where we go for a journey into sandwich history.
In today's episode we cover:
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- Earl of Sandwich (and his gambling problem)
- Did the Earl of Sandwich really invent the sandwich?
- Growth of sandwich eating in the UK
- Invention #1 - sliced bread
- Invention #2 - pre-packed sandwiches
- Science of sandwich making
- Sandwiches in the USA (and why they didn't adopt sandwiches immediately)
- My favourite sandwich
- Conclusion of British food mini-series
Links:
List of notable sandwiches: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sandwiches
Key vocabulary: Sojourn, Lock in, Gastronomy, Popularised, Earl, Serial, Habitual, Binge, Wrapped, Biography, Commitment, Culinary, Genius, Fillings, Predate, Out of thin air, Mezze, Platters, Sandwiched, Likelihood, Took off, First men, Boosted, The best thing since sliced bread, Fiddly, Iconic, Leftover, Wrapped them up, Hit, On the go, Nowadays, Soggy, Travel hack, Travel hack, Affordable, For want of, Adopt, Founding fathers, Stuffy, Archaic, Afresh, Held off, Aristocratic, Morals, Upheld, Iconic, Notable, Peruse, Bucket list, Boxing day, Pardon, Pun, Reputation, Aristocracy, For that matter.
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/british-food-part-4-the-earl-of-sandwich
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The English Breakfast is a truly British institution, and its history goes back 700 years. In today's podcast we go into the story behind the meal, and reveal how it went from favourite of lords and ladies to the way the working classes started the day.
- Different types of English breakfast
- The Gentry and their breakfasts
- Breakfasts for normal British people (and how they weren't very exciting)
- The emergence of a new merchant class (and how they tried to emulate the gentry)
- The Victorian concept of breakfast
- The emergence of the modern 'English breakfast'
- When half of Britain started the day with an English breakfast
- Where to find the best English breakfasts
- When can you eat an English breakfast?
- What's the difference between a wedding breakfast and an English breakfast?
Key vocabulary: Penultimate, Fueled, Dodgy, Batch, Institution, Deviations, Cornish, Ulster, Bursting at the seams, Mortified, Stuffing their faces, Reserved, Prevalent, Pauper, Nobles, Lavish, Ale, Better off, Stretch to, Dripping, Toiling, Besides, Inheriting, Aspire, Seeking, Enthusiastically, Notion, Flaunt, Go to huge lengths, Secure, Cured, Offal, Sumptuous, Banquets, Precious, Copious, Accessible, Take for granted, Emerge, Bed and breakfasts, Black pudding, Peak, Aspiring, Staple, Decline, Hipster, Natural selection, Longevity, Age-old, Hangover, Pre-reformation, Bride, Groom, Fasted, Communion, Stomach, Comfort foods
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/british-food-part-3-the-english-breakfast
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It's a British classic, but how much do you really know about it? Today we are diving into the fascinating history of fish and chips, and we'll discover that it might be not quite so British as you might think.
In today's episode we cover:
- How famous people liked their fish and chips
- Why people think fish and chips helped the Allies win World War I and World War II
- Why French housewives might be key to fish and chips
- Did Jewish immigrants to Britain invent the fried fish?
- Or was it a Northern entrepreneur?
- Why fish and chips was so popular
- The factors that meant that fish and chips could be eaten up and down the country
- Why fish and chips used to be wrapped in newspaper (and why they aren't anymore)
- Fish and chips today
- Preview of the next episode: The History of The English Breakfast
Key vocabulary: Fateful, Greasy, Smothered, Mushy peas, Payday, Safeguarding, Vital, Home front, Regime, Snooty, Staving off, Disaffection, Tolerate, Home comforts, Averted, Bent over backwards, Rationed, Iconic, Humble, Substitute, Resourceful, Coated, Breadcrumbs, Shabbat, Anti-semitism, In accordance, Marry, Controversy, Rage, Hut, Wildfire, Deviation, Arithmetic, Staple, Advent, Trawl, Inland, Ruled, Greaseproof, Portions, Plummeted, Plethora, Self-respecting, Cliché, Transition, Aristocracy
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/british-food-part-2-fish-chips
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Today is the first of our 4-part mini-series on British food, and we're going to talk about something you might not expect to appear in a series on British food: the oyster.
In today's episode we cover:
- Introduction to the mini-series on British food
- Oysters in Roman times (and how Romans were crazy about oysters)
- Oysters as a poor man's food
- How people used to eat oysters (with beer, salt and pepper, and in pies)
- A time when Londoners used to eat 1 oyster per day
- The meal (and scandal) that destroyed the oyster industry
- The future of oysters in Britain
Key vocabulary: Hot off the heels, Culinary, Oysters, Pearl, Fell completely out of favour, Distrusted, Slurping, Sitting, Prospect, Think much (of), Delicacy, Drift, Plucked, Cultivation, Ale, Flat, Drumming up business, Era, Heyday, Slimy, Substitute, Stretch, Banquet, Transpired, Batch, Contaminated, Dignitary, Typhoid, Esteemed, Sewers, Piped, Moguls, Sewage, Bitter, Litigation, Press charges, Amounted to, Nutrients, Award, Testified, Compensation, Clubbed together, Inscribed, Dodgy, Stocks, Depleted, Bolstered, On the off chance, Next in store, Cunning, Albeit, Cult, Allies
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/british-food-part-1-oysters
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Episode #015 - English Learning for Curious Minds
Why Is All The News So Negative? And What If It Wasn't?
Why is the news always full of disasters? What would the world be like if it wasn't?
Let's take a look at some of the theories about why the news is always so negative, and imagine what kind of world might exist if it wasn't.
In today's episode we cover:
- What is the point of the news?
- What is the role of journalism?
- Who decides the news?
- If it bleeds, it leads (and why bloody stories always come first)
- Why are people attracted by negative stories?
- News organisations as commercial entities
- What negative news does to our brains
- The Gandhi Thought Experiment
- What if our news wasn't so negative? An introduction to solutions-based journalism
- How to avoid the negative news cycle
Key vocabulary: Famine, Tuning in, Bleak, Commonplace, Untold, Accountable, Noble pursuit, Lead with, Editorial, Prominence, Gravitate, Mortality, Gore, Gloating, Taken for granted, Captivate, Numerous, First and foremost, Eyeballs, Bursting your bubble, Revenue, Gravitating, Skewed, Mindset, Exposed to, Bombarded, Empathise, Bombardment, Perception, Perceived, Minuscule, Recalibrating, Anchoring, Implausible, Glued, Contradictory, Unwed, Back of our minds, Bushfires, Helpless, Advocating, Inspire, Uplift, Strike fear into, Optimistic, Fed up, News cycle, Retreat, Intake, Longer form, Fearmonger, Flicking through, Nutrition, Cut yourself off, Out of the loop, Outweighed, Freshness
Jodie Jackson's website: https://www.jodiejackson.com/
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/why-is-all-the-news-so-negative-and-what-if-it-wasnt
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Have you ever wondered why January 1st is the start of the new year?
In today's episode we cover:
- History of the celebrations of New Year
- When New Year used to be in mid-March
- How the Romans tried to fix the calendar
- The longest year in history
- The Julian calendar (why it worked, and why it didn't)
- The pope who brought things back to January 1st
- New year today
Key vocabulary: Pressing, Conversation starter, Bringing in, Topical, Timely, Observed, Festivity, Falling out of sync, Toasted, Implemented, Leap year, Pagan, Befitting, Abolished, Circumcision, Circumcised, Reticent, Colonies, Millennia, Custom, Neglected, Myriad, Skipping over
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/why-is-new-year-new-year
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Episode #011 - English Learning for Curious Minds
The Book That Made Christmas, Christmas
Today we take a look at the book that is fundamental to our modern understanding of what makes Christmas, Christmas. No, it's not the Bible. It was written in Victorian London, and tells the story of an old miser who discovers the Christmas spirit.
In today's episode we cover:
- The publication of A Christmas Carol
- When and why the British stopped celebrating Christmas
- Summary of the story of A Christmas Carol
- Dickens' moral tale about the importance of Christmas
- The cultural importance of A Christmas Carol
- The linguistic importance of A Christmas Carol
- How the Christmas card was invented
- Merry Christmas
Key vocabulary: Dare say, Tables may be turned, Instrumental, Enduring, Further afield, Consensus, Puritanical, Sabbath, Headed off, Inherently, Sinful, Degenerate, Reluctant, Wholeheartedly, Underlying, Vivid, Seized upon, Recap, Squeezing, Wrenching, Grasping, Scraping, Clutching, Covetous, Sinner, Self-serving, Fate, Befallen, Paralysed, Infamous, Alter, Resonated, Utterly, Horrific, Rallying call, Stamped, Crippled, Vulnerable, Smash hit, Inexorably, Frantically, Civil servant, Caught on, (give) a shot, Deed
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/the-book-that-made-christmas-christmas
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Part 3 of the 3-part series on "Who owns the sea, sky, and space?"
We humans do a pretty good job of dividing up ownership of the world. But what about beyond that? Who owns space? Who decides who owns that, and why does it matter?
In today's episode we cover:
- Why nobody used to even think about space ownership
- The Cold War (and what people thought it meant for weapons in space)
- The Space Treaty (and what its real intention was)
- Where does space start?
- What happens if a shuttle crashes when in space?
- Why you can't really buy a piece of the moon
Key vocabulary: Customary, Captivated, Realm, Supernatural, Implausible, Into orbit, Realms of possibility, Logical, Implied, Figurative, Catchy, Side note, Ban, Vice versa, Loose, Demarcation, Provision, Mine, Proliferation, Framework, Untapped, Sovereign territory, Interpreted, Set up, Grab yourself, Holding up, Plough, Lunar, Tycoon, Congested, Thorny
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/who-owns-space
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Part 2 of the 3-part series on "Who owns the sea, sky, and space?"
Ever wondered who actually owns the sky?
Today we'll discuss who owns it, why it's still not clear who does own most of it, and why that doesn't actually really matter.
- What does 'the sky' actually mean?
- Different parts of 'the sky'
- Why only the very bottom of the sky matters
- The 13th Century law upon which western laws are based
- How do countries use ownership of the sky to help their political goals
- Where does the sky end?
Key vocabulary: Contextualise, Extends, Slice, Stick with, Round off, Lump, Soil, Stood the test of time, Encroach on, Amendments, Advent, Trespassing, Infinite, Extract tariffs, , Routine, Hard and fast, Obscure, Proportion, Stretch out, Come in pretty handy, For starters, Revenue, Air traffic control, Nice little earner, Handy, Exert, Leader on, Consensus, Bypass, Crises, Frontier
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/who-owns-the-sky
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Part 1 of the 3-part series on "Who owns the sea, sky, and space?"
Who Owns The Sea (And Why Does It Matter)?
Ever wondered who actually owns the sea? Learn about who owns 2/3 of the surface area of the world, why countries want to claim ownership of rocks in the middle of nowhere, and why this matters.
In today's episode we cover:
- Introduction to the 3-part mini series
- Who owns the world's land?
- History of sea ownership & the cannon shot rule
- The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
- Why the US hasn't signed the convention
- Different types of ownership of different parts of the sea
- Why countries are rushing to claim ownership of the Arctic ocean
- What happens in the 'high seas' (spoiler alert: pirates not allowed)
- Why countries in East Asia are fighting over abandoned rocks
- The man who orchestrated it all: Arvid Pardo
Key vocabulary: Frontier, Sovereign, Straightforward, Enshrined in law, Come in pretty handy, Glossing over, Cannon, Cannonball, Anomalies, Consensus, A body of water, Demarcate, Zero-sum, Gargantuan, Undermines, Open up, Dent, In short, Boil this down, Impinges, , Submerged, Ended up, Recap, Ratified, Scrambling, Prevalent, Abide by, Engaged in, Piracy, Get round, Violating, Maritime, Claim jurisdiction, Unintended, Uninhabited, Prized, Flare up, Single out, Gives you the measure, Orphaned, Penniless, Tirelessly, Impassioned, Treacle, Heritage
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/who-owns-the-sea
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"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun" - Mao Zedong, 1927
"In the 21st century, culture is power" - Park Geun-hye (ex President of South Korea, home of Gangnam Style)
How do other countries win the political game without force? Why is language such a fantastic tool to project power across the world? What is Donald Trump doing for US interests outside the US?
Learn about how soft power is a vital tool in the global diplomatic toolbox, and how countries use it to advance their diplomatic aims.
Topics covered:
- The history of soft power
- Why it is no longer acceptable to attack other countries
- What components go into soft power
- Why language is the ultimate example of soft power (and why countries promote the learning of their language)
- The UK's soft power across the world
- The Soft Power Report (and who came top in 2019)
- Why the UK, France, Italy, the US, Sweden and Estonia all do well in terms of soft power
- China's soft power initiatives
- Why you can't buy soft power
- Why politicians neglect soft power
- What Europeans think of the US since 2016
Key vocabulary: Self-proclaimed, Geopolitics, Zero-sum, Projected, Coercion, Sanctions, Aspirational, Coined, Lingua franca, Dominant, Packs a sizeable punch, Prevalence, Gradual, Decline, Institutions, Slipped, Footprint, Republican, Imprint, Mastery, Amplifies, Deemed, Agenda, Funding, Portray, Toolbox, Timeframes, Reap, Foster, Blossom, Soundbites, Hostile, Struggle, Ranked, Bound, Dividends, Set in motion, Shift, Packs a substantial soft power punch, Neglect
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/what-is-soft-power-and-why-does-it-matter
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In today's podcast we go in depth into why you should use podcasts to learn English, and explain some of the best techniques to maximise your English learning with podcasts.
We'll explain how you can take a 10 minute English podcast and turn it into an intensive 2 hour lesson, where you work on your English listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Then you can decide whether you're a serious English learner and want to test it, or you'd rather just put on Netflix and trick yourself into thinking that you're learning.
In today's episode we cover:
- Why listening is underrated
- Why learners find English podcasts hard
- Understanding language without visual cues
- Detailed explanation of how to use a 10 minute podcast to create a 2hr lesson
- How this compares to a 2hr film in English
- Final 2 tips on listening to podcasts in English
Key vocabulary: Dear to my heart, Underrated, Turbocharge, Toolkit, Attuned, Exposed, Superficial, Comes down to, Indulging, Switch off, Revert, Cues, Get by, First things first, Tend to, Spellcheck, Beneficial, Fundamental, Does wonders for, Akin to, Pastime, Inbuilt, Set aside a time, Brainlessly, Flicking, In your heart of hearts
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/how-to-use-podcasts-to-learn-english-like-a-boss
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Today we're going to be taking a look at 5 of the most amazing prison escapes in history.
We'll travel to South Korea, Mexico, Germany, and the US, and discover some of the ingenious ways in which prisoners evaded their guards.
- Escape 1: John Herbert Dillinger and the wooden pistol
- Escape 2: Choi Gap Bok, the South Korean yoga expert
- Escape 3: The Alcatraz escape - but did it really happen?
- Escape 4: The Great Escape - how 600 men managed to keep an escape plan hidden from their guards
- Escape 5 (and 6): El Chapo, $2.5 million, laundry baskets, tunnels, and motorbikes
Key vocab: Protagonists, Ingenious, Dummies, Without further ado, Ringing a bell, Notorious, Carved, Lured, Shootout, Brute, Wriggle, Perished, Cult, Shark-infested, Tides, Feat, Raft, Intriguing, Immortalized, Squadron, Sheer, Barbed wire, Implicated, Evade, Extradited, Bribe
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Ever wondered if there are places in the world where planes can't fly?
From mountainous regions to hostile states, from theme parks to ancient temples, it's time to find out where planes can and can't fly.
- A time when Western aeroplanes couldn't go over all of Russia and China
- How countries use their airspace as a political tool
- Why planes can't go over Tibet
- Why planes don't fly over Antarctica (hint, it's probably not why you think)
- What do Disney World, Disney Land and Buckingham Palace have in common?
- Why are there no planes over Paris?
Key vocabulary: Airspace, Ally, Ban, Revenue, Detour, Booming, Desirable, Lofty, Elevation, Regulation, Warrant, Prohibited, Inhabitants, Ostensibly
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Wondering what the English Learning for Curious Minds podcast is all about, who is behind it, and whether it's for you?
In today's inaugural episode, we'll cover who should be listening to the podcast (hint - if you want to improve your English and learn interesting things about the way the world works, this is you), who is behind the podcast (an English native speaker and avid language learner), and talk about some of the quick things you can do to get the most out of the podcast.
- Who is behind the podcast (introduction to Alastair Budge)
- Why you need to listen to native speakers
- Where the English for Curious Minds podcast came from
- What you can expect from the podcast
- What does a 'curious mind' mean
- 2 quick and easy tips for how to use podcasts to learn English
Key vocabulary: Inaugural, Maximise, Let's get cracking, Trilingual, Avid, Exposing, Unforgiving, For starters, Scripted, Must, Whirring away, Innate, Absorb, Squarely, Condense, Dulled down, Artificially, Authentic, Non-trivial, Carve out, Mammoth, Touch on, Come round, A taster, Faceless, Corporation.
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Learning English doesn't need to be boring. You don't need to drown in grammar books, you don't need to spend hours memorising phrasal verbs.
English Learning for Curious Minds is the podcast that teaches you English through teaching you fascinating things about the world.
No boring listening exercises, no drills, no scripted conversations.
Just thoroughly researched, utterly fascinating stories.
It's English learning, but just not as you knew it.