Listen to life from my point of view and practice your ear to English British accent
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About a novel named Liar by Justine Larbalestier for my English podcast Summative
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Five-time winner of Best Education Podcast in the Podcast Awards. Grammar Girl provides short, friendly tips to improve your writing and feed your love of the English language. Whether English is your first language or your second language, these grammar, punctuation, style, and business tips will make you a better and more successful writer. Grammar Girl is a Quick and Dirty Tips podcast.
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Hi, I’m Carla Gover, an Appalachian musician, flatfoot dancer, mama, and DREAMER from Kentucky. I'm on a mission to share fierce love, good humor, and inspiration to help you live a life of creative freedom. I decided to start the What Dreamers Do Podcast to help answer the question: How can we use our gifts and talents to build a better world, and have fun along the way? You’ll also find musings about Appalachia as well as interesting conversations with songwriters, poets, dancers, educator ...
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This is a podcast for Japanese learners. Full transcripts with Furigana and English versions are on my website: https://www.nihongoforyou.com/
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Welcome to Sleep Time Stories. My name is Tom and I voice and write all of the stories you hear on Sleep Time Stories. The stories are designed to be listened to at night while you are relaxing or getting ready to sleep. Each story is uniquely different and told in a way to create a relaxing experience and may help you to get a goodnights sleep. Whether you like Soundscapes, descriptive over explaining stories or ASMR! So, put on your favourite pair of headphones and relax. We hope you enjoy ...
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LIfe is full of twist and turns and changes. This is a trip down the twist and turns and changes in the life of an old respiratory therapist that has been around the block several time. Funny stories, rants and raves, guest and our English is hard segments. Grab a beer or tea or milk or cocktail, just grab whatever you want and sit back and relax and have a listen! https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1796503
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Hosted by Mark Williams and packed with practical tips and need-to-know information, Tax Tea Break with GoSimpleTax is a brand new podcast series created to help sole traders, private landlords, expats and others to save time, money and hassle when it comes to tax and Self Assessment. Each 20-minute episode features a discussion with a tax expert who provides key facts about such topics as: • Tax expenses you can claim if you’re a sole trader • Tax expenses you can claim when you’re a privat ...
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بودكاست مغربي مغترب في شمال امريكا Welcome to Tflsif, the podcast for Moroccans in North America and anyone who loves to hear opinions on a wide range of topics. Hosted by a Moroccan who has an opinion on everything, this podcast takes you on a journey through multiple and random topics, ranging from history and politics to soccer and economics. Tflsif, which means "someone who has an opinion about everything" in Moroccan, is a podcast that is both informative and entertaining. With episodes ...
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This podcast series is a collection of talk show style lessons, created to help English speakers better understand Chinese language and culture. A long time student of Chinese, I am joined in this series by Vicky Zhang, an experienced Chinese teacher and new host of the show. Also joining us for some special episodes is Dr. Zhang Yong Ling, UNCC professor of Chinese Language and Culture, professional translator, and all around language lover. We wanted our lessons to be casual and fun as wel ...
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The Book of Tea was written by Okakura Kakuzo in the early 20th century. It was first published in 1906, and has since been republished many times. – In the book, Kakuzo introduces the term Teaism and how Tea has affected nearly every aspect of Japanese culture, thought, and life. The book is noted to be accessibile to Western audiences because though Kakuzo was born and raised Japanese, he was trained from a young age to speak English; and would speak it all his life, becoming proficient at ...
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Hosted by five-time Grammy winner Sam Smith, The Pink House is about the people and places that make us who we are. One of those places was Sam’s childhood home in the English village of Great Chishill, literally called The Pink House. It was a space of total warmth and love where Sam felt safe enough to find their voice. On the podcast, Sam is sitting down with good friends and queer icons to explore their own “Pink Houses,” how they navigated early struggles and ultimately found their plac ...
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***Officially the UK's #1 favourite Christmas podcast*** The Calm Christmas Podcast is a cosy listen during the darkest season of the year. Bestselling wellbeing author Beth Kempton shares soothing wintery words from her favourite poets and writers, tips for a stress-free holiday season and advice for taking care of ourselves at this time of year. Join Beth at her kitchen table deep in the English countryside to explore ideas for a natural and sustainable Christmas, look into the origins of ...
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Tune in every other week for inspiring, joyful, and informative conversations on transforming ourselves, our communities, and the world, in the spirit of ancient Chinese medicine, spirituality, and philosophy. Separating fact from fiction, we aim to bring you medicine from China's distant past, translated here to meet YOUR needs today, in clinic and beyond. I am your host, Dr. Sabine Wilms, medical historian, recovering university professor, and author and translator of more than a dozen boo ...
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Conventional ideas of beauty are typically associate it with goodness and kindness. However, appearances can be deceptive. Jean Briggerland is exquisitely lovely, but few know that this ethereal, angelic facade hides an utterly immoral and cruel heart within. Her insatiable lust for power and money claim many an innocent victim till one day, a lawyer named Jack Glover is called upon to defend his best friend and cousin, James Meredith in a murder trial. Meredith is alleged to have murdered a ...
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Can AI really write? A no-nonsense discussion, with Christopher Penn
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1021. This week, Christopher Penn talks about the role of AI tools like ChatGPT in writing and editing. We look at common misconceptions about how AI works and best practices for writing prompts. We also talk about privacy concerns, bias, fact-checking, and our concerns for the future. Whether you use these tools daily, tried them a long time ago a…
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How to talk like a chef. The Michigander controversy. Jakey.
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1020. This week, we shed light on quirky restaurant slang like “kill it” and “Chef Mike.” Then, we tackle the long-standing debate over what to call residents of Michigan — "Michiganders" or "Michiganians" — and what Abraham Lincoln has to do with it. The "kitchen lingo" segment is by Susan K. Herman, a retired multidisciplined language analyst, ed…
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Has it ever been so dark you couldn't see anything at all, not even your own hand in front of your face? In Chinese there's a very similar expression. In the spirit of Halloween, let's get a bit dark for this minisode, and upgrade our Chinese from 太暗了 to 暗得伸手不见五指吧! 伸手不见五指 (Shēnshǒu bùjiàn wǔzhǐ) Can't see your hand in front of your face Vicky's Tra…
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How writers navigate failure and find success, with Jonathan Small
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1019. This week, Jonathan Small, author of "Write About Now," shares what he's learned about the common struggles writers face throughout their careers. His book highlights stories from bestselling authors about their beginnings, the risks they took, and how they handled early rejection. I was especially surprised by the stories of shockingly bold …
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How do we decide in each moment on the best path towards píng 平 (“equilibrium” or “balance”) in the spirit of Chinese medicine? How do we calibrate our responses to external factors and decide between action and non-action? What do we use (and teach) as criteria for this process of actively cultivating or passively nurturing our True Nature? How do…
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From game boards to boardrooms. Commas with participial phrases. Gritties.
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1018. This week, we look at the meanings of the word "board," including the differences between board games, table games, and table-top games. We also look at the punctuation of participial phrases, helping you understand when to use commas in sentences like "She yelled at me, making me cry" versus "She is the lady making me cry." The "board" segme…
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Listening/Speech Training: The Benefits of Coffee & Green Tea
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The Benefits of Drinking Coffee 大部分人喝咖啡是为了让自己保持精力旺盛。但其实,有些人喝咖啡是为了健身能有更好的效果。 不少健身的人每天会喝多杯咖啡。这是因为咖啡因可以提高人体无氧运动的能力,可以让身体更快速进入运动状态。这种改变对普通人而言可能作用不大,但对于健身狂热者而言,喝咖啡可以让他们的健身效率大大提高。 不过,除了健身的人,医生不建议普通人为了其他的目的尝试一天内喝多杯咖啡。人体消耗咖啡因的速度有限。普通人喝一杯咖啡摄入的咖啡因大概率到第二天早上还没有被消耗掉。 Dà bùfèn rén hēkāfēi shì wèile ràng zìjǐ bǎochí jīnglì wàngshèng. Dàn qíshí, yǒuxiē rén hē kāfē…
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From 'gobsmacked' to 'ginger': The British invasion of American English, with Ben Yagoda
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1017. How did British words find their way into American English? Author Ben Yagoda shares insights with us from his new book "Gobsmacked!" We learn about words like "brilliant" and "ginger" that have crossed the pond, some words you might think came from Britain (but didn't), which politicians are prone to using Britishisms, and why some adopted t…
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In Defense of Daydreaming: An Interview with Silas House
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Join host Carla Gover and Kentucky Poet Laureate Silas House as they discuss the creative life. The episode explores the fears and resistance writers face, the importance of honesty in storytelling, and the impact of cultural and religious conditioning on self-expression. Silas shares his journey, experiences, and thoughts on creativity, including …
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Why some verb sets are so odd (like 'go/went'). Corporate euphemisms. Goggy.
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1016. This week, we look at why some verbs are so irregular that their forms don't even seem related, like "go" and "went." Then, we look at the surprising finding that corporate euphemisms are worse than annoying — they can also hurt a company's stock price. The "suppletion" segment was written by Valerie Fridland, a professor of linguistics at th…
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Left Behind by the Left: My Political Journey and the Global Game of False Promises
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In this episode, I take you on a personal journey through my own political disillusionment, connecting the dots between the Arab Spring and the disheartening dynamics of American politics. Have the Democrats really abandoned the left, or is it all part of a larger global trend? From my observations in Egypt to the role of politicians like Joe Manch…
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The Health Benefits of Green Tea (Pre Intermediate)
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The Benefits of Green Tea Vocabulary: 1. 好处(Benefit) 2. 有益(To Be Good For) 3. 抗氧化物(antioxidants) 4. 预防(Prevent) 5. 老化(aging) 6. 加速(speed up) 7. 新陈代谢(metabolism) 8. 心脏(the heart) 9.降低(to Lower) 10. 胆固醇(Cholesterol) Dialogue: A: 你知道喝绿茶有好处吗?(Nǐ zhīdào hē lǜchá yǒu hǎochù ma?) A:Do you know that drinking green tea has some (health) benefits? B: 当然知道!绿茶…
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What's new in the Chicago Manual of Style (18th edition), with Russell Harper and Mary Laur
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1015. The Chicago Manual of Style is updated every seven years, and this year's update is a big one! I talked with two of the editors — Russell Harper and Mary Laur — about the major changes, how the decisions get made, and the history of the CMOS (pronounced "sea moss"). 🔗 Share your familect recording in a WhatsApp chat. 🔗 Watch my LinkedIn Learn…
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Do words like 'mandate' and 'cockamamie' come from words for men? Grammatical doppelgangers. A pair of teeth.
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1014. This week, we debunk misconceptions about gendered language, tracing the etymology of words like "cockamamie" and "gynecology." We also look at the flexibility of English grammar, examining how common words like "that" and "up" can function as different parts of speech in various contexts. The "gendered words" segment was written by Samantha …
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