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English Learning for Curious Minds

Are you looking for a more interesting way to learn English? English Learning for Curious Minds is a podcast for intermediate-advanced English learners. Learn weird and wonderful things about the world at the same time as improving your English. Every episode comes with an interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary and is spoken at a speed you can understand. Join listeners from 189 countries and discover a more interesting way of improving your English. Find the bonus episodes, interactive transcripts, subtitles, key vocabulary, and more at www.leonardoenglish.com

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  • Folge vom 06.11.2020
    #104: Survivalism
     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 survivalist1960s and the birth of survivalismReasons that survivalism has grownDoomsday Preppers TV showSurvivalism is big businessCOVID-19 and survivalismSurvivalists: rich and poorWhy is the US the global capital of survivalist?Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/survivalismJoin the conversation:instagram.com/leonardoenglishappfb.me/leonardoenglishappJoin the Leonardo English community: community.leonardoenglish.com** More about Leonardo English and the English for Curious Minds podcast **Learning English shouldn't be boring. It should open your mind.English Learning for Curious Minds is a podcast aimed at intermediate level English speakers and above, where listeners learn fascinating things about the world while learning English.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.You can become a member of Leonardo English and get access to every podcast, transcripts, key vocabulary, an exclusive community, and be able to participate in members-only live sessions.Discover a more interesting way to improve your English at leonardoenglish.com/subscribe ---You might like:? Unlock bonus episodes, interactive transcripts, subtitles & vocabulary lists✨ 5 Powerful Tips for Learning English with Podcasts (Faster & Effectively!) [YouTube]? A look inside Leonardo English membership ? Join our FREE weekly newsletter---Keywords: Learn English, vocabulary, lessons, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية
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  • Folge vom 30.10.2020
    #102: Daylight Saving Time
     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 timekeepingRomans & hours that were longer or shorter than 60 minutesWhen every town had its own time zoneThe invention of standard time zonesThe Earth's tilt and the reason days are longer and shorter by seasonThe proposals to create Daylight Saving Time: collecting insects & playing golfStarting to use Daylight Saving TimeDaylight Saving Time in the 20th centuryReasons to keep Daylight Saving Time: wellbeing, reducing crime, reducing accidents, businesses that benefit from itReasons 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 itFarmers in the north of ScotlandWhen the UK kept Daylight Saving Time all year roundComplications with Daylight Saving Time when communicating between time zonesGetting rid of Daylight Saving Time?Changing the clocks twice a year at the Queen's residencesFull interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/daylight-saving-timeJoin the conversation:instagram.com/leonardoenglishappfb.me/leonardoenglishappJoin the Leonardo English community: community.leonardoenglish.com** More about Leonardo English and the English for Curious Minds podcast **Learning English shouldn't be boring. It should open your mind.English Learning for Curious Minds is a podcast aimed at intermediate level English speakers and above, where listeners learn fascinating things about the world while learning English.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.You can become a member of Leonardo English and get access to every podcast, transcripts, key vocabulary, an exclusive community, and be able to participate in members-only live sessions.Discover a more interesting way to improve your English at leonardoenglish.com/subscribe ---You might like:? Unlock bonus episodes, interactive transcripts, subtitles & vocabulary lists✨ 5 Powerful Tips for Learning English with Podcasts (Faster & Effectively!) [YouTube]? A look inside Leonardo English membership ? Join our FREE weekly newsletter---Keywords: Learn English, vocabulary, lessons, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية
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  • Folge vom 23.10.2020
    #100: Leonardo Da Vinci
     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 VinciApprenticeship in Verrocchio's workshopKeeping notebooks"The most relentlessly curious man in history"How everything in the world is connectedWriting a letter to the Duke of MilanPainting The Last SupperLater life & moving to FranceLeonardo Da Vinci as a misfit in Florentine society: illegitimate, left-handed, uninterested in fame, homosexual, vegetarianLove for animalsWork as an anatomistWork as an engineerThe Mona Lisa"I haven't achieved enough"Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/leonardo-da-vinciJoin the conversation:instagram.com/leonardoenglishappfb.me/leonardoenglishappJoin the Leonardo English community: community.leonardoenglish.com** More about Leonardo English and the English for Curious Minds podcast **Learning English shouldn't be boring. It should open your mind.English Learning for Curious Minds is a podcast aimed at intermediate level English speakers and above, where listeners learn fascinating things about the world while learning English.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.You can become a member of Leonardo English and get access to every podcast, transcripts, key vocabulary, an exclusive community, and be able to participate in members-only live sessions.Discover a more interesting way to improve your English at leonardoenglish.com/subscribe ---You might like:? Unlock bonus episodes, interactive transcripts, subtitles & vocabulary lists✨ 5 Powerful Tips for Learning English with Podcasts (Faster & Effectively!) [YouTube]? A look inside Leonardo English membership ? Join our FREE weekly newsletter---Keywords: Learn English, vocabulary, lessons, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية
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  • Folge vom 16.10.2020
    #98: GDP & Measuring Growth
     “It measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile.” - Robert KennedyIt'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 historySimon Kuznets & the invention of GDPJohn Maynard Keynes & popularising GDP after WWIIHow to calculate GDPWhy GDP started being used & when it was usefulCriticism of GDP #1: What is (and isn't) counted as part of GDPCriticism of GDP #2: Positive and negative contributions to GDPCriticism of GDP #3: Unpaid work & GDPGDP per capita as a measure of 'how well we are doing'Is all consumption good?Bhutan & measuring happinessAlternative #1: The Human Development IndexAlternative #2: The Human Capital IndexAlternative #3: The Genuine Progress IndexAbandoning measuring GDP altogether?Full interactive transcript and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/gdpJoin the conversation:instagram.com/leonardoenglishappfb.me/leonardoenglishappJoin the Leonardo English community: community.leonardoenglish.com** More about Leonardo English and the English for Curious Minds podcast **Learning English shouldn't be boring. It should open your mind.English Learning for Curious Minds is a podcast aimed at intermediate level English speakers and above, where listeners learn fascinating things about the world while learning English.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.You can become a member of Leonardo English and get access to every podcast, transcripts, key vocabulary, an exclusive community, and be able to participate in members-only live sessions.Discover a more interesting way to improve your English at leonardoenglish.com/subscribe ---You might like:? Unlock bonus episodes, interactive transcripts, subtitles & vocabulary lists✨ 5 Powerful Tips for Learning English with Podcasts (Faster & Effectively!) [YouTube]? A look inside Leonardo English membership ? Join our FREE weekly newsletter---Keywords: Learn English, vocabulary, lessons, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية
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