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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 07.10.2022
    #304 | The Life of Donald Trump
    ⚡️⚡️⚡️  Black Friday Sale ⚡️⚡️⚡️Secret link: bit.ly/ELFCMBlackFriday24?  Save up to 67% vs. monthly cost⏳  Limited availability⏱  Ends 23:59, Sunday, December 1st***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 TrumpHis paternal and maternal influencesAccusations of racism against Fred TrumpAvoiding getting drafted in the Vietnam War ("bone spurs")Getting into business with The Trump OrganizationEarly business controversiesGoing upmarket and entering the casino businessA small loan of 1 million dollarsDeveloping the family business and becoming a (self-reported) billionaireBusiness problems in the 1990sBecoming a TV celebrity after "The Apprentice"Donald Trump's business failures & controversiesTrump's political alliances over the yearsHis path to The White HouseA return to politics?Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/donald-trump ---You might like:? Black Friday Sale? A look inside Leonardo English membership⚡️  How To Use Podcasts Like A Boss To Learn English? Join the weekly newsletter✍️ Free English Grammar Checker---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 30.09.2022
    #302 | The Bloody History of Bullfighting
    ⚡️⚡️⚡️  Black Friday Sale ⚡️⚡️⚡️Secret link: bit.ly/ELFCMBlackFriday24?  Save up to 67% vs. monthly cost⏳  Limited availability⏱  Ends 23:59, Sunday, December 1st***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 crowdWhat happens in a bullfightThe early history of bullfightingBullfighting in the Iberian peninsulaThe first "anti-bullfighting" legislation in the 16th CenturyThe development of "modern" bullfightingThe different styles of bullfightingGeneral Franco & bullfightingThe opposition to bullfightingBullfighting todayWill bullfighting ever be banned in Spain?Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/bullfighting ---You might like:? Black Friday Sale? A look inside Leonardo English membership⚡️  How To Use Podcasts Like A Boss To Learn English? Join the weekly newsletter✍️ Free English Grammar Checker---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 23.09.2022
    #300 | Plastic Recycling - Is It Worth It?
    ⚡️⚡️⚡️  Black Friday Sale ⚡️⚡️⚡️Secret link: bit.ly/ELFCMBlackFriday24?  Save up to 67% vs. monthly cost⏳  Limited availability⏱  Ends 23:59, Sunday, December 1st***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 usageHow much plastic do we really use?The uses (and advantages) of plasticPlastic's advantages in food productionPlastic's usage in medicinePlastic as a way to reduce energy usage?The durability of plasticThe problem of what to do with plastic after we have finished using itWhat proportion of the world actually recycles?The environmental "cost" of recyclingPlastic vs. cotton bags: the numbersRecycling + reducing + reusingSimple acts to reduce plastic usageTechnological developments with recyclingFull interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/plastic-recycling ---You might like:? Black Friday Sale? A look inside Leonardo English membership⚡️  How To Use Podcasts Like A Boss To Learn English? Join the weekly newsletter✍️ Free English Grammar Checker---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 16.09.2022
    #298 | A Brief History of Climate Change
    ⚡️⚡️⚡️  Black Friday Sale ⚡️⚡️⚡️Secret link: bit.ly/ELFCMBlackFriday24?  Save up to 67% vs. monthly cost⏳  Limited availability⏱  Ends 23:59, Sunday, December 1st***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 climateThe North American "rain follows the plough" theoryJoseph Fourier & The Greenhouse EffectEunice Newton Foote's discovery about CO2The theory that burning coal might be causing temperatures to riseSvante Arrhenius & global heatingGuy Callendar, the amateur meteorologistThe fear of a return to the Ice AgeThe Great Smog of 1952 in LondonCharles David Keeling attributes human activity to climate changeWere rising CO2 levels good or bad?The establishment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeModern climate change theoriesThe role of the oil & gas industryClimate change deniers in US politicsFull interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/history-climate-change ---You might like:? Black Friday Sale? A look inside Leonardo English membership⚡️  How To Use Podcasts Like A Boss To Learn English? Join the weekly newsletter✍️ Free English Grammar Checker---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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