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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 24.12.2021
    #222 | John Dillinger - American Bank Robber
    ⚡️⚡️⚡️  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 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 boyMoving out of the city to stay out of troubleBeing arrested for car theft and joining the navyBriefly getting his life back on trackMeeting Ed Singleton and planning his first robberyThe robbery that went wrong and subsequent arrestBeing 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 prisonBeing released from prison and returning to a life of crimeBeing arrested again and then rescued by friends from prisonGoing on the run and starting the bank-robbing spreeBeing arrested (again) and breaking out of prison by making a fake gunBeing chased by the FBIMaking front-page newsGrowing a moustache, dyeing his hair, then having plastic surgeryBeing betrayed by Anna SageThe final cinema trip of John DillingerThe legacy of John DillingerFull interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/john-dillinger ---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 17.12.2021
    #220 | The Real Peaky Blinders
    ⚡️⚡️⚡️  Black Friday Sale ⚡️⚡️⚡️Secret link: bit.ly/ELFCMBlackFriday24?  Save up to 67% vs. monthly cost⏳  Limited availability⏱  Ends 23:59, Sunday, December 1st***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 EnglandLife in 19th century BirminghamPetty crime and drinking in urban areasThe creation of the police forceThe "sloggers" of BirminghamThe 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 1920sThe real Peaky Blinders of the 1920sBilly Kimber, Alfie Solomons & Charles SabininCriminal activity at the race tracksThe Epsom Road BattleFull interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/real-peaky-blinders ---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 10.12.2021
    #218 | The Rise Of Fast Food Part 3: Today & Tomorrow
    ⚡️⚡️⚡️  Black Friday Sale ⚡️⚡️⚡️Secret link: bit.ly/ELFCMBlackFriday24?  Save up to 67% vs. monthly cost⏳  Limited availability⏱  Ends 23:59, Sunday, December 1st***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 todayThe entire population of Scotland is flipping burgers in the United StatesThe power of the fast-food lobbyHow the US government pays for Big MacsWhy the fast-food industry won't stop growingFast food during COVID-19Changing dining habits during the pandemicThe rise of "fast-casual"The rise of environmentally friendly fast foodHow fast-food restaurants are changing (or not changing) to accommodate changing tastesImpact of fast food on our bodies and healthFuture of the fast-food industryFull interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/fast-food-3 ---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 03.12.2021
    #216 | The Rise Of Fast Food Part 1: The Early Years
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