English Learning for Curious Minds
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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
| Episode | Date |
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#508 | A Short History of Crime and Punishment in Britain
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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#506 | Citizens of Nowhere: The Stateless Bidoon of Kuwait
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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#504 | Liquid Gold | The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Robbery
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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#501 | George Best: The Wild Life of Football's Lost Star
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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#500 | This is Episode #500
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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#498 | Ozempic - The Weight Loss Miracle Drug?
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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#496 | Labour Won The Election. Now What?
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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#494 | The Haitian Revolution
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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#492 | Cool Britannia | 1990s Britain
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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#490 | JK Rowling & Transgenderism
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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#488 | John Stonehouse | The Politician Who Faked His Death
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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#486 | North vs. South | The Great English Divide
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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#484 | Robert Fortune: The Man Who Stole Tea From China
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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#482 | Ayn Rand & The Philosophy of Objectivism
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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#480 | Marcus Aurelius | The Philosopher Emperor
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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#478 | The UK General Election (2024)
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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#476 | The Glasgow Ice Cream Wars
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May 30, 2024 |
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#474 | The Trial Of Amanda Knox (pt1)
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May 23, 2024 |
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#472 | Nayib Bukele | “The World’s Coolest Dictator”?
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May 16, 2024 |
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#470 | The Collapse Of Venezuela
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May 09, 2024 |
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#468 | I Lived In Malta For 7 Years (Part 1)
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May 02, 2024 |
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#466 | Adnan Khashoggi | The Richest Man On Earth?
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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#464 | Will Scotland Ever Be Independent?
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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#462 | Fried Mars Bars, Bagpipes & Unusual Scottish Traditions
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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#460 | Prince Andrew | The Black Sheep of The Royal Family
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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#456 | Fredric Tudor | The Ice King
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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#454 | The Future of Fertility
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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#452 | The World’s Shrinking Population
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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#450 | The 1978 World Cup in Argentina
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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#448 | Modern Slavery
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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#446 | Slavery In The Ancient World
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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#444 | The Amazing Story of Christian The Lion
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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#442 | Shamima Begum | ISIS Bride
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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#440 | The Korean Wave: How K-Pop Conquered the World
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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#438 | Bad Science | When Scientists Got It Wrong
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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#436 | Transhumanism & The Rise of The Superhumans
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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#434 | Edward Snowden | American Patriot or Traitor?
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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#432 | The Most Unusual New Year's Eve Traditions
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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#430 | What Is Effective Altruism?
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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#428 | Sanctions: Do They Even Work?
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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#426 | K-Pop, Zelensky & Cricket | 21st Century Soft Power
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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#424 | A Brief History of Salt
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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#422 | Jeffrey Epstein | American Sex Offender
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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#420 | The Economics of Chicken
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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#418 | The Race To The South Pole
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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#416 | The Quest To Find The Origin of The River Nile | Henry Morton Stanley
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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#414 | The Quest To Find The Origin of The River Nile | Burton vs. Speke
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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#412 | A Short History of Mental Health
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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#410 | (Keeping Up With) The Kardashians
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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#408 | Upstairs, Downstairs: The Lives of British Servants
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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#406 | What Does “Lord” Really Mean? An Exploration Of The British Aristocracy.
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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#404 | The Rise And Fall Of The Vanderbilts
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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#402 | The French Foreign Legion
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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#400 | Degrowth vs E/Acc | How To Save The World
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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#398 | Ernest Shackleton | Antarctic Explorer
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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#396 | The Extraordinary Life of Kim Dotcom: Hacker, Entrepreneur, Fugitive
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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#394 | What Is Hell?
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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#392 | Homes, Homelessness & Evolving English
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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#390 | Edward VIII | The King Who Said No
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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#388 | Vardy vs. Rooney | The Battle Of The Footballers’ Wives
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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#386 | The Creation of The Modern Office
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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#384 | Napoleon Bonaparte
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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#382 | Geli Raubal | Hitler’s Murdered Lover?
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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#380 | Marc Rich: The King of Oil
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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#378 | [2023] Meet the English Learning for Curious Minds podcast
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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#376 | Porn & Big Money
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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#374 | The Rise And Fall of “The Fake Sheikh”
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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#372 | The War on Milk
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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#370 | FIFA: The Most Corrupt Name in Sport
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May 25, 2023 |
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Killing Hitler [episode 1 of Pioneers Of The Continuum]
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May 22, 2023 |
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#368 | Britain's Tabloid Culture: A Love-Hate Relationship
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May 18, 2023 |
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#366 | New York’s Five Families and The Business of Crime - Part I | History & Creation
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May 11, 2023 |
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⚡️Trailer: Pioneers Of The Continuum
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May 09, 2023 |
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#364 | Do Idioms Really Matter?
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May 04, 2023 |
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#362 | Anna Delvey | The Fake German Heiress
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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#360 | Fyre Festival | The Worst Festival In The World
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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#358 | Poker Island | How Malta Became A Gambling Hub
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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#356 | The Ku Klux Klan: A History of Hate
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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#354 | The Disappearance of Lord Lucan
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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#352 | Lee Harvey Oswald | The Man Who Killed A President
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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#350 | The Unusual Names of Cocktails
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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#348 | The Cambridge Five Part III | Beer & Betrayal
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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#346 | The Cambridge Five Part I | The Recruitment
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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#344 | Adolf Hitler | Der Führer
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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⚡️ Bonus episode from Easy Stories in English // Sisters, Sisters
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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#342 | Josef Stalin | The Grey Blur
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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#340 | Catherine The Great | Russia’s Fearless Empress
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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#338 | The Tragic Life of Anne Boleyn
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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#336 | “The British Disease” | A Short History of Football Hooliganism in the UK
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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#334 | The Magical Life of Roald Dahl
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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#332 | The Bizarre Life of Lewis Carroll
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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#330 | A Short History of Measurements
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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#328 | The Unusual British News of 2022
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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#326 | How TikTok Took Over The World
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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#324 | Artificial Intelligence & Language Learning
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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#322 | A King in Waiting | The Life of Charles III
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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#320 | The Florida & Munich Hostage Disasters
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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#318 | A Job From Hell | Slaves in Ancient Rome
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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#316 | The World Cup’s Five Biggest Controversies
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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#314 | Michael Jackson | The Troubled Life of The King of Pop
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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#312 | A History of Witches | Misogyny, Magic and Murder
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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#310 | A History of Vampires | Fangs, Fear and Fiction
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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#308 | The Murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia Part 3 | A Culture of Impunity
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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#307 | The Murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia Part 2 | Crooks Everywhere You Look
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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#306 | The Murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia Part 1 | Cocaine, Corruption, and Filthy Money
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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#304 | The Life of Donald Trump
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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#302 | The Bloody History of Bullfighting
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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#300 | Plastic Recycling - Is It Worth It?
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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#298 | A Brief History of Climate Change
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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#296 | Osama Bin Laden | The World's Most Wanted Man
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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#294 | By Ballot Or By Bullet | The Life of Malcolm X
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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#292 | Chess & The Cold War
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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#290 | Sigmund Freud | Father of Psychoanalysis
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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#288 | Albert Pierrepoint | Britain’s Most Famous Executioner
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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#286 | The Atomic Bomb Part 3: The Aftermath
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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#284 | The Atomic Bomb Part 1: The Manhattan Project
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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[BONUS: REPLAY] The Rise of Air Conditioning
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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#282 | Joe Rogan & Spotify | The Most Expensive Podcast In The World
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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#280 | The Tower of London
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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#278 | Londongrad: Why Russian Oligarchs Fell In Love With Britain’s Capital
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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#276 | Oxbridge: Why Two Universities Dominate Britain
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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#274 | The Rise of The Great Fashion Houses
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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#272 | Apollo 13
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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#270 | The Inimitable Charles Dickens
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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#268 | Grigori Rasputin - The Mad Monk
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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#266 | What’s Happening In San Francisco?
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May 26, 2022 |
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[BONUS] A Conversation with Lindsay from All Ears English
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May 22, 2022 |
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#264 | Meyer Lansky: The Mafia's Accountant
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May 19, 2022 |
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#262 | JK Rowling & The Battle To Publish Harry Potter
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May 12, 2022 |
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#260 | The Cambridge Analytica Scandal
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May 05, 2022 |
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#258 | The War Of The Currents
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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#256 | Where Does All Our Rubbish Go?
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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#254 | En Garde! A History Of Duelling
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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#252 | Five Surprising Food Origins
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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#250 | A History of Smoking
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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#248 | The Antarctic Treaty
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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#246 | Cornish Smugglers
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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#244 | The Scandalous Life of Lord Byron
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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#242 | Operation Pied Piper: The Evacuation of British Cities in World War II
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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#240 | The Rise and Fall of Boris Johnson
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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#238 | A Short History Of Tea
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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#236 | How To Use Podcasts To Improve Your English [My Favourite Strategies]
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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#234 | The Future of The British Royal Family
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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#232 | When Britain Killed Its King
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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#230 | The Opioid Crisis
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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#228 | The Crazy Life of Elvis Presley
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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#226 | The Amazing Life Of Ray Charles
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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#224 | Predictions Of The Future From The Past
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Dec 30, 2021 |
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#222 | John Dillinger - American Bank Robber
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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#220 | The Real Peaky Blinders
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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#218 | The Rise Of Fast Food Part 3: Today & Tomorrow
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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#216 | The Rise Of Fast Food Part 1: The Early Years
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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#214 | Robert Baden-Powell & The Boy Scouts
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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#212 | A Short History of Childhood
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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#210 | The Illogicality of The English Language
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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#208 | A History of James Bond
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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#206 | Queen Elizabeth II
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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#204 | Brexit: Part 2
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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#202 | A History of Fake News
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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#200 | Stéphane Breitwieser: The Greatest Art Thief of All Time
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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#198 | A History of Pirates
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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#196 | Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around The World
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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#194 | Occupy Wall Street
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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#192: A History of Wikipedia
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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#190: The National Rifle Association
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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#188: Bonnie Prince Charlie
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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#186: William Wallace
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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#184: Banned Books
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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#182: The Crazy Life of John McAfee
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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#180: Winston Churchill & The English Language
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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#178: The Space Race - Part Three | The New Space Race
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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#176: The Space Race - Part One | The Early Years
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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#174: 3D Printing
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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#172: The Curious Taste of British Food
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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#170: A Brief History of Scientology
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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#168: The Curious History of Spice
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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#166: Theranos: When Blood Testing Goes Bad
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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#164: The Rise And Fall Of WeWork
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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#162: The Genius of William Shakespeare
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May 27, 2021 |
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#160: Politics & The Olympic Games
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May 20, 2021 |
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#158: George Orwell
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May 13, 2021 |
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#156: The Grand Tour
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May 06, 2021 |
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#154: Las Vegas
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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#152: The French Revolution
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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#150: The Industrial Revolution
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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#148: Tax
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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#146: Diego Maradona
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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#144: Whaling
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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#142: Scotland
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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#140: Cockney Rhyming Slang
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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#138: Disney Part III: The Magic
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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#136: Disney Part I: The History
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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#134: A Short History of The English Language
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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#132: Valentine's Day
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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#130: Rose Island
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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#128: The Art of War
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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#126: Chocolate
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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#122: Bitcoin
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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#120: Vespa
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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#118: 9 Things That Happened on Christmas Day
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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#116: Jeremy Bentham & Utilitarianism
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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#114: Charles Darwin & On the Origin of Species
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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#112: Personality Tests
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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#110: Black Friday & A Short History of Discounting
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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#108: Penal Colonies
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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#106: Superstitions
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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#104: Survivalism
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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#102: Daylight Saving Time
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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#100: Leonardo Da Vinci
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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#98: GDP & Measuring Growth
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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#96: The Vikings
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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#94: Cryptozoology | The Hunt for Mystery Animals
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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#92: The English of Boris Johnson
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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#90: The House of Medici
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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#88: The Amazing Life of Whales
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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#86: Electric Cars
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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#84: Tito | The Man Who Stood Up To Stalin
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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#82: The English of Donald Trump
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Aug 20, 2020 |
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#80: 1MDB & The Missing Malaysian Billions
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Aug 13, 2020 |
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#78: Modern Pirates
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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#76: The World Bank
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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#74: QAnon | America's Most Dangerous Conspiracy Theory?
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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#72: The War on Drugs
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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#70: Human Rights
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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#68: What Happens When Languages Die?
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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#66: The Weird History of Madame Tussauds
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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#64: The Hidden Cost of Food Delivery Apps
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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#62: The Resource Curse
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Jun 11, 2020 |
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#60: The British Sense of Humour
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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#58: Plastic
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May 28, 2020 |
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#56: Turkmenistan
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May 21, 2020 |
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#54: Harrods | The Playground of London's Rich & Famous
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May 14, 2020 |
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#52: The Guinness World Records
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May 07, 2020 |
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#50: A Service Announcement
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May 04, 2020 |
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#49: Fair Trade
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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#47: Fox News // The Presidential Propaganda Machine
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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#45: Guy Fawkes // The Man Who Tried To Blow Up Parliament
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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#43: Tulipmania // When Flowers Cost More Than Houses
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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#41: The Great Train Robbery
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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#39: The Story Of A Fantastic Dictionary
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Mar 27, 2020 |
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#37: London’s Gin Craze // Mother’s Ruin
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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#35: Is The World Really Running Out Of Sand?
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Mar 13, 2020 |
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#33: Universal Basic Income
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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#31: How Google Works
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Feb 28, 2020 |
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#29: Palantir: The Most Important Company You’ve Never Heard Of
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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#28: Help!
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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#27: North Korea - The Hermit Kingdom
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Feb 18, 2020 |
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#25: What's The Difference Between Great Britain and The United Kingdom?
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Feb 11, 2020 |
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#24: Part 2: The Most Common Mistakes People Make When Learning English (and How To Avoid Them)
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Feb 07, 2020 |
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#23: Part 1: The Most Common Mistakes People Make When Learning English (and How to Avoid Them)
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Feb 04, 2020 |
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#21: Conspiracy Theories
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Jan 28, 2020 |
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#19: British Food Part 4 - The (Earl of) Sandwich
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Jan 21, 2020 |
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#18: British Food Part 3 - The English Breakfast
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Jan 17, 2020 |
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#17: British Food Part 2 - Fish & Chips
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Jan 14, 2020 |
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#16: British Food Part 1 - Oysters
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Jan 10, 2020 |
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#15: Why Is All The News So Negative? And What If It Wasn't?
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Jan 07, 2020 |
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#13: Why is New Year, New Year?
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Dec 31, 2019 |
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#11: The Book That Made Christmas, Christmas
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Dec 24, 2019 |
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#9: Who Owns Space (And Why Does It Matter)?
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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#8: Who Owns The Sky (And Why Does It Matter)?
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Dec 13, 2019 |
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#7: Who Owns The Sea (And Why Does It Matter)?
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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#5: What Is Soft Power (And Why Does It Matter)?
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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#4: How To Use Podcasts To Learn English (Like A Boss)
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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#3: The Most Amazing Prison Escapes in History
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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#2: The Places In The World Where Planes Can't Fly
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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#1: Meet the English Learning for Curious Minds podcast
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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Trailer: English Learning for Curious Minds
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Nov 26, 2019 |