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‘Succession’ gives us a different angle of the rich | Learn the English expression ‘to curry favor with’
Episode 463
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‘Succession’ is all about media mogul Logan Roy and his children, who are all trying to succeed him as CEO of the family company. Instead of envyin…
4 years ago
Volodymyr Zelensky: actor turned President turned war hero | Learn the English expression ‘stand out’
Episode 462
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Volodymyr Zelensky has emerged as the surprising hero of Ukraine’s resistance efforts, but his resume might surprise you. Before he was Ukraine’s p…
4 years ago
Passwordless authentication is the future | Learn the phrasal verb ‘pass along’
Episode 461
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An organization dedicated to creating simpler, strong authentication – i.e. killing the password – has published a broad outline of how this will w…
4 years ago
Passwords may be dying a slow death | Learn the phrasal verb ‘fall for’
Episode 460
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The pattern – for some of us – of setting, forgetting, and resetting passwords might soon be behind us. Passwords are slowly dying out and simpler,…
4 years ago
Lost ship found in Antarctica after 100 years | Learn the phrasal verb ‘eat away at’
Episode 459
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Over one hundred years ago, an explorer’s ship sunk off the coast of Antarctica, and amazingly, the entire crew of 28 survived the wreck. Just last…
4 years ago
We’re getting closer to a birth control pill for men | Learn the English idiom ‘shoulder the burden’
Episode 458
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The University of Minnesota is close to kicking off human trials for a male birth control pill. Researchers have developed a pill for men that was …
4 years ago
How do animals safely cross highways? | Learn the phrasal verb ‘cut through’
Episode 457
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The US is investing in more animal overpasses to help wildlife navigate around highways. If you think about it, highways are fast and convenient fo…
4 years, 1 month ago
Ukraine’s not-so-secret weapon in the war | Learn the phrasal verb ‘play out’
Episode 456
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The Ukraine-Russia war is the first time the world is seeing social media and crowdsourced intelligence having a major impact on the battlefield. B…
4 years, 1 month ago
The hidden costs of inflation | Learn the English expression ‘apples-to-apples’
Episode 455
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Inflation is a hot topic around the world as countries are recording their highest inflation rates in decades. In the U.S., inflation recently hit …
4 years, 1 month ago
Birdnesting: the divorce trend where the parents rotate homes | Learn the phrasal verb ‘move on’
Episode 454
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“Birdnesting” is a co-parenting trend where the kids of divorced or separated parents stay in the same home they had always lived in, and the paren…
4 years, 1 month ago