Podcast Episodes

Saudi Arabia to allow cinemas | Facebook bad for mental health? | English phrases ‘dive in’ and ‘wind up’

Episode 9

Saudi Arabia will allow construction of new movie theaters, after a 35-year prohibition. Theater chains are ready to dive into a new market, but some questions remain about censorship and how this de…

Published on 7 years, 8 months ago

Wildfires in California | Russia banned from Olympics | English phrases 'crack down on' and 'caught up in'

Episode 8

A series of deadly wildfires has broken out in Southern California; they have been spread by strong, dry winds. The fires have caused over 200,000 people to evacuate their homes and have come dangero…

Published on 7 years, 9 months ago

‘Coco’ a hit in Mexico and US | Prince Harry engaged | English phrases ‘to go over well’ and ‘to die down’

Episode 7

Disney’s 3-D animated film “Coco”, which is rich with Mexican cultural references, is officially the highest-grossing film ever in Mexico and is popular in the United States. Its all-Latino cast, acc…

Published on 7 years, 9 months ago

Serial killer Charles Manson dies | Sustainable city on Mars? | Learn English phrases “hold a grudge” and “come about”

Episode 6

Charles Manson, a cult leader whose followers brutally killed nine people and terrorized Los Angeles in 1969, died in jail of natural causes at age 83.

A team of students submitted a design for const…

Published on 7 years, 9 months ago

Louvre museum opens in Abu Dhabi | China’s Singles Day sets a global shopping record | Learn English phrases short up, spill into, and throw weight behind

Episode 5

The Louvre, one of the most famous museums in the world, opens a second location in Abu Dhabi that will tell the stories of eastern and western civilization through artwork.

In China, shoppers spent …

Published on 7 years, 9 months ago

Family survives pirate attack | Selena gets Hollywood star | Plus English expressions on behalf and hitch a ride

Episode 4

An American family escaped a pirate attack in a remote area of the Brazilian Amazon and survived in the jungle for three days. Selena, the Mexican-American artist known as the Queen of Tejano music r…

Published on 7 years, 10 months ago

Catalonia’s independence movement | Astros win World Series | Phrases stop short, a stretch

Episode 3

Catalonia’s leaders make a bid for independence, but regional president Carles Puigdemont is arrested. The Houston Astros won the World Series for the first time in their franchise history. In the se…

Published on 7 years, 10 months ago

Las Vegas gets its first major sports team | Tom Petty, American musician, dies | English phrases "make a splash" and "take refuge"

Episode 2

The Vegas Golden Knights, a hockey team, became the first major league sports team to call Las Vegas home. Tom Petty, one of the most well-known rock and roll musicians, died at the age of 66. In the…

Published on 7 years, 10 months ago

Mexico hit with 3 big earthquakes | Apple’s new iPhone X | English expressions "bundled up" and "comb through"

Episode 1

A series of three large earthquakes hit Mexico in the last month, including the strongest earthquake to hit the country in over a century.

The new features of the iPhone X are impressive, including wh…

Published on 7 years, 10 months ago

Learn English free with podcasts: Plain English

Would you like to speak English better? Do you have a hard time understanding native speakers because they go too fast? Do you want to learn English expressions and practice with phrasal verbs? If so…

Published on 7 years, 11 months ago