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After Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade, remember to connect with those around you
Episode 58
TV host Anthony Bourdain and fashion pioneer Kate Spade took their own lives this month—Spade in New York and Bourdain in France. Both were successfu…
7 years, 11 months ago
Argentina in trouble, Mexico jubilant in early World Cup action | Learn English expression ‘over the top’
Episode 59
Lionel Messi has been but a bystander in this World Cup as Argentina fought Iceland to a draw and fell to Croatia in its first two games, putting the…
8 years ago
Leftist firebrand AMLO leading Mexican election polls | Practice English phrase ‘buck the trend’
Episode 57
Andres Manuel Lopes Obrador, a leftist candidate pledging to fight corruption and revive the agricultural sector, is leading in the polls leading up …
8 years ago
Juul is latest harmful trend in American schools | Learn English phrasal verb ‘sweep through’
Episode 56
Juul, the most popular brand of e-cigarettes, was designed to help smokers quit by giving them the nicotine their bodies crave without the harmful si…
8 years ago
Whether you say ‘soccer’ or ‘football’, World Cup starts today | Learn English phrase ‘licking your chops’
Episode 55
The world’s most anticipated sporting competition, FIFA’s World Cup, starts today with a match between host country Russia and Saudi Arabia. The game…
8 years ago
How many Puerto Ricans were lost in Hurricane Maria? | Learn English phrase ‘go without’
Episode 54
Hurricane Maria was one of the worst natural disasters to hit the United States, but the true human damage on the island may never be known. A new st…
8 years ago
‘Le Spiderman’ climbs a Paris building to save a child | Learn English phrase ‘shine a spotlight’
Episode 53
They are calling him ‘Le Spiderman’: A 22-year-old immigrant from Mali climbed the side of a Paris apartment building with only his bare hands to sav…
8 years ago
Graffiti artists bring The Simpsons to Mexico City | Learn English phrase ‘on board’
Episode 52
A group of artists called the Night Lords has turned vacant walls into graffiti murals of The Simpsons in Iztacalco, a neighborhood of Mexico City. O…
8 years ago
Real Madrid wins 13th Champions League title | Learn how to say, ‘I’ll take you up on that’
Episode 51
Gareth Bale scored two goals as a substitute and Karim Benzema scored an embarrassing goal against Liverpool goaltender Lorius Karius as Real Madrid …
8 years ago
Chinese pilot a hero after mid-air accident | Learn English phrase, ‘hailed as a hero’
Episode 50
On Plain English’s 50th episode: Captain Liu Chuanjian landed a Sichuan Airlines flight safely after its windshield blew out mid-air, 32,000 feet abo…
8 years ago