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English Learning for Curious Minds | A More Interesting Way To Learn English

Leonardo English

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,

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#37: London’s Gin Craze // Mother’s Ruin

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2020/03/20

300 years ago, London experienced a gin craze of epic scale, with the average Londoner drinking 10 times the amount of gin that the world's biggest gin drinking country does now.Today, it's time to learn about how gin almost destroyed London.We'll learn about:👀 Why 'gin' is called 'gin'⚡ The perfect storm that made caused the gin boom🍸 The gin shops🌡 The ingredients of the 'gin'☠ "Drunk for a penny; dead drunk for two pennies; clean straw for nothing.”💊 Gin craze = crack cocaine

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#35: Is The World Really Running Out Of Sand?

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2020/03/13

After water and air, it's the most used natural resource in the world. But are we really running out of it?If so, why? And what happens if we do?In today's episode we cover:🌡 What do we use sand for?🏘 How much sand goes into a house?🇨🇳 How much sand China uses⏳ Where does this sand come from?👮‍♂️ Sand mafias🤷‍♂️ Can we avoid using sand?🗼 Sand in Dubai (it doesn't come from where you think it does)Key vocabulary: Rolling, Dunes, Trekking, Infinite, Implausible, Run out, Pace,

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19:10

#33: Universal Basic Income

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2020/03/06

What would happen if the government just gave everyone money? That's the idea of Universal Basic Income, and it's an idea that has supporters from all across the political spectrum.In today's episode we cover:✍ History of Universal Basic Income🤖 Are the robots coming?💸 Who should get the money?💰 Who should pay for it?👏 Who supports Universal Basic Income?👍 Advantages of Universal Basic Income👎 Disadvantages of Universal Basic Income🇫🇮 The experiment in Finland - what happens when

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#31: How Google Works

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2020/02/28

It's the most visited website in the world, with 80,000 searches per second. But have you ever actually wondered how it really works?In today's episode we'll take a look at how this technology giant really works.🔠 Alphabet & Google🖥 What does 'The Internet' actually mean?🕷 Google Spider🤔 How does Google decide what results to show you?❓ How does Google decide how websites are good or bad?📊 Relevance, Quality, and User Experience💵 How Google makes $6,000 a second🛎 How Google Ads

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#29: Palantir: The Most Important Company You’ve...

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2020/02/21

You might know nothing about it. But certainly does (or could do) know a huge amount about you.Let's take a look at this incredibly powerful company that has the power to see everything we do.In today's episode we cover:Animating transcriptsPeter Thiel - founder of PalantirWhat does Palantir actually do?Big dataWhat if the technology wasn't used for good?Minority Report in real life - the crime prediction toolPalantir & ICEThe successes of PalantirLord of the RingsKey vocabulary:

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#28: Help!

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2020/02/19

Today is a bit of a change from the normal. It's time to ask for your help. Let's build the best podcast in the world together.Animated transcriptsUpdate on the podcast after 2 monthsWhat do I know?How you can helpWhat you get in returnKey vocabulary: Animated, Browser, For one, Condense, Ether, Hand in hand, Pile, Operation, Shape, Priority, Shaping, Ray of light, Pleading****Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/help ---You might

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#27: North Korea - The Hermit Kingdom

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2020/02/18

The media might portray it as just a failed state run by a mad dictator, but today we'll find out that things might be just a little bit more complicated than they seem. In today's episode we cover:Post Second World War - US vs. USSR in the Korean PeninsulaThe Korean WarThe post-war yearsNorth Korea & ChinaNuclear weapons (and why do they really have them?)Kim Jong-unNorth Korea in 20204 weird facts about North Korea (haircuts, marijuana, holes in one & the calendar)Key vocabulary:

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#25: What's The Difference Between Great Britain and...

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2020/02/11

Confused about the difference between Great Britain and The United Kingdom, and always wondered when to call someone British instead of English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish? Let's clear it up, and explain how we got to this, admittedly, pretty complicated situation.In today's episode we cover:Bye bye European UnionDo people in the UK know the difference?The UK vs. Great BritainEngland, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland - countries or not?Key events in the history of the formation of The

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#24: Part 2: The Most Common Mistakes People Make...

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2020/02/07

It's time for Part 2 of our most common mistakes people make when learning English.In today's episode we cover:Recap of Part 1Why you shouldn't focus on grammar (and how to actually learn grammar)Why you shouldn't just do 'survival' listeningWhy you don't need to go to an English-speaking country (and how to create your own immersion course)How to set aside time for English learningWhy you should set yourself goalsHow to set yourself goalsHow to avoid getting disheartenedKey vocabulary:

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#23: Part 1: The Most Common Mistakes People Make...

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2020/02/04

It's time to take a look at the most common mistakes people make when learning English, and how to avoid them.In today's episode we cover:📍 Strategic vs. Specific mistakes📕 Why you shouldn't use traditional language learning content👀 Why you shouldn't judge your progress against that of others📈 Are there really any English learning hacks?😍 How to embrace the English learning process🤞 How to get over your fear of making mistakes👨🏻 Francesco, the fearless Sicilian English learner🗣

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#21: Conspiracy Theories

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2020/01/28

Do you believe in conspiracy theories? Millions of people around the world do. Today we're going to ask ourselves why, talk about why they can be so seductive, and zoom in on some of the wackiest ones out there.This episode covers:👀 What is a conspiracy theory?👄Why conspiracy theories can be so seductive🧠Why do we seek connections between events?📈Why are conspiracy theories growing in popularity?🍕Pizzagate & the danger of conspiracy theories❄Why people believe Disney made

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#19: British Food Part 4 - The (Earl of) Sandwich

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2020/01/21

Britain's biggest contribution to gastronomy, the sandwich, was invented 250 years ago. How it was invented may surprise you though. Today it's time for part 4 of our mini-series on British food, where we go for a journey into sandwich history.In today's episode we cover:10 days left to get promotional price for transcripts & key vocabularyEarl of Sandwich (and his gambling problem)Did the Earl of Sandwich really invent the sandwich?Growth of sandwich eating in the UKInvention #1 -

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#18: British Food Part 3 - The English Breakfast

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2020/01/17

The English Breakfast is a truly British institution, and its history goes back 700 years. In today's podcast we go into the story behind the meal, and reveal how it went from favourite of lords and ladies to the way the working classes started the day.Different types of English breakfastThe Gentry and their breakfastsBreakfasts for normal British people (and how they weren't very exciting)The emergence of a new merchant class (and how they tried to emulate the gentry)The Victorian concept

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#17: British Food Part 2 - Fish & Chips

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2020/01/14

It's a British classic, but how much do you really know about it? Today we are diving into the fascinating history of fish and chips, and we'll discover that it might be not quite so British as you might think.In today's episode we cover:How famous people liked their fish and chipsWhy people think fish and chips helped the Allies win World War I and World War IIWhy French housewives might be key to fish and chipsDid Jewish immigrants to Britain invent the fried fish?Or was it a Northern

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#16: British Food Part 1 - Oysters

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2020/01/10

Today is the first of our 4-part mini-series on British food, and we're going to talk about something you might not expect to appear in a series on British food: the oyster.In today's episode we cover:Introduction to the mini-series on British foodOysters in Roman times (and how Romans were crazy about oysters)Oysters as a poor man's foodHow people used to eat oysters (with beer, salt and pepper, and in pies)A time when Londoners used to eat 1 oyster per dayThe meal (and scandal) that

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#15: Why Is All The News So Negative? And What If It...

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2020/01/07

Episode #015 - English Learning for Curious MindsWhy Is All The News So Negative? And What If It Wasn't?****Why is the news always full of disasters? What would the world be like if it wasn't?Let's take a look at some of the theories about why the news is always so negative, and imagine what kind of world might exist if it wasn't.In today's episode we cover:What is the point of the news?What is the role of journalism?Who decides the news?If it bleeds, it leads (and why bloody stories

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#13: Why is New Year, New Year?

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2019/12/31

Have you ever wondered why January 1st is the start of the new year?In today's episode we cover:History of the celebrations of New YearWhen New Year used to be in mid-MarchHow the Romans tried to fix the calendarThe longest year in historyThe Julian calendar (why it worked, and why it didn't)The pope who brought things back to January 1stNew year todayKey vocabulary: Pressing, Conversation starter, Bringing in, Topical, Timely, Observed, Festivity, Falling out of sync, Toasted,

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#11: The Book That Made Christmas, Christmas

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2019/12/24

Episode #011 - English Learning for Curious MindsThe Book That Made Christmas, Christmas****Today we take a look at the book that is fundamental to our modern understanding of what makes Christmas, Christmas. No, it's not the Bible. It was written in Victorian London, and tells the story of an old miser who discovers the Christmas spirit.In today's episode we cover:The publication of A Christmas CarolWhen and why the British stopped celebrating ChristmasSummary of the story of A Christmas

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#9: Who Owns Space (And Why Does It Matter)?

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2019/12/17

Part 3 of the 3-part series on "Who owns the sea, sky, and space?"We humans do a pretty good job of dividing up ownership of the world. But what about beyond that? Who owns space? Who decides who owns that, and why does it matter?In today's episode we cover:Why nobody used to even think about space ownershipThe Cold War (and what people thought it meant for weapons in space)The Space Treaty (and what its real intention was)Where does space start?What happens if a shuttle crashes when in

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#8: Who Owns The Sky (And Why Does It Matter)?

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2019/12/13

Part 2 of the 3-part series on "Who owns the sea, sky, and space?"Ever wondered who actually owns the sky? Today we'll discuss who owns it, why it's still not clear who does own most of it, and why that doesn't actually really matter.What does 'the sky' actually mean?Different parts of 'the sky'Why only the very bottom of the sky mattersThe 13th Century law upon which western laws are basedHow do countries use ownership of the sky to help their political goalsWhere does the sky end?Key

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