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Podcast Plain English | Improve your English with current events
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Plain English is the podcast for learners everywhere who want to improve their English in a fun and modern way.
Every Monday and Thursday, we explore the events and trends that shape the world in clear, understandable English. We also take a close look at one English e
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Stunning McDonald’s Monopoly scam to be a movie | Learn English phrase ‘at random’
9. 8. 2018
18 min
Video shows panic, bad weather in Mexican plane crash | Learn English phrasal verb ‘sum up’
13. 8. 2018
14 min
Airline employee steals plane, flies, and crash-lands | Learn phrasal verb ‘take off’
16. 8. 2018
16 min
Implanting a chip in your hand: the new way to pay? | Learn the English phrasal verb ‘show off’
20. 8. 2018
19 min
Aretha Franklin was the ‘Queen of Soul Music’ | Learn English phrasal verb ‘break out’
23. 8. 2018
17 min
Britain’s EU exit plan is a mess | Learn how to use ‘figure out’
27. 8. 2018
16 min
TV’s ‘The Big Bang Theory’ to end after 12 years | Learn English phrase ‘to bite the dust’
30. 8. 2018
20 min
Is a drink a day healthy? New research says no | Learn English phrase ‘to put stock in’
3. 9. 2018
16 min
Lula ineligible to repeat as Brazil’s president | Learn English expression ‘in a bind’
6. 9. 2018
15 min
Europe may abolish Daylight Saving Time | Learn English phrase ‘follow suit’
10. 9. 2018
18 min
Sadness and anger after Museu Nacional fire | Learn English word ‘exempt’
13. 9. 2018
20 min
Focus on security, digitization after museum fire | Learn English expression ‘come to grips’
17. 9. 2018
20 min
How bad is the storm? Check the Waffle House Index | Learn English phrase ‘in the wake of’
20. 9. 2018
18 min
Spain to remove Franco from Valley of the Fallen | Learn English phrase ‘take for granted’
24. 9. 2018
16 min
VW retires the Beetle, revives the Bus | Learn about ‘hippies’ and the counter-culture
27. 9. 2018
16 min
Social media (reluctantly) decides who to disconnect | Plus learn English phrase ‘come to a head’
1. 10. 2018
18 min
Genetic change in mosquitoes may be key to eliminating malaria | Learn ‘upside’ and ‘downside’
4. 10. 2018
19 min
New look for London phone booths: digital ads and touch screens | Learn English phrase ‘to put it mildly’
8. 10. 2018
20 min
French gangster recaptured after escaping jail in a helicopter | Learn English phrase ‘in reality’
11. 10. 2018
16 min
Chile wins battle over sea access for landlocked Bolivia | Learn English phrase ‘sigh of relief’
15. 10. 2018
21 min
New route is world’s longest flight: 18 hours, Singapore to New York | Learn phrasal verb ‘pay off’
18. 10. 2018
19 min
Should Japan have an army? | Learn the English phrasal verb "take effect"
22. 10. 2018
19 min
Mystery surrounds death of Saudi journalist | Learn how to use ‘to paint a picture’
25. 10. 2018
17 min
Marijuana is now legal in Canada | Learn phrasal verb ‘ramp up’
29. 10. 2018
18 min
Popular destinations struggle with ‘over-tourism’ | Learn English phrase ‘wear and tear’
1. 11. 2018
21 min