Monthly Archives: May 2012

A Dying Breed?

Sam Zygmuntovich is a master craftsman, a violin maker. And I’ve been fascinated by him since I first heard about him a few years ago. I’ve always admired craftspersons (the traditional word is craftsmen), also called artisans. They are highly … Continue reading

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Podcasts This Week (May 28, 2012)

What do Jeff and Lucy do when they’re not recording podcasts or writing scripts? They’re preparing Learning Guides to help you learn English even better and faster. Each Learning Guide gives you more vocabulary, language explanations, sample sentences, comprehension questions, … Continue reading

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Your Favorite TV Detective

The television detective has been a part of TV history nearly from its earliest days. Cops (police officers) and private eyes (private detectives) used to be the most common type of TV detectives, but anyone can be a detective on … Continue reading

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Podcasts This Week (May 21, 2012)

What did you say? Can you repeat that? If you’re tired of not understanding what you hear in English, get the Learning Guide and see a complete transcript of every word spoken in the episode.  You’ll also get more vocabulary, … Continue reading

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Fallingwater

I don’t often surf (move from one site to another) the Internet. But I did recently. And it started at the Smithsonian Magazine web site (highly recommended!) when I saw an article titled “Frank Lloyd Wright’s Most Beautiful Work.” The … Continue reading

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Podcasts This Week (May 14, 2012)

We talk a lot about the Learning Guide that accompanies each podcast because we designed it to help you learn English better and faster, and isn’t that why you listen? Get more vocabulary, language explanations, sample sentences, comprehension questions, cultural … Continue reading

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Podcast This Week (May 7, 2012)

We are grateful to our members and donors, because we are only able to produce this podcast with the generous help of our listeners. If you enjoy our podcasts, please consider supporting ESL Podcast by becoming a Basic or Premium Member today! … Continue reading

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Who Invented Jaywalking?

“If you ask people today [in the U.S.] what a street is for, they will say cars,” writes Peter Norton, according to a recent Atlantic Cities article. “That’s practically (almost) the opposite of what they would have said 100 years … Continue reading

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5 Things You Didn’t Hear When You Graduated

What advice would you give a young person who is about to graduate from (finish; complete) college in 2012? Last year I talked about the tradition of commencement speeches at American colleges. A commencement speech is usually given by a … Continue reading

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