Monthly Archives: April 2013

Dating Just Got More Complicated

A man or a woman asks you out on a date. You have coffee, lunch, or dinner together. You find out more about each other. You fall in love and you live happily ever after (forever), right? Well, things aren’t … Continue reading

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Podcasts This Week (April 29, 2013)

If you want to improve your English even faster, get the Learning Guide. You’ll get more vocabulary, language explanations, sample sentences, comprehension questions, cultural notes, and more. Get the Learning Guide and support ESL Podcast today by becoming a Basic or … Continue reading

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Your Opinion About the Monday “Podcast This Week” Posts

We want to know your opinion about the usefulness of the weekly Monday “Podcasts This Week” blog posts. Since we, here at ESL Podcast, have limited time and resources, we try to use them in the best way to benefit … Continue reading

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Are You Smarter Than a 12th Grader?

There was a game show (a competition on television for money) a few years ago called “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” (a fifth grader is a student in grade five, about eleven years old). In the game, adults … Continue reading

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Podcasts This Week (April 22, 2013)

Get the most out of each new ESL Podcast episode by getting the Learning Guide. You’ll get more vocabulary, language explanations, sample sentences, comprehension questions, culture notes, and more. Get the Learning Guide and support ESL Podcast today by becoming … Continue reading

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Kiddie Wisdom

“Thought-provoking” (making you think deeply about something) is not an adjective that many people use to describe children’s literature, sometimes called “kiddie lit.” But, in fact, it often is. Children’s literature is often filled with wisdom, lessons that have been … Continue reading

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Lawyers Suing Law Schools

If there is one group of people you don’t want to anger, it’s lawyers. Right now, there is a class-action lawsuit (many people working together to sue) of recent law school graduates (people who have completed their degree) against their own law … Continue reading

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Podcasts This Week (April 15, 2013)

It’s Tax Day in the United States. Instead of paying your taxes, buy yourself an Premium or Basic Membership to ESL Podcast! No, don’t do that, but spending a little on yourself on Tax Day isn’t a crime. (Not paying … Continue reading

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You Are What You Eat

There is an old saying, “You are what you eat,” which means that if you eat good food, you’ll be healthy, and if you don’t, you won’t. But do we really know what we’re eating? In the past year or … Continue reading

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What Does It Mean To Be Happy?

Aristotle said that the goal of every human being is (or should be) happiness. The ancient Greeks had their own definitions of what happiness was, and nearly every important philosopher since that time has tried to give a definition of … Continue reading

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