The ESLPod Blog (page 102)
- Life in the United States
Digital Detox*
Do you suffer from (have, like a disease) FOMO? Many people do.
- Life in the United States
The Turban Makes the Man*
If you lived in the American South in the 1940s and you were African American, you would likely be very aware of the Jim Crow laws (see “What Insiders Know” in the Learning Guide of English Cafe 197…
- News and Current Events
Headline English: Private Equity’s Latest Fix
A lot of newspaper headlines (titles of articles) are based on a “double meaning” of one of the words, where one word has two different meanings. Here the key word is fix .
- About ESL Podcast
Podcasts This Week (August 11, 2014)
ON MONDAY ESL Podcast 1024 – Dealing with Crises
- Life in the United States
They Came, and They Continue To Come
Twenty-five years ago, in the movie Field* of Dreams , a mysterious (difficult to explain or understand) voice told Ray Kinsella, “If you build it, he will come.”
- Television and Movies
Action Stars: Helen & Helen
Have you heard of the movie stars Helen Holmes and Helen Gibson? Me, neither, until I read about them recently.
- About ESL Podcast
Podcasts This Week (August 4, 2014)
ON MONDAY ESL Podcast 1022 – Being Cited for a DUI
- Business
Noncompete Clauses
People who work for high-tech (using technology) and highly-skilled jobs may be accustomed to (used to) noncompete clauses. Noncompete clauses are requirements in a person’s employment contract…
