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English Learning for Curious Minds

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, interactive transcripts, subtitles, key vocabulary, and more at www.leonardoenglish.com

Épisodes

193

#462 | Fried Mars Bars, Bagpipes & Unusual Scottish Traditions

192

#460 | Prince Andrew | The Black Sheep of The Royal Family

191

#456 | Fredric Tudor | The Ice King

190

#440 | The Korean Wave: How K-Pop Conquered the World

22 min

189

#438 | Bad Science | When Scientists Got It Wrong

19 min

188

#436 | Transhumanism & The Rise of The Superhumans

23 min

187

#434 | Edward Snowden | American Patriot or Traitor?

23 min

186

#432 | The Most Unusual New Year's Eve Traditions

16 min

185

#430 | What Is Effective Altruism?

23 min

184

#428 | Sanctions: Do They Even Work?

24 min

183

#426 | K-Pop, Zelensky & Cricket | 21st Century Soft Power

22 min

182

#424 | A Brief History of Salt

18 min

181

#422 | Jeffrey Epstein | American Sex Offender

23 min

180

#420 | The Economics of Chicken

19 min

179

#418 | The Race To The South Pole

27 min

178

#416 | The Quest To Find The Origin of The River Nile | Henry Morton Stanley

17 min

177

#414 | The Quest To Find The Origin of The River Nile | Burton vs. Speke

23 min

176

#412 | A Short History of Mental Health

17 min

175

#410 | (Keeping Up With) The Kardashians

21 min

174

#408 | Upstairs, Downstairs: The Lives of British Servants

20 min

173

#406 | What Does “Lord” Really Mean? An Exploration Of The British Aristocracy.

21 min

172

#404 | The Rise And Fall Of The Vanderbilts

20 min

171

#402 | The French Foreign Legion

22 min

170

#400 | Degrowth vs E/Acc | How To Save The World

19 min

169

#398 | Ernest Shackleton | Antarctic Explorer

24 min

168

#396 | The Extraordinary Life of Kim Dotcom: Hacker, Entrepreneur, Fugitive

21 min

167

#392 | Homes, Homelessness & Evolving English

19 min

166

#388 | Vardy vs. Rooney | The Battle Of The Footballers’ Wives

21 min

165

#382 | Geli Raubal | Hitler’s Murdered Lover?

23 min

164

#380 | Marc Rich: The King of Oil

26 min

163

#376 | Porn & Big Money

30 min

162

#374 | The Rise And Fall of “The Fake Sheikh”

24 min

161

#372 | The War on Milk

19 min

160

Killing Hitler [episode 1 of Pioneers Of The Continuum]

14 min

159

#368 | Britain's Tabloid Culture: A Love-Hate Relationship

22 min

158

#366 | New York’s Five Families and The Business of Crime - Part I | History & Creation

20 min

157

⚡️Trailer: Pioneers Of The Continuum

4 min

156

#364 | Do Idioms Really Matter?

20 min

155

#362 | Anna Delvey | The Fake German Heiress

22 min

154

#360 | Fyre Festival | The Worst Festival In The World

24 min

153

#358 | Poker Island | How Malta Became A Gambling Hub

27 min

152

#354 | The Disappearance of Lord Lucan

23 min

151

#352 | Lee Harvey Oswald | The Man Who Killed A President

28 min

150

#350 | The Unusual Names of Cocktails

21 min

149

#348 | The Cambridge Five Part III | Beer & Betrayal

21 min

148

#346 | The Cambridge Five Part I | The Recruitment

21 min

147

#344 | Adolf Hitler | Der Führer

30 min

146

⚡️ Bonus episode from Easy Stories in English // Sisters, Sisters

45 min

145

#342 | Josef Stalin | The Grey Blur

27 min

144

#340 | Catherine The Great | Russia’s Fearless Empress

25 min

143

#338 | The Tragic Life of Anne Boleyn

30 min

142

#336 | “The British Disease” | A Short History of Football Hooliganism in the UK

24 min

141

#334 | The Magical Life of Roald Dahl

23 min

140

#332 | The Bizarre Life of Lewis Carroll

23 min

139

#330 | A Short History of Measurements

24 min

138

#328 | The Unusual British News of 2022

21 min

137

#326 | How TikTok Took Over The World

26 min

136

#324 | Artificial Intelligence & Language Learning

23 min

135

#322 | A King in Waiting | The Life of Charles III

22 min

134

#320 | The Florida & Munich Hostage Disasters

24 min

133

#318 | A Job From Hell | Slaves in Ancient Rome

24 min

132

#316 | The World Cup’s Five Biggest Controversies

24 min

131

#314 | Michael Jackson | The Troubled Life of The King of Pop

25 min

130

#312 | A History of Witches | Misogyny, Magic and Murder

25 min

129

#310 | A History of Vampires | Fangs, Fear and Fiction

21 min

128

#308 | The Murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia Part 3 | A Culture of Impunity

20 min

127

#307 | The Murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia Part 2 | Crooks Everywhere You Look

18 min

126

#306 | The Murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia Part 1 | Cocaine, Corruption, and Filthy Money

20 min

125

#304 | The Life of Donald Trump

25 min

124

#300 | Plastic Recycling - Is It Worth It?

24 min

123

#298 | A Brief History of Climate Change

23 min

122

#296 | Osama Bin Laden | The World's Most Wanted Man

23 min

121

#292 | Chess & The Cold War

30 min

120

#290 | Sigmund Freud | Father of Psychoanalysis

26 min

119

#288 | Albert Pierrepoint | Britain’s Most Famous Executioner

23 min

118

#284 | The Atomic Bomb Part 1: The Manhattan Project

19 min

117

[BONUS: REPLAY] The Rise of Air Conditioning

24 min

116

#282 | Joe Rogan & Spotify | The Most Expensive Podcast In The World

23 min

115

#280 | The Tower of London

21 min

114

#276 | Oxbridge: Why Two Universities Dominate Britain

23 min

113

#274 | The Rise of The Great Fashion Houses

23 min

112

#272 | Apollo 13

24 min

111

#270 | The Inimitable Charles Dickens

21 min

110

#268 | Grigori Rasputin - The Mad Monk

27 min

109

#266 | What’s Happening In San Francisco?

21 min

108

[BONUS] A Conversation with Lindsay from All Ears English

14 min

107

#262 | JK Rowling & The Battle To Publish Harry Potter

19 min

106

#260 | The Cambridge Analytica Scandal

26 min

105

#258 | The War Of The Currents

29 min

104

#256 | Where Does All Our Rubbish Go?

21 min

103

#254 | En Garde! A History Of Duelling

23 min

102

#252 | Five Surprising Food Origins

22 min

101

#248 | The Antarctic Treaty

26 min

100

#246 | Cornish Smugglers

23 min

99

#244 | The Scandalous Life of Lord Byron

28 min

98

#240 | The Rise and Fall of Boris Johnson

26 min

97

#238 | A Short History Of Tea

24 min

96

#234 | The Future of The British Royal Family

24 min

95

#232 | When Britain Killed Its King

31 min

94

#230 | The Opioid Crisis

27 min

93

#228 | The Crazy Life of Elvis Presley

33 min

92

#226 | The Amazing Life Of Ray Charles

19 min

91

#224 | Predictions Of The Future From The Past

26 min

90

#220 | The Real Peaky Blinders

25 min

89

#218 | The Rise Of Fast Food Part 3: Today & Tomorrow

17 min

88

#216 | The Rise Of Fast Food Part 1: The Early Years

21 min

87

#214 | Robert Baden-Powell & The Boy Scouts

22 min

86

#210 | The Illogicality of The English Language

22 min

85

#208 | A History of James Bond

24 min

84

#206 | Queen Elizabeth II

28 min

83

#204 | Brexit: Part 2

22 min

82

#202 | A History of Fake News

24 min

81

#200 | Stéphane Breitwieser: The Greatest Art Thief of All Time

25 min

80

#198 | A History of Pirates

28 min

79

#196 | Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around The World

29 min

78

#192: A History of Wikipedia

27 min

77

#190: The National Rifle Association

22 min

76

#188: Bonnie Prince Charlie

29 min

75

#186: William Wallace

23 min

74

#184: Banned Books

26 min

73

#180: Winston Churchill & The English Language

29 min

72

#176: The Space Race - Part One | The Early Years

24 min

71

#174: 3D Printing

22 min

70

#172: The Curious Taste of British Food

24 min

69

#168: The Curious History of Spice

20 min

68

#164: The Rise And Fall Of WeWork

23 min

67

#162: The Genius of William Shakespeare

26 min

66

#160: Politics & The Olympic Games

26 min

65

#158: George Orwell

26 min

64

#156: The Grand Tour

23 min

63

#154: Las Vegas

21 min

62

#152: The French Revolution

28 min

61

#148: Tax

21 min

60

#144: Whaling

17 min

59

#142: Scotland

17 min

58

#140: Cockney Rhyming Slang

16 min

57

#138: Disney Part III: The Magic

19 min

56

#136: Disney Part I: The History

20 min

55

#134: A Short History of The English Language

20 min

54

#130: Rose Island

20 min

53

#128: The Art of War

18 min

52

#122: Bitcoin

22 min

51

#120: Vespa

17 min

50

#118: 9 Things That Happened on Christmas Day

18 min

49

#116: Jeremy Bentham & Utilitarianism

22 min

48

#112: Personality Tests

21 min

47

#106: Superstitions

20 min

46

#100: Leonardo Da Vinci

18 min

45

#98: GDP & Measuring Growth

23 min

44

#94: Cryptozoology | The Hunt for Mystery Animals

16 min

43

#92: The English of Boris Johnson

24 min

42

#88: The Amazing Life of Whales

18 min

41

#86: Electric Cars

18 min

40

#84: Tito | The Man Who Stood Up To Stalin

24 min

39

#82: The English of Donald Trump

16 min

38

#80: 1MDB & The Missing Malaysian Billions

21 min

37

#76: The World Bank

18 min

36

#70: Human Rights

22 min

35

#68: What Happens When Languages Die?

19 min

34

#66: The Weird History of Madame Tussauds

17 min

33

#64: The Hidden Cost of Food Delivery Apps

17 min

32

#62: The Resource Curse

16 min

31

#60: The British Sense of Humour

17 min

30

#58: Plastic

20 min

29

#56: Turkmenistan

18 min

28

#54: Harrods | The Playground of London's Rich & Famous

23 min

27

#52: The Guinness World Records

17 min

26

#50: A Service Announcement

7 min

25

#49: Fair Trade

22 min

24

#47: Fox News // The Presidential Propaganda Machine

19 min

23

#45: Guy Fawkes // The Man Who Tried To Blow Up Parliament

17 min

22

#41: The Great Train Robbery

16 min

21

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

15 min

20

#33: Universal Basic Income

19 min

19

#29: Palantir: The Most Important Company You’ve Never Heard Of

14 min

18

#28: Help!

9 min

17

#27: North Korea - The Hermit Kingdom

20 min

16

#25: What's The Difference Between Great Britain and The United Kingdom?

18 min

15

#23: Part 1: The Most Common Mistakes People Make When Learning English (and How to Avoid Them)

20 min

14

#21: Conspiracy Theories

14 min

13

#18: British Food Part 3 - The English Breakfast

16 min

12

#17: British Food Part 2 - Fish & Chips

13 min

11

#16: British Food Part 1 - Oysters

17 min

10

#15: Why Is All The News So Negative? And What If It Wasn't?

19 min

9

#13: Why is New Year, New Year?

10 min

8

#11: The Book That Made Christmas, Christmas

14 min

7

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

12 min

6

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

12 min

5

#7: Who Owns The Sea (And Why Does It Matter)?

18 min

4

#5: What Is Soft Power (And Why Does It Matter)?

16 min

3

#4: How To Use Podcasts To Learn English (Like A Boss)

18 min

2

#1: Meet the English Learning for Curious Minds podcast

14 min

1

Trailer: English Learning for Curious Minds

2 min

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