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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

English Learning for Curious Minds

In this episode, we will explore the evolving role of the Vice President of the United States. 

We will examine the unique pathway this role offers to the presidency and discuss why the current Vice President may be one of the most influential in history. 

 • Role of the Vice President in U.S. politics 
 • Historical pathway from Vice President to President 
 • Kamala Harris's attempt to go from Vice President to President
 • Evolution of the Vice Presidency over time 
 • Impacts of the 12th and 25th Amendments 
 • Vice Presidents' influence on American governance 
 • JD Vance as Donald Trump’s Vice President 
 • Prospects for JD Vance in the next presidential election 

 Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/us-vice-presidents

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#521 | “A Heartbeat Away” | The Role Of The US Vice President

In this episode, we'll enter the shadowy realm of secret societies.
We'll uncover the mysterious history, influence, and rituals of three infamous groups: Skull and Bones, the Knights Templar, and the Freemasons.
From elite university clubs to a medieval order with financial power, we'll learn what makes these societies so compelling.
 

 • The concept of secret societies

 • Description of Skull and Bones at Yale University

 • Famous members of Skull and Bones

 • Initiation rituals of Skull and Bones

 • History and role of the Knights Templar

 • Downfall of the Knights Templar

 • Knights Templar in modern times and conspiracy theories

 • Overview of Freemasonry origins and symbolism

 • Freemasonry's secrecy and global influence

 • The allure and mystery of secret societies

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/secret-societies

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#523 | The Mysterious World of Secret Societies

Space mining sounds like something out of science fiction, but could it soon become reality?
In this episode, we'll explore how the idea of mining asteroids for valuable minerals might work, the challenges it faces, and whether it truly could be a better alternative to mining on Earth. 
 

 • Discovery of asteroid 16 Psyche and its immense value 

 • Asteroids as sources of precious metals 

 • Challenges of travelling and mining in space 

 • Difference between asteroids, planets, and the asteroid belt 

 • Decline in space travel costs and impact on mining 

 • Technical hurdles of mining on asteroids 

 • Legal and ethical concerns of asteroid ownership 

 • Potential impact on Earth's economy and environment 

 • Possibility of using space resources in space 

 • Future of asteroid mining and recent NASA missions

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/space-mining

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#526 | Space Mining | The Future or Science Fiction?

In this episode, we'll learn about the notorious Stanford Prison Experiment, known for revealing human behaviour's dark side in simulated prison conditions. 
 

We'll discuss its purpose, dramatic events, the ethical concerns it raised, and question what it truly tells us about human nature.
 

 • Purpose of the Stanford Prison Experiment 

 • Recruitment and setup of the experiment 

 • Guards' roles and behaviour 

 • Prisoners' arrest and treatment 

 • Escalating conflict and rebellion 

 • Psychological impact on participants 

 • Christina Maslach's intervention 

 • Ethical criticisms and flaws

 • Impact on psychology and debates 

 • Lessons on human behaviour and power dynamics

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/stanford-prison-experiment

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#528 | The Stanford Prison Experiment

In this episode, we will explore Vladimir Putin's unlikely journey from a rat-catching streetfighter to the modern-day tsar of Russia. 
 

We'll look at his rise to power, some of the accusations about what it took to get there, the key decisions that have defined his 25-year rule, and question how history will remember his legacy.
 

 • Vladimir Putin's early life and rise to power

 • Siege of Leningrad during World War Two

 • Putin's upbringing in poverty and street life

 • Putin's early interest in the KGB

 • Putin's political career and rise in St Petersburg

 • Connections and corruption allegations in early political life

 • Putin becomes Russia's Prime Minister in 1999

 • Controversy surrounding the 1999 apartment bombings

 • Consolidation of power and suppression of opposition

 • Putin's use of poison to eliminate opponents

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/putin-modern-tsar

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#530 | Vladimir Putin: Russia’s Modern Tsar

Leap years help keep our calendars in sync with Earth's orbit, but have you ever wondered why we need them? 
 

In this episode, we explore the history of leap years, covering early human calendars, Julius Caesar's reforms, and the adjustments introduced by Pope Gregory XIII.
 

 • Why do we need leap years? 

 • Earth's orbit and the solar year explained 

 • How the first calendars were created 

 • Egyptian and Roman calendar systems 

 • The Julian calendar's introduction of leap years 

 • Inaccuracies in Caesar's calendar calculations 

 • The Gregorian calendar and its leap-year rule 

 • Challenges in adopting the Gregorian calendar 

 • Alternative calendar systems proposed over time 

 • The impossibility of changing Earth's orbit for an exact year

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/science-leap-years

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#533 | The Science of Leap Years

Learning English doesn't need to be boring. You don't need to drown in grammar books, you don't need to spend hours memorising phrasal verbs.

English Learning for Curious Minds is the podcast that teaches you English through teaching you fascinating things about the world.

No boring listening exercises, no drills, no scripted conversations.

Just thoroughly researched, utterly fascinating stories.

It's English learning, but just not as you knew it.

Trailer: English Learning for Curious Minds

Wondering what the English Learning for Curious Minds podcast is all about, who is behind it, and whether it's for you?

In today's inaugural episode, we'll cover who should be listening to the podcast (hint - if you want to improve your English and learn interesting things about the way the world works, this is you), who is behind the podcast (an English native speaker and avid language learner), and talk about some of the quick things you can do to get the most out of the podcast.

 • Who is behind the podcast (introduction to Alastair Budge)
 • Why you need to listen to native speakers
 • Where the English for Curious Minds podcast came from
 • What you can expect from the podcast
 • What does a 'curious mind' mean
 • 2 quick and easy tips for how to use podcasts to learn English

Key vocabulary: Inaugural, Maximise, Let's get cracking, Trilingual, Avid, Exposing, Unforgiving, For starters, Scripted, Must, Whirring away, Innate, Absorb, Squarely, Condense, Dulled down, Artificially, Authentic, Non-trivial, Carve out, Mammoth, Touch on, Come round, A taster, Faceless, Corporation.

Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website: www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/meet-the-english-for-curious-minds-podcast

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#1: Meet the English Learning for Curious Minds podcast

Ever wondered if there are places in the world where planes can't fly? 

From mountainous regions to hostile states, from theme parks to ancient temples, it's time to find out where planes can and can't fly.

 • A time when Western aeroplanes couldn't go over all of Russia and China
 • How countries use their airspace as a political tool
 • Why planes can't go over Tibet
 • Why planes don't fly over Antarctica (
hint, it's probably not why you think • )
 • What do Disney World, Disney Land and Buckingham Palace have in common?
 • Why are there no planes over Paris?

Key vocabulary: Airspace, Ally, Ban, Revenue, Detour, Booming, Desirable, Lofty, Elevation, Regulation, Warrant, Prohibited, Inhabitants, Ostensibly

Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/the-places-in-the-world-where-planes-cant-go

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#2: The Places In The World Where Planes Can't Fly

Today we're going to be taking a look at 5 of the most amazing prison escapes in history. 

We'll travel to South Korea, Mexico, Germany, and the US, and discover some of the ingenious ways in which prisoners evaded their guards.

 • Escape 1: John Herbert Dillinger and the wooden pistol
 • Escape 2: Choi Gap Bok, the South Korean yoga expert
 • Escape 3: The Alcatraz escape - but did it really happen?
 • Escape 4: The Great Escape - how 600 men managed to keep an escape plan hidden from their guards
 • Escape 5 (and 6): El Chapo, $2.5 million, laundry baskets, tunnels, and motorbikes

Key vocab: Protagonists, Ingenious, Dummies, Without further ado, Ringing a bell, Notorious, Carved, Lured, Shootout, Brute, Wriggle, Perished, Cult, Shark-infested, Tides, Feat, Raft, Intriguing, Immortalized, Squadron, Sheer, Barbed wire, Implicated, Evade, Extradited, Bribe

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Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/the-most-amazing-prison-escapes-in-history

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#533 | The Science of Leap Years

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