LISTEN LIVE: NPR
INTELLIGENGE SQUARED: HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY (UK accent)
(begin at 1:00)
How does the speaker define a monster?
what are three examples of monsters that she gives?
what inspired the speaker to explore the topic of monsters?
INTELLIGENGE SQUARED: THE SCIENCE OF ANTI-AGING (UK accent)
(begin at 3:33)
What is the name of the book by the guest speaker? "Jelly fish age backwards"
Where does the guest speaker teach? "University of Copenhagen"
What is special about the jelly fish the speaker describes? -it can age and de-age and age and de-age (with the help of human invervention)
what's the difference between health span and life span?
what does the speaker attribute the difference between a 50 year old today and a 50 year old 100 years ago? - vaccines, antiobiotics, antimicrobials
What happens to lobsters through time? -it grows bigger, stronger, more fertil.
How is a preserving a car different from preserving biological health? - biological health is dynamic. exercise is stress but helps fortify and prolong life.
STUDENT ENCAMPMENTS SPRINGING UP (GAZA)
https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/04/25/boston-emerson-college-massachusetts-students-arrests
(ACTOR) F. MURRAY ABRAHAM interview (WHITE LOTUS, AMADEUS)
(ECONOMICS) DAVID GRAEBER: THE HISTORY OF DEBT (***DIFFICULT***) (1hr, 25min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTYvpVG_Jc0
STORYTELLING PODCASTS
EASY STORIES IN ENGLISH (for english learners
https://player.fm/series/easy-stories-in-english
REAL ENGLISH CONVERSATIONS (for english learners)
TELL ME MORE… STORYTELLING
https://www.tellmemorelive.org/
6 MINUTE ENGLISH (BBC)
https://player.fm/series/6-minute-english-1301604
TERRIBLE, THANKS FOR ASKING
JOE ROGAN PODCAST (informal, conversational, sometimes vulgar)
https://open.spotify.com/show/4rOoJ6Egrf8K2IrywzwOMk
SELECTED SHORTS
https://www.symphonyspace.org/selected-shorts/broadcast-schedule?year=2021
MORITIFIED
https://getmortified.com/audio/podcast/
THE MOTH RADIO HOUR
https://themoth.org/story-library/stories
WEIRD TAKES RADIO SHOW (difficult, fast speak, UK accent)
https://player.fm/series/weird-tales-radio-show-hosted-by-charles-christian
Anything Goes with James English (difficult scottish accent)
https://player.fm/series/anything-goes-with-james-english
TED ED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UORR38l9fo - about pandas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ-XXQCcXik - about engineered viruses
PODCAST: A WAY WITH WORDS (about the English language)
NILE ADMIT ALL I WANNA DO
IS GET DRUNK AND SILENT — mariana whatserrname
listening activity
excel/ MS word formatting instructions.
listening exercise.
“drag and drop”
copy the words “xcxsfsdf” and paste them under number 8.
cant / can
used to / usually/ am used to
(dictation)
(SPANISH) Audio listening trick (you hear what you read)
https://www.instagram.com/p/C7Oau1OtK_K/
TASTE TESTS, IDENTIFY THINGS BASED ON JINGLES, SOUNDS, ETC.
Star Wars theme.
Wedding Song.
Happy Birthday.
identify if it is in past or present when i say it.
Did maria cook pasta?
Does paula have a car?
trick question: will maria call you?