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English Learning for Curious Minds | A More Interesting Way To Learn English

English Learning for Curious Minds | A More Interesting Way To Learn English

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Are you looking for a more interesting way to learn English? English Learning for Curious Minds is an English podcast for intermediate and advanced English learners who want to improve their English listening while learning weird and wonderful things about the world. If you want to learn English naturally, improve your English listening skills, and discover fascinating ideas at the same time, this podcast is for you. Every episode helps you improve your English through interesting stories, history, psychology, business, culture, science, and strange-but-true events from around the world. Instead of textbook exercises or boring grammar drills, you’ll learn English through ideas worth talking about. This is an English-learning podcast for curious adults — people who want to build confidence in English, improve listening comprehension, expand vocabulary in context, and enjoy the process of learning. This podcast is spoken in clear, British English. Whether you want English listening practice, vocabulary in context, or simply a way to learn through ideas worth talking about, you'll find episodes designed for intermediate to advanced learners and spoken at a speed you can understand. Every episode comes with: * Interactive transcripts * Subtitles * Key vocabulary explanations * Bonus learning materials * PDF study packs You’ll hear episodes about history, psychology, language, business, habits, strange stories, culture, communication, and the ideas that shape how people think and behave — all designed to help you improve your English naturally. Questions we help listeners answer include: * How can I improve my English listening? * How can I learn English without boring textbooks? * What is the best English podcast for intermediate learners? * How can I build vocabulary in context? * How can I stay motivated while learning English? Join listeners in 189 countries and discover a more interesting way to learn English. Find bonus episodes, interactive transcripts, subtitles, vocabulary explanations, and more at www.leonardoenglish.comLeonardo English Foreign Language Audiobooks
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  • #631 | The Dark Side of Psychology | The Milgram Experiment

    #631 | The Dark Side of Psychology | The Milgram Experiment
    Sep 10 2026


    In 1961, psychologist Stanley Milgram tested how far ordinary Americans would go when an authority figure told them to hurt someone.


    His disturbing experiment revealed the power of obedience and raised frightening questions about how easily good people can do terrible things.


    • Adolf Eichmann's trial and the banality of evil
    • Stanley Milgram studies obedience to authority at Yale
    • Volunteers deceived with teacher and learner roles
    • Shock machine with rising volts and scripted learner reactions
    • Experimenter prompts encourage teachers to continue
    • Sixty-five per cent gave the maximum 450-volt shock
    • Variations test authority setting proximity and peer dissent
    • Factors include authority distance and gradual escalation
    • Ethical debates and belief in real shocks
    • 2009 replication and the agentic state concept

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

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    Keywords: Learn English, vocabulary, lessons, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية
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    27 mins
  • #629 | “Please, Sir, I Want Some More": The Truth About Victorian Workhouses

    #629 | “Please, Sir, I Want Some More": The Truth About Victorian Workhouses
    Aug 27 2026


    Charles Dickens made the Victorian workhouse famous, but the reality behind Oliver Twist was even worse than fiction.


    This episode tells how workhouses treated Britain’s poorest people, and how pensions and the welfare state finally replaced them.


    • Oliver Twist and the image of hunger in workhouses
    • Early poor relief and rising costs during the Industrial Revolution
    • 1832 Royal Commission and 1834 Act creating national workhouses
    • The harsh idea of less eligibility as a warning
    • Who ended up in workhouses: the elderly, sick children, and women
    • Small meals, family separation, and hard work like treadmills
    • Andover scandal: starving people and an abusive, drunken master
    • Charlie Chaplin's childhood in the workhouse
    • Reforms pensions: National Insurance and 1948 changes
    • Ongoing debates about welfare and supporting vulnerable people

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

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    Keywords: Learn English, vocabulary, lessons, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية
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    23 mins
  • #626 | The Strange Story of Punch and Judy

    #626 | The Strange Story of Punch and Judy
    Aug 13 2026


    He wears a red hat, carries a stick, and laughs as he beats almost everyone he meets.


    This episode tells the odd, violent story of Punch and Judy, the puppet show that began in Italy and became a British seaside symbol.


    It looks at how Mr Punch survived for over 300 years, and why many now question whether he still belongs on the beach.


    • The swazzle and Mr Punch's strange squeaky voice
    • Italian street theatre origins and Pulcinella
    • Arrival in London in 1662 with Samuel Pepys
    • From marionettes to glove puppets and slapstick action
    • The 1828 book and forgery doubts
    • Judy, the baby, the policeman, the crocodile and the devil
    • Violent plot and the "That's the way to do it!" catchphrase
    • Rise at the seaside with Victorian railways
    • Mr Punch and the humour magazine Punch
    • Modern decline, criticism, attempts to modernise, and an uncertain future

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

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    Keywords: Learn English, vocabulary, lessons, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية
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    26 mins
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