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Culips

6 Minute English

Ted-Ed Podcast

Into the Story

English Like a Native Podcast

The Level Up English Podcast

Easy Stories in English

All Ears English Podcast

Stuff You Should Know

TED Talks Daily

StoryCorps

The Moth

The Happiness Lab

Teenager Therapy

The Good News Podcast

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1. Choose a podcast from the list based on your interests.

2. Try to predict:

What kind of topics do you expect to hear?

What type of people might be speaking? Experts? Teenagers? Celebrities?

3. Pick an episode from the podcast and listen to it. Then answer the following questions:

Summarize the main idea of the podcast in 3-5 sentences.

Was the podcast different from what you expected? If yes, how?

What were 3-5 new words you learned?

Would you recommend this podcast to a classmate? Why or why not?

4. Create a post with the name/link of the chosen podcast, your answers to the previous questions and a recommendation or rating (e.g. 1-5 stars).

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ted talks daily - ‘why friendships can be just as meaningful as romantic love'

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ted talks daily - ‘why friendships can be just as meaningful as romantic love'

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prediction: i reckon ted talks are usually really good and easy to listen to despite some of the episodes being analyses of difficulties topics. i just found this specific title interesting and thought it could be cool.

summary: describing how important friendship are and how important they have always been since the very beginning of the civilisation - what i liked was a mention of how ancient romans used to talk about their friends as ‘half of their soul’, which is now used in romantic relationships. the narrator talks about how crucial is to have someone by our side to reach out to and that it doesn’t have to be a partner or spouse, but a best friend also.

rating: ★★★☆☆

https://youtu.be/wRa3sycERxA?si=idXjWgIfiO1WCuhx

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Why Friendship Can Be Just As Meaningful as Romantic Love | Rhaina Cohen | TED

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Prediction:

I am choosing the latest episode „Stop Stressing About Stress“. By the name of the episode, I think that there will be a discussion on the topic of the epicentre of stress and how to handle stressfull situations. Just „get to know“ our stress.

Recommendation?

The idea of this podcast is focused on mental health. It just helps you to understand why are you the way you are. The woman who presents the podcast tells you some tips about the topic. She also invites a psychologist, whose expertise is the topic of discussion.

For me, I wanted to find this type of podcast. So I really recommend this one.

New words:

blissful-báječný

evaluate-posoudit

Rating:

I would give it like 4,5 stars out of 5.

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Listen to this episode from The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos on Spotify. Stress can suck, but it's part of life - it's normal and even useful. Many of us drown in our stress - worrying about past events and fearing upcoming challenges. We even stress about feeling stressed.

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Ted talks daily- What to do when you offend someone

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Ted talks daily- What to do when you offend someone

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1) I expected to hear an objective instructions resolve this issue with a bit of humor. I expected someone socially smart to talk about it

2) Main idea was for people to understand that for each and every person is offensive something else. Speaker says to people that they should accept the inevitability of offense and ignorance and that we should learn from it. It was as i expected it to be.

I didn't learn any new words.

I would recommend it to anyone who cares about being a better person to other people.

3) i give it a solid 5/5 stars

Link:https://open.spotify.com/episode/1NxENRcspbmUVOYMssiZnT?si=F-N2Y4ugTguBePhMSrV1Bw

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What to do when you offend someone | Lambers Fisher

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6 Minute English - Are you drinking enough water?

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6 Minute English - Are you drinking enough water?

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This podcast is about how our society often doesn’t know how much water is ideal for us. I found out that the fact that we should drink at least 2 litres per day isn’t based on scientific study. Drinking 2 litres per day is however a great way to prevent dehydration and to stay healthy and energised, but the amount of water we should drink really depends on our size.

What I predicted?

A podcast that gives answers to simple questions that are important to us.

I chose this podcast because it really catches my attention at the beggining of this activity.

This podcast was exactly what I expected it to be, short and simple, but educative and full of interesting facts.

to arrive at… - to decide it by doing calculation

idea takes a grip on something - it takes a control of it

pretty much - almost

I would definitely recommend this podcast to everyone. It was interesting and not much scientific. I would rate this podcast with 5 stars.

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2. Before I listened to this podcast I think that its going to be around 10 minutes long and the speaker will tell me some new things which were founded by scientists and how are those things going to affect us normal people.

3. Podcast is only about 2-4 minutes long. Its mainly nature related and they analyzed some good things which happened in our ecosystem and why are they good. It focuses on direct message with just basic explanations. Mine podcast was about problems with invasive green crab in California and his decrease thanks to sea otters which are eating this spieces. I have learn words sea otter, oister, invasiv. I would recomend this podcast to enyone who is interested in topic related to our nature, ecosystem and enviroment.

4. 3 stars

Julie Foltýnová

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The Good News Podcast is your thrice weekly reminder that not all news is bad.

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6 MINUTE ENGLISH ( episode: WHAT DECIDES OUR TASTE?)

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6 MINUTE ENGLISH ( episode: WHAT DECIDES OUR TASTE?)

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I was predicting that the podcast would be about how our taste works and the reasons why everybody have different taste. The podcast was about the things that i thought it would be. They were talking about how scientists have discovered that taste is influenced by our genes and DNA. That’s why everybody have different taste. They also said that what tastes sweet to me, might taste sour or salty to someone else and that really got me thinking. We shouldn’t judge someone by their taste, because taste isn't a matter of opinion. I also learned some new vocabulary such as chastise (strongly punish or criticise), broaden your horizons (investigate something in a new way in order to increase the range of your knowledge, understanding or experience) and I would say that, wouldn't I? (used to imply there's some reason that what the speaker is saying is obviously biased towards them). I would definitely recommend this podcast to my classmates, because it’s short and very informative. Personally i would give it 5 stars. They have a lot of episodes with different themes and in the caption is written the transcript, week question and vocabulary.

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Introduction

What makes us like the flavours we like? Phil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.

This week's question

What is the most popular flavour of crisps in the UK? Is it:

a) salt and vinegar?
b) cheese and onion? or,
c) prawn cocktail?

Listen to the programme to hear the answer.

Vocabulary

broaden (or expand) your horizons
investigate something in a new way in order to increase the range of your knowledge, understanding or experience

chastise
strongly punish or criticise

colour-blind
unable to see the difference between certain colours, especially green and red

pointless
without purpose or meaning, and a waste of time

I would say that, wouldn't I?
of course I would say that; used to imply there's some reason that what the speaker is saying is obviously biased towards them

subjective
based on personal opinions and feelings rather than on objective facts
TRANSCRIPT
Note: This is not a word-for-word transcript.

Phil
Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Phil.

Beth
And I'm Beth. Now, let's talk about food.

Phil
OK. What food do you love? What food do you hate? If you ask around, you'll soon see there's no right or wrong answer - it's all a question of taste.

Beth
But our taste, it turns out, isn't simply a matter of opinion. Rather, scientists have discovered that taste is influenced by our genes and DNA. So, in this programme we'll be asking, what is taste? Why can't we agree on it? And is it worth listening to experts whose job is to tell us what to eat and drink? And, as usual, we'll be learning some useful new vocabulary as well.

Phil
Great, but first I have a question for you, Beth. A good way of finding out about British tastes is with the nation's best-loved snack, crisps. So, what is the most popular flavour of crisps in the UK? Is it:

a) salt and vinegar?
b) cheese and onion? or,
c) prawn cocktail?

Beth
I'm going to guess cheese and onion.

Phil
OK, Beth, I'll reveal the answer later in the programme. Science's understanding of how taste works started only 25 years ago with the discovery of taste receptors, cells located in the taste buds on your tongue.

Beth
But people's taste is unique to them. What tastes sweet to me, might taste sour or salty to someone else, and this is because of differences in the receptors we're born with. In other words, taste is partly genetic. Here's Danielle Reed, researcher at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia explaining more to BBC World Service programme, 'The Food Chain':

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Ruth Alexander
And what you're saying is, "No, taste isn't a matter of opinion, it's a matter of biology".

Danielle Reed
Exactly and we wouldn't... you know, for our friends who are colour-blind, we wouldn't chastise them for not being able to see red or for dressing in colours we don't appreciate, but we feel very free to criticise our friends' sense of taste.

Danielle compares taste to another genetically controlled condition, being colour-blind or unable to see the difference between certain colours like green and red. You wouldn't chastise - criticise or punish - someone for being colour-blind, so why criticise someone's taste?

Phil
But, if scientists are telling us taste is largely genetic, what about restaurant critics and wine connoisseurs, people whose job it is to tell us what to eat and drink? Are their opinions any better than our own? Here's David Kermode, wine judge for the International Wine and Spirits Competition, speaking with Ruth Alexander for BBC World Service's, 'The Food Chain':

David Kermode
No. I mean, I would say that wouldn't I? But of course, individual taste is subjective. We all have our own personal prejudices in whatever sphere of life you want to go into, but we are encouraged, I mean ordered almost, to park those prejudices.

Since people's tastes are naturally different, Ruth asks if wine competitions are pointless, without purpose and a waste of time. Being a wine judge, David, of course disagrees, using the phrase, but I would say that, wouldn't I? This phrase means something like, 'of course I would say that'. It implies there's some reason that what the speaker is saying is obviously biased towards them.

Beth
I think it's time to reveal the answer to your question, Phil.

Something which is pointless,has no purpose or meaning and is a waste of time.

The phrase I would say that wouldn't I? is a tag question meaning, 'of course I would say that'.

And finally, if something is subjective, it's influenced by personal beliefs or feelings, rather than based on facts. Once again, our six minutes are up. Goodbye for now!

Phil
Bye!

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BBC Learning English - 6 Minute English / What decides our taste?

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What makes us like the flavours we like?

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https://open.spotify.com/episode/1hfpEfg0PlUKHPYX6z1nCo?si=HEFr_mlJSmyDy-L7UaRujg

1. The Happiness Lab - A new hope

2. Prediction: I was thinking this podcast will be more about the hope in general (something like a instructions how to find hope in times when you feel like you cannot do, when everything feels upset …).

3. The main idea: The impact of societal pressure and New Year's resolutions on our actual productivity. Can the magical date of January 1st really help us turn our entire lives upside down? Quality sleep is more important than you might think.

My expectations: However it was mostly about the New year’s resolution, new starts on the first January and how this pressure from the society is mostly unproductive. Anyway I really like that every facts there are science based.

New words: behaviors, bump up, attendants

Rating: 3,5/5⭐️

Recommendation: I would like to recommend this episode podcast almost everyone. Voices are clear and people who talk in the episode have good pronunciation. If you like interesting informations and facts about mindset, health and so on which are based on science, it will be just right for you.

I gave “only” three and half from five because it was my first episode and I am saving higher rating for the higher ones.

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The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

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The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

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War, AI and the New Global Arms Race | Alexandr Wang | TED

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https://youtu.be/EpipswT-LuE?si=Y8QefgfxBMXbM2-p

I chose Ted talks because i knew that they have podcasts on lot of topics so everyone can choose what he likes.

The podcast was about use of AI in the future and how it can be used in warfare. There was also metioned how it can be used for propaganda and manipulation of people by using deepfakes.

It was as I expected and I found it very interesting.

I would recomend this podcast to everyone who is interested in warfare or use of AI in the future.

Rating: 8/10

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War, AI and the New Global Arms Race | Alexandr Wang | TED

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6 Minute English - Can you trust ancestry DNA kits?

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6 Minute English - Can you trust ancestry DNA kits?

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Prediction: I would expect a short episode, with each one focusing on a different topic. I would guess that there are various topics to choose from.

Summary: The podcast discusses tracing family history through family trees and DNA ancestry tests. While traditional methods use historical records, DNA testing has become a popular alternative, though its accuracy is sometimes questioned. The podcast highlights how different companies may produce varying DNA ancestry results due to differences in their databases.

New words: forebears, cellular, broadly

Recommendation: I would recommend it because each episode is only six minutes long, and there is a wide range of topics to choose from. However, I expected to hear more facts about the chosen topic.

Rating: 4 out of 5

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The main idea of this video is that AI should work with us not for us. And also AI is a great personal teacher. Because AI can teach one on one. The podcast really did not differ from what i have expected. Some new words which i have learned are for example: undermine, mitigate, tutor. I would recommend this video to people who want to learn about new ways to study with AI.

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How AI Could Save (Not Destroy) Education | Sal Khan | TED