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).

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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