388. Is the American Dream Dead? (English Vocabulary Lesson)
If you work hard, can you build yourself a better life? For a long time, millions of people believed the…
387. Why Are Some People Always Late? The Cultural Meaning of Time (English Vocabulary Lesson)
You are invited to a party. The invitation says the party starts at 20:00. What time will you arrive? Your…
386. Who Was Leonardo Da Vinci? (English Vocabulary Lesson)
Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the greatest minds in history. He painted some of the most famous works of…
385. Should We Boycott the 2026 World Cup? (English Vocabulary Lesson)
Four years ago, I made an episode titled “Should we boycott the Qatar World Cup?” As you might remember, the…
384. The Scramble for Africa (English Vocabulary Lesson)
In the 1870s, about ten percent of Africa had been colonised by European countries. But over the next few decades,…
383. What Is Talent? And Do You Need It to Learn English? (English Vocabulary Lesson)
“I’m just not good at learning languages.” I’m sure many of you listening right now have thought this before. And…
382. Rwanda: Economic Miracle or Authoritarian State? (English Vocabulary Lesson)
In 1994, the small African country of Rwanda experienced one of the worst genocides in modern history. Over a one-hundred-day…
381. Easter Island: Mystery, Moai, and the Edge of the World (English Vocabulary Lesson)
Imagine living in a place so remote that the nearest inhabited land is over two thousand kilometres away. No neighbours.…
380. What is Poverty? (English Vocabulary Lesson)
What does poverty really mean? When we hear the word poverty, I think many of us imagine extreme situations, like…