What Are Chaebols? The Family Companies That Dominate South Korea (Bonus Episode)
Earlier this week I was reading an article about Samsung. I’m sure you all know Samsung… they are one of…
What is the Law of Diminishing Returns? (Bonus Episode)
When I first started the Thinking in English podcast, my setup was very simple. I recorded episodes using a basic…
What is the Butterfly Effect? (Bonus Episode)
Could something as small as a butterfly flapping its wings cause a tornado on the other side of the world?…
What is the Overton Window? (Bonus Episode)
A few months ago, I released an episode about Alan Turing. He is considered the father of modern computing and…
What is a Banana Republic? (Bonus Episode)
What is a banana republic? I’m curious how many of you have heard this phrase before. If you just take…
Raising a Bilingual Child… (Bonus Episode)
Becoming a parent changes has changed a lot in my life, including how I have been thinking about language and…
What was the Stanford Prison Experiment? (Bonus Episode)
In 1971, a group of university students walked into a basement at Stanford University. Within days, some of them were…
Tom’s Top Tools for Living/Travelling Abroad Successfully (Bonus Episode)
I have lived abroad outside of the UK for seven out of the past 10 years, I think. And it…
What is a Pub? (Bonus Episode)
Have you ever been to a pub? In today's episode, I want to talk about one of the most important…