English News Weekly

English News Weekly 180 looks at a story from Tokyo where the graves of 47 famous samurai are being threatened by a modern apartment building complex. Image credit: OceanSound via Wikipedia Public Domain. Download MP3

This week's podcast topic is the first new story of 2015. Usually, English News Weekly would start with a preview of some of the big events that we can look forward to in 2015. However, after the terrible terrorist attack on French magazine in Paris this week, English News Weekly 179 will focus on these terrible events. Image credit: Elya via Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0. Download MP3

English News Weekly 178 is a special edition. This week's podcast topic looks back at some of the news stories ENW highlighted in Episode 129 in January 2014. Image credit: geralt via Pixabay CC0 Public Domain. Download MP3

English News Weekly 177 is a special 2014 edition. This week's podcast, the final ENW episode in 2014, looks at how Boxing Day is celebrated around the world. Image credit: PublicDomainPictures via Pixabay CC0 Public Domain. Download MP3

English News Weekly 176 looks at a land dispute at the very top of the world. Image credit: USS Honolulu via Wikipedia Public Domain. Download MP3

English News Weekly 175 looks at a popular Japanese dish that has plans to become even more popular outside of its Asian home. Image credit: わ、 via Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0. Download MP3

This week's podcast looks at a tragic story from Germany where a 22-year-old student teacher was killed whilst defending two teenage girls. Image credit: Alesa Dam via Flickr CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. Download MP3

This week's podcast introduces a new plan, introduced by French Alpine city of Grenoble, that will replace all advertising billboards in the city with trees. Image credit: geralt via Pixabay CC0 Public Domain. Download MP3

The 2014 report on the list of critically endangered animals has been released. At the same time, as a new report shows, the world is running out of of chocolate. Image credit: nafets via Pixabay CC0 Public Domain. Download MP3

This week's podcast is about a new attraction at London's Heathrow Airport that allows travellers to smell what different countries around the world smell like, before they arrive. Image credit: Wakame: Emukato via Wikipedia PD. Sheshell: Wilfredo R. Rodríguez H. via Wikipedia PD. Sencha: Rama via Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0 FR. Ambergris: Peter Kaminski via frickr CC BY 2.0. Download MP3

This week's podcast looks at concerning news regarding a young British-Iranian woman, who has been sentenced to gaol for one year for attending a men's volleyball match in Tehran, Iran. Image credit: Anoo Bhuyan via frickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Download MP3

This is the final part of the three special edition podcasts! This is a bonus podcast that was recorded at Hiroshima University between Mr Minoru Terada, a member of the Japanese government, and Hiroshima University students. The interview was recorded in a classroom at Hiroshima University Higashihiroshima's Campus, when Mr Terada kindly undertook to answer questions, written, prepared, and asked by current Hiroshima University students. Mr Terada answered a wide range of student questions connected to his public career and private interests. Download MP3

This week's podcast looks at important news released this week by the World Economic Forum, which has concluded that, around the world, the gender gap between men and women has narrowed significantly. Image credit: geralt via Pixabay CC0 Public Domain. Download MP3

This is the second of the three special edition podcasts! This is a bonus podcast that was recorded at Hiroshima University between Mr Minoru Terada, a member of the Japanese government, and Hiroshima University students. The interview was recorded in a classroom at Hiroshima University Higashihiroshima's Campus, when Mr Terada kindly undertook to answer questions, written, prepared, and asked by current Hiroshima University students. Mr Terada answered a wide range of student questions connected to his public career and private interests. Download MP3

This week's podcast looks at the imprisonment of one of the world's most famous sports stars -- South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, "The Blade Runner". Image credit: Jim Thurston via Wikipedia CC BY-SA 2.0. Download MP3

This is the first of the three special edition podcasts, starting this week! This is a bonus podcast that was recorded at Hiroshima University between Mr Minoru Terada, a member of the Japanese government, and Hiroshima University students. The interview was recorded in a classroom at Hiroshima University Higashihiroshima's Campus, when Mr Terada kindly undertook to answer questions, written, prepared, and asked by current Hiroshima University students. Mr Terada answered a wide range of student questions connected to his public career and private interests. Download MP3

This week's podcast looks at the different winners in the six Nobel Prize disciplines for 2014. Image credit: Claude TRUONG-NGOC via Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0. Download MP3

This week's podcast looks at the 10 healthiest cities to live and working around the world, according to a new poll by CNN. Image credit: Srvora via Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0. Download MP3

This week's podcast looks at heartbreaking news from Japan's Honshu Island, where hikers climbing Mt. Ontake were killed due to a sudden volcanic eruption. Image credit: As6022014 via Wikipedia CC BY 3.0. Download MP3

This is the last of our special summer edition of Hiroshima University's English News Weekly Podcast. In 2013 ENW travelled three incredibly interesting European cities - Paris, Edinburgh & Lisbon. This summer, ENW is on the move again to another 4 European cities. The last city finds ENW travelling to northern Italy and the major financial city of Milan. English News Weekly will again be visiting four interesting and unique sites of Milan, a city that is both historic and modern. We will start with perhaps the heartbeat of the city's population – the San Siro Stadium home to Milan's two football teams. We then move onto Milan's historic cathedral before taking a break in a beautiful park on a gorgeous summer day. ENW ends its trip with a night at perhaps the most famous operatic theatre in the world – La Scala. * * * Image credit: FiatLUX via Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0. Download MP3