Learning English Broadcast - Voice Of America

On today’s podcast, learn why Gettysburg is an important place in America; scientists release new research on two huge valleys on the far side of the moon; find out what a ‘power couple’ is; then, all about homophones on Lesson of the Day.

On today’s podcast, find out about this year’s Super Bowl and the game’s history; learn all about intransitive verb structures common in academic writing; how to use ‘regard’ and ‘regardless;’ then, part two of 'The Fall of the House of Usher,' by Edgar Allan Poe on American Stories.

On today’s podcast, find out about this year’s Super Bowl and the game’s history; learn all about intransitive verb structures common in academic writing; how to use ‘regard’ and ‘regardless;’ then, part two of 'The Fall of the House of Usher,' by Edgar Allan Poe on American Stories.

On today’s podcast, Japan successfully launches a positioning satellite adding to its system; India says its tiger population has doubled in 12 years; a private company tests a supersonic plane; and ‘should’ and ‘ought to’ on Lesson of the Day.

On today’s podcast, the world’s biggest iceberg might crash into a South Atlantic island; Taiwan aims to destroy invasive lizards; learn how to write effective emails; then, reduced forms including ‘whaddaya call it’ on Lesson of the Day.

On today’s podcast, what are ‘chorus waves’ and why are they in space? A New York food bank gets a gift of thousands of live fish; a new treatment for high blood pressure targets the kidneys; then, talking about food trucks on Lesson of the Day.

On today’s podcast, escaped monkeys are returned to a South Carolina laboratory; what are “kitchen-table” issues? Studies find organic compounds in asteroid rocks; conflict hurts the environment around the Dead Sea; then, pumpkin spice on Lesson of the Day.

On today’s podcast, escaped monkeys are returned to a South Carolina laboratory; what are “kitchen-table” issues? Studies find organic compounds in asteroid rocks; conflict hurts the environment around the Dead Sea; then, pumpkin spice on Lesson of the Day.

On this podcast, how people can use yoga to improve health; learn about the words accountability, responsibility, and liability; an important sentence structure for academic writing; then, part one of 'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe on American Stories.

On this podcast, how people can use yoga to improve health; learn about the words accountability, responsibility, and liability; an important sentence structure for academic writing; then, part one of 'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe on American Stories.

On today’s podcast, experts are considering new ways to define and treat overweight; prepare in winter for a spring garden; what is the pink chemical used to limit forest fires? Then, talking about summertime activities on Lesson of the Day.

On today’s podcast, a court in Colorado rules that elephants cannot bring a legal case; the United Nations says 250 million students around the world missed school because of weather; scientists with disabilities aim to change their field; then, ‘hafta’ and ‘everybody’ on Lesson of the Day.

On today’s podcast, architects are using living trees in their building designs to support wellness and quality of life; it is cold and flu season, learn ways to avoid getting infected; then, good news and bad news on Lesson of the Day.

On this podcast, a natural area in the state of Alabama is popular with birdwatchers; what it means to ‘spread yourself too thin;’ two astronauts are spending much longer than planned on the International Space Station; then, predictions on Lesson of the Day.

On this podcast, a natural area in the state of Alabama is popular with birdwatchers; what it means to ‘spread yourself too thin;’ two astronauts are spending much longer than planned on the International Space Station; then, predictions on Lesson of the Day.

On today’s podcast, archeologists discover a rich bathhouse in the ancient Italian city of Pompeii; learn about common sentence structure for academic writing; minimal pairs can make pronouncing English easier; then, part four of ‘The Blue Hotel,' by Stephen Crane on American Stories.

On today’s podcast, archeologists discover a rich bathhouse in the ancient Italian city of Pompeii; learn about common sentence structure for academic writing; minimal pairs can make pronouncing English easier; then, part four of ‘The Blue Hotel,' by Stephen Crane on American Stories.

On today’s podcast, the U.S. is banning a common food coloring; researchers say ancient Celtic women in Britain had deep social links; Meta announces a new way to police materials on its social media services and a chat on ‘bias’ and ‘appropriate;’ then, reduced pronouns on Lesson of the Day.

On today’s podcast, Nepal’s Supreme Court bans business development in protected areas; the company Neuralink puts a brain-to-computer link in a third person; remember language by making a ‘memory palace;’ then, ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ skills on Lesson of the Day.

On today’s podcast, learn about plants that grow without soil; a game that started in Mexican prisons is now widely popular; learn about ways to avoid falls on the Health Report; then, there is more to the words ‘can’ and ‘can’t’ than you think on Lesson of the Day.