English Learning for Curious Minds

Are you looking for a more interesting way to learn English? English Learning for Curious Minds is

Episodes

Total: 272

 It's one of the most powerful television channels in the United States, the current US president’s

 In the early hours of November 5th, 1605, a man was found in a cellar under The Houses of Parliamen

 In Holland in the 1600s the price of tulips rose so much that a single bulb reportedly cost more th

 In 1963 a criminal gang managed to stop a Royal Mail train, steal £2 million pounds in cash (£55 mi

 In 1755, Samuel Johnson published an English dictionary that has gone down in history.Not only was

 300 years ago, London experienced a gin craze of epic scale, with the average Londoner drinking 10

 After water and air, it's the most used natural resource in the world. But are we really running ou

 What would happen if the government just gave everyone money? That's the idea of Universal Basic In

#31: How Google Works

2020/2/28

 It's the most visited website in the world, with 80,000 searches per second. But have you ever actu

 You might know nothing about it. But certainly does (or could do) know a huge amount about you.Let'

#28: Help!

2020/2/19

 Today is a bit of a change from the normal. It's time to ask for your help. Let's build the best po

 The media might portray it as just a failed state run by a mad dictator, but today we'll find out t

 Confused about the difference between Great Britain and The United Kingdom, and always wondered whe

 It's time for Part 2 of our most common mistakes people make when learning English.In today's episo

 It's time to take a look at the most common mistakes people make when learning English, and how to

#21: Conspiracy Theories

2020/1/28

 Do you believe in conspiracy theories? Millions of people around the world do. Today we're going to

 Britain's biggest contribution to gastronomy, the sandwich, was invented 250 years ago. How it was

 The English Breakfast is a truly British institution, and its history goes back 700 years. In today

 It's a British classic, but how much do you really know about it? Today we are diving into the fasc

 Today is the first of our 4-part mini-series on British food, and we're going to talk about somethi