João Gilberto, master of bossa nova music, di...

Today's story: Television title sequences began as a way to introduce shows and credit the people who made them. As viewing habits changed from channel-surfing to streaming and binge-watching, opening sequences evolved from explanations of a show to mood-setting artistic statemen ...  Show more

Learn the English expression, "with a straight face." (Can you keep one?)Get the full story and learning resources: https://plainenglish.com/expressions/with-a-straight-face--Plain English helps you improve your English:Learn about the world and improve your EnglishClear, natural ...  Show more

A podcast for English learners! Improve your listening skills, practice your pronunciation, learn new vocabulary! This episode, I'm chatting with Fabi! We chatted about learning song lyrics, using a student’s 1st language to help them learn English, and sounding natural enough... ...  Show more

Almost everyone knows to count from 1 to 10 in Spanish--before they even learned the language.In this episode, we'll review useful vocabulary related to numbers in Spanish with the salsa song Conteo Regresivo by Gilberto Santa Rosa.Learn how to count from one to 1 million in this ...  Show more

Have you ever heard a song in Spanish that you really like and you wish you could understand it? Do you want to incorporate music into your language learning but don’t know where to start? Not to worry, by the end of this episode you’ll have 9 creative ways you can use music in l ...  Show more

September is finally here and with it, the sadness of waving goodbye to our summer holidays. Work and school have resumed. France now went back to its humdrum daily life.

In this episode we're going to talk about music instruments and we'll have a look at a specific voc ...