Take Tea for the Fever (Rebroadcast) - 31 Jul...

How long can a newly married woman be called a bride? Does bride apply only as long as her wedding day, or does it extend right on through the couple’s silver anniversary and beyond? Plus, insightful advice about writing from a Pulitzer winner: Observe carefully, find what you’re ...  Show more

Over the centuries, the meaning of happiness has traveled a long way. Today we speak of the pursuit of happiness, but it used to be that the word happiness suggested something that occurs only by chance–something that simply… happens. Plus, the joys and challenges of learning a n ...  Show more

Welcome back to this week's episode! It'll begin with a joke. Then, we move into the expression of the day, "to spread one's wings," breaking down its meaning and providing vivid examples to help you understand how to use it in everyday life. Finally, we'll practice pronouncing t ...  Show more

Today's English lesson is all about vacation vocabulary. I'll tell you about traveling that I have done in the past and what my dream vacation would include. You'll learn terms like "bucket-list" and "home-body" to help describe your traveling. Check out the @englishvocabulary ...

The Monster Study (aka Tudor Study) is an unethical psychology experiment that was conducted in 1939 on 22 orphans in Davenport, Iowa. The goal was to a test the theory that by deeply worrying about starting to stutter, one may develop the speech disorder. Mary Tudor, a graduate ...  Show more

Learn American English in this episode of the American English Podcast where I talk about THE DONNER PARTY and teach you to use the expression TO BITE OFF MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW like a native speaker. To see photos of where the Donner Party was trapped in the Sierra Nevada Mounta ...  Show more