In August 1995 Britain's two biggest bands battled for the number one position. Discover what happened, how the battle divided the nation, and why the story is about much more than just music.

English Learning for Curious Minds

Oasis vs. Blur

In this episode we talk about videogames in Canada and Japan...but mainly in Canada (we will talk more about videogames in Japan in the future). We discuss how Zach doesn't really like many Canadian or maybe games in general, PC vs console, how videogames are viewed, etc. 

Koryuu Podcast/交流ポッドキャスト

Zach Doesn't Really Like Canadian Video Games Apparently/ ザックはあまりカナダのゲームが好きじゃないらしい

Today we're going to talk about renting an apartment, 租房, after this lesson, you'll be able to talk about some details of renting an apartment in Chinese.
New vocabulary:
租房子/公寓： rent an apartment
中介: agent
租金: rent
房东: landlord
看房: see the house
预算: budget
物业费: management fee
押金: deposit
精装修: fine decorated
两房一厅一卫: two bedrooms, one living room and one bathroom

chinesewithserana

租房（renting an apartment）

Marcel is talking to Maryem, his neighbor...he is flirting with her and asking if she is single and for her phone number. Listen to the podcast to know what is going to happen. 

Aprende árabe con Radia 

Getting to know each other

You can read the podcast here>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wuZHSmm2EAi3MZKvsY6ofkdk9KQ9WnUS/view?usp=sharing

Lisa's Podcast

Seaweed Sofas and Fungi Furniture: Say goodbye to plastic!

Une mauvaise réputation
Le Saint-Bernard se promène dans la montagne, le cœur bien lourd. On dit de lui qu’il est un peu ivrogne. Or, il déteste l’alcool ! Soudain, sa truffe se met à remuer : là-dessous, dans la neige, est enterré vivant un petit animal.
Vite, il se met à la besogne, gratte et découvre... un renardeau. Il le prend délicatement dans sa gueule, le réchauffe et finit par retrouver les parents affolés.
- Oh, dit le père, vous avez sauvé mon fils, comment vous remercier ?
Le bon chien veut se retirer, mais voilà que le renardeau lui donne une grosse bise sur le bout du museau !

Des Milliers D'histoires

Histoire 28 - Une mauvaise réputation

How can you memorize what you need without wasting a lot of time or feeling bored?  Unfortunately, some of the strategies that we learned in school are not very efficient or effective.  Learn what works in this episode!

The complete text of this podcast can be found at https://www.difficultenglishexplained.com/whats-the-most-efficient-way-to-memorize-material-part-2/

Difficult English Explained

What's the most efficient way to memorize material? (Part 2)

NAVIGATING THE 21ST CENTURY DATING LANDSCAPE, AN ISSUE ON THE HORIZON IS MONEY. 
SO THIS PODCAST ATTEMPTS TO PROBE AT THE BURNING QUESTIONS OF SHOULD WOMEN BE CONCERNED ABOUT A MAN'S FINANCIAL STANDING. IS IT AN OUTMOTED OBSOLETE IDEA? ENTITLEMENT? GOLD DIGGING? OR WISE. 

LETS EXPLORE ON JUST LISO

Just Liso

IS SHE A GOLD DIGGER ???? - SHOULD A WOMAN BE CONCERENED ABOUT A MAN'S MONEY?

TikTok has announced it will block young users on the social networking platform from using certain beauty filters on photographs.

The filters allow users to edit photos and do things like make people's skin look clearer, their eyes a little bigger or their lips a little fuller.

Some filters also allow users to change their skin color, and it can be hard to see when a photograph has been edited in this way.

People under the age of 18 will be blocked from using these filters, some of which are created by users and others that are made by the app.

TikTok announced the changes after a report by Internet Matters, a children's online safety organization. The organization found that these beauty filters could be damaging to children's mental health because they put young people under pressure to look a certain way.

This can damage children's self-esteem and cause anxiety, experts say.

Christine Grahn from TikTok said on LinkedIn: "If our users don't feel safe, they won't bring their true selves to TikTok and the platform just wouldn't be the same."

One TikTok user told The Guardian in 2022 that she had considered getting cosmetic surgery after a period of using beauty filters on the app.

Fun filters that allow children to add dog noses or rabbit ears to images will still be available to use.

One problem with the ban is that not all users enter their real ages when signing up to TikTok. The company said it would soon be trying out new machine learning systems that could help find out when users had entered the incorrect age.

TikTok is under pressure to stop under 13s from using the platform by giving false dates of birth.

Children's safety charities want all social media sites to do more to make the platforms safe spaces for young people.