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The Weekend Listener is an eclectic weekly list of noteworthy podcasts and radio recordings, old and new, curated for your listening pleasure. Posts in this series are published on Fridays – please search the website for the previous instalments. LANGUAGE Word of Mouth: A Murmuration of Starlings Photo by Somya Dinkar on Pexels.com I've recently …
In the days leading up to Halloween, one of the highlights of the dark season of the year, I’d like to share some adjectives that you can use when talking about the weird, the sad, and the gloomy. Twenty six words, to be precise, one for each letter of the English alphabet, along with some …
The Weekend Listener is an eclectic weekly list of noteworthy podcasts and radio recordings, old and new, curated for your listening pleasure. Posts in this series are published on Fridays – please search the website for the previous instalments. LANGUAGE Speaking of Psychology: Why can some people speak dozens of languages? Photo by fauxels on …
In case the ongoing pandemic and a host of other global disasters haven't been enough to spook you, here are a couple of suggestions as to how you might spend your evenings this Halloween season - or, if you're anything like me, most evenings during the entire year! PODCAST: Classic Ghost Stories At the moment …
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[Za verziju ovog teksta na engleskom, kliknite ovde.] Ukoliko vas aktuelna pandemija i gomila drugih globalnih katastrofa nisu dovoljno naplašile, evo nekoliko predloga kako da provedete vreme uoči ovogodišnje Noći veštica, a da pritom malo vežbate engleski - uz klasike horor književnosti, filma i televizijske produkcije. PODKAST: Classic Ghost Stories U trenutku pisanja ovog teksta, …
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If you love a good spook and want to improve your listening skills, why not listen to some scary podcasts? They are readily available, free, you can listen to them whenever you want, and they are just perfect for the season! Here’s a list of the top 5 I’ve been enjoying throughout the past year. …
Stigla nam je jesen, dani su sve kraći, bliži se Noć veštica… Zgodna prilika da malo vežbate svoje veštine slušanja kroz podkaste i radio drame nešto mračnije tematike - za one koji to vole. Ukoliko pratite novije podkaste, mogli ste da primetite da su žanrovi horora, trilera, i sl. ubedljivo najpopularniji, sa obiljem novih podkast …
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