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Is this show right for you?
Comfortable if you already follow TV news
- 80% of the episodes are B2.
- 175 words a minute: natural, fairly fast speech.
- 99 episodes with a full transcript.
Episodes(300)
45 minRemembering 1950s singer/actress Peggy KingNov 13, 2026
45 minSteve BuscemiNov 12, 2026Subtitles
44 minAmerican socialism past & present, with historian Jill LeporeNov 11, 2026Subtitles
44 minHow much money would it take to feel financially secure?Nov 10, 2026Subtitles
B245 min‘Wild Horse Nine’ filmmaker Martin McDonaghNov 9, 2026Subtitles- B149 minBest Of: John Turturro / Jordan Firstman on ‘Club Kid’Nov 7, 2026Subtitles
44 minNovelist Min Jin Lee on the promise and perils of Western educationNov 5, 2026Subtitles
43 minJordan Firstman captures the highs and lows of being a ‘Club Kid’Nov 4, 2026Subtitles- B144 minThe skyrocketing cost of elder careNov 3, 2026Subtitles
B145 minJohn Turturro could pick your pocket (if he wanted to)Nov 2, 2026Subtitles- B149 minBest Of: Making ‘La Bola Negra’ / 'New Yorker' cartoonists lament their kitchensOct 31, 2026Subtitles
B245 minKazuo Ishiguro on ‘Klara and the Sun’Oct 30, 2026Subtitles
B244 minWho benefits when massive AI data centers come to town?Oct 29, 2026Subtitles
44 minHow the killing of Jordan Neely on the NYC subway divided AmericaOct 28, 2026Subtitles
B144 minLos Javis filmmakers fight fascism and homophobia with ‘La Bola Negra’Oct 27, 2026Subtitles
B244 min'New Yorker' cartoonists confess to nightmare kitchensOct 26, 2026Subtitles- B247 minBest Of: Meshell Ndegeocello / Betty GilpinOct 24, 2026Subtitles
- B244 minPlatinum songwriter Jimmy WebbOct 23, 2026Subtitles
B244 minBetty Gilpin is seeking anti-algorithm, weird roles – and it's workingOct 22, 2026Subtitles
B245 minElection experts share concerns about the midtermsOct 21, 2026Subtitles
B244 minDavid Treuer traces America's relationship with violence back to the frontierOct 20, 2026Subtitles
B245 minMeshell Ndegeocello turns familiar songs inside outOct 19, 2026Subtitles- B248 minBest Of: Mahershala Ali / Writer Yiyun LiOct 17, 2026Subtitles
B246 minRemembering Eva Marie Saint / 'Interview with the Vampire' turns 50Oct 16, 2026Subtitles
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Is this show right for you?
B2 · Upper-intermediate
Comfortable if you already follow TV news
- 80% of the episodes are B2.
- 175 words a minute: natural, fairly fast speech.
- 99 episodes with a full transcript.
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