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Is this show right for you?
Comfortable if you already follow TV news
- 81% of the episodes are B2.
- 165 words a minute: natural, fairly fast speech.
- 72 episodes with a full transcript.
Episodes(300)
B244 minA John Prine AppreciationOct 9, 2026Subtitles
B244 minVeteran White House reporter April Ryan’s ‘Blacklash’Oct 8, 2026Subtitles
B244 minHow Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought the culture wars to the militaryOct 7, 2026Subtitles
B244 min‘Showbiz!’ entertainer Murray Hill became what he didn’t seeOct 7, 2026Subtitles
B244 minMichael DouglasOct 5, 2026Subtitles
B249 minBest Of: Kyle MacLachlan / Inside the ‘romance scam’Oct 3, 2026Subtitles
45 minCelebrating minimalist composer Steve ReichOct 2, 2026
B246 minSheryl CrowOct 1, 2026Subtitles
B245 minNew drones, deadlier attacks: Dystopian reality in UkraineSep 30, 2026Subtitles
B244 minMahmoud Khalil’s 104 days in ICE DetentionSep 29, 2026Subtitles
B245 minKyle MacLachlan was David Lynch’s ‘submersible’ into dark placesSep 28, 2026Subtitles- B247 minBest Of: Rhiannon Giddens / Investigating Diddy’s Rise & FallSep 26, 2026Subtitles
B246 minBluegrass virtuoso Billy StringsSep 25, 2026Subtitles
B245 minInvestigating the system that protected Sean “Diddy” CombsSep 24, 2026Subtitles
B246 minGlobal power, rivalry, and A.I.; a preview of the U.S./China summitSep 23, 2026Subtitles
B246 minInside the 'modern slavery' where cyber scammers are victims themselvesSep 22, 2026Subtitles
B246 minRhiannon Giddens traces the banjo from her ancestors to BeyoncéSep 21, 2026Subtitles- B249 minBest Of: Colin Kaepernick / Danielle BrooksSep 19, 2026Subtitles
- B246 minLooney Tunes animator Chuck Jones / Remembering singer Cassandra WilsonSep 18, 2026Subtitles
B245 minThe Roy Cohn Playbook, from McCarthyism to TrumpSep 17, 2026Subtitles
B246 minIs Jared Kushner a 'walking conflict of interest'?Sep 16, 2026Subtitles
B245 minActor Danielle Brooks has blessings to countSep 15, 2026Subtitles
B245 minColin Kaepernick is still fighting – for justice and for his football careerSep 14, 2026Subtitles- B249 minBest Of: Life in the Mojave Desert / Director of ‘The Uprising’Sep 12, 2026Subtitles
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Is this show right for you?
B2 · Upper-intermediate
Comfortable if you already follow TV news
- 81% of the episodes are B2.
- 165 words a minute: natural, fairly fast speech.
- 72 episodes with a full transcript.
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