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The great FX series The Lowdown stars Ethan Hawke as a freelance investigative reporter with a knack for sticking his nose where it doesn't belong and getting that nose punched. He gets drawn into the seedy goings-on of one of Tulsa's most prominent families. Created by Sterlin Harjo (Reservation Dogs), the modern-day Western noir comedy has an excellent ensemble including Kyle MacLachlan, Keith David, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Killer Mike. The Lowdown just returned for a second season, so today we’re revisiting our conversation about the series. If you need more comedies with great casts, check out these ep...
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B2 · Upper-intermediate
Comfortable if you already follow TV news
- 88% of the words are B1 or easier.
- 212 words a minute: natural, fairly fast speech.
- 85 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.
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American journalist Austin Tice vanished in Syria over a decade ago. For years, we've been searching for him. And now, we finally have some answers. This is the prison that Austin was in. Oh my god. We found Austin's file.
Listen to Where Is Austin Tice? from NPR's Embedded and BBC Radio 4 on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts. Vibe is going to be a very big word with this show, but that's just because the vibe of it is so good.
The great FX series The Lowdown is a modern-day Western noir comedy from one of the creators of Reservation Dogs. Ethan Hawke plays a freelance investigative reporter with a knack for sticking his nose where it doesn't belong and getting that nose punched. He gets drawn into the seedy goings-on of one of Tulsa's most prominent families by
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