VOA Learning English Podcast - VOA Learning English

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Learning English programs use a limited vocabulary and short sentences. They are read at a slower pace than VOA's other English broadcasts. Our broadcasts were formerly known as Special English.

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Learning English Podcast - February 05, 2025

On today’s podcast, the world’s biggest iceberg might crash into a South Atlantic island; Taiwan aims to destroy invasive lizards; learn how to write effective emails; then, reduced forms including ‘whaddaya call it’ on Lesson of the Day.

30 min
1 DAY AGO

Learning English Podcast - February 04, 2025

On today’s podcast, what are ‘chorus waves’ and why are they in space? A New York food bank gets a gift of thousands of live fish; a new treatment for high blood pressure targets the kidneys; then, talking about food trucks on Lesson of the Day.

30 min
2 DAYS AGO

Learning English Podcast - February 03, 2025

On today’s podcast, escaped monkeys are returned to a South Carolina laboratory; what are “kitchen-table” issues? Studies find organic compounds in asteroid rocks; conflict hurts the environment around the Dead Sea; then, pumpkin spice on Lesson of the Day.

30 min
3 DAYS AGO

Learning English Podcast - February 02, 2025

On today’s podcast, escaped monkeys are returned to a South Carolina laboratory; what are “kitchen-table” issues? Studies find organic compounds in asteroid rocks; conflict hurts the environment around the Dead Sea; then, pumpkin spice on Lesson of the Day.

30 min
4 DAYS AGO

Learning English Podcast - February 01, 2025

On this podcast, how people can use yoga to improve health; learn about the words accountability, responsibility, and liability; an important sentence structure for academic writing; then, part one of 'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe on American Stories.

30 min
5 DAYS AGO

Learning English Podcast - January 31, 2025

On this podcast, how people can use yoga to improve health; learn about the words accountability, responsibility, and liability; an important sentence structure for academic writing; then, part one of 'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe on American Stories.

30 min
6 DAYS AGO

Learning English Podcast - January 30, 2025

On today’s podcast, experts are considering new ways to define and treat overweight; prepare in winter for a spring garden; what is the pink chemical used to limit forest fires? Then, talking about summertime activities on Lesson of the Day.

30 min
JAN 29

Learning English Podcast - January 29, 2025

On today’s podcast, a court in Colorado rules that elephants cannot bring a legal case; the United Nations says 250 million students around the world missed school because of weather; scientists with disabilities aim to change their field; then, ‘hafta’ and ‘everybody’ on Lesson of the Day.

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Review content

Jan 11

Someone of little significance

Sometimes the content between two near days were almost the same, so please check it before posting
Repeated lessons

Jan 25

Happy Learning 2

Love the program, however seeing so many repeated lessons recently, technical problems?
The program on weekend is the same

Jan 15

lilyfairy2014

Why the programs of every Friday and Saturday are the same?
Amin

09/20/2023

Amin Hj

If it’s possible put the text of padcasts please

Learning English programs use a limited vocabulary and short sentences. They are read at a slower pace than VOA's other English broadcasts. Our broadcasts were formerly known as Special English.