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BALLOONCAST - Go Ahead School — 190 episodes

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This Is What the “O” in “O’clock” Stands For

2

Blue Monday: Meaning, Origin, and How to Beat It

3

Superstitions

4

The Origins of the Months

5

Here’s Why Hotel Sheets Are Always White

6

Understanding Different Generations

7

New Year's Resolutions - To Nudge or Not To Nudge?

8

To Think or Not To Think

9

Stoicism

10

I'm a student and I have 3 jobs

11

How to Be a Happy 85 Year-Old

12

Meet New York's Best New Chef

13

Valentine's Day

14

7 Wedding Stories That the Guests Won't Forget Anytime Soon

15

The History of Dogs

16

What’s the maximum human life expectancy?

17

Ethical Chocolate

18

Facts About Wine

19

A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens

20

Friday 13 - Triskaidekaphobia

21

7 Things That Happen to Your Body When You Drink Coffee Every Day

22

AI - Artificial Intelligence

23

Dogs!

24

Cats appear to grieve death of fellow pets – even dogs, study finds

25

The 80/20 Principle

26

4 Words That Will Make You More Productive

27

How to Be an Entrepreneurial Leader in Eight Steps

28

Four ways criminals could use AI to target more victims

29

Make it all ... !

30

The Psychology Behind Why You Can’t Put Down Your Phone

31

Eating This Fruit Daily Could Help Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease, New Evidence Shows

32

Personal Breakthroughs (based on weekly newsletters)

33

How Friends Impact Your Health and Longevity

34

Soft Skills - The Skills of the Future

35

Gen Z

36

The Power of Language: 5 ways multilingual brains work differently

37

April Fools' Day

38

Being Fluent

39

Financial Clarity - Lifestyle Inflation

40

Why You Should Water Yourself Each Morning

41

What Was the Worst Year in History?

42

How to Remember What We Learn

43

Halloween

44

Sleep

45

What Beer and Cycling Can Teach You About Customer Needs

46

Children's Day

47

As I Got Older I Realized ...

48

A Hidden Treasure

49

A Better Word for Happiness

50

On Being a Friend to Yourself

51

Why Study the English Language?

52

Elderly Grandma Cooks For 120+ Stray Dogs Each Day

53

The Importance of Feedback - Giving Praise

54

Pronunciation Practice - Noun & Verb Pairs

55

On Living a Resourceful Life

56

People Strategy: SMART Goals and OKRs

57

Delivering Feedback

58

Multiply Milestones

59

Create Shared Meaning

60

Analyzing Résumés

61

Optimism - The StartUp Hero

62

Saint Patrick's Day

63

Break the Script

64

Seven Errors Game: Enough + Quantifiers

65

Practicing Questions

66

Bull vs. Bear Market: What's the Difference?

67

Is Ballet a Sport? Doctors and Dancers Think So

68

The Communication Challenge

69

Managing Time

70

How to Feel (and stay) Forever Young

71

Chatting with teacher Paula, directly from France

72

Santa Claus

73

If You Don’t Eat a Banana Every Day, This Might Convince You to Start

74

A Weird Language

75

Why is Thanksgiving important?

76

Changing Careers

77

Some Ways to Know a Person’s Advice Is Worth Your Time

78

Where do superstitions come from?

79

Why reading books is important for the brain

80

Competition: The Burger War

81

You Are What You Consume

82

Economic Bubbles

83

Don’t Quit Your Job To Follow Your Passion

84

Hot Streaks

85

Four Things EI People Don't Do

86

Happy At Work

87

Three Ways to Simplify Your Productivity Stack

88

Not Every Path Should Be Linear

89

Couple Who Survived an Amazing 66 Days at Sea

90

Declutter Your Mind, Body, and Soul

91

Inventions - Food & Drink

92

The Rise of Never-Ending Job Interviews

93

Don't Listen to Can't

94

Things You Should Never Say During a Job Interview

95

Five Golden Rules for Chairpeople

96

Slow Food, Please! Part 2 - Summer Feast

97

Slow Food, Please!

98

Circular Economy

99

10 Healthy Habits That Will Keep Your Mind Sharp

100

Toyota Production System & Fujio Cho

101

The Power of Words

102

Why A Dog Chooses Their Favorite Person Isn’t As Simple As We Thought

103

Centers of Progress - New York (Finance)

104

Inventions - Air & Space

105

The Paradox Of Our Time

106

Anthony Bourdain’s Simple Question to Clarify Who You Want in Your Life

107

Heart Patient Walks Home Fast Asleep

108

Toy Saves Man's Life

109

Another, Other, or Others?

110

Put Your Money Where Your Mountain Is

111

Take Control of Stress

112

Ten Strategies for Improving Listening and Speaking Skills

113

Different Views about Time in Business Environments

114

Alma Deutscher - the new Mozart?

115

New Skills and Strategies for the Labor Market

116

Old and New Job Skills

117

Behind the Scenes at the STEM-Humanities Academic World

118

Message in a Bottle

119

Bologna - A Center of Progress

120

Big Decisions Shape Your Life, but Small Ones Determine How Well You Live

121

Legal English Vocab - Crime

122

Setbacks - Jeff Bezos

123

Living in Portugal - Interview with Teacher Daniela

124

New Year’s Resolutions

125

Charles Dickens and The Invention of Christmas

126

Business in Context: What is Lean?

127

Grammar in Context: More About Passives

128

Business in Context: What was your proudest achievement?

129

Grammar In Context: The Passive

130

Thanksgiving

131

Leopard Makes Himself At Home

132

Seven Superb Reasons to Never Stop Learning

133

Top Ten Reasons to Learn Languages

134

Brave New World

135

History of Halloween

136

Test Your Working Memory!

137

Libbie Nelson

138

To Become Happier, Ask Yourself These Two Questions Every Night

139

Idioms: "A Brainstorm"

140

A Morning Routine

141

Idioms: "On The Rocks"

142

Persuasive Speech - Preparing Presentations

143

Prepositions - Contrary to Popular Belief, Students Do Work

144

Red In The Face

145

Get rid of that smell!

146

Be Polite

147

Young Borrowers

148

Collocations with "Do" and "Make"

149

Who are we? We are GO AHEAD SCHOOL!

150

The Good Listener

151

The Antarctic Adventure

152

The London Tube

153

Happiness

154

Crowdfunding - Be Brave

155

Mob Football

156

My Best Friend

157

Hollywood Now and Then

158

Inventions: from Semaphores to Telephones

159

Day 1: Applying Amazon Leadership Principles to Your Small Business

160

Idioms - An Eager Beaver

161

Minimalism

162

Facts about Inventions - Playtime

163

This One Thing Separates The Doers from The Dreamers

164

Finding out your birthday is on a Friday or Saturday next year

165

Diana, "Princess of Wales"

166

Arachnids Can Be Useful!

167

Albert Einstein - A Unique Talent

168

What Makes You the Way You Are?

169

Mexico

170

History of Music

171

Do The Best You Can

172

Modals

173

TGIF!

174

Idioms: "Having a Ball"

175

GoTeens: "My Garden"

176

GoTeens: Hi! My name's John Smith

177

GoTeens: "My Day"

178

"Wave-through" - when the guy at the border doesn't ask any questions

179

A lot can go wrong when you're selling your home to move cross country

180

"Attending" - Paying Attention

181

Business in Context: Dealing with Conflicts and Disagreements

182

Emotional Intelligence

183

What are dogs thinking when they stare into our eyes?

184

Phrasal Verbs

185

Time to Brush Up On Gift Giving

186

Inspiration Lives in Unexpected Places

187

Disruptive Businesses

188

Food

189

The Hardest Part of Living Abroad Nobody Talks About

190

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