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English, please — 77 episodes

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Episode 76: Texas: The Price of Doing It Your Own Way

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Episode 75: New England, and a Color Scientists Can't Fully Explain

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Episode 74: Las Vegas: A City That Doesn't Feel Like the United States

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Episode 73: How to Read in English Without Stopping to Translate

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Episode 72: How to Understand Podcasts and Audiobooks Without a Transcript

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Episode 71: Guess Before You Know: The Trickiest Word Pairs in English

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Episode 70: The Strange Contradictions of Los Angeles

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Episode 69: Why It’s Harder to Speak Than to Understand

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Episode 68: How to Disagree in English Without Sounding Rude

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Episode 67: How to Use Idioms Like a Native English Speaker

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Episode 66: Chicago

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Episode 65: Connected Speech and Why English Sounds So Fast

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Episode 64: Movies for Intermediate English Learners

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Episode 63: Why Idioms in English Are So Hard to Understand

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Episode 62: Why Native English Speakers Don't Sound Like Your Textbook

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Episode 61: Listener Questions

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Episode 60: Why Americans Talk to Strangers

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Episode 59: Why Americans Avoid Saying No

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Episode 58: What to Do When You Don’t Understand a Native Speaker

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Episode 57: Why Is Tipping in the USA So Complicated?

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Episode 56: Valentine's Day in the United States

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Episode 55: 10 Adverbs English Speakers Use Every Day

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Episode 54: How to Sound More Natural in English Conversations

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Episode 53: Inside a U.S. Pharmacy

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Episode 52: Why Americans Are Always "Busy"

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Episode 51: The Problem with Textbook English (and what to do instead)

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Episode 50: Two Years, 50 Episodes

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Episode 49: How to Build a Reading Habit in English

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Episode 48: Stop Being Afraid to Speak English

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Episode 47: The Origins of "American" English

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Episode 46: How to Watch Movies in English Without Subtitles

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Episode 45: Why Americans Argue About Columbus Day

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Episode 44: Niagara Falls—Nature, Power, and Love

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Episode 43: Florida: Sunshine, Surprises, and Strange Stories

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Episode 42: Understanding Fast Spoken English

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Episode 41: Stop Translating in Your Head

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Episode 40: The Hamptons—New York’s Luxury Escape

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Episode 39: Bryant Park in New York City

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Episode 38: Listener Questions

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Episode 37: Why do people in the U.S. move so often?

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Episode 36: Mardi Gras in New Orleans

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Episode 35: Do people in the USA work too much?

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Episode 34: One World Trade Center in New York

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Episode 33: Wall Street

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Episode 32: The Rockefeller Christmas Tree in New York City

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Episode 31: Hudson Yards in New York City

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Episode 30: Billionaire's Row in New York City

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Episode 29: Lincoln Center in New York City

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Episode 28: Halloween in the United States

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Episode 27: The United Nations Headquarters in New York City

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Episode 26: Reading to Improve Your English

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Episode 25: Labor Day in the United States

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Episode 24: The High Line in NYC

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Episode 23: Summer in NYC

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Episode 22: Independence Day in the United States

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Episode 21: Juneteenth in the United States

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Episode 20: Route 66

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Episode 19: New York City in the 1970s

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Episode 18: Grand Central Terminal in New York City

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Episode 17: Tips for Intermediate English Learners (Part 2)

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Episode 16: Tips for Intermediate English Learners (Part 1)

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Episode 15: New York City Neighborhoods in Manhattan

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Episode 14: Myths and Reality in the American West

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Episode 13: The Grand Canyon

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Episode 12: The American West

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Episode 11: The Empire State Building

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Episode 10: Broadway

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Episode 9: Rockefeller Center and Diego Rivera

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Episode 8: Central Park in New York City

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Episode 7: New Year's Resolutions

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Episode 6: New Year's Eve in New York City

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Episode 5: Idioms in English

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Episode 4: The Brooklyn Bridge

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Episode 3: The Statue of Liberty

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Episode 2: The Museum Mile in New York City

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Episode 1: Thanksgiving in the United States

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