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By Leonardo English
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✨ Back To School Sale - Save 25% - https://dripl.ink/MUYZH Ends 23:59, Sunday 6th September. -- The Peaky Blinders were a violent gang that terrorised the streets of Birmingham in the late 19th century. Who actually were these men, what did they do, to who and why, and were the "real" Peaky Blinders anything like the ones in the TV series? The start of the TV series "Peaky Blinders"Life in Victorian EnglandLife in 19th century BirminghamPetty crime and drinking in urban areasThe creation of the police forceThe "sloggers" of BirminghamThe first "Peaky Blinders"Did the Peaky Blinders put razor blades in their caps?The genius of the Peaky Blinders TV series: transport the gang into the 1920sThe real Peaky Blinders of the 1920sBilly Kimber, Alfie Solomons & Charles SabininCriminal activity at the race tracksThe Epsom Road BattleFull interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/real-peaky-blinders --- You might like: ⚡️ Back To School Sale - Save 25% [ends 23:59, Sunday, 6th September] 🔓 Unlock bonus episodes, interactive transcripts, subtitles & vocabulary lists ⚡️ How To Use Podcasts Like A Boss To Learn English 📧 Join the weekly newsletter --- Keywords: Learn English, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية

✨ Back To School Sale - Save 25% - https://dripl.ink/MUYZH Ends 23:59, Sunday 6th September. -- As a general rule, people are very bad at predicting the future. In this episode, we'll take a look at some predictions of the future from the past, looking at what people thought our "today" would be like, the times they got it wrong, the times they got it eerily correct, and we'll also look at some predictions about what the future holds for future generations. Why there was never a great need to "predict" the future until recentlyA Roman born in 100BC being transported 1,000 years into their futureThe prediction of Robert Malthus in 1798 about populationPaul Ehrlich's 1968 prediction: "The Population Bomb"John Maynard Keynes's 1930 prediction about a reduced working weekPredictions from 1900 about what cities would look like: flying cars, roofs, driving shipsThe Millennium Bug predictionThe man who could predict the future: Nikolas TeslaTesla predicting self-driving carsTesla predicting video callingTesla incorrectly predicting fashion choicesTesla predicting an increasing expenditure on scientific discovery vs. warPredictions today about our future: cancer, multi-planetary, metaverseThe terrible predictions top 3: computers, silent films & everything being inventedFull interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/predictions-of-future --- You might like: ⚡️ Back To School Sale - Save 25% [ends 23:59, Sunday, 6th September] 🔓 Unlock bonus episodes, interactive transcripts, subtitles & vocabulary lists ⚡️ How To Use Podcasts Like A Boss To Learn English 📧 Join the weekly newsletter --- Keywords: Learn English, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية

✨ Back To School Sale - Save 25% - https://dripl.ink/MUYZH Ends 23:59, Sunday 6th September. -- He was the most famous bank robber in American history and is still thought of as a Robin Hood-type figure in popular culture. Learn about how John Dillinger went from a quiet life to becoming America's Public Enemy Number One, and how the law finally caught up with him.The early life of John Dillinger: a naughty but not inherently bad boyMoving out of the city to stay out of troubleBeing arrested for car theft and joining the navyBriefly getting his life back on trackMeeting Ed Singleton and planning his first robberyThe robbery that went wrong and subsequent arrestBeing advised badly and going to prison for 9 years"I will be the meanest bastard you ever saw when I get out of here"Learning how to rob banks while in prisonBeing released from prison and returning to a life of crimeBeing arrested again and then rescued by friends from prisonGoing on the run and starting the bank-robbing spreeBeing arrested (again) and breaking out of prison by making a fake gunBeing chased by the FBIMaking front-page newsGrowing a moustache, dyeing his hair, then having plastic surgeryBeing betrayed by Anna SageThe final cinema trip of John DillingerThe legacy of John DillingerFull interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/john-dillinger --- You might like: ⚡️ Back To School Sale - Save 25% [ends 23:59, Sunday, 6th September] 🔓 Unlock bonus episodes, interactive transcripts, subtitles & vocabulary lists ⚡️ How To Use Podcasts Like A Boss To Learn English 📧 Join the weekly newsletter --- Keywords: Learn English, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية

✨ Back To School Sale - Save 25% - https://dripl.ink/MUYZH Ends 23:59, Sunday 6th September. -- It's the most famous cryptocurrency in the world, and went up in value by 269% in 2020. In this episode, we take a look at what it actually is, how it works, why some people think it is the future of money and others think it is a giant bubble.How 'traditional' money worksBanks and storing money1971 and leaving the gold standardInflationSatoshi Nakamoto & the Bitcoin whitepaperPrinciples of bitcoinHow bitcoin payments workHow the blockchain worksBitcoin and inflationWhy the bitcoin price goes up and downBuying things with bitcoinThe first pizzas bought with bitcoinWhy people don't like bitcoinThe US Federal Reserve & bitcoin Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/bitcoin --- You might like: ⚡️ Back To School Sale - Save 25% [ends 23:59, Sunday, 6th September] 🔓 Unlock bonus episodes, interactive transcripts, subtitles & vocabulary lists ⚡️ How To Use Podcasts Like A Boss To Learn English 📧 Join the weekly newsletter --- Keywords: Learn English, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية

✨ Back To School Sale - Save 25% - https://dripl.ink/MUYZH Ends 23:59, Sunday 6th September. -- Wondering what the English Learning for Curious Minds podcast is all about, who is behind it, and whether it's for you? In today's inaugural episode, we'll cover who should be listening to the podcast (hint - if you want to improve your English and learn interesting things about the way the world works, this is you), who is behind the podcast (an English native speaker and avid language learner), and talk about some of the quick things you can do to get the most out of the podcast.Who is behind the podcast (introduction to Alastair Budge)Why you need to listen to native speakersWhere the English for Curious Minds podcast came fromWhat you can expect from the podcastWhat does a 'curious mind' mean2 quick and easy tips for how to use podcasts to learn English Key vocabulary: Inaugural, Maximise, Let's get cracking, Trilingual, Avid, Exposing, Unforgiving, For starters, Scripted, Must, Whirring away, Innate, Absorb, Squarely, Condense, Dulled down, Artificially, Authentic, Non-trivial, Carve out, Mammoth, Touch on, Come round, A taster, Faceless, Corporation. Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website: www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/meet-the-english-for-curious-minds-podcast --- You might like: ⚡️ Back To School Sale - Save 25% [ends 23:59, Sunday, 6th September] 🔓 Unlock bonus episodes, interactive transcripts, subtitles & vocabulary lists ⚡️ How To Use Podcasts Like A Boss To Learn English 📧 Join the weekly newsletter --- Keywords: Learn English, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية
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