Pat from the Philippines shares her experiences with the country’s many languages.

There are many diverse languages spoken in the Philippines, often traced back to the country’s colonial history. In addition to Filipino and English, many expressions with Spanish origins are used every day. Pat tells us how the different languages are used today and which misunderstandings she’s encountered due to this multilingualism.

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Geoff takes part in an anti-Apartheid protest in South Africa during the late 80s.

In the late 1980s, South Africa is still in the midst of Apartheid – a period of state-sanctioned racist segregation and the systematic suppression of the black population. Geoff tells us about a particular protest he joined for free elections and getting black leaders out of prison.

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Ted travels to California with his college marching band for a big football game.

During his studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ted joined the marching band. It consisted of 300 band members and played at every football game of the university’s team. Since their team did so well the entire marching band got to travel to a big game in California for a little adventure.

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Akiko grew up in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city, and always dreamed of having a pet.

Like most city kids, she and her siblings never saw much of the local wild animals. They did wish for a pet, though. One day, everything changed with a gift from their grandmother. At least for a little while.

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Todd goes on a thrilling nature adventure in Minnesota with his college friends.

The Boundary Waters call them with promises of untouched nature and raw wilderness. Find out how close to nature the group really get in our latest episode.

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Join Tanya as she shares local cultural stories about growing up all over India.

She tells us about Holi festival and how she ended up looking like a character from the film “Avatar”.

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Sam shares an amazing story from Australia that happened on a childhood holiday.

Every summer Sam and his family used to travel to Woy Woy along the Australian east coast. He experienced an extraordinary event one year, and tells how the local community stood together.

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Tevin learns to speak English like a local in New York when he moves there from Kenya.

Although English is one of the official languages of Kenya, Tevin needed some time to adjust to the local manner of speaking when he moved with his family to New York. He tells us how he was able to practice until he started to gradually speak like a local.

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Sophie shares stories of how she coped with her time at boarding school in England.

Despite the strict rules and possible punishments, she and her friends did whatever they could to carve out a little chunk of freedom.

This monolingual story is great for intermediate learners. Or, if you’re a beginner, first listen to the bilingual podcast in your native language and then listen to this one. It’ll give you an extra challenge to boost your English to the next level.

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We head to Hong Kong and learn how the people there use names in an unusual way.

Find out how the local use of names can sometimes lead to confusion. And why the system is actually quite useful after all.

This monolingual story is great for intermediate learners. Or, if you’re a beginner, first listen to the bilingual podcast in your native language and then listen to this one. It’ll give you an extra challenge to boost your English to the next level.

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