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This American Life
This American Life is a 60 minute weekly radio program produced by National Public Radio in the US. There is an incredible variety of stories on this show, just click the “Radio Archives” link on the top of the page, choose a year and start browsing. The length of the program allows the presenters to speak at a relaxed pace and really explore their subject material sensitively and in depth. One particularly good episode is The Giant Pool of...
Listen to every kind of British accent
The British Library has a really incredible resource: a map of the United Kingdom that you can click on to hear the accents in different regions. It’s really remarkable how different they are, even within the same city! This means that many of the recordings are quite difficult to understand, but sometimes transcripts are provided.
English blogs for English readers
Do you have English websites that you like to read? Here are some blogs and journals that are updated regularly, maybe one of them will make its way into your bookmarks bar! Boing Boing Wonkette Jezebel You Are Not So Smart Bad Science Lifehacker Monbiot News of the Weird
Weekly or monthly news sites
Do you have English websites that you like to read? Here are some magazine sites that are updated frequently, maybe one of them will make its way into your bookmarks bar! The Economist The Atlantic Monthly Harper’s Mother Jones The New Republic Dissent Adbusters Salon Slate Wired Utne Reader Boston Review Esquire The Onion (satire) San Francisco Bay Guardian Village Voice (New York City) Chicago Reader The...