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Are you looking for a more interesting way to learn English? English Learning for Curious Minds is a podcast for intermediate-advanced English learners.Learn weird and wonderful things about the world at the same time as improving your English.Every episode comes with an…
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#631 | The Dark Side of Psychology | The Milgram Experiment (opens the original)
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In 1961, psychologist Stanley Milgram tested how far ordinary Americans would go when an authority figure told them to hurt someone. His disturbing experiment revealed the power of obedience and raised frightening questions about how easily good people can do terrible things. Adolf Eichmann's trial and the banality of evil Stanley Milgram studies obedience to authority at Yale Volunteers deceived with teacher and learner roles Shock machine with rising volts and scripted learner reactions Experi
#629 | “Please, Sir, I Want Some More": The Truth About Victorian Workhouses (opens the original)
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Charles Dickens made the Victorian workhouse famous, but the reality behind Oliver Twist was even worse than fiction. This episode tells how workhouses treated Britain’s poorest people, and how pensions and the welfare state finally replaced them. Oliver Twist and the image of hunger in workhouses Early poor relief and rising costs during the Industrial Revolution 1832 Royal Commission and 1834 Act creating national workhouses The harsh idea of less eligibility as a warning Who ended up in workh
#626 | The Strange Story of Punch and Judy (opens the original)
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He wears a red hat, carries a stick, and laughs as he beats almost everyone he meets. This episode tells the odd, violent story of Punch and Judy, the puppet show that began in Italy and became a British seaside symbol. It looks at how Mr Punch survived for over 300 years, and why many now question whether he still belongs on the beach. The swazzle and Mr Punch's strange squeaky voice Italian street theatre origins and Pulcinella Arrival in London in 1662 with Samuel Pepys From marionettes to gl
#624 | George III: The Real Story of the “Mad King” (opens the original)
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In 1788, King George III began speaking without pause, talking to trees, and frightening his court. He is often remembered as the “Mad King” who lost America, but his life was far more complex and tragic. This episode looks at the devoted farmer-king, his mysterious illness, and what doctors now believe was really wrong with him. George III beyond the mad king stereotype Early life and becoming a British not German king Farmer George habits and love of family and science Seven Years War victory
#622 | A Short History of Fire (opens the original)
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A million years ago, in a cave in South Africa, our ancestors did something no other animal has ever done: they controlled fire. Fire cooked our food, shrank our guts, grew our brains, and gave us the deep sleep and fireside stories that made us human. This is the story of our species' oldest technology, and how the same flames that built the modern world may now threaten it. Wonderwerk Cave evidence of controlled fire by Homo erectus Early humans managed fire for warmth, light and safety Cookin
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