Hard Topics - Easy English is a weekly podcast for English learners where we talk about the important news, stories, and ideas that are changing our world. Creator Lynne Welton is an English teacher with a Master’s Degree in Political Economics. Lots of helpful tools are posted on the website, including the tapescript, a set of online vocab cards, and discussion questions to get you thinking and speaking in English: hardtopicseasyenglish.wordpress.com
In part one, I asked my friend Francisco what he knew about nuclear weapons: Who made them, who has them, and why. In part two, Francisco asks me some...
Francisco and I discuss which countries have made nuclear weapons, which countries are holding nuclear weapons, and why. Join us on this fascinating t...
What do Russia and North Korea have in common? Sanctions. This week, Andrey and I talk about the Magnitsky Act and adoption, whether Donald Trump Jr. ...
Tricia and I talk about this week's news: Michael Phelps races a shark, a female Dr. Who, Air BnB in Barcelona, and we look at 6 months of President T...
Hard Topics, Easy English is a weekly podcast for English learners who find pop songs too easy, course books a bit boring, but news like BBC still too...