The Best Podcasts for Intermediate Level of English Learner (Part 2)

The Best Podcast (part 2)

• Hidden Brain
  • This podcast is the best in psychology realm.
  • It started from NPR in 2015 , but one or two years ago, the team that lead by Shankar Vedantam decided to open their own broadcast company, Hidden Brain Media.
  • The CEO and also host Shankar Vedantam usually have a conversation with interviewee in a calm and very logical way. I love the way he talks.
  • This podcast addresses many interesting psychological topic like a better way to worry or how mindsets affect our response to stress
  • I recommend one episode. This episode title is Both Things Can Be True.
    • Can you forgive someone who swindles money out of you. Of course not.
    • But what if the fraud saved you from a desperate situation.
    • Every person has a color of white, black, and grey. I mean, some aspects of personality are good, but other aspects are not.
    • This episode addressed the ambivalence.
    • Interviewee who talk with host forgave the fraud, but I’m not sure, if I were in at the situation whether I could forgive.
    • This episode was touching my mind. Maybe you are too.
• NPR Life Kit
  • Last recommendation is NPR Life Kit. This podcast addresses broad life hack from sleep to saving money to parenting and more.
  • A length of every episode is about 15 to 20 minutes.
  • At the end of an episode, host wraps up with some takeaways, so if you didn’t understand some points, you are going to have a chance to understand.
  • They also give us transcripts, but some episodes don’t have a transcript.
  • In 2022 I usually have been listening this podcast and note useful ideas on my note-app when I listen this podcast.
  • The one episode that I want to talk is It’s OK to not be passionate about your job : Life Kit : NPR
    • Being passionate in job is good, but if there is no increasing in pay and owner gradually want us to work more, passion becomes a poison, and maybe going to follow by burn-out.
    • Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
    • Think about “how can we deliberately invest time and energy and attention in cultivation our passion” in another space that brings us joy.
    • This message is echoing with in my mind. I agree with that 100 percent.
    • Learning English and writing is the space that brings me joy and excitement. So I also put my passion in those two baskets.