# A1 English News | Western Europe Faces Record Heat Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-english-a1-with-news-slow-easy-english-for-beginners-7755203/a1-english-news-western-europe-faces-record-heat Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-english-a1-with-news-slow-easy-english-for-beginners-7755203/a1-english-news-western-europe-faces-record-heat.md Podcast: [Learn English A1 with News | Slow Easy English for Beginners](https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-english-a1-with-news-slow-easy-english-for-beginners-7755203) Published: 2026-06-25T04:24:04+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/learn-english-a1-with-news-slow-easy-english-for-beginners/episodes/6a3cad6597b52d9936893a69 Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a203ce23d098b7011022fcb/e/6a3cad6597b52d9936893a69/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/learn-english-a1-with-news-slow-easy-english-for-beginners-7755203/episodes/a1-english-news-western-europe-faces-record-heat Duration seconds: 371 ## Resource Western Europe Faces Record Heat. Learn with slow English news for A1 listening practice. In this episode: France, UK and Spain see record temperatures as heatwave grips western Europe. Also: Stanford graduates rethink their futures as AI transforms tech. Today’s English focus: a key news verb = a useful action word from today’s episode. Vocabulary: news (current events), story (a report about something happening), today (this day). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a1-2026-06-25 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/learn-english-a1-with-news-slow-easy-english-for-beginners-7755203/episodes/a1-english-news-western-europe-faces-record-heat/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-english-a1-with-news-slow-easy-english-for-beginners-7755203/a1-english-news-western-europe-faces-record-heat.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.