{"podcast":{"title":"Learn English A1 | Slow Easy News for Beginners, Daily","slug":"learn-english-a1-with-news-slow-easy-english-for-beginners-7755203","podcast_index_feed_id":7755203,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6a203ce23d098b7011022fcb","website_url":"https://linguawire.com/english","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6a203ce23d098b7011022fcb/1788788270186-b2be9e55-4310-4950-8c8c-7fe3e7969bcc.jpeg","author":"LinguaWire","episode_count":188,"summary":"Learn English with real news, every morning. New episodes every day in slow, simple English at A1. You can read every word, free. Read today's episode: https://linguawire.com/learn/english WHAT YOU GET One new episode every morning. Two real news stories from today. Two people talk about them. The English is very slow. The sentences are short. We use easy words. Every episode has a page. You can read every word as you listen. You can see today's new words. You can do a short quiz. You do not need an account to read. WHY THE NEWS HELPS You know the news already. So you do not think about the story. You think about the English. That is the fastest way to learn. NOT SURE ABOUT YOUR LEVEL? Answer about twenty short questions. We tell you your level and what to do next: https://linguawire.com/assessment Is this too easy? The same stories are at A2 and B1+ every morning. Search LinguaWire English A2. MORE FROM LINGUAWIRE The language guide: https://linguawire.com/guide Every language and level: https://linguawire.com/podcasts We also help people learn Spanish, German, French, Italian and Portuguese. Do you like this show? Please follow it. That is the one thing that helps other English…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-20T02:19:18.557651+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-english-a1-with-news-slow-easy-english-for-beginners-7755203"},"episode":{"title":"A1 English News | Can Anne Montgomery House Survive D.C.'s Rent Crisis?","slug":"a1-english-news-can-anne-montgomery-house-survive-d-c-s-rent-crisis","published_at":"2026-08-18T01:55:46+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-english-a1-with-news-slow-easy-english-for-beginners-7755203/a1-english-news-can-anne-montgomery-house-survive-d-c-s-rent-crisis","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-english-a1-with-news-slow-easy-english-for-beginners-7755203","url":"https://shows.acast.com/learn-english-a1-with-news-slow-easy-english-for-beginners/episodes/6a83bba33c9059406083ed47","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a203ce23d098b7011022fcb/e/6a83bba33c9059406083ed47/media.mp3","summary":"Learn English through today’s real news. Slow, clear English at A1, with a full transcript. In this episode: Anthropic adds an invisible watermark to Claude text, so people may see if AI helped write it, and the change is meant to fit the European Union's AI Act. Also: Anne Montgomery House in Washington is closing after ten years, after giving young women low rent, shared meals, and a small community. Today’s English focus: is going to close, is about to close = is about to close. Vocabulary: room (a space in a house), rent (money you pay to live somewhere), community (people who live or spend time together). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-a1-2026-08-18 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Learn English through today’s real news. Slow, clear English at A1, with a full transcript. In this episode: Anthropic adds an invisible watermark to Clau…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":454,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/learn-english-a1-with-news-slow-easy-english-for-beginners-7755203/episodes/a1-english-news-can-anne-montgomery-house-survive-d-c-s-rent-crisis/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-english-a1-with-news-slow-easy-english-for-beginners-7755203/a1-english-news-can-anne-montgomery-house-survive-d-c-s-rent-crisis.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}