{"podcast":{"title":"Learn English with: My Life and Other Funny Stories","slug":"learn-english-with-my-life-and-other-funny-stories-6366134","podcast_index_feed_id":6366134,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/644ff10e0095f900110c9dcb","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dagmar-tomkov","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/644ff10e0095f900110c9dcb/1696056209080-f1a7b42740f75301eb0bd3f6bb2f608b.jpeg","author":"Dagmar Tomášková","episode_count":172,"summary":"A podcast created for intermediate and upper-intermediate English students who want to improve their listening comprehension.You can find episodes about real-life and other stories.Podcast pro všechny, kdo se učí anglicky (a jsou alespoň mírně pokročilí) a chtěji se zlepšit v porozumění a poslechu.Najdete tady krátké epizody z mého života (o erasmu, cestování, fuck-upy) a i jiné příběhy :) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-11T12:24:45.114873+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-english-with-my-life-and-other-funny-stories-6366134"},"episode":{"title":"Ep.136: WHY is English a Global Language Today?","slug":"ep-136-why-is-english-a-global-language-today","published_at":"2026-06-19T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-english-with-my-life-and-other-funny-stories-6366134/ep-136-why-is-english-a-global-language-today","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-english-with-my-life-and-other-funny-stories-6366134","url":"https://shows.acast.com/my-life-and-other-funny-stories/episodes/6a30fd0fc3a72484cb5b31b0","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/644ff10e0095f900110c9dcb/e/6a30fd0fc3a72484cb5b31b0/media.mp3","summary":"In today’s episode we are going to discuss a question that you might have thought about before or maybe it will be the first time today. Why is English everywhere? Why is it THE language everyone has to know? Why is it that people from completely different countries often communicate in English? Why do international companies use English? Why do so many university programmes, scientific articles, films, songs and websites exist in English? Why did English, in particular, become a global language?   Well, today I will tell you!  ⭐ Přepis a slovíčka : TADY ⭐ Napiš mi zprávu, jak se ti to líbilo (můj instagram:) TADY (@dagmar–tomaskova) Podpoř mě tady: (If you want to financially support my work, now you can here): BUY ME A COFFEE - but don't feel like you have to, it is just an option :) 🔐PHRASAL VERBS UNLOCKED: klikni sem - můj e-book :) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In today’s episode we are going to discuss a question that you might have thought about before or maybe it will be the first time today. Why is English ev…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":532,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/learn-english-with-my-life-and-other-funny-stories-6366134/episodes/ep-136-why-is-english-a-global-language-today/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-english-with-my-life-and-other-funny-stories-6366134/ep-136-why-is-english-a-global-language-today.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}