{"podcast":{"title":"Learn French A1 with News | Slow Easy French for Beginners","slug":"learn-french-a1-with-news-slow-easy-french-for-beginners-7777303","podcast_index_feed_id":7777303,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6a29a7413f4eb34728c4200e","website_url":"https://linguawire.com/french","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6a29a7413f4eb34728c4200e/show-cover.jpg","author":"LinguaWire","episode_count":108,"summary":"Learn French through 8-minute real news stories every day (Apprends le français avec les nouvelles du jour — épisodes courts pour débutants). Each interview-format episode covers two current stories in slow A1 French with slow speech, short sentences, and simple vocabulary — designed for true beginners. It's free to listen. For episode transcripts, translations, and quizzes as well as LinguaWire's full language-learning online programme, visit linguawire.com. Note: Our podcasts use AI support for translations and multi-language recording, with native speaker scripting and supervision. Perfect for: A1 French podcast, beginner French, slow French podcast, French news podcast, learn French news, easy French listening, daily French podcast, French for beginners, slow French, French transcript Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-05T04:17:01.582438+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-french-a1-with-news-slow-easy-french-for-beginners-7777303"},"episode":{"title":"A1 French News | Alibaba Fights US Blacklist in Court","slug":"a1-french-news-alibaba-fights-us-blacklist-in-court","published_at":"2026-06-24T08:21:56+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-french-a1-with-news-slow-easy-french-for-beginners-7777303/a1-french-news-alibaba-fights-us-blacklist-in-court","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-french-a1-with-news-slow-easy-french-for-beginners-7777303","url":"https://shows.acast.com/learn-french-with-todays-news-a1-easy-slow-french-for-beginn/episodes/6a3b93a495244c4a614fc92d","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a29a7413f4eb34728c4200e/e/6a3b93a495244c4a614fc92d/media.mp3","summary":"Alibaba Fights US Blacklist in Court. Learn with slow French news for A1 listening practice. In this episode: Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba sues US government over defence blacklist. Also: Irish government to contribute £197m to cross-border rail services. Today’s French 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/french-a1-2026-06-24 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Alibaba Fights US Blacklist in Court. Learn with slow French news for A1 listening practice. In this episode: Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba sues US gov…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":372,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/learn-french-a1-with-news-slow-easy-french-for-beginners-7777303/episodes/a1-french-news-alibaba-fights-us-blacklist-in-court/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-french-a1-with-news-slow-easy-french-for-beginners-7777303/a1-french-news-alibaba-fights-us-blacklist-in-court.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}