{"podcast":{"title":"Learn German A1 with News | Slow Easy German for Beginners","slug":"learn-german-a1-with-news-slow-easy-german-for-beginners-7758898","podcast_index_feed_id":7758898,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6a2b43d5479dfe546fd07156","website_url":"http://www.linguawire.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6a2b43d5479dfe546fd07156/show-cover.jpg","author":"LinguaWire","episode_count":106,"summary":"Learn German through 8-minute real news stories every day (Lerne Deutsch mit den Nachrichten von heute — kurze Episoden für Anfänger). Each interview-format episode covers two current stories in slow A1 German 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. If you find this level too challenging, search \"LinguaWire Day One German\" for a 4-week, 5mins per-day course to go from zero to understanding the daily news in German. Note: Our podcasts use AI support for translations and multi-language recording, with native speaker scripting and supervision. Perfect for: A1 German podcast, beginner German podcast, slow German podcast, learn German with news, German news for beginners, easy German listening, daily German podcast, Deutsch lernen Podcast, German podcast with transcript, learn German for beginners Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-30T16:17:54.153612+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-german-a1-with-news-slow-easy-german-for-beginners-7758898"},"episode":{"title":"A1 German News | Trump's face appears in some US passports","slug":"a1-german-news-trump-s-face-appears-in-some-us-passports","published_at":"2026-06-29T05:10:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-german-a1-with-news-slow-easy-german-for-beginners-7758898/a1-german-news-trump-s-face-appears-in-some-us-passports","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-german-a1-with-news-slow-easy-german-for-beginners-7758898","url":"https://shows.acast.com/learn-german-a1-easy-news/episodes/6a41fe50cb67fc75eaa1f185","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a2b43d5479dfe546fd07156/e/6a41fe50cb67fc75eaa1f185/media.mp3","summary":"Learn with slow German news for A1 listening practice. In this episode: Australia to double maximum penalty for platforms in breach of social media ban. Also: Trump's face is added to select US passports for America's 250th birthday. Today’s German 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/german-a1-2026-06-29 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Learn with slow German news for A1 listening practice. In this episode: Australia to double maximum penalty for platforms in breach of social media ban. A…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":445,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/learn-german-a1-with-news-slow-easy-german-for-beginners-7758898/episodes/a1-german-news-trump-s-face-appears-in-some-us-passports/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-german-a1-with-news-slow-easy-german-for-beginners-7758898/a1-german-news-trump-s-face-appears-in-some-us-passports.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}