{"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 | Why this World Cup is the most expensive ever | Today's Easy News","slug":"a1-german-why-this-world-cup-is-the-most-expensive-ever-today-s-easy-news","published_at":"2026-06-14T05:29:16+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learn-german-a1-with-news-slow-easy-german-for-beginners-7758898/a1-german-why-this-world-cup-is-the-most-expensive-ever-today-s-easy-news","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/6a2e3c2d685069f99f800f01","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a2b43d5479dfe546fd07156/e/6a2e3c2d685069f99f800f01/media.mp3","summary":"Today’s stories in A1 German:— Warum diese WM die teuerste aller Zeiten ist— Schweiz plant Abstimmung über BevölkerungsgrenzeLearn German with real news — not repetitive drills.This A1 episode uses very simple German, short sentences, and clear speech for true beginners. Listen to two current stories, then review useful vocabulary from the episode.Full transcripts, English translations, vocabulary tools, and comprehension quizzes at linguawire.comNew episode every day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Today’s stories in A1 German:— Warum diese WM die teuerste aller Zeiten ist— Schweiz plant Abstimmung über BevölkerungsgrenzeLearn German with real news —…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":443,"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-why-this-world-cup-is-the-most-expensive-ever-today-s-easy-news/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-why-this-world-cup-is-the-most-expensive-ever-today-s-easy-news.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}