{"podcast":{"title":"Learning English from the News","slug":"learning-english-from-the-news-1026559","podcast_index_feed_id":1026559,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p05hw4bq.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05hw4bq","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0hvw5fz.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":386,"summary":"Learn the language you need to understand news stories in English. Every week we talk about one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it. And in our special Our World in English episodes, we share documentaries from around the world and across the BBC in simple English. Find more at bbclearningenglish.com Follow us at bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T04:21:22.639525+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559"},"episode":{"title":"El Niño: What to expect","slug":"el-ni-o-what-to-expect","published_at":"2026-06-03T11:26:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/el-ni-o-what-to-expect","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nptc1z","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss-low/proto/http/vpid/p0npt9y8.mp3","summary":"The World Meteorological Organization said this El Niño is likely to strengthen over the rest of 2026, driving more extreme weather around much of the globe. El Niño is the name for a natural climate event where sea water temperatures rise in the Pacific Ocean near the equator. It creates unusually hot and stormy weather. Several forecasts from national weather agencies suggest it could end up as one of the strongest ever recorded – a possible so-called ‘super’ El Niño. Learn about this story and learn some vocabulary from the headlines with Phil and Georgie. Get a free worksheet for this episode to practise what you've learnt: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/learning-english-from-the-news_2026/260603 . We have lots of programmes on the topic of the environment to help you improve your English: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/topics/environment Maybe you want to practise some other skills? Have a look at our skills page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/skills","meta_description":"The World Meteorological Organization said this El Niño is likely to strengthen over the rest of 2026, driving more extreme weather around much of the glo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":535,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/episodes/el-ni-o-what-to-expect/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-english-from-the-news-1026559/el-ni-o-what-to-expect.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}