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Nov 2019
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Leonardo English
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Learning English doesn't need to be boring. You don't need to drown in grammar books, you don't need to spend hours memorising phrasal verbs.

English Learning for Curious Minds is the podcast that teaches you English through teaching you fascinating things about the world.

No boring listening exercises, no drills, no scripted conversations.

Just thoroughly researched, utterly fascinating stories.

It's English learning, but just not as you knew it.

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