Where is the happiest country in the world? How can we measure happiness? Is happiness a good way to compare countries? Has the ongoing pandemic affected people's happiness all over the world? These questions might seem a little complicated to answer, but fortunately for us the World Happiness Report 2021 was released last week! In this episode we’ll talk ab ... Show More
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412. Should We Abolish the Death Penalty? (English Vocabulary Lesson)
On September 30, 2026, the US state of Tennessee attempted to execute Christa Pike, a woman who had been on death row for more than 30 years. Pike was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. After being convicted of the murder, Pike spent decades in ... Show More
28 m
Oct 19
410. Why Spain Is Banning Evictions? (Vocabulary in the News)
Today, we're trying something a little different. This is a vocabulary-focused episode based on a recent news story, where we'll take one interesting event and use it to learn useful English words and expressions in context. Our story today comes from Spain, where an eviction inv ... Show More
22m 47s
Oct 2025
#575 | The Science of Happiness: Can It Be Measured?
⚡️ "The British Comedy Challenge" starts Monday, 9th Nov: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/challenges/the-british-comedy-challenge--What does happiness really mean, and can it be measured? In this episode, we move from Aristotle’s eudaimonia to brain scans, surveys, big data, and ... Show More
22m 54s
May 2024
Which countries are happiest and why? With Lara Aknin, PhD
The 2024 World Happiness Report, which ranks the happiness levels of countries around the world, found that young Americans are less happy than their peers in many other countries. Psychology professor Lara Aknin, PhD, an editor of the report, talks about how the report defines h ... Show More
33 m
Aug 2017
If You're Happy & You Know It...
Where in the world can you find a Museum of Happiness!? What in the world is the happiest place on Earth? How in the world can we pump up the jam on our own happiness? Happiness Week continues as Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz discover big joy in the latest who, what, when, where, why, ... Show More
15m 58s