When you hear the word vampire, what comes to mind? Dracula? The Twilight books? Ancient castles in Transylvania?
What if I told you that vampire stories are much older, and much stranger, than you think?
In today’s Halloween special episode of Thinking in English, we’re going to explore the history of vampires. We’ll start with ancient superstitions and m ... Show More
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 5
408. The Bayeux Tapestry (English Vocabulary Lesson)
Today, we’re going to talk about one of the most famous historical objects in the world: the Bayeux Tapestry. The Bayeux Tapestry is a huge piece of embroidered cloth, about 70 metres long, covered with pictures showing kings, soldiers, ships, horses and battles. It was created a ... Show More
25m 13s
Oct 2022
#310 | A History of Vampires | Fangs, Fear and Fiction
<p><strong> </strong></p><br><p>For hundreds of years, people have been afraid of blood-sucking creatures that rise from the dead.</p><p>But where does the vampire myth actually come from, what happened to the people accused of being a vampire, and what if there was a simple, bio ... Show More
21m 30s
Jul 2024
Ep. 6 - The WILD World of Victorian Vampires
In today’s episode, Genevieve will discuss the wild world of Victorian vampires. She'll discuss vampire panic and vampire autopsies of the 1800s, real vampires - or at least, folks who were believed to be real vampires, and the inspirations for everyone's favorite vampire, Dracul ... Show More
35m 45s
Oct 2023
Eerie Episode: Vampires, Twihards, and The Gothic
<p>The girlies venture into Vampire Lore™ in Part I of a series of Eerie Episodes. They explore the shocking disease that turned people into vampires, the impact of vampiric literature, how Stephanie Meyer bastardized Gothic traditions via Mormonism, and more! Digressions includ ... Show More
1h 9m