Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
From scuba diving to big-game fishing, many activities here involve water. But it was also on this wild, windswept coastline of islands, shallow banks, and sand dunes that the Wright brothers made the first motorized flight in history.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
The coastal town of Duck in North Carolina is home to a group of scientist who use remarkable custom-built vehicles to carry out their research on storms and erosion.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Oceanographer Jesse McNinch gets excited when the big storms roll in. He loves being near the ocean, so his job taking samples and gathering data along the coast is perfect for him. Further north, we pass the city of Norfolk and arrive on the eastern shore of Virginia.
Difficulty:
Advanced
USA
Jimmy pairs up with Drake and squares off against Scarlett Johansson and Tariq from The Roots in a game of charades.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
USA
Kaley Cuoco talks about the terrifying trip to New Zealand with her boyfriend's family that ended in her swinging through a canyon.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
USA
Gwen Stefani talks about her Christmas album, You Make It Feel Like Christmas, and how Blake Shelton's adjusting to life as People's Sexiest Man Alive.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Matthew McConaughey and Hugh Grant starred together in “The Gentlemen," but it seems that this is the first time they’ve really met. Matthew reveals all about ice fishing, while Hugh recounts an unlikely encounter on his wedding day, and a less than successful attempt at political activism.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Jimmy asks actor Benedict Cumberbatch to provide adjectives, nouns, interjections, and other words in order to write a scene that they will perform together.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Hilarity ensues as Jimmy Fallon and Benedict Cumberbatch perform a ludicrous scene that brings together the script and the words that were chosen at random.
Difficulty:
Beginner
United Kingdom
They met on Saturday night, and exchanged messages the next day… so why hasn't he called her to make arrangements? After three days, our friend is still expecting a call and getting very nervous about it!
Difficulty:
Intermediate
United Kingdom
"Golden Brown" is one of the most famous hits from English rock group the Stranglers, noted for its unusual use of the harpsichord and lyrics about heroin usage.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
United Kingdom
After "Strange Little Girl" and "Golden Brown," “Always the Sun” was the Stranglers' biggest hit on their 1986 album “Dreamtime.” Enjoy seeing if you can make sense of the song’s seemingly non sequitur verses!
Difficulty:
Beginner
USA
It was only a matter of time: Homer finds himself face to face with Donald Trump's lustrous blonde hair, leading to much introspection about his own baldness.
Difficulty:
Newbie
USA
Catch up on winter vocabulary with Sigrid. It's also a great chance to practice words with "W," since there are plenty associated with winter.
Difficulty:
Beginner
United Kingdom
After their tour was cancelled, the Rolling Stones released "Living in a Ghost Town" as an independent single due to its current relevance during the recent lockdown in the United Kingdom due to COVID-19.
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