Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
Los Angeles is a city where everybody shines. Let’s visit a small area of town where you’ll find the most exclusive clothing stores and the pimpest ostrich shoes you could ever dream of! (We’ll forgive the erroneous reference to the 2006 NBA Champion Lakers. Shaq went to Miami, remember guys?)
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
Get introduced to life on a sailboat, and learn about some things a yacht just can’t do without.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Australia
The God of Thunder, as it just so happens, is perfectly capable of delivering a weather report, if it ever becomes necessary. Chris Hemsworth, known best for his role as Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, recently proved as much when he interrupted a local newscast in Australia. Hemsworth, effectively and efficiently, delivered the news, all with his signature charm.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom, USA
Tinie Tempah released this track, which features American singer Eric Turner, on his debut album Disc-Overy. The inspirational lyrics document the British artist’s determination to succeed, and steep trajectory from childhood poverty to the dizzying heights of rap stardom.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA
President Obama drops by a meeting with YouTube personalities to learn about how they're using YouTube to connect with an audience of millions of people and to discuss why it's important for young people to visit HealthCare.gov and learn more.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
This whaling ballad was written long before the song became a surprise internet sensation. In the Nineteenth Century, the original Weller Brothers (Wellermen) brought supplies to remote whaling communities off the New Zealand coast. The lyrics speak of the voyage of one whaling vessel, the Billy of Tea, whose voyage did not go according to plan. Locked in an endless battle with a whale, they longed for a supply ship to bring them sugar, tea, and rum.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
USA Urban
Hip Hop is probably now the most pervasive popular music in the world, but it’s still at its freshest on the streets of New York, where it was born. These fresh young talents give us a take on Hip Hop’s new directions and ever changing possibilities for expression.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
Honda is a well-known vehicle maker that always had people's mobility in mind. Find out what their secret of success is!
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: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
Boris Johnson is Britain's new prime minister, and now has 100 days to deliver on his do-or-die promise to take Britain out of the EU on October 31, 2019.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
The Prince of Wales has set up a rainforest project in order to protect the remaining rainforests on this earth. He talks about the seriousness of climate change and how it will affect our lives and the lives of our children and grandchildren. He appeals to us to support him and his project.
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