Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Maya Azucena talks about her various influences, which range from classic soul to gospel to synth pop. She talks about her experience growing up mulitiracial in an African American neighborhood and how it shaped her worldview.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Vanessa Hidary is a New York poet and performer who tackles issues of race , ethnicity and identity both onstage and off. She mixes rap, observation and story telling to explore difficult themes and issues of importance to us all.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA Northeast
WBER is a radio station in Rochester, New York, in the Northeastern part of the United States. Anyone in the Rochester area can be a DJ on the station, if they are willing to put the time in.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA Northeast
When a non-commercial radio station needs gear, and it doesn’t have money in the budget, it must turn to the audience and ask for help. When Tim Beideck heard that WBER’s transmitter urgently needed replacing, he decided to turn the premiere of Drivers Wanted into a fundraiser for the station.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
USA
Luckily, the fundraiser was a big success, and the movie got a lot of great press. Thousands of dollars were raised; WBER got the transmitter and the gear it needed.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
In a song full of striking imagery, and a reference to a heart murmur she had as a baby, KT Tunstall weaves a fantasy tale of a journey, a marriage proposal, fate, and the importance of listening to your heart.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom Scotland
The evocative lyrics from “The Storm” by the Scottish band Big Country are thought to be inspired by the Jacobite risings of the 18th Century. The name "Jacobite" comes from Jacobus, the Latin form of James, and the lyrics "My James" refers to those loyal to James VII of Scotland and his descendants.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
British singer songwriter RAYE spins out of control on a spree of hedonistic drinking, drugs, and sex... anything to mask the pain that assails her on the night after she is left by the man she loves.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
USA
This is a song by Gracie Abrams about navigating the confusing emotions after a breakup, particularly when an ex moves on with someone new.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
USA
Kaley Cuoco and Conan O'Brien really enjoy each other's company on his show. But when he offers to hang out with Kaley and her fiancé, the mood suddenly changes.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
USA
This is the official trailer for Babylon, a film starring Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie. It chronicles the rollercoaster fortunes of actors in the fast-changing movie scene of 1920s Hollywood.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
USA
John Mellencamps’s “little ditty” about a couple of teenagers, Jack and Diane, became his biggest and most well-known hit. The song traces their romance and the experience of growing up in the USA.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
Rosie and Alex are best friends, but get separated when Alex moves from Dublin to America. Can their friendship survive? And will they acknowledge their feelings for one another?
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
USA
Mayim is very concerned that she got things wrong in her original video about open relationships. Here she apologizes and wants to tell us what she’s learned about relationships and about remaining honest and true to ourselves.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
USA
Remember Mayim’s video about not understanding open relationships? Well, after some soul searching and research, she has decided she got a lot wrong! Check out her response in this heartfelt and “hopefully more accurate” video!
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