{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a305c08cd02369494108cd9/6a59a9937a878a33803ea418?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A2 German News | White House Staffer Faces Betting Probe","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a305c08cd02369494108cd9/5331cf9b-c5d2-423f-bc67-00f391bb339e.jpg?height=200","description":"Improve your German with slow news for A2 listening practice.\n\nIn this episode: A White House teleprompter operator is accused of using speech knowledge to make nearly $100,000 on prediction-market bets. Also: Uganda discharges its last Ebola patient and starts a 42-day countdown with no active confirmed cases.\n\nToday’s German focus: sich entlassen lassen = to be officially discharged. Vocabulary: die Entlassung (discharge), der Ausbruch (outbreak), verschärfen (to tighten or make stricter).\n\nLearn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/german-a2-2026-07-17","author_name":"LinguaWire"}