{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a9ee1faf8f4d42589de3386/6ae426f8092a0dff19e82f6e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Pope applies for US postal vote | Beginner German Lesson (A0-A1) from Today's News","description":"<p>Today's story: Pope Leo has applied for a postal vote in the US.. You will hear it in German first, then line by line with the English beside it.</p><p>Today's headline in German: Papst Leo beantragt Briefwahl in den USA</p><p>(00:00) Welcome and today's headline</p><p>(01:31) Today's headline, slowly</p><p>(02:16) Applying for something</p><p>(03:02) Time for elections</p><p>(03:42) Sending a ballot</p><p>(04:16) Today's grammar point</p><p>(04:50) The story again</p><p>The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:</p><p>https://linguawire.com/class/german/a1/2026-10-30</p><p>TODAY'S GERMAN TEXT</p><p>Papst Leo beantragt Briefwahl in den USA</p><p>Papst Leo XIV. beantragte am 3. Oktober im Vatikan eine Briefwahl.</p><p>Er ist in Illinois als Wähler registriert.</p><p>Der Antrag gilt für die Wahlen in den USA nächste Woche.</p><p>Das Büro in Will County hat seinen ausgefüllten Stimmzettel noch nicht erhalten.</p><p>Es ist nicht klar, ob Leo den Stimmzettel ausgefüllt oder abgeschickt hat.</p><p>ALSO ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGE</p><p>Patrick Stewart stirbt mit 86 Jahren</p><p>Starbucks sieht Fortschritte in den USA</p><p>Reddit plant Zugang nur für angemeldete Nutzer</p><p>WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES</p><p>- verb (beantragen)</p><p>- vocabulary (registriert)</p><p>- vocabulary (nächste Woche)</p><p>- vocabulary (noch nicht)</p><p>- vocabulary (abgeschickt)</p><p>New to German? Every class starts from the beginning, so today is a fine place to start.</p><p>Not sure this is your level? Our free German level check shows what level you are overall and across 8 sub-skills:</p><p>https://linguawire.com/assessment</p><p>Grammar explained in plain English:</p><p>https://linguawire.com/guide</p><p>If today's class helped, please follow the show. It is the single best thing that helps other German learners find us.</p><p>Note: LINGUAWIRE classes use AI support for translation and multi-language recording, with native-speaker scripting and supervision.</p>","author_name":"LinguaWire"}