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Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript. In this episode: Waymo spends much more on lobbying as it pushes for fully driverless taxis and competes with Uber over the future of robotaxis. Also: The Panama Canal will let fewer ships through because El Niño has reduced rainfall and water levels. Today’s English focus: will be able to pass, be allowed to go through in the future = be allowed to go through in the future. Vocabulary: vessel (ship or boat), transit (movement through a place), sustainability (ability to continue for a long time without harm or running out). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-08-22

Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript. In this episode: A US robot seller changes course after a ban on foreign-made robots, and plans to build its own machines in New York. Also: In Washington, D.C., food fans taste jollof rice from different countries in a blind test to settle a long rivalry. Today’s English focus: be thinking about, to be considering an idea or plan = to be considering an idea or plan. Vocabulary: manufacturing (making products in a factory), deploy (to put into use), integration (connecting parts so they work together). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-08-21

Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript. In this episode: NASA and Katalyst end their rescue mission for the Swift gamma-ray observatory after a problem with the Link satellite, but they may still gather useful data. Also: LinkedIn data shows women make up a much smaller share of hires into high-paying AI jobs than in non-AI jobs, and the gap is wider in leadership roles. Today’s English focus: is going to, used for a plan or something expected soon = used for a plan or something expected soon. Vocabulary: premium (extra pay), ladder (higher levels in a job or company), roles (jobs or positions). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-08-20

Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript. In this episode: Researchers found a hidden Copilot setting that let them test how an AI assistant could leak data and bypass a safety rule after a simple link click. Also: At least 30 children are feared to have been conceived with the wrong sperm or egg donors, and families in northern Cyprus want answers. Today’s English focus: had chosen, used to talk about one action that happened before another past = had chosen. Vocabulary: Donor (a person who gives sperm, eggs, blood, or money to help someone else), Ancestry (family background or where a family came from), Investigation (a careful official search for the truth). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-08-19

Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript. In this episode: A drug best known for erectile dysfunction is being promoted as a longevity drug, but the evidence is still only a link from observational studies, not proof. Also: Three former SpaceX engineers are building a robot factory to automate steel parts, aiming for a prototype by 2027 amid a skilled-worker shortage. Today’s English focus: be going to = to plan or intend to do something in the future. Vocabulary: autonomy (the ability to work without human control), fabrication (the process of making something, often from metal), shortage (a lack of something people need). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-08-18

Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript. In this episode: Two fires break out on Greece's Salamina island, killing two people and forcing hundreds to leave. Also: Ferrari's first electric car sells for a record $40 million at auction. Today’s English focus: be going to, used for a plan or likely future result = to be going to. Vocabulary: evacuation (moving people away from danger), blaze (fire), smoke inhalation (breathing in smoke). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-08-17

Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript. In this episode: Booksellers are seeing huge bulk orders for used books, and many suspect the books are being bought to train AI systems rather than for readers. Also: South Korea's president calls for talks with North Korea to officially end the war and reduce tensions near the DMZ. Today’s English focus: are being used, are in progress as a process = are being used. Vocabulary: bulk (a large amount bought or sold together), warehouse (a big building where goods are stored), pulped (turned into pulp, so the paper can be recycled or destroyed). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-08-16

Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript. In this episode: The White House says more than 40 countries helped China move goods through lower-tariff routes to avoid US tariffs, ahead of talks between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. Also: A report says Instagram profiles are promoting the crossing to Ceuta, offering paid advice and spreading dangerous content about the journey. Today’s English focus: be due to meet, expected or planned to happen = expected or planned to happen. Vocabulary: profile (an account page on a social media site), content (the posts, photos, or videos people share online), traction (growing attention or support). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-08-15

Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript. In this episode: Romania shuts its only nuclear plant after the Danube falls too low for cooling. Also: Taiwan slows mobile internet to text-only speed during a defense drill. Today’s English focus: be meant to model a response = to be intended to model a response. Vocabulary: shutdown (a stop in operation), cooling (making something less hot), intake (the place where water or air enters a system). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-08-14