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862. WORLD NEWS QUIZ 2023 Part 2 (with Stephen from SEND7 Podcast)

Dec 27, 2023

In this podcast, Luke Thompson is joined by Stephen from Simple English News Daily podcast. They discuss topics such as the controversial death of Yevgeny Prigogian, the passing of actor Matthew Perry, the challenges of discussing the Israel-Palestine conflict, and the popularity of Taylor Swift in the entertainment industry.

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Taylor Swift was named Time Magazine's Person of the Year for 2023.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak cancelled a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kiri Akos Mitsotakis and faced backlash from a Greek newspaper.

The Rolling Stones released their album 'Hackney Diamonds' 59 years after their first album.

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Taylor Swift named Time Magazine's Person of the Year

Time Magazine named Taylor Swift as their Person of the Year for 2023.

Introduction

4min

Speculation about the Death of Yevgeny Prigogian

21min

The Death of Matthew Perry

4min

Discussion on a Presidential Election Result and Peaceful Power Transition

3min

The Challenge of Addressing Israel and Palestine

9min

The Rolling Stones

16min

Taylor Swift: A Case Study in the Entertainment Industry

6min

Finding Simple English News Daily and Holiday Wishes

5min

[2/2] Stephen from the Simple English News Daily podcast asks me questions about news events from this year. This is part 2 of a 2-part episode.

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*Edits - On reflection, I decided to remove questions 11 and 12 because they were about the war in Ukraine and I think the tone of our conversation was not appropriate considering the solemnity of the situation. I regret not expressing my sincere condolences for the victims of the war.

Question 11 was about Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and question 12 was about the % of land in Ukraine occupied by Russian forces at the end of 2023 (20%).

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Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson

862. WORLD NEWS QUIZ 2023 Part 2 (with Stephen from SEND7 Podcast)

Episode guests

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Taylor Swift named Time Magazine's Person of the Year

Rishi Sunak cancels meeting with Greek Prime Minister

Greece newspaper features picture of Rishi Sunak with headline 'Fuck You Bastard'

Javier Millet becomes President of Argentina

The Rolling Stones release album 'Hackney Diamonds'

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