Here are some historical events that occurred on January 4 throughout world history:1642: King Charles I of England attempts to arrest five members of Parliament, leading to the start of the English Civil War.1847: Samuel Colt sells his first revolvers to the United States government.1896: Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.1959: Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.1965: The British rock band The Who release their debut studio album, "My Generation."1974: President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over tape recordings and documents subpoenaed by the Watergate Special Prosecutor.1999: Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota.2004: NASA's Mars Rover "Spirit" lands on Mars.2010: The Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, officially opens in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.These are just a few notable events that happened on January 4. There are, of course, many more events that occurred on this day throughout history.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/a-to-z-this-day-in-world-history-january-4th/Social Media:WeChat account ID: atozenglishpodcastFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/671098974684413/Tik Tok:@atozenglish1Instagram:@atozenglish22Twitter:@atozenglish22A to Z Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcastCheck out our You Tube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8ADonate to the show: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/donationsRobin and Jack started a new You Tube channel called English Word Master. You can check it out here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2aXaXaMY4P2VhVaEre5w7ABecome a member of Podchaser and leave a positive review!https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-a-to-z-english-podcast-4779670Join our Whatsapp group: https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7Intro/Outro Music: Daybird by Broke for FreeSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-a-to-z-english-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Xochitl and Jack share their top five favorite music albums.Transcript:00:00:00JackYou're listening to the A-Z English podcast.00:00:13JackWelcome to the A-Z English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm with my co-host social today and we are going to do top five desert Island questions. And so today's question is social. What are your top five?00:00:31JackDesert island.00:00:33JackAlbums, music albums.00:00:38XochitlUh, my God. I mean, this one's a little bit hard, but I'm gonna have to say Shakira, MTV Unplugged.00:00:48JackInteresting. I have two MTV on plugs in.00:00:48XochitlShakira yeah.00:00:52JackMy top five.00:00:55JackYeah. Interesting. OK.00:00:57XochitlYeah, I definitely say Shakira's MTV unplugged album Shakira, volume one.00:01:04JackSo that's your second choice.00:01:06XochitlThat's my second choice, yes.00:01:07JackOK, so two Shakira albums.00:01:08JackWow, you're OK. I didn't know you were that.00:01:09XochitlShe can't albums.00:01:10XochitlShe's yes, I love Shakira. Especially OG. Shakira is just sublime amazingness, musas by Natalia Lafourcade.00:01:11JackBig of a Shakira fan.00:01:14JackOK.00:01:24JackOK.00:01:25JackI have no idea what you just said, but I'm I'm going to say, OK.00:01:25발표자UM.00:01:28XochitlMoses is like, muses, kind of, and that's what it means translates to Natalia Lafourcade is a Mexican singer-songwriter, and the Musas album is based also boleros, which is a traditional like Mexican genre of old style like 50s music.00:01:46JackOhh I can almost kind of picture it in my mind, you know.00:01:51발표자Yeah you can.00:01:52XochitlGet like the vibes a little bit.00:01:54XochitlAnd so she wrote these songs.00:01:56XochitlInspired by that time period.00:01:58XochitlAnd invited a lot of artists from that time period onto the album as features, and it's an absolutely beautiful album. I definitely recommend it. So that knocks out three.00:02:06JackOK, cool.00:02:11XochitlAnd then, OK, this one I think.00:02:18XochitlI gotta Google.00:02:19XochitlIt to make sure it's the right one.00:02:24XochitlOh great, I remember what it is, Jesse. Enjoy, which are another Mexican singer-songwriter group, and their album is Gunjin sequel Pero, which means who should the dog stay with? Because it's like a breakup album.00:02:40XochitlAnd it's a.00:02:41JackWho gets the dog? OK. Yeah, that's sad. Yeah.00:02:43XochitlYes. Who gets the dog? So it's a great album because it was iconic.00:02:54XochitlIn the time period that it was that it came out for and.00:02:58JackSo what was the time period when? What are?00:03:00XochitlIt came out in like the 20 tens, I believe.00:03:00JackWe talking here?00:03:03JackOhh. OK OK. This is not like I.00:03:05JackThought you were like 1970s or 80s, OK?00:03:05XochitlNo it.00:03:07XochitlNo, no, it was just iconic for the 20 tens because it was like a shift in.00:03:12XochitlThe genre they're they're genre sort of Mexican music was like a very indie style. That was kind of unheard of at the time. So I think that's.00:03:22XochitlLike a big shift.00:03:23XochitlAnd fifth one.00:03:30XochitlUh, my God, I'm battling here.00:03:33JackI know the fifth one is always the hardest one because it's like you're excluding 100 other ones that you love, you know.00:03:42XochitlThat's the hard part about it.00:03:48XochitlI think.00:03:51Xochitl80 Gourmet and trio Los Panchos so 80 gourmet. I guess her her English name is 80 Gorm. She's a she's an English speaking singer. I believe she's from the US and she made a an A Spanish album. Spanish speaking album with trio.00:04:10XochitlSponges, which is like a.00:04:11XochitlMariachi group.00:04:12XochitlAnd she did a bunch of classics like Salami and Bill Canela and like.00:04:18XochitlAll these boleros bolero.00:04:19XochitlWhich is a genre I was talking about.00:04:21XochitlEarlier, she did a bunch of these songs in this genre with this group, Joe punches and I.00:04:29XochitlIt's beautiful, absolutely beautiful album.00:04:33XochitlYeah. So I'm going to have to go. Yeah. That was like from the 50s. Probably. Yeah.00:04:34발표자OK.00:04:38JackYeah. And we can get a a good feeling here for your musical. I think musical taste like you. Definitely. Yeah. Well, it was female, you know, like, like, Latino. Sorry. Latina kind of singers. Yeah.00:04:45XochitlYeah, it's all women like.00:04:57JackBut it's it's very popular right now too. So very, very beautiful.00:05:04JackAlright, so it's my.00:05:05XochitlTurn now. Yes, it's your turn.00:05:07JackOK. All right. We're going to go old school here 9. We're going to go all the way.00:05:11JackBack to 1994 Nirvana.00:05:16JackMTV plug.00:05:16XochitlOhh my. That was gonna be that was it was.00:05:19XochitlHard cause I left that one.00:05:20XochitlOff of mine.00:05:21XochitlBut it was hard to leave it.00:05:23XochitlOff, yeah.00:05:23JackOh, I love that album and I can, you know, it's like, these are all albums that on my list that I can listen to all the.00:05:32JackWay through from front to back.00:05:34JackLike I don't skip one song on the on the album, which is weird because I usually used to buy albums and then I would listen to one or two tracks. You know the the title tracks or the title track and then maybe at the singles and I would never listen to the kind of the the other songs on the album.00:05:54JackBut I love all of the songs on this album, so MTV 1994, I believe, Nirvana, MTV Unplugged, #2.00:06:06JackIs Alice In Chains MTV Unplugged, which is? And if, if our listeners don't know Alice In Chains, was a kind of heavy metal grunge rock band from Seattle in the early 1990s.00:06:26JackAnd the unfortunately, the lead singer, Lane Staley, died of a drug overdose. Quite.00:06:34JackA few years ago.00:06:36XochitlRight on.00:06:37JackYeah, it was really terrible. He suffered a a bad drug addiction, like so many artists do. And so yeah, but that they did an MTV unplugged session that had all such great kind of acoustic versions of their.00:06:56JackAmazing songs. So I love that album #3 is Weezer is a band and they have their very first album. Was this blue album. It's like a blue. It's almost like solid blue.00:07:14JackCD OK like the it's just a solid blue color and it says Weezer or something and that whole album I can listen to all the way through and I I love that album. It's just a a brilliant, brilliant album.00:07:35JackDo you know Weezer? Do you ever listen to Weezer?00:07:39발표자There's still.00:07:41XochitlI think I I I've I've heard of them, but I don't. I couldn't say. Oh, I know that song or something, but I think I'm sure that if you played a song of them, I would probably recognize it.00:07:44JackOK, OK.00:07:51JackYeah, I think maybe our only crossover here in this Venn diagram between the two of us is Nirvana. I think it's it's probably, but.00:08:00XochitlYeah, that album specifically.00:08:02JackYeah, #4, my fourth album is a kind of a weird choice, like a lot of people wouldn't wouldn't understand this choice, but.00:08:13JackIt's a. It's a. It's a single guy. Who? It. It sounds like a band, but it's actually just one guy and it's he's called badly drawn boy. And he did a soundtrack for the movie about a boy, which came out about 1819 years ago.00:08:35JackIt's based on a A, a novel, and the movie is fantastic. I love it about a boy, but the the songs that he wrote for that album I can listen to that album all the way through. I just love it and I just think it's amazing. So I.00:08:54JackThat's my number four album. Is the soundtrack to the movie about a boy by the artist, badly drawn boy.00:09:04JackAnd #5, I'm going to go, Bob Dylan, blonde on blonde, and that's probably his most famous album. It's got all the hits in there, but I can listen to that album over. I could listen to it multiple times in a row, just on a road trip. I'll hit play.00:09:24JackListen to the whole album. Go back to the beginning, listen to it again and find new things in there that are more interesting.00:09:31JackUh. And so I I really, really love that album. So Bob Dylan blonde on blonde and I miss you.00:09:40JackKnow I didn't put any Beatles in there.00:09:41XochitlBob Dylan is another one. My dad listened to as well. So.00:09:45JackYeah, I'm. I'm sure your dad.00:09:45XochitlI am familiar.00:09:46JackAnd I probably have more more musical.00:09:48XochitlYeah, I mean, I was introduced.00:09:49JackTaste or something? Yeah.00:09:51XochitlTo Nirvana by my dad and then Bob Dylan. Also, my dad listened to a lot. So.00:09:59XochitlI'm familiar with Bob Dylan.00:10:00JackOhh. Your dad listened to Nirvana as well.00:10:03XochitlYeah, my dad also did listen to Nirvana.00:10:05JackWow, OK, you dance cool. My dad listened to The Beach Boys and The Beatles.00:10:12JackYou know that kind of that era? So he's my dad's a bit older than your dad though, so.00:10:17XochitlYeah, your dad's my dad's.00:10:20XochitlYeah, my dad's, like, between your dad and your age, right, I guess.00:10:25JackYeah, he's like one generation. Well, he's like an old.00:10:28JackGen. Xer right?00:10:30XochitlYeah, he's like a really old Gen. Xer or like a.00:10:33XochitlReally young boomer.00:10:35JackRight, right. My dad's a straight up boomer all the way, yeah.00:10:42XochitlYeah. All right, listeners. Well, I am actually really interested to hear what your five favorite albums are, because I'm. I'm curious. I want to hear all these international music, because our listeners must have a lot. And I also want to know if you have any favorite English language albums. I think that would be really neat to know.00:11:04XochitlAnd do you find that English or that music is a way?00:11:09XochitlThat you can learn English, so that helps you learn English. I also want to know about that. So. Umm yeah, answer your questions. Uh, and a comment down below at A-Z englishpodcast.com shoot us an e-mail at AZ englishpodcast@gmail.com or join our WhatsApp or we chat groups to join the conversation and we'll see you guys next time.00:11:26XochitlBye bye.00:11:27발표자Bye bye.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/the-a-to-z-english-podcast-top-5-favorite-music-albums/Social Media:WeChat: atozenglishpodcastFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/671098974684413/Tik Tok:@atozenglish1Instagram:@atozenglish22Twitter:@atozenglish22A to Z Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcastCheck out our You Tube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8ADonate to the show: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/donationsRobin and Jack started a new You Tube channel called English Word Master. 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Here are some historical events that took place on January 3rd:1521: Martin Luther was excommunicated by Pope Leo X from the Roman Catholic Church.1777: General George Washington's army defeated the British at the Battle of Princeton during the American Revolutionary War.1959: Alaska was admitted as the 49th U.S. state.1961: The United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba.1990: Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega surrendered to U.S. forces, 10 days after seeking asylum in the Vatican's embassy in Panama City.2009: Israel withdrew its troops from the Gaza Strip, officially ending a three-week war with Hamas.2019: China became the first country to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon when the Chang'e-4 probe successfully touched down.These events represent a mix of political, military, and scientific occurrences on January 3rd throughout history.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/a-to-z-this-day-in-world-history-january-3rd/Social Media:WeChat account ID: atozenglishpodcastFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/671098974684413/Tik Tok:@atozenglish1Instagram:@atozenglish22Twitter:@atozenglish22A to Z Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcastCheck out our You Tube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8ADonate to the show: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/donationsRobin and Jack started a new You Tube channel called English Word Master. You can check it out here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2aXaXaMY4P2VhVaEre5w7ABecome a member of Podchaser and leave a positive review!https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-a-to-z-english-podcast-4779670Join our Whatsapp group: https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7Intro/Outro Music: Daybird by Broke for FreeSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-a-to-z-english-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Xochitl and Jack take a random online quiz.Transcript:00:00:00JackYou're listening to the A-Z English podcast.00:00:12JackWelcome to the agency English podcast. My name is Jack, and today I'm with my co-host, social. And we are doing.00:00:20JackWe are taking a fun personality quiz and so social. I have several questions that we can go through, and then there's a menu of items that you can choose like there. There are answers you can choose. And I thought it'd be kind of funny or fun.00:00:40JackTo see what our answers are to these questions. So.00:00:44JackSo #1 is, if you had to live alone on a deserted island with only one item, what would it be your favorite novel?00:00:57JackA fishing pole.00:00:59JackA 50 LB. Bag of rice or a box of matches. Which of those?00:01:05JackFour, would you take?00:01:18XochitlI would take.00:01:22XochitlThe 50 LB. Bag of rice.00:01:26JackOK, OK.00:01:26XochitlBecause Bryce doesn't spoil quickly.00:01:30XochitlUM and.00:01:33XochitlI know I can build a fire like from scratch and.00:01:40XochitlI think I would eventually be able to make some kind of fishing rod to supplement the rice or something, or a net, you know, but I think that.00:01:52XochitlYou would need something to sustain yourself while you are.00:02:00XochitlGetting everything else in order and that 50 LB. Bag of rice can take you a long way.00:02:06JackHow how are you gonna boil that rice, though?00:02:08JackWithout a pot.00:02:10XochitlWell, you can make a makeshift pot way more easily than you can get anything else.00:02:16JackLike a coconut kind of coconut pot? Yeah.00:02:18XochitlYeah, I just put a coconut and.00:02:19XochitlFill it with the sea water.00:02:21XochitlAnd uh, boil that on the stove, you know? Well, on the on some sticks. Fire stick, you know.00:02:28JackDo you know how to make do you?00:02:28XochitlWhat I mean?00:02:29JackKnow how to make a fire without?00:02:32JackYou know, like, naturally, with without any.00:02:34XochitlYeah, there's a couple methods. I mean, I'm sure you know.00:02:36XochitlThe how to right?00:02:38JackI know that like stick one, but I'm afraid that I would never be able to do it, so I chose DA box of matches because I feel like.00:02:49JackAlthough if they get wet, they're useless. But if they're dry, I'm assuming they're dry matches. Then I can use those to build a fire and maybe make like a smoke screen. You know, smoke signal. So that like a ship will know that I'm stranded on.00:02:51XochitlYeah. Then yeah.00:03:09JackOn this island.00:03:10JackBut if I don't get rescued, I'm in big trouble unless I go catch some fish or some crab or something out there on the beach in the water.00:03:20XochitlRight. Yeah, I there's like those stone method and the stick method and I think I would eventually be able to recreate it.00:03:29JackOK.00:03:29XochitlAnd I have enough faith.00:03:30XochitlIn myself to uh for the 50 LB. Bag of rice.00:03:35JackRight. I mean that's that's a bold statement that because starting a fire, I don't know, it seems very difficult, but if you could get that fire.00:03:44JackGoing I'm sitting over there with my fire. Hungry. As you know, super hungry and you're, you know, got your fire and a 50 LB bag of rice so.00:03:55JackYou're in a better situation.00:03:56XochitlI mean, ideally if we if.00:03:58XochitlYou're here. You have to be alone. But if you're on the island together and you brought your matches and I brought my rice.00:04:03XochitlSo we'd be set pretty much so.00:04:05JackYeah, yeah, it will be all good. Yeah, we'll we'll be sick of eating rice, but it'll be OK.00:04:11XochitlYeah, well, it'll sustain.00:04:13XochitlUs long enough to catch some fish in the ocean or something, so yeah.00:04:16JackI mean, it's better better than reading war and peace for the 15th time or something like that, at least.00:04:21XochitlRight. And it's like, what are you?00:04:23XochitlEat the novel when?00:04:24XochitlYou're starving with.00:04:25JackRight. Yeah. Well, yeah, it's toilet paper that. That's what.00:04:31JackIt would be good.00:04:32JackFor yeah.00:04:32XochitlThat's true.00:04:36Jack#2. All right, our second one, we're only going to do five of these. So I think, yeah, we tried to do all 10 questions we may be here a long time. #2, which suit food sounds the most appealing to you.00:04:41XochitlOK.00:04:53JackA creme brulee B potato chips, C scrambled eggs or D broccoli casserole.00:05:06JackI'm going to be shocked if you say D.00:05:09XochitlEasy at broccoli casserole. Creme brulee, scrambled eggs, potato chips. And what was the other one? One.00:05:14JackThose words? That's the four. There's only four.00:05:17XochitlOh, there are only four, OK?00:05:18발표자Well, damn.00:05:22XochitlJust the.00:05:23XochitlMost appealing like what I'd like right now.00:05:27XochitlOK, then creme brulee, probably I could go for a nice dessert. I already had my dinner. So a nice crispy. I like the texture of crumbling because I like the creaminess and the crispy top for our listeners who don't know what creme brulee is, it's just like.00:05:42JackThat includes me. I don't know what creme.00:05:44XochitlBrulee is you don't know what Creme brulee is. It's a preemie like custard. Dessert and then it has like sugar on top and they slam bathe the sugar. So they use like a fire torch to burn the sugar on the top. And it makes a ********* surface. And then.00:06:00XochitlSo pack it with a spoon and.00:06:01XochitlAnd you get to.00:06:02XochitlEat like the.00:06:04XochitlKind of burnt burnt sugar with the custard inside. Yeah, it's really.00:06:04JackThe custardy inside.00:06:07JackOK, OK.00:06:10JackThat sound, I mean, that sounds wonderful.00:06:14JackI don't know. It's it's morning where I am right now. So for me, I'm really. I'm really eyeing those scrambled eggs. I'm thinking just some nice scrambled eggs, lots of protein, low carbohydrate, healthy, healthy food. But.00:06:33JackYou know, if I just eating dinner, then I probably would agree with you that the creme brulee sounds amazing. Like custard dessert.00:06:44JackCan't complain, yeah.00:06:47JackAll right, so #3.00:06:50JackWhat do you think would be the prettiest color combination? I know you like this one.00:06:58JackA green and yellow.00:07:00JackB. Pink and red.00:07:04JackSee green and white.00:07:06JackOr D blue and brown.00:07:13XochitlYou know, even though blue is my favorite color, I'm gonna go with green and white because green is my second favorite color. And I think you could do a lot with green and white because the green could be any tone and complement the white.00:07:29JackYeah, that's true. It could.00:07:30JackBe like a pine green or a a light green, yeah.00:07:32XochitlOr mint.00:07:35XochitlBut with the other colors.00:07:39XochitlIt's kind of hard to get them to complement each other. You'd have to think about the exact tones, like a lot more carefully. I mean, maybe the blue and brown, because brown is like a neutral tone, but I'm not a huge fan of Brown.00:07:52XochitlSo yeah, how about you, Jack?00:07:55JackYeah, I was. I I find it.00:07:57JackWeird when people say my favorite.00:07:58JackColor is brown. It's such a like.00:08:01JackLook, so I'm thinking green and white. Boston Celtics. I mean, the NBA team, Green and yellow, the, you know, the Green Bay Packers, the enemies of the Minnesota Vikings, NFL football team. So that's off the table.00:08:02XochitlI know, yeah.00:08:21JackThe Celtics are cool, green and white, pink and red. You know, that's that's kind of like would be my wife'll, you know, choice probably blue and brown. No, thank you. You know what I think a green and white flag shirt would look, really.00:08:40JackCool. So I'm gonna go. I'm gonna agree with you 100% and go see green and white.00:08:48XochitlBring mail.00:08:48JackAbsolutely. Of those choices, there are better color combinations. But of those choices.00:08:51XochitlYes, yeah. But they made it hard for us.00:08:54XochitlOn those choices.00:08:55JackYeah, yeah, they gave.00:08:56JackUs good. That's actually a really good question.00:08:59JackOK, #4.00:09:01JackWhat is the item of clothing that you have the most of? Scarves. Shoes.00:09:15XochitlStarted she just socks jackets. This is hard because I am a clothing collector. Basically, I have a lot of shoes and a lot of clothes.00:09:27JackAnd let's say.00:09:27XochitlThat's like.00:09:28JackPairs of socks, not just individual socks, because.00:09:31JackYeah, that would skew the survey. I think if we just count our socks.00:09:35XochitlRight.00:09:36XochitlRay, I I'm going to rule out socks because I lose them all the time. Also, my dog steals them and hordes hordes my socks. He doesn't chew them, he just steals them and keeps them in a little pile under his bed. I don't know why.00:09:49JackI just find that they disappear and I have no idea where they go and it it's it's me crazy because it's like.00:09:55XochitlMine also disappear, but my dog also hoards them, so I know in.00:09:59XochitlPart where they go anyway.00:10:02XochitlI've definitely outlined scarves because I'm not a big scarf. I'm not a big accessory person in general shoes and jackets, I'm going to say I probably have more shoes and jackets cause I have shoes.00:10:14XochitlDoes that still fit me? Going back from middle school because I kind of stopped growing.00:10:21XochitlNo, I still.00:10:21XochitlGrew but my feet didn't really grow.00:10:23XochitlAnymore after middle school.00:10:25JackOh, wow. So you have a.00:10:26JackLot of shoes then.00:10:27XochitlYeah, I have tons of shoes that like are still in good condition, like boots like high quality boots and stuff that I can still wear from that time. So I have tons of shoes. Yeah, that's what I have the.00:10:28발표자OK.00:10:38XochitlMost of how about you?00:10:38발표자OK.00:10:40JackYeah. So I have like a reasonable number of socks, you know, pairs of socks that are, it's not overwhelming. And I have, you know, 3-2 or three scarves that I wear. But I usually just wear my one red scarf that it's my favorite and.00:11:00JackShoes. I don't have a lot of shoes because I tend to just buy what I need, so I buy them, wear them out, and then buy another.00:11:08JackThere. So I'm not a big like, you know, sneaker guy with like 20-5 pairs of sneakers in my in the closet. So. But my one addiction is jackets. I'm. I'm a big jacket guy. I love fall jackets. So I have a a regular Jean jacket. I have a black Jean jacket.00:11:29JackI've got.00:11:33JackWhat's the other one? A bomber jacket. I've got kind of China cut jacket, which is.00:11:40JackThe has no collar.00:11:42JackAnd it's kind of a it's a faux leather, it's not a real leather jacket.00:11:47JackAnd and I've got.00:11:48JackLike maybe four or five other.00:11:50JackJackets on top of that.00:11:52JackSo I probably have like 10 different jackets.00:11:55JackAnd I would say that is my kind of addiction. And The funny thing is, in Korea never get to wear them because fall is like 10 minutes long. In Korea, it goes from like summer to winter in literally like a week. So and then in the spring, it just gets warm.00:12:15JackReally quickly. And so it's like there's no opportunity to wear these jackets that I love these fall jackets. So it's kind of ironic that I own so many and yet I don't wear them for years at a.00:12:31XochitlYeah, especially you're in Seoul, right? So.00:12:34JackI'm in Gyeonggi, the suburbs of Seoul.00:12:37XochitlYeah. So that's like much colder cause in loosen where I was like the winter is not that cold, it's kind of my there's no snow or.00:12:46XochitlAnything. So that's nice, but yeah, so.00:12:52JackYeah. Maybe you could maybe if I lived in the. Yeah. Southern part of Korea.00:12:57JackThen maybe I could just wear like, my my fall jackets all year round, like I wouldn't need a a parka. But it's been cold here, so I've been wearing a a big parka for the last few weeks.00:13:14JackOK. #5, last question.00:13:17JackAnd of course, we would love our listeners to play along and let us know what their answers are #5 which animal do you think is the cutest a pandas?00:13:30JackB koalas C dogs.00:13:34JackI know you're biased with that.00:13:35JackOne and D pigs.00:13:39XochitlWhat was the question, Jack? Sorry I missed it.00:13:41JackWhich animal do you think is the cutest?00:13:44XochitlOhh ah yeah, I'm gonna have to say dogs just because my dog is so cute. I mean, yeah, claws are cute. Pigs are cute, but my dog is the cutest animal to ever exist.00:13:58XochitlEveryone thinks that even people who already have dogs like, and I know some people.00:14:00JackNo, I have.00:14:01JackA dog and.00:14:02JackDuende is is is one of the cutest dogs.00:14:06JackI've ever seen.00:14:07XochitlNo, he legit is just perfect. So and he just has such a great winning personality as well. So you know, yeah.00:14:09발표자Yeah, yeah.00:14:14JackHe's got like big, big dog vibes and a little dog body.00:14:18XochitlYes. And he's very affectionate as well, so that's yeah.00:14:23XochitlHow about you, Jack? Which?00:14:25JackYou know, I love like I love pandas.00:14:25XochitlIs your favorite.00:14:28JackLike I think they're I.00:14:29JackThink they're cute from afar, but you know when you get closer to.00:14:33JackThem they're they're probably.00:14:34JackLike intimidating because there's still like, yeah, but when you just see them kind of rolling in, like like, like rolling into a ball and chewing on some bamboo while, like rolling down a hill, it's like the cutest thing ever. They especially little baby pandas, are very cute. Koalas are like monsters.00:14:36XochitlThey're really kind of scary.00:14:55JackI mean I they they are not cute at all. They have like claws. They you know what I mean? Like they're they're when they're in stuffed animals they're cute. But in real life they're.00:15:07JackThey're quite terrifying, actually.00:15:10JackDogs are cute pigs, you know, like the the little pet pigs that people have. Those are kind of cute, but at the end of the day, it's still a.00:15:20JackPig, you know, it's not really.00:15:22XochitlThey grow up to be big too, like there's no such thing as a teacup pig. Like, if that little pet pig someone has is gonna grow up to be like a 200 LB hog at the end of the day. So it's like.00:15:32JackRight, right. And that.00:15:35JackThere's nothing cute about a.00:15:36Jack200 LB. Hog.00:15:39XochitlThey are incredibly smart, but I don't.00:15:41XochitlKnow I'm the cuteness factor. I'm going to have to rate.00:15:43XochitlThem low, unfortunately.00:15:46JackSo I'm going to go, I'm going to just go pandas. I think pandas are super cute, especially like baby pandas, you know, younger ones.00:15:58JackBut you know, dogs are a very, very close second. We I have a dog. Lily. Lily is just like your dog. She's got a kind of big dog personality in, like, a little dog's body, which is what you want, you know, kind of mellow, relaxed.00:16:17JackNot not too, you know. Excited. Yeah, exactly, exactly.00:16:23JackAll right. Well, there we go. We finished our our five questions.00:16:27XochitlAlright, listeners, make sure to let us know what your answer to these five questions would be and a comment down below at A-Z englishpodcast.com shoot us an e-mail at AZ englishpodcast@gmail.com or join our WhatsApp or WeChat Group to join the conversation and we'll see you guys next time. 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In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Xochitl tests Jack's knowledge of Generation Z slang.Transcript:00:00:00JackYou're listening to the A-Z English podcast.00:00:13JackWelcome to the 80s in English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm here with my co-host social. And today social is going to teach me or quiz me on some Generation Z slang and we'll see how hip and cool I am and see if I understand any of these.00:00:35JackSo, so so whenever you're ready.00:00:38XochitlJack, I think I think because so many like.00:00:42XochitlWords or phrases and saying like goes start to become recycled. Over the years I'm I'm getting the feeling you might know some of these.00:00:52XochitlBut we'll give it our best.00:00:53JackWhat about hip and cool and my hip?00:00:56XochitlNo, we'll give it our best shot anyway.00:01:01XochitlOK, no cap. Do you know what the meaning of no cap is?00:01:05JackOh, no cab.00:01:08XochitlAnd I can use it in a sentence if you want me to.00:01:12JackOh, you know what? I just looked this up the other day because I I heard it and I don't know what it I I couldn't remember what it mean. What it means. No, no cap means.00:01:22JackNo, no, I'm sorry I'm confusing it with mid.00:01:26JackUM.00:01:29JackNo cap.00:01:31JackGosh, I knew this one. Can you use it in?00:01:33JackA sentence give me a hint.00:01:34XochitlYeah, this would be. I think it'll make it easy for you to tell no cap so.00:01:37JackOK.00:01:44XochitlJack, your beanie looks really cool. No cap.00:01:49JackOhh no cap.00:01:52JackIt means I'm. I'm like, serious, no joking.00:01:56XochitlYes. No lie or like for real. That's what it means.00:01:59JackFor real. OK, what? What is? Where does it come from? What's the?00:02:03XochitlWhat's the etymology behind no cap? I actually don't know. I'm going to look it up. No cap thermology.00:02:09JackOK.00:02:11JackNo cap.00:02:13XochitlIts origin in reference to caps for teeth that can be removed and therefore are considered inauthentic.00:02:20JackAh, OK.00:02:24JackInteresting. So this is very much like.00:02:27JackIn the.00:02:29JackThe culture of young people like Generation Z. Yeah. If I said this to my father. I'm like dad. I love you. No, cap. He would be like.00:02:33XochitlOh yeah.00:02:39JackI love you too, son, and I don't know what you're talking about. You know, it's, uh, we. I've never heard that expression. But I I have heard it before, but I didn't know what it meant. So you just taught me a new one there. No cap.00:02:54XochitlNo camp, OK?00:02:56XochitlThe next one is Ritz R.00:03:00XochitlIZZZ.00:03:09JackOK. Is is that the sound that a race car makes, races, races.00:03:16JackNot even close, right, Riz, Riz.00:03:21JackUh, I I I don't even think I can guess this one. I have no idea what riz means.00:03:30XochitlYou have no idea what it is.00:03:31XochitlMeans at all.00:03:34JackIt's riz, riz.00:03:36JackI know what a whiz whiz like a smart person, a whiz, he's a math whiz, is that which makes sense, no?00:03:43XochitlNo, I would say I'll use it. You want me to use it in a sentence?00:03:48JackYeah, sure. Give me a hint.00:03:50XochitlWill Smith has a mad riz.00:03:57JackRiz hatred.00:03:59발표자 3No, no. Oh my God. No, it's not respecting either. I've never seen someone fail so miserably. I'm sorry.00:04:04JackAdoration. Respect. Ohh respect, riz.00:04:15JackI I've I have no idea. It's it really. Does it sounds like I mean, the closest I could guess would be like mad props.00:04:27XochitlNo, it's riz. Me is short for charisma.00:04:29JackOK.00:04:33JackOhh Madrid. OK mad riz. He's got a lot of charisma.00:04:41JackMad. Riz. Wow. OK, OK.00:04:47XochitlIt's short for charisma, and it comes from black culture, just like most of these slang terms do.00:04:53JackRight.00:04:55JackThe and the.00:04:55JackFunny thing about these.00:04:56JackThese kinds of this kind of slang is that like 10 or 15 years later, you'll hear it used on the news and stuff like that.00:05:04JackLike they it cycles through the culture and it it comes out the top where stuffy white collared shirt, you know, they're perfect. Hair parted. Reporters are using this slang 15 years later. But anyway, that's a side note.00:05:04발표자Right.00:05:23XochitlYeah. The last one I have for you, I think you.00:05:25XochitlHave a better chance of guessing this one.00:05:29JackOK.00:05:35JackIt's so funny.00:05:36JackIs that Scooby's cousin, Chucky Scooby.00:05:39XochitlNo. Isn't this that Scrappy, scrappy?00:05:42JackIt is crappy. Crappy too, yeah.00:05:44XochitlYeah, it is.00:05:45XochitlYou know what you you mean don't.00:05:47XochitlYou I mean.00:05:48JackChuggy chuggy chuggy chuggy chuggy this gum is chuggy.00:05:55발표자 3No, this is so.00:05:56JackHave nothing to do with chewing. OK, gates.00:05:59발표자 3Funny, you want me to try to use it.00:06:03XochitlIn a sentence or.00:06:04XochitlYou want to get it again.00:06:05JackShould I keep I?00:06:06JackMean this is must be just torture for you listening to this old man trying to understand this young people slang.00:06:14JackChuggy Chuggy Chuggy something is chuggy it is.00:06:22발표자I I don't even.00:06:23JackKnow I I don't know where to start. I mean like Riz makes sense because it's charisma, you know, like that. I can. I can see where I missed that one. But Chucky.00:06:34JackLike a Choo Choo train? I don't know. I I have no idea. I'm. I'm lost. You got to use it in a sentence.00:06:41JackGive me a hint.00:06:42XochitlWearing Ugg boots with a short Jean skirt is so chuggy.00:06:48JackOhh out of fashion.00:06:51XochitlYes, Jack, you got it. It's like out of fashion trying too hard, the opposite of trendy or like styles that have, yeah, cycle through and are in the past. Yeah.00:07:03JackOK, so so like my understanding of slang is chuggy.00:07:07XochitlYeah. Yes, kind of, yeah. You can use it that way, I guess. Yeah, we're, you know, yeah, like old 2000, like frosted tips or tuggy.00:07:17JackYeah, those jeans are.00:07:19JackYeah, those jeans are chuggy or whatever. Don't wear that shirt. It's chuggy something.00:07:24XochitlYeah. Yeah. Two. Yeah. And it's kind of it's associated. It's a little bit. It's like parallel to tacky, but it doesn't really mean the same thing. It's kind of like trends that were overdone and are out of style now.00:07:25JackOK.00:07:41JackYeah. Yeah, like you're you're missing it by like, one. One step. You know, you're one step behind.00:07:42XochitlSo it's like a little parallel.00:07:48JackKind of the the the fashion curve.00:07:49XochitlThe times, yeah.00:07:51JackOr whatever. Yeah, I understand what you mean.00:07:54JackIt's not like.00:07:55JackIt's not like, totally ridiculously bad, but it's just like it's a miss like.00:08:00XochitlYeah, like it's just out of trend with the time period and.00:08:07XochitlYeah. That's like a Tuscan.00:08:09XochitlKitchen in a modern home.00:08:12XochitlLike this Tuscan kitchen trend that would be two geeks. That was from like the early 2000s, you know?00:08:17JackRight, OK. That would be chuggy. Yeah, I'm trying to think of something else, like, yeah, sure. **** carpeting.00:08:25XochitlYeah, **** carpeting could be chuggy or.00:08:31XochitlBlue Eye Shadow could be chuggy they do it.00:08:35XochitlLike frosted chips.00:08:35JackI'm sure every every pair of jeans I own are are chuggy. I'm sure, yeah.00:08:41XochitlYeah, probably chuggy my close from middle school is chuggy now, so it is what it is. Yeah, it's like.00:08:47JackI I'm just.00:08:48JackWaiting for it. If you wait long enough, chuggy becomes on chuggy.00:08:53JackIt becomes transient. Yeah. You just have to hold out, yeah.00:08:53XochitlRight. You got popular again. Yeah, I'm waiting. We'll see. All right, Jeff. Well, those are our slang terms for this time around the Gen. Z slang. If any of our listeners want to make sure to.00:09:09XochitlLeave a comment down below A-Z englishpodcast.com she is an e-mail using these slang terms at A-Z, englishpodcast@gmail.com or you can chat with us in our WeChat or WhatsApp groups.00:09:22XochitlAnd yeah, I'm excited to hear what you guys think about these slang terms and if you'd like us to continue this segment, let us know and we'll see you guys.00:09:29XochitlNext time, bye bye.00:09:30JackBye bye.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/the-a-to-z-english-podcast-generation-z-slang/Social Media:WeChat: atozenglishpodcastFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/671098974684413/Tik Tok:@atozenglish1Instagram:@atozenglish22Twitter:@atozenglish22A to Z Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcastCheck out our You Tube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8ADonate to the show: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/donationsRobin and Jack started a new You Tube channel called English Word Master. 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While January 2nd may not be as historically eventful as some other dates, there are still notable events that occurred on this day throughout history. Here are a few:1492: The Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrendered to the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, effectively ending the Reconquista.1905: The Russian Revolution of 1905 began with the Bloody Sunday massacre in St. Petersburg, where peaceful protesters marching to present a petition to Tsar Nicholas II were fired upon by the Imperial Guard.1920: The second Palmer Raid took place in the United States during the Red Scare. Over 3,000 suspected radicals and anarchists were arrested in several cities.1942: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) convicted 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne. This event is known as the Duquesne Spy Ring case.1959: Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, was launched by the Soviet Union.1974: President Richard Nixon signed a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 mph to conserve energy during an OPEC oil embargo.2006: An explosion in the Sago Mine in West Virginia trapped 13 miners for nearly two days; only one survived.While these events may not be as widely recognized as some others in history, they represent a diverse range of occurrences on January 2nd across different time periods and regions.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/a-to-z-this-day-in-world-history-january-2nd/Social Media:WeChat account ID: atozenglishpodcastFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/671098974684413/Tik Tok:@atozenglish1Instagram:@atozenglish22Twitter:@atozenglish22A to Z Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcastCheck out our You Tube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8ADonate to the show: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/donationsRobin and Jack started a new You Tube channel called English Word Master. You can check it out here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2aXaXaMY4P2VhVaEre5w7ABecome a member of Podchaser and leave a positive review!https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-a-to-z-english-podcast-4779670Join our Whatsapp group: https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7Intro/Outro Music: Daybird by Broke for FreeSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-a-to-z-english-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Here are some major historical events that happened on January 1st:45 B.C.: The Julian calendar, proposed by Julius Caesar, comes into effect.1600: Scotland adopts January 1st as the beginning of the year, instead of March 25th.1776: General George Washington raises the Continental Union Flag in Cambridge, Massachusetts, marking the beginning of the Continental Army.1801: The Act of Union comes into effect, uniting Great Britain and Ireland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.1863: President Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves in Confederate states to be free.1892: Ellis Island in New York Harbor opens as a U.S. immigration depot.1959: Fidel Castro leads the Cuban Revolution and takes control of Havana, leading to the establishment of a communist government in Cuba.1984: The Brunei Revolt begins against the Sultan of Brunei, leading to a state of emergency.1993: Czechoslovakia peacefully divides into two independent countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.2002: The Euro becomes the official currency for 12 of the European Union countries.These events cover a variety of historical periods and regions, showcasing the diverse significance of January 1st in different contexts.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/a-to-z-this-day-i-world-history-january-1st/Social Media:WeChat account ID: atozenglishpodcastFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/671098974684413/Tik Tok:@atozenglish1Instagram:@atozenglish22Twitter:@atozenglish22A to Z Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcastCheck out our You Tube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8ADonate to the show: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/donationsRobin and Jack started a new You Tube channel called English Word Master. You can check it out here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2aXaXaMY4P2VhVaEre5w7ABecome a member of Podchaser and leave a positive review!https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-a-to-z-english-podcast-4779670Join our Whatsapp group: https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7Intro/Outro Music: Daybird by Broke for Freehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Directionless_EP/Broke_For_Free_-_Directionless_EP_-_03_Day_Bird/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcodehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Joplin/Piano_Rolls_from_archiveorg/ScottJoplin-RagtimeDance1906/https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-a-to-z-english-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Xochitl and Jack share their New Year's Resolutions for 2024.Transcript:00:00:00JackYou're listening to the A-Z English podcast.00:00:12JackWelcome to the A-Z English podcast. My name is Jack and today I'm here with my co-host social and we are going to talk about our New Year's resolutions for 2024.00:00:24JackSo social do you?00:00:26JackWant to go first? Or do you want me to go first?00:00:29XochitlUM.00:00:30XochitlWhy don't you go first, Jack and I'll just let our listeners know a little bit about what New Year's resolutions are in American tradition, when a new year comes and that's every January 1st. So it's a specific date every time. We tend to set a purpose for ourselves to change something.00:00:50XochitlAbout ourselves, for the better in the New year. So a lot of people focus on physical health and might do like exercise or weight loss or getting in shape or numerous amount of things, you know, eating healthier, eating.00:01:04XochitlI mean for the new year, yeah, there are a lot of popular kind of.00:01:10XochitlNew Year's resolutions, which usually are health based, are spending more time with your family, etc. Yeah, Jack, why don't you let us know what's your New Year's resolution?00:01:20JackOK, I've got three and they're kind of all working together to make me healthier. And so my first New Year's resolution, the first one is to I'm. I'm going to get up early, so I'm going to do all this before I.00:01:36JackGo to work.00:01:37JackBut that's not part of the resolution.00:01:39JackThat's just like part of the plan, the bigger plan.00:01:42JackUM, the first thing that I'm going to do.00:01:46JackIs I'm not going to drink coffee for 60 minutes after waking up.00:01:51JackSo I'm going to.00:01:52JackWait 60 minutes and then I will drink coffee because.00:01:58JackYou don't want.00:01:59JackTo the the ingredient, the caffeine in coffee activates cortisol.00:02:05JackAnd what you want cortisol. You want. You want to naturally wake up with your cortisol. You don't want to just stimulate it artificially. And so waiting like in like, 60 or 90 minutes to drink coffee is really good. The second thing I'm gonna do is exercise. So I've got.00:02:25JackI I got.00:02:25JackA an exercise bike. And So what I've been doing, what I want to do is spin class from YouTube.00:02:35JackSo I put my phone on the on the bike and I just watch this YouTube channel where they do like a spin class. So it's like all right, everybody turn up the, you know, turn it to level 8 and and it feels like you're going up a hill and then turn it down to five. And it feels like you're going downhill.00:02:56JackAnd it's kind of a fun way to get some cardio exercise.00:03:01JackAnd #3, this one's really crazy. I'm going to do a cold plunge every day.00:03:10JackAnd a cold plunge is where you you put a bunch of ice in a in a big bathtub.00:03:17JackAnd then so usually it's just you put it outside like in the winter and it has, you know, ice in it and you break the ice on the top and then you just jump in there for one minute.00:03:27JackAnd it's supposed to activate a whole bunch of hormones and stuff in your body to make you just.00:03:35JackFeel amazing, but it's really painful during that like time and you can do it in the shower. I'll probably do it in the shower, so turn it as cold as my shower can go and then stand under the shower in the cold water for 45 seconds to a minute and I'm going to do that every day. Those three things.00:03:55JackAnd see if it doesn't improve my overall health, but the cold one is really I'm really nervous about it, cause tomorrow's the first day today is New Year's Eve here in Korea, so.00:04:07JackI'm just like I have to start.00:04:10JackOn a good.00:04:11JackYou know first step.00:04:13JackSo tomorrow I'm. I'm really nervous about it.00:04:16JackAnyway, that was.00:04:17JackA long answer for a New Year's resolution. What is? What is your New Year's resolution?00:04:22XochitlNo, Jack, I really enjoyed yours. I am.00:04:25XochitlI don't think you should be too worried about the cold plunge. I used to take only cold showers because I have eczema and the hot water can aggravate it and I actually really enjoyed taking those cold showers that you just get used to it after a while and then you.00:04:40XochitlI don't even want a hot shower. Really. Yeah. So I just got used to taking cold showers.00:04:47JackOne of the one of the guys that that on the on.00:04:51JackOn YouTube, on the Internet that was suggesting this, said that you, once you do it, you'll chase the feeling that you have afterwards forever. Like you. It you for four to six hours. You just feel so awake and alert and amaze.00:05:08JackThing and but it but that minute in that cold water is it's it's uncomfortable for some for me. I'm I'm sensitive to it. Maybe for you. You know, it's not that difficult, but I'm. I'm definitely. I hate cold water. I I hate cold swimming pools.00:05:16발표자Right.00:05:27JackYeah. I'm. I'm, I'm.00:05:28JackI'm a wimp when it comes to that kind of stuff.00:05:32XochitlYeah, no, I get you. UM, what was I going to say? Well, my New Year's resolutions are also held focused. I think I just want to.00:05:42XochitlFocus on my health as much as I can this year.00:05:48XochitlAnd that just includes I have, I mean, Jack, you have chronic pain as well, right from a back injury. I as I understand it.00:05:54JackI've had several back surgeries. I'm always having back pain all the time, yeah.00:06:00XochitlYeah. Umm, so I suffered from really bad chronic pain. I have a label tear in my hip as you know. And I had a injury to.00:06:11XochitlRight side of my body some time ago that still like makes the whole right side of my body hurt sometimes and.00:06:17JackAnd your ankle too, right?00:06:19XochitlYeah, that's actually my left ankle and the left hip for the label tear. Yeah, and.00:06:24XochitlSo those are.00:06:26XochitlMy legs messed up on that side.00:06:28XochitlBut I recently went.00:06:29XochitlInto sports medicine clinic and got that checked out.00:06:33XochitlAnd I actually.00:06:35XochitlWent to physical therapy as well, and the physical therapist was really helpful.00:06:41XochitlAnd I just trying to make it a priority to get that, you know taken.00:06:44XochitlCare of.00:06:45XochitlAnd try to manage that pain a little bit more. And one thing I did when I was spending Christmas with my grandmother.00:06:52XochitlShe's 86.00:06:55XochitlAnd she has she does still does yoga.00:07:00XochitlYeah. And she, you know, most old people are kind of curved over. They're, like, hunched over. But she has great posture.00:07:07JackWow, the Fountain of youth, that's what they.00:07:07XochitlAnd says she doesn't. Yeah. Yeah. And she says she doesn't really suffer from chronic pain. And, you know, obviously when you have underlying health conditions, it's not going to magically cure everything. But I did think it probably helps manage chronic pain.00:07:11JackSay about yoga, yeah.00:07:28XochitlAnd I tried it out while I was at her house and I actually found it really beneficial.00:07:33XochitlI immediately felt.00:07:36XochitlIt kind of stretching some of that tension that happens as a result of chronic pain, and it really I felt a lot better afterwards.00:07:44JackRight. Tonic pain is a real is a real bad cycle because it's like I hurt, so I can't exercise and I can't exercise, so I hurt more and then I hurt more and I can't exercise and it's just you. It's like a a downward spiral.00:08:00JackYou know.00:08:00XochitlYeah. And then like, you're constantly feeling pain on that side. So your muscles like tense on that side or like wherever in that location. So yeah, I think my big thing is focusing on my health in that way, like getting the treatment and doing yoga and then.00:08:17XochitlThe other thing I really wanted to do this year is travel somewhere that I've never been before. Umm, I like to do that every year I went to Seattle this year, which is somewhere I've never been for and I really loved that so much.00:08:34XochitlAnd yeah, this year I'm hoping to do that again this coming year.00:08:38JackYeah, it doesn't have to.00:08:39JackBe like a crazy trip either, right? I.00:08:41JackMean there's probably.00:08:42JackYou know reasonable distances that are new places, you know.00:08:48XochitlYeah, you could just go to a town 50 miles out or whatever. But, you know, yeah, just something could be modest, but just some place you've never been before. So that's when another big thing that I want to do. And I think those are probably the big ones. I can think of. I mean, I guess the third one is I.00:09:08XochitlI wanna stop blaming myself for everything. I I don't know if you're this way, Jack. I have a really bad internalized self blame. And when things go wrong in my life or.00:09:17XochitlLike, I often just blame myself horribly. Like to my own detriment. I'm.00:09:22XochitlLike this is your.00:09:23XochitlFault, just like, not even accountability is a good thing, but it's just like torturing myself.00:09:29XochitlAbout how it's all my fault, you know? And I.00:09:32XochitlJust it's not productive and it doesn't make me feel good, and I definitely want to stop that. You know, for this coming year.00:09:39JackI I once I heard a a A guy, a kind of influencer, fitness influencer, say.00:09:48JackUM, you know, he used to talk to himself like that. You know, like ah, you idiot. Like, why did you do that? Ohh, you're so stupid. You know, he would have this internal dialogue and he's like.00:10:01JackI he thought to himself, I would.00:10:03JackNever talk to my friend that way.00:10:06JackLike if you you know.00:10:07JackWhat I mean like the way I talk to myself.00:10:10JackIs so much worse than the way I would talk to. I would never talk to a friend. The way I talk to myself, and that really changed his perspective. He's like, why don't I? Why can't I love myself as much as I love my friend? Because this is my one and only opportunity to live and and to have a a life.00:10:31JackAnd yet I spend all my time.00:10:34JackBerating myself and talking, you know, saying horrible things to myself in my head. So he that really changed his perspective. And so he stopped talking to himself that way, he he decided to make a rule. I will talk to myself the same way I talked to my best friend.00:10:51JackYou know? Uhm.00:10:53JackBecause I at.00:10:54JackLeast deserve as much respect and dignity as I'm as I give my best friend which that that kind of blew my mind a little bit, I.00:11:02JackWas like wow.00:11:04JackThat's that's amazing.00:11:07XochitlYeah, I think that's really important. Like how we talk to ourselves just.00:11:12XochitlAnd the way that we view everything in our life around us really has a big impact on our overall health as well, not just mental, but our physical health too, because it's like, you know, someone else could be going through the same thing and.00:11:29XochitlJust with a little more sprinkle of a positive outlook and some hope for the future, you can really make a difference in how you feel.00:11:36JackAbsolutely, absolutely. And yeah, it's like it's the, it's the, the physical, the mental, and get enough sleep, you know.00:11:45XochitlYep, big one. That's a big one.00:11:47JackYou could do those. Yeah. You're in good shape.00:11:49XochitlYeah. All right, listeners, I'm curious to hear whether you guys have New Year's resolutions in your culture. Let us know in a comment down below and let us know what yours is at A-Z, englishpodcast.com.00:12:05XochitlShoot us an e-mail at AZ englishpodcast@gmail.com or join the conversation on our WhatsApp and WeChat groups and we will see you guys next time. Bye bye and Happy New Year.00:12:15JackBye bye. 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Here are some major historical events that happened on December 31st:1600: The British East India Company is chartered.1862: President Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that all slaves in Confederate-held territory are to be set free.1907: The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square, New York City.1946: President Harry S. Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.1983: The United States invades Grenada to restore order and protect American citizens.1999: The United States hands over control of the Panama Canal to Panama.1999: Russian President Boris Yeltsin resigns, and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin becomes the acting president.2004: The official opening of Taipei 101, the world's tallest skyscraper at the time, takes place in Taipei, Taiwan.2011: A suicide bombing in a church in Alexandria, Egypt, kills at least 23 people and injures dozens more.2019: The World Health Organization is informed of cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, China, later identified as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).These events cover a wide range of historical periods and regions, reflecting the significance of December 31st in various contexts.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/a-to-z-this-day-in-world-history-december-31st/Social Media:WeChat account ID: atozenglishpodcastFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/671098974684413/Tik Tok:@atozenglish1Instagram:@atozenglish22Twitter:@atozenglish22A to Z Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcastCheck out our You Tube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8ADonate to the show: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/donationsRobin and Jack started a new You Tube channel called English Word Master. You can check it out here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2aXaXaMY4P2VhVaEre5w7ABecome a member of Podchaser and leave a positive review!https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-a-to-z-english-podcast-4779670Join our Whatsapp group: https://forms.gle/zKCS8y1t9jwv2KTn7Intro/Outro Music: Daybird by Broke for Freehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Directionless_EP/Broke_For_Free_-_Directionless_EP_-_03_Day_Bird/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcodehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Joplin/Piano_Rolls_from_archiveorg/ScottJoplin-RagtimeDance1906/https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-a-to-z-english-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Jack and Xochitl play a fun word game!Transcript:00:00:00JackYou're listening to the A-Z English podcast.00:00:14JackWelcome to the A-Z English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm here with my co-host social and today social and I are going to play a little game here. I'm going to give social a topic and we are going to discuss that topic. But there is.00:00:30JackA keyword and I will let you know what the keyword is right now.00:00:38JackThe keyword is nature.00:00:42JackBut social does not know what the keyword is, and every time she says the keyword a little bell will sound and that will be one.00:00:57JackPoint against her. OK. And then when it's my turn, we will discuss a different topic. And if I say the keyword.00:01:07JackMore times than she does. Then she is the winner. So what are the benefits of outdoor activities?00:01:18XochitlI think the.00:01:20XochitlBenefits of outdoor activities would be improved mood.00:01:26XochitlA clear mind.00:01:29XochitlAnd better health.00:01:32JackOK.00:01:33XochitlHow about you Jack overhead?00:01:33JackAnd yeah, like what about what about like getting outside, you know, experiencing the, you know, the trees and the the looking at the sky and the clouds and things like that, is that is that attractive to you at all?00:01:52XochitlYeah, I would think.00:01:54XochitlSeeing the trees and the clouds and the general scenery is definitely.00:02:01XochitlUnattractive part.00:02:03XochitlOf of the benefits of outdoor exercise.00:02:07JackYeah, yeah. Are you? Do you like camping?00:02:11XochitlUM, yeah, I do like camping. My dad used to.00:02:15XochitlDrag us out.00:02:16XochitlCamping. When I was a kid, which made me not.00:02:18XochitlLike it?00:02:21XochitlBut as I've gotten.00:02:22XochitlOlder I really. I really enjoy it.00:02:26XochitlI think just being able to be in that environment you know is really enriching.00:02:33JackYeah, yeah. I mean, I'm not a big like nature lover. Personally. I kind of like the, the, the comforts of the city and things like that. But I mean, what about you, can you go both ways?00:02:47JackYou. You're OK with either or.00:02:51XochitlIt's hard because for me, I do like certain city comforts. One big thing for me is I like having access to the shower, and I also like having access to a real toilet. And so the problem about being in an outdoor environment is that.00:03:10JackWhen nature calls.00:03:10XochitlYou don't.00:03:12XochitlYeah, you you have to use what's available to.00:03:16XochitlYou, which sometimes is not the most comfortable, and that's one big thing I don't like about it.00:03:24JackOne of my dreams is to like live what we call they called be a digital nomad so I can live in a van with my wife and we can, you know, sleep in the van. But the one issue that I think is the most difficult to reconcile is the toilet issues, you know.00:03:44JackIt's just like, how do what do you do like there? I I don't think I I need the comforts of like a house, living an apartment. Living. I agree with you.00:03:56JackAll right. Now that concludes the conversation. Again, I I'm not going to tell you if who the winner is until the end of the episode and social your topic is. Let's see here the benefits of reading.00:04:16JackSo you can ask me that question.00:04:19XochitlJack, what do you think the benefits?00:04:20XochitlOf reading are.00:04:23JackThe keyword is novel.00:04:27JackOK, the benefits of reading?00:04:30JackAre are various. It will improve your.00:04:37JackUh. Vocabulary. So you'll you'll be able to, uh, memorize more, learn more words and just become more proficient in whatever language you're reading in.00:04:53JackHe makes you more informed about the world, so it just, I think reading makes people smarter. I mean, I I know it's an unpopular thing to say these days, but I do think that people that read more are just and for and what it doesn't mean like.00:05:11JackThey're more intelligent. It just means they're kind of they're more informed, which I think does translate to like being smarter, you know, so they know more things because they read so.00:05:24JackI don't know what do you.00:05:25JackThink, do you agree with that?00:05:27XochitlYeah, I definitely.00:05:29XochitlAgree with that.00:05:30XochitlJack, what would you say one of your?00:05:35XochitlFavorite books is.00:05:37XochitlAnd when did you read that book?00:05:40JackYes, one of my favorite books is you.00:05:43JackI really love.00:05:46JackI really love books from like the early 20th century, so like Ernest Hemingway.00:05:58JackAnd I've F Scott Fitzgerald. That era is like my favorite for for novels. And there a farewell to arms is a book written by I just said his name. And now.00:06:17JackOK.00:06:19JackErnest Hemingway, thank.00:06:20JackYeah. A farewell to arms is is a story of a soldier. That.00:06:27JackIs fighting in World War One and.00:06:31JackYeah, it's a really.00:06:32JackIt's just a wonderful war and war story and so and love story as well and and a tragedy.00:06:41JackAnd I remember reading that book, and when I used to read a lot of novels in my early 20.00:06:47JackAnd now I only read nonfiction.00:06:51JackI know I don't.00:06:52JackRead novels anymore. I can't. I think the last novel I read was probably 13 or 14 years ago, and it was a Jonathan Franzen novel. But yeah. So yeah, that's my favorite era is the the the kind of, I think they call them the lost.00:07:11JackGeneration or something, is it? Or the?00:07:12JackYeah, yeah, the the 1920s.00:07:15XochitlThe silent generation.00:07:17JackYeah, 1920s, the the the Paris, you know, Picasso, Hemingway, that, that whole era. Yeah.00:07:26JackI love it.00:07:28JackSeems very romantic that period.00:07:30XochitlYeah. And what? What book form would you would you say that you enjoy the most, would you say?00:07:39XochitlThat you're like a.00:07:42XochitlYou know, uh, do you like a short novella? Do you like a short story? Do you like a longer novel?00:07:50XochitlYou know.00:07:50JackYeah. So I'm not really into, I don't. I don't read a lot of novellas. When I was reading the opposite of nonfiction.00:08:04JackI don't know.00:08:05JackI wonder. I'm trying not to say the keyword here. The opposite of nonfiction.00:08:13JackThen I I tend to read longer books. You know, they're like.00:08:20Jack304 hundred pages. You know, something like that. But I did.00:08:25JackRead war and.00:08:25JackPeace in high school and that's got like 500 pages and that it's a little too much for me. It's too. It's too big. So I I enjoy a kind of, you know, the regular size model.00:08:40JackI don't know. Does that make sense?00:08:42XochitlYeah, that does make.00:08:43XochitlSense. OK, I think that pretty much concludes the conversation.00:08:43JackOK, OK.00:08:51JackSo here are the results of today's game. Social was clearly the winner today, she said. The keyword nature a total of 0 times during the conversation. Jack, on the other hand.00:09:11JackSaid the keyword novel.00:09:14JackExactly 6 times during the conversation, which gives him -6 points, and so social is today's champion and Jack is today's loser. But if you like this episode, we will try this again.00:09:33JackAnother time.00:09:37XochitlAll right, listeners, let us know if you enjoyed this segment and if you would like to play with us in the future. I'm sure that that would be a blast to arrange. Leave a comment down below at AZ englishpodcast.com, shoot us an e-mail at AZ englishpodcast@gmail.com and join the conversation.00:09:57XochitlAnd our WhatsApp and we chat groups and we will see you guys next.00:09:59XochitlTime. Bye bye.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/the-a-to-z-english-podcast-jack-and-xochitl-play-a-game/Social Media:WeChat: atozenglishpodcastFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/671098974684413/Tik Tok:@atozenglish1Instagram:@atozenglish22Twitter:@atozenglish22A to Z Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcastCheck out our You Tube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8ADonate to the show: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/donationsRobin and Jack started a new You Tube channel called English Word Master. 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