In this episode you will learn some of the most common superstitions we have in colombian for the new year. 

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EP 21. COLOMBIA: NEW YEAR’S SUPERSTITIONS

*Suitable for Adults*
The manipulative crow  preys on a sheep’s smug vanity, to revolting ends—but understandable ones, for a crow. 
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Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk ( Adult 18+) 

The Crow and the Lamb

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Super Basic Spanish

¡Hola!

En este nuevo episodio de nuestro podcast hablaremos sobre los beneficios para la salud asociados a la sonrisa, aprovechando que en el mes de octubre se celebra precisamente el día internacional de la sonrisa. 

¡Hablemos de salud!

¡A sonreír, los beneficios de una sonrisa!

Hablo un poco sobre un viaje que hicimos Roxani y yo a Europa, y lo cuento desde un punto de vista latino :D- espero que lo disfruten.

2 Nativos 

Un pequeño viaje a Europa.

Like many other grandmothers, Daisy likes to knit, and she isn't very good with technology.

Or, at least, that's what she might tell people on the phone.

Daisy also describes herself as "your worst nightmare." But don't worry, she's not talking to you — she's talking to phone scammers.

That's because Daisy is actually an AI chatbot. She was created by UK phone company Virgin Media O2 to speak to scammers on the phone and make them believe they're talking to a real person.

Older people are very vulnerable to scams. In July, a UK study found that about 67% of people over the age of 75 were victims of at least one scam attempt in the six months before the study — with almost 75% being phone scams.

Enter Daisy, who has been trained to have conversations with phone scammers and waste their time.

Virgin Media O2 worked with Jim Browning, a YouTuber who has spent years "scambaiting" — that is, pretending to be a clueless victim to waste scammers' time.

And that's the whole point — Daisy can't stop scammers, but she can slow them down.

"Whenever she's on the phone with a scammer, your parents, your grandparents, your relatives, are not being scammed," Browning told Sky News.

The company says Daisy is already "wasting hundreds and hundreds of hours of scammers' time," and has shared real-life conversations the chatbot has had with scammers.

Some conversations last nearly an hour. She talks about her cat, Fluffy, and people in her family. In some conversations, she gives the scammers what they want — bank details. But of course, they're not real.

Murray Mackenzie from Virgin Media O2 said Daisy is also a reminder that the person you're speaking to on the phone might not always be who they say they are.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Meet the AI Grandma Wasting Scammers' Time

Vocabulary:
a couple of: two
fur baby: a cute way to refer to a pet
glance: to look quickly
self-checkout: buying items by scanning them yourself and paying for them at a computer
tricky: hard to do something
homeless: without a home
oversee: to look over

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The Kindness of Strangers

CHISTES MEXICANOS

ANILLO DE CASADO

In this American English language podcast I talk about what book I would choose if I could only have one book while stranded on a deserted island. What book would you choose?
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