Plain English | Improve your English with current events
Jeff at Plain English
4.9from 922 ratings
- 945
- Episodes
- 277
- Transcribed
- 922
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
- 52K
- YouTube views
About Plain English | Improve your English with current events
Improve your English and learn about the world at the same time. Plain English brings you short, modern stories about culture, science, travel, business, and everyday life, all told in clear, natural English designed for learners. You’ll grow your vocabulary, improve your listening skills, and build your confidence one episode at a time. Like the show? Sign up free at PlainEnglish.com and get a personalized learning path.
- Publisher
- Jeff at Plain English
- Category
- education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Oct 2017
- Latest episode
- 12 Oct 2026
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277 of 945 episodes have a transcript.
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New women's record to solve a Rubik's cube
Published 12 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] In its unfinished state, each of the small squares on the face has a variety of colors, six in total. In its unfinished state, all nine squares on each face show the same color. The challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to rotate the rows and columns so that one face shows all blue, one all orange, one all red, one all white, one all yellow, and one all green. It sounds like a fun way for a child to pass a rainy afternoon. But many children quickly discover that they can't solve one in an afternoon or even in a lifetime. Part of the difficulty is that there are many, many potential starting positions, but only one solution. […]
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- YouTube views
- 51,634
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 94 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 828 ratings
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- Quality
- 79
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 85
- Engagement
- 97
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