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Category: L4 – Advanced
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The Devil Made Me Do It
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Genre: ConversationNew Vocabulary: ASMR, Disintegrate, Esoteric, Generosity, Get a lot of mileage out of something, Hedonism, Quantum physics, Shuffle, Tarot, Temptation, The Devil, Uncoil, Vibrate at a certain frequency, Woo wooWord Count: 6329Original Author: Ariel GoodbodyI do a tarot reading, and I draw THE DEVIL!! Dun dun dun… Will I survive, or is my future all going up in flames?
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6 Things I Wish I’d Done Sooner
I discuss six things I wish I’d done sooner in life, tell you about my 32nd birthday and discuss some books and films I’ve enjoyed recently.
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Guess Who’s Moving to China?
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I discuss my upcoming move to Ningbo, China, as well as full moon drumming circles and shamanistic journeying. It’s a travel around the world, both physically and spiritually!
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Adrian’s Dream
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Genre: PhilosophicalSetting: ModernNew Vocabulary: Autopilot, Bespectacled, Blaring, Buoy, Circadian rhythm, Dent, Diagnostic framework, Fête, Hook line sinker, Nap, Pond, Querying agents, Thrum, Weaker selfWord Count: 1118Original Author: Ariel GoodbodyAdrian wants to write, but he can never concentrate. He tries waking up early before work, but he always just goes back to bed. Finally, he decides to nap.
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Strange Friends (Advanced)
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Genre: Children’sSetting: FairytaleNew Vocabulary: “For all the good it will do you”, Altar, Christening, Crumbs, Disposition, Fantasise, Godmother, Kitty, Might as well, Ponder, SavourWord Count: 1554Original Author: Ariel GoodbodyA cat and a mouse live together as friends, and what strange friends that makes! One day, the cat suggests they store some food for the winter, so they buy a pot of fat and hide it in a church. But while the mouse happily cleans the house, the cat starts to think about the food…
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Let’s Write a Story Together! with Alastair Budge
In this episode, I brainstorm a story with Alastair Budge. We start with the concept of someone from Antarctica moving to London and experiencing culture shock and peculiarities of life in the UK. We come up with cultural references and humorous situations involving misunderstandings about British culture. After this episode, Alastair went off and wrote the story, which I then edited, and next week you’ll be able to hear the recorded version.
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What Makes a Snake
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Genre: DramaSetting: ModernNew Vocabulary: Dread, Drill down, Filing cabinet, Get the memo, Line manager, Minutes, Piss, Scroll (computer), Sexual harassment, Squeeze out, Synergy, Touch base, UrinalWord Count: 6590Original Author: Ariel GoodbodySam works in the stupidest department of his company: the ‘Synergy Snakes’. What they’re actually supposed to do, he has no idea, but he’s managed to create a system where he doesn’t have to talk to his co-workers and does as little work as possible. The only problem is, the company is looking to get rid of some people, and Sam’s an easy target…
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Doggo and Kitty Tear Their Trousers (Advanced)
It’s a lovely day, and Doggo and Kitty go for a walk in the forest. But when Doggo gets into a fight with a rabbit, he tears his trousers, and now everyone is laughing at him! How can they mend his trousers when they’re just a dog and a cat?
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Doggo and Kitty Do Their Laundry (Advanced)
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Genre: Children’sSetting: FairytaleNew Vocabulary: Alas, Clamber, Claw, Foam, Glitter (verb), Lather, Leap, Ponder, Scrub, Seeing as, Spit out, Turn up your nose in disgust, WriggleWord Count: 1905Original Author: Josef ČapekDoggo and Kitty want to be like the adults, and adults put on clothes when they go outside. But there’s a problem: Doggo and Kitty’s clothes are dirty! Well, they’ll just have to do laundry. That should be simple, right?
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The End
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Genre: FantasySetting: ModernNew Vocabulary: Agony, Base instincts, Bioregionalism, Bloom, Buzzard, Cannibalism, Cathartic, Curl up, Cymbals, Horizon, Intentional, Millennium, Mourn, Roar, Solace, Tapestry, Tinnitus, Umbilical cordWord Count: 866Original Author: Ariel GoodbodyOne day, God came down and took all life from earth. Except humans. But how can you survive in a world without life?