For authentic practice in listening to American English, ESL students at upper-intermediate and advanced levels may want to visit the website of Chicago Public Radio's award-winning show This American Life, where they can listen to full streaming episodes dating as far back as 1995 when the program first went on air.
Features:
• Thematic radio and television episodes, mostly featuring true stories of everyday people in the American society
• Most recent episode available for free download as an MP3 podcast (for one week)
• Older episodes archived chronologically and available for free online streaming
• Detailed descriptions of all episodes
Site URL: http://thislife.org/
