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VOA Slow Arts & Culture

VOA Special English arts and culture listening

9 lessons

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Actor Alec Baldwin says he did not pull the trigger of a gun when it fired, killing a worker during the filming of...

3:09 · 29 sentences

American-born singer and activist Josephine Baker became the first American and first Black woman to receive...

3:07 · 26 sentences

Batik is a traditional Indonesian coloring method used to make designs and drawings, usually on cloth and finished...

3:51 · 24 sentences

Every year, workers put up a big, freshly cut evergreen tree in a historic building in Asbury Park, New Jersey to...

4:02 · 36 sentences

The Apostolic Library in Vatican City is home to ancient writings, rare books and reading rooms.

3:36 · 25 sentences

Intermediateeasy

Martin Janousek and Stu Aaron make whiskey in a small lab in California's Silicon Valley.

4:41 · 32 sentences

Intermediateeasy

American singer Bruce Springsteen has reportedly sold his full music collection and publishing rights to Sony Music...

2:38 · 16 sentences

Intermediateeasy

Here is a question for our listeners: What do witches, rabbits and dinosaurs have in common?

3:27 · 24 sentences

Intermediateeasy

A company offering online language-learning services says more people are learning Korean after the launch of a...

5 min · 34 sentences