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6 Minuten
Improve your German with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: A White House teleprompter operator is accused of using speech knowledge to make nearly $100,000 on prediction-market bets. Also: Uganda discharges its last Ebola patient and starts a 42-day countdown with no active confirmed cases.Today’s German focus: sich entlassen lassen = to be officially discharged. Vocabulary: die Entlassung (discharge), der Ausbruch (outbreak), verschärfen (to tighten or make stricter).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/german-a2-2026-07-17
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6 Minuten
Improve your German with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: A Pew survey across 36 countries finds more people now favor China over the US, with trust in Xi Jinping and Donald Trump both low. Also: Scientists confirm a new monkey species in DR Congo, identified by its orange lips, black face, and forest habitat.Today’s German focus: wurde beschrieben = was described. Vocabulary: das Gesicht (face), der Wald (forest), die Art (species).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/german-a2-2026-07-16
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6 Minuten
Improve your German with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: US lawmakers vote to end the twice-yearly clock change and make daylight saving time permanent, with the Senate next. Also: A woman holds her husband's legs as he is nearly pulled out of a Ryanair plane, and passengers rush to help.Today’s German focus: festhalten — to hold on tightly / not let go = to hold on tightly / not let go. Vocabulary: das Fenster (the window), der Motor (the engine), die Schulter (the shoulder).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/german-a2-2026-07-15
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6 Minuten
Improve your German with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: Cristo Fernández, known from Ted Lasso, makes his first professional football appearance for El Paso Locomotive in the United States. Also: Hungary's parliament votes to remove President Tamás Sulyok, and the government now faces its next political steps.Today’s German focus: entfernen — to remove = to remove. Vocabulary: das Amt (official position), die Mehrheit (majority), die Verfassung (constitution).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/german-a2-2026-07-14
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6 Minuten
Improve your German with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: A powerful typhoon hits China, forcing nearly two million people to leave their homes and disrupting schools, work, travel, and outdoor activities. Also: BBC Vatican correspondent David Willey dies at 93 after a long career reporting from Rome and covering five popes.Today’s German focus: evakuieren = to evacuate. Vocabulary: Land treffen (to make landfall), der Sturm (storm), die Warnung (warning).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/german-a2-2026-07-13
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6 Minuten
Improve your German with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: Scientists in Thailand discover a new dinosaur species from fossils, with a long-necked plant-eater that may have lived 150 million years ago. Also: In the US, a major housing law becomes law automatically after President Trump does not sign it, despite political protest.Today’s German focus: entdecken = to discover. Vocabulary: das Fossil (fossil), der Rückenknochen (backbone), der Pflanzenfresser (plant-eater).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/german-a2-2026-07-12
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6 Minuten
Improve your German with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: Apple sues OpenAI and two employees, saying confidential product information was taken through former staff and internal emails. Also: Twelve men and 12 women join a 30-hour Buddhist temple retreat in South Korea to try to find love.Today’s German focus: finden = to find. Vocabulary: die Geburtenzahl (birth rate), das Treffen (meeting), der Mönch (monk).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/german-a2-2026-07-11
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6 Minuten
Improve your German with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: Apple accuses OpenAI and two employees of stealing confidential product information. Also: Twelve men and twelve women join a Buddhist temple retreat in South Korea to try to find a partner.Today’s German focus: das Eis brechen = to break the ice. Vocabulary: die Krise (a crisis), der Partner (a partner), der Tempel (a temple).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/german-a2-2026-07-11
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6 Minuten
Improve your German with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz falls sharply after new strikes, with many oil and gas ships avoiding the route. Also: A fire at a shoe factory in Jinjiang, China, kills at least 28 people and leaves the cause unclear.Today’s German focus: werden = to become; to be used for future tense. Vocabulary: Brand (fire; blaze), Rauch (smoke), evakuiert (evacuated).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/german-a2-2026-07-10
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6 Minuten
Improve your German with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: Researchers in Australia and China found bumblebees showing emotion-like behaviors, raising new questions about insects' inner lives and how we think about their protection. Also: In San Francisco, high-paid tech and AI workers are pushing housing prices higher, with a three-bedroom apartment on sale for almost $3 million and sellers even considering.Today’s German focus: die Preise steigen = prices rise. Vocabulary: Haus (house), Preis (price), Wohnung (apartment).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/german-a2-2026-07-09
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6 Minuten
Improve your German with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: A wildfire in southern France forces more than 10,000 people to leave small towns near the Spanish border, while strong winds and heat make the situation worse. Also: Marine Le Pen says she will run for president in 2027 and appeal her conviction to France's highest court, keeping her political future uncertain.Today’s German focus: Berufung einlegen = to appeal. Vocabulary: die Berufung (appeal), schuldig (guilty), antreten (to run for office).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/german-a2-2026-07-08
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8 Minuten
Improve your German with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: Interpol says more than 1,000 people were arrested in a human trafficking operation across 59 countries. Also: Australia investigates six mysterious beach spheres that may be pressure vessels from a space launch vehicle.Today’s German focus: anfassen = to touch. Vocabulary: der Abstand (distance), der Gegenstand (object), der Notruf (emergency number).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/german-a2-2026-07-07
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8 Minuten
Improve your German with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: Europe faces record-breaking early-summer heatwaves, with scientists warning that climate change is making extreme heat more likely and more intense. Also: Bangladesh seeks more Chinese investment while trying to improve tense relations with India.Today’s German focus: sich verbessern = to get better. Vocabulary: die Hitze (heat), die Hitzewelle (heatwave), gefährdet (at risk).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/german-a2-2026-07-06
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8 Minuten
Improve your German with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: Extreme heat cancels Fourth of July events across parts of the US. Also: Ukraine says it hit a major oil terminal in St Petersburg.Today’s German focus: ausfallen = to be cancelled or not take place as planned. Vocabulary: betroffen (affected), vorsichtig (careful), Treibstoff (fuel).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/german-a2-2026-07-05
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8 Minuten
Improve your German with slow news for A2 listening practice.In this episode: France reports more than 2,000 excess deaths during a severe June heatwave as Europe prepares for more extreme heat. Also: A trial begins in DR Congo to test possible treatments for the Bundibugyo species of Ebola.Today’s German focus: steigen = to increase or go up. Vocabulary: Ausbruch (outbreak), betroffen (affected), zugelassen (approved).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/german-a2-2026-07-04
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