Conversations in English

Practice listening to these conversations. Each one has a transcript to read if you have trouble hearing the words.

MP3, NORMAL SPEED, WITH TRANSCRIPTS

Terry Gross - Click any link below. You will reach a new page with a ►triangle at the top. Click the ►triangle to listen, or click "Download" to save it and listen later. You can also print or save the transcript. There may be a short ad without a transcript. Then the Interview and transcript start:

​These are large files: about 1 megabyte per minute of audio file.

MUSIC

1. 2017/06/30/534878830/nigerian-drummer-tony-allen-revisits-his-jazz-roots-in-a-salute-to-art-blakey - 6 minutes
2. 2017/07/14/537035178/ode-to-billie-joe-was-a-surprise-hit-that-prompted-dozens-of-jazz-versions - 8 minutes
3. 2017/07/28/539989187/an-archival-interview-with-ray-manzarek-keyboardist-for-the-doors - 11 minutes
4. 2017/06/02/531230288/fresh-air-interviews-with-beatles-ringo-starr-and-paul-mccartney  Beatles - 38 minutes
5. 2017/07/04/534883348/50-years-later-producer-remixes-sgt-pepper-to-bring-it-into-the-modern-world - 44 minutes
6. 2017/07/03/534887214/rhiannon-giddens-speaks-for-the-silenced - 37minutes
7. storyId=131334322  Rap musician Jay-Z - 45 minutes
8. 2017/07/28/539997870/for-jazz-pianist-dave-frishberg-music-and-wit-go-hand-in-hand - 28 minutes

 
OTHER ARTS

1. storyId=538609475  On Jane Austen - 6 minutes
2. 2017/07/18/537916519/film-and-notfilm-showcase-the-collaboration-of-buster-keaton-and-samuel-beckett - 7
3. storyId=529820189  6 books - 9 minutes
4. 2017/07/20/538319066/fresh-air-remembers-oscar-award-winning-actor-martin-landau 17 minutes
5. storyId=531735345 Arctic+Antarctic photographer Paul Nicklen - 44 minutesminutes
6. storyId=536434340   Ballet dancer Wendy Whelan - 36 minutes

 
OTHER CURRENT EVENTS

1. 2017/05/11/527934032/celebrating-30-years-of-fresh-air-as-a-daily-npr-program - 7 minutes
2. storyId=165272652  Mumbai slum Katherine Boo - 13 minutes
3. 2017/06/13/532594281/journalist-ventured-behind-the-lines-of-jihad-to-interview-the-worlds-most-wante - 36 minutes
4. 2017/04/17/524348264/largely-forgotten-osage-murders-reveal-a-conspiracy-against-wealthy-native-ameri - 37 minutes
5. storyId=535757103 American Muslim memoir Haroon Moghul - 36 minutes
6. storyId=533515895 memoir of trying to reduce weight - 44 minutes
7. storyId=511507434  rich survivalists - 43 minutes
8. 2017/07/05/535626109/the-end-of-loyalty-and-the-decline-of-good-jobs-in-america
9. storyId=526655831   Racial segregation in USA - 35 minutes
10. 2016/12/14/505547295/fake-news-expert-on-how-false-stories-spread-and-why-people-believe-them - 36 minutes

 
COMEDY

1. storyId=528936208  Indian-American comedian Hasan Minhaj - 43 minutes
2. storyId=530810011   Comedian David Sedaris - 43 minutes

 
SCIENCE

1. 2017/07/24/539005688/inside-the-global-seed-vault-where-the-history-and-future-of-agriculture-is-stor - 35 minutes
2. 2017/07/26/539520353/looking-back-at-the-most-powerful-earthquake-ever-to-strike-north-america - 32 minutes
3. 2017/06/22/533951389/experts-suspect-russia-is-using-ukraine-as-a-cyberwar-testing-ground - 34 minutes
4. storyId=541124579   Al Gore on climate change - 43 minutes
5. 2017/06/29/534868012/what-happens-when-the-heroin-epidemic-hits-small-town-America - 25 minutes

 
POLITICS

1. 2017/07/20/538312605/the-insecurity-of-americas-old-and-underfunded-voting-systems - 20 minutes
2. storyId=541278161  Lobbying Congress in 1965 - 36 minutes
3. 2017/07/11/536642560/is-the-justice-department-shying-away-from-to-prosecuting-corporations - 37 minutes
4. storyId=533711528   US government plans for continuity after major attack - 37 minutes
5. 2016/02/02/465257993/who-are-americas-homegrown-terrorists - 37 minutes

 
POLITICIANS

1. 2016/03/17/470806232/opening-the-books-on-donald-trumps-business-deals-in-atlantic-city - 34 minutes
2. 2017/02/02/513041005/exploring-the-nationalistic-and-christian-right-influences-on-trump - 43 minutes
3. wlrn.org/post/how-white-nationalist-groups-found-their-candidate-donald-trump - 39 minutes (18 megabytes)
4. storyId=537885042  Trump+Bannon - 37 minutes
5. storyId=321313477   Hillary Clinton, 2014 - 44 minutes

​MORE 
 
Bill Moyers

1. 155 shows: April 25, 2007-April 30, 2010: transcripts, and MP3, also has video

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BBC

1. "In Touch" shows since 30 May 2017: bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qxww/episodes/player
2. Assange: news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9309000/9309320.stm

Professors and others

1. archives.gov/presidential-libraries/events/supreme-court/presentations.html

VIDEOS, SLOW, WITH SUBTITLES

1. 2,600 shows: youtube.com/user/VOALearningEnglish

VIDEOS, NORMAL SPEED, WITH TRANSCRIPTS 

Thousands of subjects

1. ​Ted.com

​Indian voices

1. 19 videos: ndtv.com/topic/full-transcript

​Tavis Smiley + Amy Goodman

1. pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/interviews/democracy-now-host-amy-goodman/
2. pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/interviews/journalist-author-amy-goodman/

Obama

1. npr.org/2016/12/19/504998487/transcript-and-video-nprs-exit-interview-with-president-Obama
2. bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33646542

​Audiobooks and others

1. transcriptvids.com/v/HuoMHA6XXqY.html
2. youtube.com/user/CCProse
3. youtube.com/user/MysticAshes1