Your Comfort Zone and the Danger Zone

Read along with me: England's hedges would go around Earth ten times https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68132688 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wakeuptoenglish/message

Read along with me: Tetris: US teenager claims to be first to beat video game https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67871775 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wakeuptoenglish/message

Let's read about Big Ben: Friday 5th January Big Ben: New Year's Eve marks 100 years of live bongs on radio https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67632538 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wakeuptoenglish/message

Thursday 4th January How Britain's taste for tea may have been a life saver https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231215-how-britains-taste-for-tea-may-have-been-a-life-saver --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wakeuptoenglish/message

Here's How People Celebrate Christmas All Over the World https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/christmas-ideas/g34837704/how-christmas-is-celebrated-around-the-world/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wakeuptoenglish/message

Volunteers breathe polluted air to test impact on brain https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67031322 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wakeuptoenglish/message

Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Hero? https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/trust-games/202311/do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-be-a-hero --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wakeuptoenglish/message

Why Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone Promotes Learning https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/understanding-hypnosis/202312/why-stepping-outside-your-comfort-zone-promotes-learning --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wakeuptoenglish/message

Be careful with you personal data! 23andMe: Profiles of 6.9 million people hacked https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67624182 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wakeuptoenglish/message

The audio isn't perfect towards the end of the podcast, I'm sorry about that! Should TV Accurately Reflect Real Life? https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/overthinking-tv/202312/should-tv-accurately-reflect-real-life --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wakeuptoenglish/message