Explore the profound weight of grief and memory in “The Weight of an Empty Room.” Follow Elara as she confronts her late husband’s study, uncovering hidden secrets and navigating the path toward integrating loss into life. A literary short story about love, absence, and discovery.
Before reality TV, the original drama kings and queens were the gods of Greek mythology. The Great Greek Big Bang: How the Gods Invented Chaos (and Bad Parenting) takes you on a wild, hilarious ride through the ultimate cosmic soap opera.
Discover the timeless tale of Orpheus and Eurydice in this immersive episode, blending poetic storytelling with original music to explore the depths of love, loss, and hope. Join us as we journey through the underworld with Orpheus in a quest to reclaim his beloved, featuring original compositions by Phoenix that breathe new life into this ancient myth.
Immerse yourself in D. H. Lawrence’s haunting tale “The Rocking Horse Winner” with evocative narration and original music, exploring themes of luck, materialism, and the true cost of wealth.
A cabbie’s life was not that easy back in the 1930s as it is not today, but for Tommy Angelo, he was a straight guy, and he didn’t want to get himself into trouble with gangsters’ life, but on a fateful night on one of his late shifts, everything was going to change and his life was never to be simple anymore. Welcome to the first episode of English Plus Mafia 1 series | An Offer You Can’t Refuse. We will meet Tommy Angelo in this series, and we will learn a lot of English along the way, and there’s a lot of practice on the website, so you can go there after you watch the video and take your English to the next level.
We will kick off our Odyssey with Leonidas and his 300, but we will then move all the way many years later and meet his grandson Alexios, who is a simple mercenary on the Island of Kephallonia. Let’s meet our hero in this spectacular odyssey in the first episode of English Plus The Odyssey Video Series.
Welcome to English Plus Learning Video Series, The Last of Us Episode 1, All Is Lost. You will watch the first episode of The Last of Us Learning Video Series and you will learn a few words and expressions as you watch. What seemed to be a happy birthday night turned out to be full of horror, heartache, and loss.
In episode 01 of The Last of Us Stories Plus Series by English Plus Podcast, what seemed to be a happy birthday night turned out to be full of horror, heartache, and loss.
What started as an ordinary hunting trip will turn into an extraordinarily perilous adventure and clash between two hunters to claim the most valuable prize on a secluded island in The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell.
Join me on this great journey with Kassandra from the Odyssey. Assassin’s Creed’s The Odyssey is going to be our first series in The Gamer Bard podcast. In the first episode, we’ll meet Kassandra, the simple mercenary on an island in the middle of nowhere, but here destiny is much bigger than this small island. It is going to be as big as the entire Greek world, but for now, she’s just a mercenary.
Why are we so afraid of the pause? In this episode, we travel to a silent apartment in Stockholm, a frozen grate in Moscow, a sterile ICU in Manila, and a chaotic airport in Frankfurt to explore what happens when life forces us to wait.
Frankfurt Airport is a cathedral of efficiency, designed to move millions without a hitch. But on Christmas Eve, a massive snowstorm has stopped the clock. At Gate Z-15, the mood is toxic: business travelers are shouting, tourists are hoarding power outlets, and the departure board is a sea of red ‘CANCELED’ signs. Then, the lights go out. In the sudden darkness, a low hum begins in the corner—a melody that transcends language. Join us for a story about what happens when our plans are ruined, and we are forced to find harmony in the delay.
Manila is usually a symphony of noise—firecrackers, karaoke, and celebration. But inside the Public General Hospital, the air is sterile and silent. Reya, a nurse on the night shift, watches over ‘Lolo Ben,’ a coma patient with no family to claim him. It is Noche Buena, the midnight feast, and Reya refuses to let him spend it in the dark. She hangs a small paper lantern on his IV pole and begins to read. But the hospital doors are about to open, bringing a reminder that even in the quietest rooms, we are never truly alone.
The cold in Moscow is a living entity, prowling the streets for any weakness. Ivan, a homeless veteran, sits on a steam grate behind a metro station, his only warmth coming from the mongrel dog, Laika, tucked inside his coat. When the Social Patrol van pulls up offering a warm bed in a shelter, there is a catch: no dogs allowed. Ivan looks at the open door of the van, and then at the loyal eyes of his companion. This is a story about the family we choose, and the lines we refuse to cross, even when the temperature drops to minus thirty.
In Stockholm, the winter darkness arrives just after lunch, settling over the city like a heavy blanket. Astrid sits by her window, watching a candle burn down—a silent, stubborn signal to a son she hasn’t spoken to in two years. She calls it ‘waiting,’ but deep down, she knows it is pride. The candle is fading, and the silence of the phone is deafening. Tonight, Astrid faces the hardest journey of all: the distance between her hand and the receiver. A story for anyone who is waiting for the other person to blink first.
In this episode, we explore the danger of hoarding our grief and our joy. Through stories set in Dublin, Beirut, Hokkaido, and Berlin, we ask: What happens when we invite a stranger to the table, and why must we “break the seal” before the moment rots?
