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Welcome to American English Dialogues Podcast—a comprehensive podcast designed to guide adult English learners through the full spectrum of dialogue use in American English. Whether you are a newcomer to the United States seeking to navigate daily life, a professional aiming to advance in your career, a student working toward academic success, or a lifelong learner simply passionate about language, this podcast is designed for you.Dialogue is the beating heart of language. Humans learned to communicate through conversation long before we developed writing systems, and the spoken exchange ...

Welcome to the Sersea Media Podcast.Maestro Sersea — educator, musician, author, and lifelong learner — created this podcast dedicated to the power of multimedia as a vehicle for knowledge, creativity, and human connection.Whether you're a student, a teacher, a curious mind, or someone on a journey of self-improvement, you've come to the right place. Here at Sersea Media, we believe that learning doesn't happen in a single format — it happens through music, through words, through images, through stories, and through the rich tapestry of digital media that surrounds us every day.What ...

Born and raised in Cherry Creek, Edmund Fitzgerald was the sort of man who tried to find the good in all things. As a natural leader, Fitz reclaimed his trauma after half his body burned in a fire and worked his way up to fire chief at the local department. He had a good home and good friends, even if his romantic life left something to be desired. In spite of his bad luck in love, he managed to keep a cheerful smile on for everyone. At least, until Antoine Tremblay crashed into town. Literally.

Over half of Earth's population has left the planet, mainly as contract workers for aliens, and the homeworld is losing relevance to the emigrants. The EarthCent president takes on the task of making sure that humanity isn't permanently stuck in a rut of low-skilled labor. Can the ambassador put aside her new-found obsession with the Galactic Free Press crossword puzzle and help save the day?

On the other side of the galaxy, the Cayl Empire has decided to wind down operations and the Stryx are planning to pick up the pieces. Kelly is tapped to host an open house event on Union Station to tempt the aliens into joining up, but does anybody other than the Stryx actually want the merger to take place?

The Wanderers have just moved on from Union Station, and the ambassador is ready to take her first vacation in 15 years. Unfortunately, the rules on paid vacation for EarthCent employees have changed for the worse, retroactively. Libby suggests spending some time exploring the station as an alternative, and Kelly cautiously goes along with it. Back at the embassy, while the cat's away, the mice will play.

The first carnival to take place on Union Station since humanity joined the galactic community is coming, and the ambassadors of the different species are all entered in the election to become Carnival King or Queen. It's not a job that Kelly wants, and, fortunately for her, the humans get a late start at electioneering.

The story picks up less than a year after the events of High Priest on Union Station, with Kelly coming to the conclusion that EarthCent needs an intelligence service. Of course, EarthCent has no institutional knowledge of what spies do or how they work, so the new agency gets off to a slow start. Then Kelly and the Union Station crew come up with a brilliant idea.

Taylor Bennett wants his brother's best friends. Taylor is the youngest of three kids. He's a cook, a plant dad, a devoted son, and in love with his brother's best friend. Both of his brothers' best friends, actually. But they're in a relationship with each other. Damon Acosta is a pharmacist...

Monday through Friday, Satomi works for the highly bureaucratic CoPet Corporation. She's the only girl in the male-dominated department of Lizard Children Containment. As a squire, her job is to help knights protect the public from Lizard Children. Lizard Children are a controversial technology that CoPet embraces as a means for 'safely' producing the nation's electricity. Every workday, Satomi is bullied by colleagues and belittled by superiors. Even worse, to keep her job she must silence her soul's true calling, because following it while working at CoPet's is social suicide.

A classical collection of recitations by the master narrator Zia Mohyeddin. Volume 14 includes: 1) "Ghazal" by Mirza Ghali; 2) Shahid Ahmad Dhlavi; 3) Mirza Ghalib; 4) Intizar Hussain; 5) Khawaja Hasan Nizamii; 6) Angrezi Mazahia; 7) Alama Iqbal; 8) Ibn e Insha; 9) Ayub Khawer; 10) Mustaq Ahmed Yusufi; 11) Nazm Noon Meem Rashid.

Come along on a journey through all the different stages of sleep in an adventure full of heart wrenching memories, death, comatose, telepathy, dream manipulation, murder, and even a bit of romance! Follow Sage as she unravels the mysteries of what happens when we fall asleep, where our minds become vulnerable and expansive!

When fourth grader Alex Schwartz first met his cello, his eyes lit up with wonder, and a smile appeared on his face as bright as the potential his new cello teacher saw within him. The cello positively impacted all aspects of his development, including focus, fine motor, and gross motor skills.

Few topics have as many myths, stereotypes, and misperceptions surrounding them as that of poverty in America. The poor have been badly misunderstood since the beginnings of the country, with the rhetoric only ratcheting up in recent times. Our current era of fake news, alternative facts, and media partisanship has led to a breeding ground for all types of myths and misinformation to gain traction and legitimacy. Poorly Understood is the first book to systematically address and confront many of the most widespread myths pertaining to poverty. 

When the author was handed the opportunity for her dream job, she almost threw it away with her nonchalance. Luckily, she came to her senses and the curtain rose to reveal the backstage world of glittery showgirl revues where only a privileged few were allowed. In Rhinestone Confidential, Elaine remembers the days past when Reno was a casino town full of shows. She recounts the good times and bad as Sammy’s Showroom becomes the new venue for cabarets and headliners. Her stories are often humorous and chock full of juicy backstage tidbits.

Darkness falls. The undead rise to feast on the succulent blood of the living. For years vampires have fascinated great writers of the occult such as De Maupassant, Count Stenbock, E Nesbit and EF Benson. This is The Story Circle's collection of some of their spine-chilling tales told by award-winning actors.

Featuring New York Times bestselling author Victorine E. Lieske. Readers will love this collection of six novellas - three contemporary and three historical - all with one thing in common: Romance.

This collection of short stories from E. M. Forster contains six tales that were initially written between 1903 and 1912. Many of these stories, including the modern classic 'The Machine Stops' - which is set in a world where humanity lives underground and relies on a giant machine to provide its needs - deal with science fiction and supernatural themes.

A mass-shooter rages through Chicago in the days after Christmas. Brutal. Efficient. He etches a path of destruction through the city. Shooting up the mall. Opening fire in traffic. Rampaging through a movie theater. That's just his opening act. FBI profiler Victor Loshak heads to the windy city to investigate and finds himself swept up in a frenzied manhunt.

Kelly heads to Earth for the first-ever Conference of EarthCent Ambassadors, but while the cat's away, the mice will play.