Monthly news from podcastsinenglish.com Dear Learner Happy New Year! No-one knows what lies ahead for us all in the coming year, but we do know that Being kind to each other is going to be very important. This is one of our podcasts of the month. Others include The market stall for level 1, a pie vid, where Jackie talks about her success at selling things. For level 3 we have actor David talking about a very traditional January event in the UK: The panto And don't forget we have a beginner's level so of course we have included The first week which again includes one of our pie videos. (Did you see we now have 100 pie vids on the site!!) There are more! Check out the sidebar on the levels pages for other highlighted podcasts. The winter months are the best time for looking at the stars. For level 1 Richard talks about what he can see in The night sky. However, you might not just see stars, a level 3 podcast talks about Starlink. And not forgetting the planets we have a level 2 podcast called Poor Pluto We start the month, and the new year of course, with the second of our podcasts on Volunteering. This time we look at ways of helping others in your local community. This is for level 3. If you find it difficult to find a podcast we have updated 'the lists'. Levels 1, 2 and 3 have details of all the podcasts listed by name and topic. You can find them here. We have also updated the list that details special days and events too. Remember that while most podcasts are free, podcasts 1 - 99 are for members only. Each podcast has essential transcripts, worksheets and extra materials for teachers and learners and with over 2000 to choose from, Join pie now! If you are not already a member, one lucky winner in our monthly competition gets free pie membership! Luisa from Italy was the lucky winner of last month's competition. She correctly said that the answer was c) no animals. For this month's quiz just answer this question: When did Richard start looking at the stars? Was it a) when he was at university, b) when he was a boy, or c) a few years ago? The answer is in this level 1 podcast: The night sky. Write your answer on our Contact us page. Remember to tell us your name and where you are from. Good luck! Answers by the end of the month. Best wishes Richard and Jackie The pie team | 
