Nobody said that: a podcast on misattributed quotations
Two podcast hosts trace famous quotations that were never said by the people they're credited to, from Gandhi to Einstein to Marie Antoinette, and explain why misattribution spreads and how to check a quote.
C2Adults55 minPodcast
About this lesson
A C2 listening lesson (podcast). Dialogues and stories to listen to, with transcripts, speed control and ready-made questions.
- Level
- C2
- Skill
- Listening
- Type
- Podcast
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 55 minutes
- Topic
- Media & news
- Activities
- Speaking / writing task, Key words, Listening (read aloud), Multiple choice, True / False, Matching
- Key words
- misattribute, qualified, sand down, precocious, distort, rehearsal
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Follow a fast, informal podcast with humour, irony and interruption
- Understand how evidence is weighed when tracing a claim to its source
- Discuss information literacy and why false attributions persist