#154: Las Vegas

English Learning for Curious Minds

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It's the world's Sin City, where fortunes and made and lost.

In this episode, you'll learn about the history of this unlikely city, from its early days as a desert oasis to its links with the Mafia, from eccentric entrepreneurs right through to atomic bombs.

Geographic location of Las Vegas
Discovering Las Vegas ("The Meadows")
1905: A sleepy railway town
Construction begins on The Hoover Dam
Providing entertainment for construction workers
1930s and 1940s: Bugsy Siegel and The Mafia arrive
Bugsy Siegel's early life
Building The Flamingo
Post World War II: "cheap luxury"
Watching atomic bombs explode
Howard Hughes arrives and never leaves
Pushing the mafia out of town
1980s: Las Vegas revival
Las Vegas today

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/las-vegas

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#154: Las Vegas

English Learning for Curious Minds

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