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For listening I recently discovered PopChinese (http://popupchinese.com/ http://popupchinese.com/) which provide free podcasts. I like it because even beginner level dialogs are spoken at real speed. And I see the fact they only provide transcripts for paying subscribers as a feature: it forces me to concentrate on actual listening until it get it all.