Bruce Gulland and Liz Waid share some ways people can protect themselves from dangerous sicknesses that come from extremely hot weather. https://spotlightenglish.com/science-and-technology/the-environment/how-to-stay-safe-in-hot-weather/ Join this channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-apple Facebook:...
Dec 01, 2021•13 min
Today in the USA, it is the holiday of Thanksgiving. This holiday began as a way to show thankfulness for our harvest. But is has expanded. Every year, people in the US gather with their families and spend time together. they focus on the things they are thankful for. Join Liz and Adam as they talk about this and other traditions. Join this channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join https://spotlightenglish.com/holiday...
Nov 25, 2021•14 min
Do you use the word OK? How do you spell it? Which way is correct? Join our discussion about this curious word. It might just be the most common word in the English language - and the world? We also talk about where this simple little word came from. There are many theories. Tell us what you think, okay? Join this channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join https://spotlightenglish.com/your-life/how-to-use-the-word-ok/ ...
Nov 18, 2021•18 min
What do you know about the word okay? It seems very simple, but it is actually very complex! Liz Waid and Colin Lowther look at the uses and history of this common word. Join this channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join https://spotlightenglish.com/your-life/how-to-use-the-word-ok/ Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-apple Facebook: http...
Nov 17, 2021•12 min
What do you do when you lose someone you love? You want to talk to them, but they are gone? Join Liz and Adam as they tell about "kaze no denwa", the telephone of the wind in Otsuchi, Japan. Would you use something like this? How do you remember someone you have lost? Join this channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join https://spotlightenglish.com/relationships/telephone-of-the-wind/ Download our app for Android at ht...
Nov 11, 2021•16 min
What can you do when you want to rally against hate? Join Liz and Adam as they look at the Southern Poverty Law Center's 6th way to fight hate: Create an Alternative. In this conversation we look at what you can do instead of a rally. Is this a method you think you can use? https://spotlightenglish.com/society/10-ways-to-fight-hate-series/10-ways-to-fight-hate-create-an-alternative/ Join this channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sip...
Nov 04, 2021•19 min
Can choosing something different help stop hate? Adam Navis and Katy Blake look at the sixth way to fight hate: Create an Alternative. Love is stronger than hate. https://spotlightenglish.com/society/10-ways-to-fight-hate-series/10-ways-to-fight-hate-create-an-alternative/ Join this channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app for iOS at htt...
Nov 03, 2021•11 min
Have you ever heard a story that you thought MIGHT be true, but you did not know? These are urban legends. Join Liz and Adam as they talk about a few urban legends (or urban myths) they know. Could these stories have lessons for people to learn from? Join this channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join https://spotlightenglish.com/good-stories/the-truth-in-urban-legends/ Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/sp...
Oct 28, 2021•16 min
Bruce Gulland and Liz Waid look at urban legends - stories told to give a message. Can these stories ever be true? Join this channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join https://spotlightenglish.com/good-stories/the-truth-in-urban-legends/ Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-apple Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spotlightradio Are you lear...
Oct 27, 2021•10 min
Join Liz and Adam as they discuss the program Isadore Charters: The Healing Pole. They tell Charters' story and look at his efforts to bring reconciliation to Canada. He lost his whole culture as a boy. But he is trying to bring native culture back to Canada and start the healing process. Join this channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join https://spotlightenglish.com/listen/art/isadore-charters-the-healing-pole/ You ...
Oct 21, 2021•19 min
Bruce Gulland and Liz Waid look at the story of Isadore Charters. He was taken from his home as a young child. He lost his culture but found healing. Photo credit: "Isadore Charters" (CC BY 2.0) by SFU - Communications & Marketing Join this channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join https://spotlightenglish.com/listen/art/isadore-charters-the-healing-pole/ Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-and...
Oct 20, 2021•11 min
Join Liz and Adam in a discussion about high-speed trains. Trains are not very common in the US. But around the world, this method of transportation is more and more popular. Are there high-speed trains in your country? Have you ever ridden on one? Join this channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join https://spotlightenglish.com/travel/high-speed-trains/ Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android D...
Oct 14, 2021•15 min
When is a shoe more than just a shoe? Join Liz and Adam in a REAL conversation between two native English speakers. We find out that Adam might have a shoe obsession. And we find out that Liz has a special pair of shoes from a European country. Do you buy expensive shoes? Are there special cultural shoes in your country? Join this channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join https://spotlightenglish.com/shopping/shoes-of...
Oct 07, 2021•16 min
What kinds of shoes do people wear around the world? Colin Lowther and Liz Waid look at unusual and special shoes from around the world. How does culture influence clothing? Join this channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join https://spotlightenglish.com/shopping/shoes-of-the-world/ Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-apple Facebook: https...
Oct 06, 2021•10 min
Have you ever had a gut feeling? Did you act on it? Did you ever do something, only to realize that what you thought wasn't true? These quick decisions are snap judgements. Join Adam and Liz as they talk about Malcolm Gladwell's book "Blink". We look at how snap judgements can affect us more than we know! Join this channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join https://spotlightenglish.com/your-life/how-your-quick-decision...
Sep 30, 2021•17 min
Colin Lowther and Liz Waid look at the quick decisions we make, without thinking. These decisions affect our lives more than we know. Join this channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join https://spotlightenglish.com/your-life/how-your-quick-decisions-can-change-your-life/ Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-apple Facebook: https://www.faceb...
Sep 29, 2021•11 min
Where do your flowers come from? Join Adam and Liz as they talk about the flower industry. Can this business improve workers' lives? Do you shop for flowers? If so, do you look for fair trade flowers? Join our conversation about the business of flowers! Join this channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join https://spotlightenglish.com/work-and-business/the-big-business-of-flowers/ Download our app for Android at http://...
Sep 23, 2021•15 min
This is a real conversation between two native English speakers about topics that matter. Join Adam and Liz in a conversation about how education can help stop hate. They talk about ways that people can educate themselves about hate groups. They also look at ways that you can look at your own biases and how propaganda influences people. Is there propaganda where you live? How do you stop your own biases? Join our conversation! Join our YouTube channel to get access to exclusive videos and script...
Sep 16, 2021•17 min
This is the fifth in a series of 10 programs on fighting hate in your community. Liz Waid and Colin Lowther look at the fifth way to fight hatred - learning about hate groups. Join our YouTube channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join https://spotlightenglish.com/society/10-ways-to-fight-hate-series/10-ways-to-fight-hate-educate-yourself/ Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app...
Sep 15, 2021•11 min
Join Liz and Adam as they have a real conversation about the history of how vaccines were brought around the world. They look at how the COVIS-19 vaccine will need to reach all parts of the planet before we can all be safe. Have you gotten a COVID-19 vaccine yet? Will you get one when it is available? Join this channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join https://spotlightenglish.com/health-medicine/sending-covid-19-vacc...
Sep 09, 2021•22 min
Adam Navis and Liz Waid give a short history of how people around the world get vaccines. We will have to use many of these methods to deliver vaccines that everyone needs – the COVID-19 vaccines. How do you get vaccines? Join our YouTube channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join https://spotlightenglish.com/health-medicine/sending-covid-19-vaccines-around-the-world/ Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotl...
Sep 08, 2021•10 min
Join Adam and Liz in a conversation about a very difficult topic. For many years, the native people in Canada were treated very badly by the Canadian government. The Canadian government and the native people have worked toward reconciliation, or forgiveness. They are working to heal the terrible effects of many years of colonialism. But is this even a possible task? How does the government apologize and do better? Join our YouTube channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs: https:...
Sep 02, 2021•20 min
In Canada, there is a long, sad history of abuse towards native people. Bruce Gulland and Megan Nollet look at this terrible history, and an attempt to bring healing. Can a country ever reconcile a difficult situation? Join our YouTube channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join https://spotlightenglish.com/history/truth-and-reconciliation-for-canada/ Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Downl...
Sep 01, 2021•13 min
Join Liz and Adam as they talk about China Achebe. Achebe was from Nigeria. He saw that media around the world did not show the true culture of Nigeria and Africa. So, he set out to tell the story of African people Is there an author who tells about your culture very well? Adam mentions a few authors in this program. Here are links so you can check them out. Haruki Murikami: https://www.harukimurakami.com/ Jose Saramago: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1998/saramago/biographical/ Jo...
Aug 26, 2021•17 min
Join this channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join Join Liz and Adam as they tell about the Cellist of Sarajevo. We discuss our program Music in War, which tells the story of this performer named Vedran Smailović. People around the world have experienced war. But finding beauty in these hard times is often difficult. We are in a hard time right now with COVID-19! How do you find beauty in hard times? https://spotligh...
Aug 19, 2021•14 min
Food full of poison. Rotten food. Food that is just plain strange! In today's conversation Adam and Liz talk about taboo foods. These are usually foods that most people will not eat. They are foods other people or cultures may think are gross or even immoral! Join this conversation between two native English speakers. Have you ever eaten a taboo food? Join this channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join https://spotlig...
Aug 12, 2021•18 min
Join our YouTube channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join Would you eat decaying food? What about poisonous food? Liz Waid and Adam Navis look at these and other taboo foods - foods that most people will not eat. Are there foods in your culture that other cultures find taboo? https://spotlightenglish.com/food-drink/taboo-food-would-you-eat-this/ Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download...
Aug 11, 2021•10 min
Nature is often amazing! Join Adam and Liz as they have a real English conversation about the phenomenon of the Northern Lights – also called Aurora Borealis. These lights have been happening in northern countries since the beginning of the earth. But what causes them and why are they so interesting? Have you seen anything like the Northern Lights? Join this channel to get access to exclusive videos and script PDFs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join https://spotlighte...
Aug 05, 2021•15 min
Join our YouTube channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join Join our REAL English conversation about Dietrich Bonhoeffer. This man from Germany made a difficult choice. He believed that violence was never the answer. But yet, he decided to join a group killing another man. How and why did he decide to do this? Adam and Liz discuss making difficult choices. How do you make difficult choices? https://spotlightenglish.com/biography/bonhoeffer-makin...
Jul 29, 2021•13 min
Join our YouTube channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join Would you ever harm someone on purpose? Bruce Gulland and Liz Waid look at the difficult ethical choice made by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. What guides people to make the right choices? https://spotlightenglish.com/biography/bonhoeffer-making-difficult-choices/ Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-apple Facebook: ht...
Jul 28, 2021•10 min
