You may have heard of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. But could you name them? Joshua Leo and Rena Dam examine those seven famous structures. http://spotlightenglish.com 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and places all around the worl...
Jul 02, 2025•14 min
What is the most wonderful place in the world? Liz Waid and Ryan Geertsma look at a project to select a list of seven wonderful structures in the world. http://spotlightenglish.com 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and places all around the w...
Jul 01, 2025•14 min
Bruce Gulland and Liz Waid look at a skateboarding school in Kabul Afghanistan. But there is more to it than just skateboarding! http://spotlightenglish.com 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and places all around the world. You can learn Engl...
Jun 30, 2025•14 min
Would you want to race through snow? Liz Waid and Ryan Geertsma look at the famous Iditarod race, through the snow. http://spotlightenglish.com 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and places all around the world. You can learn English words, an...
Jun 30, 2025•14 min
Bruce Gulland and Liz Waid tell about a building designer Alejandro Aravena and his company. They aim to solve the world’s coming housing crisis by building low-cost, good houses. http://spotlightenglish.com 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 re you learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people a...
Jun 30, 2025•15 min
Robin Basselin and Ryan Geertsma look at the work of Twesigye Jackson Kaguri. After family members died, he decided he could help other orphans. http://spotlightenglish.com 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and places all around the world. Yo...
Jun 30, 2025•15 min
Roger Basick and Gillian Woodward share a few interesting English idioms that have to do with plants. https://spotlightenglish.com/how-to-learn-english/english-idioms-plants/ 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and places all around the world. ...
Jun 30, 2025•16 min
Adam Navis and Liz Waid look at friends and enemies in nature. What can they teach us about human relationships? http://spotlightenglish.com 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and places all around the world. You can learn English words, and e...
Jun 23, 2025•15 min
Christy VanArragon and Joshua Leo look at the beautiful ocean clownfish. This fish seems to be losing its senses. But why? 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and places all around the world. You can learn English words, and even practice Engli...
Jun 23, 2025•15 min
Alice Irizarry and Patrick Woodward share about the lifestyle in Finland and how it helps make this country to be considered the happiest place in the world. www.spotlightenglish.comhttps://spotlightenglish.com/culture/the-happiest-place-in-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://www.facebook.com/spotlightradio re you learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English?...
Jun 22, 2025•14 min
Roger Basick and Marina Santee talk about lying versus telling the truth and how it may not always be an easy decision to make. Do you prefer people to tell you the truth? https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/truth-telling/ 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight ...
Jun 16, 2025•12 min
Megan Nollet and Patrick Woodward talk about a mode of transportation very popular, mostly in countries around Asia. https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/the-mighty-tuk-tuk/ 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and places all around the wo...
Jun 11, 2025•9 min
Ryan Geertsma and Marina Santee tell the story of Robert Scott. One hundred years ago, Scott battled the terrible conditions of Antarctica to explore the continent. https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/scott-of-the-antarctic/ 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotligh...
Jun 03, 2025•15 min
Gillian Woodward and Roger Basick tell about the ancient Nazca Lines in Peru and the different theories of how they were created. https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/the-new-nazca-lines/ 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and places all...
Jun 02, 2025•14 min
Roger Basick and Marina Santee tell us about Cerebral Palsy and how to be more helpful and considerate to those who live with this condition. https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/i-am-not-drunk/ 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and pla...
May 26, 2025•13 min
Colin Lowther and Alice Irizarry share about the life and music of Woodie Guthrie, an American folk singer who influenced many singers and shaped American folk music. https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/this-land-is-your-land-the-woody-guthrie-story/ 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your E...
May 20, 2025•16 min
When parents cannot raise their children, sometimes grandparents take that responsibility. Spotlight looks at this kind of family. https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/when-grandparents-raise-children/ 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people ...
May 15, 2025•14 min
Colin Lowther and Alice Irrizary share about something that many couples might experience but may be embarrassed to talk about it or to ask someone for help. https://spotlightenglish.com/relationships/the-wedding-blues/ 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn a...
May 12, 2025•15 min
Learn a new language called Seaspeak in today's programme. Colin Lowther and Marina Santee introduce us to a special kind of English used at sea. https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/seaspeak/ 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and place...
May 09, 2025•14 min
Robin Basselin and Nick Page tell the old, famous story of Robin Hood. Are these stories true? Why are they still so popular? https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/robin-hood-an-old-hero/ 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and places all ...
May 08, 2025•14 min
On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister set a new record for running the mile – a record that made him a global sports hero. Bruce Gulland and Anne Muir look at the record, and his life. https://spotlightenglish.com/biography/running-the-four-minute-mile/ 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Li...
May 07, 2025•14 min
Roger Basick and Alice Irrizary share about the life of a writer whose stories continue to be told to children around the world. https://spotlightenglish.com/books/hans-christian-andersen-the-story-teller/ 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people an...
May 05, 2025•15 min
Are there dams where you live? Robin Basselin and Ryan Geertsma look at the good and bad results from building dams. https://spotlightenglish.com/science-and-technology/the-good-and-bad-of-building-dams/ 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and ...
May 01, 2025•14 min
Liz Waid and Joshua Leo look at why monarch butterflies are disappearing, and what people can do to increase the monarch population. https://spotlightenglish.com/science-and-technology/save-the-butterflies/ 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 re you learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people an...
May 01, 2025•15 min
Is it possible for anything good to come out of garbage? Liz Waid and Ryan Geertsma look at a group of people making musical instruments out of garbage. https://spotlightenglish.com/society/recycling-for-music/ 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about peop...
May 01, 2025•14 min
Why would 285 girls change their names at one time? Liz Waid and Joshua Leo tell the story. https://spotlightenglish.com/society/new-names-for-unwanted-girls/ 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and places all around the world. You can learn En...
May 01, 2025•14 min
Joshua Leo and Liz Waid look at an effort to clean up the world's garbage waste in one day! "Let's Do It!" started in Estonia, but it is spreading around the world. https://spotlightenglish.com/international-un-days/cleaning-the-world-together/ 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Liste...
May 01, 2025•14 min
Would you go out in a dangerous storm? Katy Blake and Liz Waid look at people who chase tornados to get information and pictures. https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/chasing-storms/ 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and places all arou...
May 01, 2025•14 min
Patrick Woodward and Megan Nollet look at how animals are used in English idioms. https://spotlightenglish.com/how-to-learn-english/english-idioms-animals/ 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen to Spotlight to learn about people and places all around the world. You can learn Engli...
Apr 28, 2025•14 min
Why are books forbidden in different countries around the world? In recognition of the UN's World Book and Copyright Day, Ryan Geertsma and Marina Santee look at why books get banned. https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/dangerous-books/ 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 learning English? Are you looking for a way to practice your English? Listen...
Apr 23, 2025•14 min
