Spotlight English

Do you ever have a song that you cannot stop thinking about? Robin Basselin and Ryan Geertsma look at earworms.

Liz Waid and Colin Lowther tell about the World Nomad Games. These games aim to celebrate the traditional Nomad Culture in a global world.

What kinds of shoes do people wear around the world? Adam Navis and Liz Waid look at unusual and special shoes from around the world.

Adam Navis and Anne Muir talk about what happens when a person survives a suicide attempt. Life may change slowly, but there are reasons for hope.

Liz Waid and Bruce Gulland look at games children play all around the world. These games are more important than people know.

Literacy creates opportunity. But for many children, literacy remains a distant goal. Bruce Gulland and Liz Waid look at an organization helping young people to tell their own stories.

Spotlight looks at a place where victims of sexual violence can go for education, hope, and healing in the DRC.

On a frozen island in Norway, a building holds seeds from around the world. But why? Robin Basselin and Colin Lowther look at the Global Seed Vault.

Can you find beauty in simple things? Spotlight tells about a U.S. poet who wrote beautiful poems about normal things.

Liz Waid and Adam Navis look at the most popular fruit in the world - the long, thin, yellow banana. This fruit is under threat.

When you start a new job, how do you know the appropriate behavior? How do you know the best way to communicate? Adam Navis and Liz Waid share advice for learning work culture.

Adam Navis and Liz Waid look at the popular video game Fortnite. This popular game has even influenced culture.

Liz Waid and Adam Navis look at the many reasons people eat alone. They also look at how eating alone may influence a person’s health.

Liz Waid and Adam Navis explore the values and practice of the Japanese tea ceremony.

Liz Waid and Colin Lowther look at a project in Argentina. It aims to be a safe place where young people can get answers about important but difficult questions.

Bruce Gulland and Christy VanArragon look at one tool for parents, as they try to influence their children's behavior.

What will you do when you are old? Spotlight tells about very old people doing very amazing things!

Adam Navis and Liz Waid tell about a kind of music that makes people move – the march. This music began as a way to move soldiers, but today people use it in competitions.

Have you laughed today? Adam Navis and Liz Waid look at an exercise that makes people laugh - laughter yoga! They also look at the good effects of laughter.

Colin Lowther and Anne Muir tell about a winner of the Global Teacher Prize. Hanan Al-Hroub shows how teaching can encourage peace.

Bruce Gulland and Liz Waid tell about a modern way to treat dementia. But it is moral?

Could you run up a wall? Liz Waid and Colin Lowther look at a new sport for the 2020 Olympics – speed climbing. Athletes for this sport look like they are running up a wall! 

Today's Spotlight looks at who has nuclear weapons, who does not, and why these bombs exist. 

Colin Lowther and Liz Waid look at an English word that many people do not want to say – "sorry". Spotlight looks at when, why, and how people say say “I’m sorry”.

Liz Waid and Adam Navis look at a fast, fresh way to make coffee. This method is very popular, but it may be creating too much waste.