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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://spotlig...

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...

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-hat...

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/chan...

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-medi...

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 apologi...

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-...

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.harukimura...

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. W...

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 v...

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/tab...

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 vide...

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...

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 ht...

Join our YouTube channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join In this conversation, Adam and Liz talk about 2020 and the coronavirus pandemic. They discuss stories from this week's featured program. They also talk about their own personal COVID-19 stories. What is your pandemic story? Is it still going? How has your life changed? https://spotlighten...

Join our YouTube channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join 2020 was a year unlike any other. The new coronavirus, SARS-CoV2, affected life all over the world. Spotlight tells the stories of people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. https://spotlightenglish.com/your-life/life-and-loneliness-during-covid-19/ Download our app for Android at http://b...

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Join our YouTube channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join What is your favorite kind of ice cream? Do you like other things in your ice cream like brownies or cookie dough? Or do you like a more plain ice cream like vanilla or chocolate? Join us as we have a conversation about all the great things about ice cream - and the kinds of ice cream we...

Liz Waid and Adam Navis look at a popular treat around the world – ice cream! This food has a long history and a bright future in business. What is your favorite ice cream? https://spotlightenglish.com/food-drink/ice-cream-around-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/sp...

Join Adam and Liz as they discuss the 4th program in our ten program series on 10 ways to fight hate. Today's topic is SPEAK UP. You can speak up when you see hate speech or hateful actions happening. But how do you speak up when you might be scared or embarrassed? Liz and Adam talk about a few simple strategies to use. Have you ever spoken up in a situation like this? Did it lead to something goo...

Colin Lowther and Liz Waid look at ways to speak up against hate. They give helpful tips that anyone can use to stop hate speech and promote tolerance. This is the fourth program in a series of ten programs on 10 Ways to Fight Hate in your community. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeqE9km-sipc9NCw02_4RQ/join https://spotlightenglish.com/society/10-ways-...

Do you ever think of growing old? Adam and Liz have a discussion about growing old. Some people grow old and are happy. Some people grow old and are bitter. What is the difference in their attitude? Are there secrets for being a happy old person? https://spotlightenglish.com/health-medicine/tips-for-health-series/5-tips-for-growing-old-better/ Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotligh...

Do you ever think of growing old? Katy Blake and Adam Navis give 5 simple tips for staying healthy as you get older. This program ends our series on Tips for Healthy Living. https://spotlightenglish.com/health-medicine/tips-for-health-series/5-tips-for-growing-old-better/ Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-apple Faceb...

Join our conversation about the stigma of infertility. Some people want to have a baby, but they cannot - even when they have been trying for a long time. In our conversation today, Adam and Liz talk about personal experiences with infertility. They talk about how everyone can give the support that people going through infertility need. Is there support for infertility in your country? Have you ha...

Liz Waid and Colin Lowther look at the social attitudes around infertility. Many people hope to have children. But sometimes, they are not able. This can bring great shame. Today, women are saying: no baby, no shame! https://spotlightenglish.com/health-medicine/no-baby-no-shame-in-infertility/ Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app for iOS at http://bit.ly...