Eating bugs

The most recent figure from 2024 says that 520 million children are living in conflict zones. That's about one in every five children worldwide. Some of the discussions in this episode will be about death and trauma. Neil and Becca hear from a journalist who has spent some time w ...  Show more

Football players are faster than ever before. But in a game where every tiny decision counts, elite clubs are turning to neuroscience to understand how players can think, decide and perform even faster. Neil and Georgie discuss this and teach you some new vocabulary.Get a free wo ...  Show more

Do you like to eat insects? Anne Muir and Liz Waid look at this important food source. Eating insects may even save the world! https://spotlightenglish.com/food-drink/eat-insects-save-the-world/ Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-android Download our app for ...  Show more

Talking about the creepy subject of eating insects, which might be the solution to many of the problems that humans face as a species. This episode includes discussion of eating habits, environmental issues and some insect-related idioms and expressions. Transcripts and vocabu ...

Among the rest, they discuss eating bugs and butterflies as well as a philosophical question: "Eat to live or live to eat?". In addition to that Masha finds out that chickens are birds, and that Rory can't stand the taste and the smell of bananas.  We had great fun recording thi ...  Show more

In this episode, Andrew discusses the recent lovebug outbreak in Seoul. He describes these insects, explains their unusual name, and talks about his experience dealing with them this summer. Andrew also explores the bigger topic of how people approach killing insects, and shares ...  Show more