Cities Under the Ground

Roger Basick and Gillian Woodward talk about a poor, uneducated janitor who thought of a great idea that made millions of dollars. https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/the-flamin-hot-janitor/Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-androidDownload our app for ...  Show more

Andrew Devis and Alice Irizarry talk about how a man filmed the murder of the President of the United States. https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/twenty-six-seconds-that-changed-one-mans-life/Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-androidDownload our app fo ...  Show more

In this episode, we answer a question from 5-year-old Wyatt in Los Angeles and learn about ancient underground cities in Turkey, the subterranean passageways of Montreal and the dug-out houses of Coober Pedy, Australia. Also in this episode: Why is it so warm underground?

We’ve all seen steam rising from manhole covers in big cities like New York - but have you ever stopped and wondered why? Jason and Peter were curious and discovered that manhole covers literally explode all over NYC every year. Really, no Really! Determined to discover the cause ...  Show more

This week, The Forum delves into the subterranean world of life underground – from the forgotten tunnels and catacombs of our cities to life found in the stifling sunless world two miles below the Earth’s surface. Might humans one day retreat underground if living above ground be ...  Show more

Will Self reflects on a year of not travelling on the London underground... and why he's starting to miss it. "On winter days," writes Will, "when it's dark first thing, then twilight, then dark again, the tube achieves its most magical state."And he says that, without the tube, ...  Show more