Making Things Again

Michael Jackson was the biggest music star of the 1980s. But his life was much more complex than popular songs and millions of dollars. https://spotlightenglish.com/biography/moonwalker-the-life-of-michael-jackson/Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-androidDown ...  Show more

Alice Irizarry and Patrick Woodward talk about how a business in India is helping deaf people become independent and full members of society. https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/a-miracle-for-deaf-people/Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-androidDownloa ...  Show more

Shouldn't we stop throwing things away and start fixing them? 

The EU wants to make items durable and repairable. Neil and Catherine discuss this story. 

Mark Miodownik, explores the environmental consequences of the throwaway society we have become and reveals that recycling electronic waste comes second to repairing broken electronics. He asks what we can learn from repair cultures around the world , he looks at manufacturers wh ...  Show more

With the cost of living crisis forcing many of us to try and limit what we spend, more and more people are looking to repair the things they own. It’s giving momentum to an international network of ‘repair cafes’ and a global campaign for manufacturers to make products fixable.In ...  Show more