543. Britain's First Insect Restaurant Opens

Some podcast housekeeping is necessary in this episode, as I talk about current LEP news, moving into a house in the countryside, sketchy plans for episode 1000, an update on the scary story competition, final thoughts on the World Cup, and more. My daughter joins me with various ...  Show more

Recorded the day after Argentina beat England in the semi-final 😭 here is World Cup Ramble #4. Zdenek joins me again as we discuss as many talking points as possible, including what on earth happened yesterday, the intense rivalry between Argentina & England, the historical back ...  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

Neil and Sam discuss eating insects and teach you related vocabulary. 

Chances are you haven’t willingly eaten an insect. But two billion people are already bugging out on this sustainable source of protein. Could insects offer the perfect solution for our post-Brexit and pandemic supply chain problems?Entomologist Brian Fisher and Imperial College ...  Show more

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