Dangerous Books

Gillian Woodward and Roger Basick share about the rock star, David Bowie, and how he used his music to help him overcome challenges with personal identity.https://spotlightenglish.com/biography/david-bowie-changes/Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-androidDow ... Show More

Colin Lowther and Alice Irizarry tell us about a small boy who had big dreams and became one of the biggest football players of all times. You will recognize his name, Lionel Messi!https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/the-flea-lionel-messi/Download our app for Android at ht ... Show More

Colin Lowther and Megan Nollet talk about the science behind DNA and what it tells us about our family history.https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/finding-your-family/Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-androidDownload our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/s ... Show More

Books are being banned from schools and public libraries at alarming rates, and stories from LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC authors are disproportionately being pulled from shelves. How do book bans harm learning and access to information? What do these challenges say about the American educ ... Show More

Books are being banned from schools and public libraries at alarming rates, and stories from LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC authors are disproportionately being pulled from shelves. How do book bans harm learning and access to information? What do these challenges say about the American educ ... Show More

What are the most commonly banned books? In this classic episode, Cristen and Caroline read between the (banned) lines of history, from a legal timeline of book banning to the primary reasons books are banned in the first place: sex, language and the occult.See omnystudio.com/lis ... Show More

What’s so dangerous about some words? Exploring what books are banned, how they get banned, what it means for the authors in question, and what we can to keep information accessible to all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Banning books from classrooms and school libraries is nothing new, but it's recently become a topic of considerable political debate. How should parents react to this news, and to the books their children are reading? In this episode of NPR's It's Been A Minute senior editor Barr ... Show More

Les mots, les livres et la lecture sont-ils en danger ? Écrans, censures, réécritures… Quelles perspectives pour demain ? Cette semaine, La Grande Librairie s’interroge sur tout ce qui inquiète la littérature et imagine quelques lignes de résistance avec Michel Desmurget, Amin Ma ... Show More

¿Son mis libros demasiado confusos? He escrito ya varios libros (lecturas graduadas) para aprender español. En general han tenido una buena acogida entre los estudiantes, pero algunas personas interpretan mis historias de una forma equivocada. Bueno, en realidad no estoy seguro d ... Show More

If you want to control the masses, control what they read. After all, books are seeds that germinate new points of view. As a result, the struggle against banning books is contentious and continual. Learn more about banning books in this classic episode. Learn more about your ad- ... Show More

One reader asks: "I want to try my hand at reading a book and wondered what you would recommend?" In this episode: The problem with children's books... Intended for children Low-frequency vocabulary What kind of books are best to read... Graded readers (not parallel texts) Short, ... Show More