The Message of the Flag

Gillian Woodward and Roger Basick share about how people around the world celebrate becoming an adult.https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/becoming-an-adult/Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-androidDownload our app for iOS at http://bit.ly/spotlight-ap ... Show More

Andrew Devis and Alice Irizarry tell us about an adventure that cannot be achieved without a lot of courage and determination.https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/a-long-life-of-adventure/Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-androidDownload our app for iO ... Show More

Megan Nollet and Patrick Woodward share about how music and art can be used to help people with disabilities, not only physically, but also mentally and emotionally.https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/art-therapy/Download our app for Android at http://bit.ly/spotlight-andr ... Show More

<p>Now that China is your "adopted country", you had better make sure you know what your flag looks like. The national anthem? Hmm, that we'll leave for you to learn before 2008 (or you can just hum along). In this podcast, learn a little bit about the flag and national anthem of ... Show More

<p>How do you actually make change in the world? For 126 years, Mississippi has had the Confederate battle flag on their state flag, and they were the last state in the nation where that emblem remained “officially” flying.  A few days ago, that flag came down. A few days before  ... Show More

<p>Rioters carried many familiar flags during the January 6th insurrection at the United States Capitol -- Confederate, MAGA, as well as some custom-made ones like a flag of Trump looking like Rambo. Except for onlookers who were already familiar with the design, it would have be ... Show More

<p>13 equal horizontal stripes in red and white, with a navy blue square in the top left bearing 50 small white five pointed stars. It's recognisable the world over as the flag of the United States of America.</p><br><p>But how did this become the American flag? When did it devel ... Show More

<p>Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag. At least, that's what we were taught in school. But when historians go searching…there’s no proof to be found. In this collaboration with the podcast <a href="https://www.si.edu/sidedoor#seasonseven">Sidedoor</a>, we unravel this vexil ... Show More

The Gadsden flag -- with its coiled rattlesnake on a bright yellow field and the words 'don't tread on me' -- has symbolic roots stretching back before the American Revolution. Learn its history in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://history.howstuffworks.c ... Show More

Correction: Our staff producer pronounced the the Japanese word "ōbōn" incorrectly in this episode. It is pronounced OH-bohn not oh-BAHN.Let us be the first to wish you a Happy Flag Day, beautiful nerds! Anyone who has listened to 99% Invisible regularly knows we have a thing for ... Show More