Aug 24

The Birth of Harry Potter

Alice Irizarry and Andrew Devis present the story of author J. K. Rowling whose storytelling began with an idea on a train ride and months of writing in her notebooks in a small Scottish coffee shop.https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/the-birth-of-harry-potter/Download our ... Show More

12m 52s

Aug 14

Nireekshana ACET: A Place of Confident Hope

What hope for healing do people with life-threatening diseases have? Patrick and Gillian Woodward share the story of Doctors Sujai and Lavanya Suneetha and their clinic in India.https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/nireekshana-acet-a-place-of-confident-hope/Download our app ... Show More

18m 17s

Aug 10

Ali vs. Frazier

Who is going to be the next heavyweight champion of the world? Megan Nollet and Patrick Woodward discuss the infamous “Thrilla in Manila” and the cost to each fighter who entered the ring that night.https://spotlightenglish.com/uncategorized/ali-vs-frazier/Download our app for An ... Show More

18m 36s

Nov 2023

Saving Seas, One Swim at a Time - Lewis Pugh - Ocean Advocate for the UN Environment Programme

<p dir="ltr">Lewis Pugh was never afraid to take the plunge. Now ocean advocate for the United Nations Environment Programme, the record-breaking cold-water swimmer has completed long distance swims at both of the earth's Poles, in the Red Sea, and along the length of the Hudson ... Show More

34m 21s

Jul 2023

Lewis Pugh: Pushing the limits of the human body

Stephen Sackur speaks to the master of extreme swimming Lewis Pugh. From the North Pole to Antarctica, his death-defying swims are designed to focus attention on the damaging impact of climate change on our blue planet. Is this a form of activism that works?

22m 53s

Sep 2025

#96 At a swimming lesson (Med)

Learn how to talk about swimming in English.

12m 31s

Nov 2021

Women swimming in the wild

<p>Nora Fakim talks to two women about the health benefits of swimming in the wild.</p><p>Rachel Ashe is the founder of Mental Health Swims, a peer support community organising wild swimming or dipping events in the UK. Rachel first tried cold water swimming in 2019, shortly afte ... Show More

27m 29s

Nov 2020

Season 3, Episode 5: Frozen in Time

Bundle up! We’ll be diving into ice-covered waters with an upside-down robot, and exploring Greenland’s massive ice sheet with oceanographer Josh Willis.

38m 29s

Mar 2015

Babies vs. Winter

How to beat the winter, find love, and make the Olympic team.

26m 2s

Sep 2021

Roll On: Melding Passion With Purpose (+ Arctic Swimmer Lewis Pugh!)

How do you meld passion with purpose? What makes you committed to your cause? And most importantly, what does your podcast do? In addition to philosophizing these questions and more, in today’s edition of ‘Roll On,’ Adam Skolnick and I trade fitness updates, engage in typical rib ... Show More

2h 38m

May 2023

The hunt for herring in a B.C. fjord and why it matters

Laura Lynch sidles up to sea lions in Howe Sound with a group protecting biodiversity. Why we need “all hands on deck” in the fight against wildfires. Listeners weigh in on how to leave fossil fuels behind without leaving workers in the lurch. A post-apocalyptic climate drama hel ... Show More

53m 52s

Mar 2023

My life in seven swimming pools

Amjed Tantesh is determined to teach kids in Gaza to swim no matter how many pools he has to build.Finding freedom in the water as a child, Amjed wanted to train the next generation of Gazans for Olympic swimming glory – not easy when he had to keep abandoning his pools. Yet thro ... Show More

45m 20s

Lewis Pugh - Swimming in Antarctica