Learn and Experience the World Podcast

This month's episode Sam, Mike and Julie shine a spotlight on 10 year old Abigail who came up with an ingenious initiative of caring for the elderly through entertainment. (31:00)

Abigail performed her first musical performance at an assisted-living center in honor of her great-grandmother’s 100th birthday. This is where she first learned that many of the elderly didn’t have visitors. Abigail figured she could solve this by invitin...

This month's episode Sam, Mike and Julie shine a spotlight on 17 year old Simon from Sweden and hear about his transgender journey. (15:30)

We visit 🇳🇿New Zealand, 🇪🇸Spain, 🇩🇪Germany, 🌐The World Wide Web and 🇺🇸America (twice!!) in Around the World in 6 Stories.🌍 (00:58)

We learn more about 🇸🇪Sweden in Destination Fact or Fiction (33:35) and learn some Swedish in Language Corner (39:12).

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This episode we welcome 17 year old Molly from Newcastle in the North of England.  Molly has been selected by Project Trust to go to Ghana as a volunteer teacher in the summer of 2022.  In the meantime she has been incredibly busy fundraising for this amazing trip.  Her main goal is to bike ride 4690 miles (the distance from her home to Ghana) in her spare time.

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This month's episode Sam, Mike and Julie shine a Spotlight on teenager, Julia Blue who's had a campaign of body positivity.

We visit 🇦🇺Australia, 🇪🇸Spain,  🇯🇵Japan, 🌊The Ocean, 🇳🇱The Netherlands and 🇨🇦Canada in Around the World in 6 Stories.🌍

We look at the best and worst things about where you live in the Big Discussion and we learn more about 🇮🇪Republic of Ireland in the Fact or Fiction Adventure. 

We learn how to d...

This month's episode Sam, Mike and Julie shine a Spotlight on Jasmine Harrison who became the youngest female to row across the Atlantic.

We visit 🇦🇺Australia, 🇿🇦South Africa, 🏔Antartica, 🇯🇵Japan, 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia and 🇺🇸USA  in Around the World in 6 Stories.🌍

We look at what makes a good book📚 in the Big Discussion and we learn more about 🇲🇽Mexico in the Fact or Fiction Adventure. 

Julie learns the how to play the ukul...

This episode Sam, Mike and Julie shine a spotlight on 9 year, Libby who teaches Sam how to speak the secret language of Pig Latin!  Plus Canadian inventor, Ann Makosinski who was 15 when she invented a type of flashlight and 

They visit 🇳🇬Nigeria 🇬🇭Ghana, 🚀Mars, 🇺🇸USA,  🇨🇳China and 🇯🇵Japan  in Around the World in 6 Stories.🌍

We look at the impact of Covid in the Big Discussion and we learn more about China in the Fact o...

This episode Sam, Mike and Julie shine a Spotlight on 16 year old Emma Yang, creator of an App that helps sufferers of Alzheimers.

We visit 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland , 🇳🇿New Zealand, 🇲🇬Madagascar, 🇨🇦Canada & 🇺🇸USA in Around the World in 6 Stories.🌍

We look at our favourite national dishes in the Big Discussion and we learn more about 🇲🇬Madagascar in the Fact or Fiction Adventure. 

Julie learns how a vaccine works.💉

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Episode 11, Sam, Mike and Julie shine a Spotlight on professional footballer and campaigner against Child Poverty, ⚽️Marcus Rashford.

We visit 🇩🇪Germany , 🇨🇳China, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Wales, 🇱🇻Latvia, 🇺🇸USA &  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England in Around the World in 6 Stories.🌍

We look at what personality traits we value in our friends in the Big Discussion and we learn more about 🇩🇪Germany in the Fact or Fiction Adventure. 

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This episode Sam, Mike and Julie shine a Spotlight on 17 year old International Children’s Peace Prize winner🕊 , Sadat Rahman.

We visit 🇨🇦Canada , 🇷🇺Russia, 🇮🇩Indonesia, 🇬🇧UK, 🇭🇺Hungary & 🇮🇹 Italy in Around the World in 6 Stories.🌍

We look at How to Learn another Language 🗣in the Big Discussion and we learn more about 🇺🇬Uganda in the Fact or Fiction Adventure. 

Julie learns Fire Safety in the Home from a FireFi...

This episode Sam, Mike and Julie shine Spotlight on US Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman.

We visit 🇰🇷South Korea , 🇮🇹Italy, 🇭🇰Hong Kong, 🇺🇸USA, 🇳🇱The Netherlands & the 🇸🇪Sweden in Around the World in 6 Stories.🌍

We look at Gender Wage Gap 👫in the Big Discussion and we learn more about 🇦🇷Argentina in the Fact or Fiction Adventure. 

Julie learns Public Speaking 🗣as a new Life Skill. 

In Language Corner, Mi...

This episode Sam, Mike and Julie shine a Spotlight is on 13 year old Michael Kirkham

We visit Australia , China, USA, Belgium, South Africa & the UK in Around the World in 6 Stories.

We look at Freedom of Speech in the Big Discussion and we learn more about Japan in the Fact or Fiction Adventure.  

Julie learns breathing exercises as a new Life Skill. Mike tells us about English words that are not actually English!

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This episode Sam, Mike and Julie shine Spotlight on Time Magazine's Kid of the Year Award winner, 15 year old Gitanjali Rao.

We visit USA, France, Nepal, Ireland, Norway & the EU in Around the World in 6 Stories.

We look at Gun Control in the Big Discussion and we learn more about USA in the Fact or Fiction Adventure.  

Julie learns sign language as a new Life Skill and Mike tells us about the most translated books in history i...

This episode, Sam, Mike and Julie learn about a new coral reef found in Australia, 3D printed houses made in Belgium and much more in Around the World in 6 Stories.

We look at Universal Basic Income in the Big Discussion, we visit Australia in the Fact or Fiction Adventure and our Youth Spotlight is on 2 teens who found rare coins that are over 1000 years old.  Julie learns the best way to learn a new language and Mike tells us abo...

This episode, Sam, Mike and Julie learn about the heaviest pumpkin in Germany and the most expensive dinosaur fossil sold at auction in New York in Around the World in 6 Stories.

We debate Animal Testing in the Big Discussion, we visit France in the Fact or Fiction Adventure and our Youth Spotlight is on Max Woosey, the 12 year old who has spent over 200 nights sleeping in a tent in his garden.  Julie learns a new life skill - how ...

This episode, Sam, Mike and Julie learn about the Finnish teenager who became Prime Minister for the Day and the South African boy turning litter into games for kids in Around the World in 6 Stories.

We debate the age of voting in the Big Discussion, we visit Kenya in the Fact or Fiction Adventure and our Youth Spotlight is on Amal, the 3.5m puppet of a 9 year old refugee making the 5000 mile journey from the Turkish/Syrian border ...

This episode, Sam, Mike and Julie shine a spotlight on Hazel, an amazing 13 year old girl who helped her Dad win World War 2 for the allies with her love of Mathematics.  

We learn about the amazing jet-suits that are flying paramedics up mountains in the North of England, hear about the balloons floating above Kenya sending out the internet and find out about 2 Egyptian "Mummies" found in the hunt for Cleopatra.

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This episode, Sam, Mike and Julie shining a spotlight is on Dara, an inspiring 16 year old from Northern Ireland who has won a major literary prize.

We work out what's making a strange sound in California, talk about the amazing plant life in Papua New Guinea and find why you get free cake in Finland for cutting down your CO2 Emissions.

Social Media is the Big Discussion, we visit India in the Fact or Fiction Adventure.

Julie teach...

This episode, Sam, Mike and Julie shine a spotlight on Denisse, an amazing 16 year old from Ecuador who set up a school for her community.

We talk about the tallest giraffe in the world, the 30ft ice cream and the secret to living to 116 years old.

Homeschooling is the Big Discussion, we visit Canada in the Fact or Fiction Adventure.

Julie teaches us a new life skill - tying a figure-of-8 knot! 

AROUND THE WORLD IN 6 STORIES:

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