Learn and Experience the World Podcast

Amal (9) - Syria: Refugee puppet making 5000 mile journey

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 to Manchester, England.  Julie learns a new life skill - map reading! 

AROUND THE WORLD IN 6 STORIES:

• Sweden: First All female Nobel Prize recipients in Chemistry
• Italy: Cursed stolen artefacts from Pompei
• Canada: Queen of the Ocean tagged
• Finland: Teenage Prime Minister for the day
• South Africa: Recycled litter made into games for kids
• Tanzania: Miner becomes millionaire

THE BIG DISCUSSION:

• The Age of Voting

FACT or FICTION:

• Kenya

YOUTH SPOTLIGHT:

• Amal, the 3.5m puppet of a 9 year old refugee making the 5000 mile journey from the Turkish/Syrian border to Manchester, England

LIFE-SKILLS

• Using a map and compass

LANGUAGE CORNER

• Riddles

What is the L&E Podcast?

The Learn and Experience Podcast explores and makes sense of the world we live in through Adventure, Life-Skills and Language.

Join Sam, Mike and Julie monthly with a fast paced, informative and fun show with an emphasis on learning and experiencing.

We’d love to know what you think about our podcast!  Please rate and review and most importantly subscribe if you haven’t already done so.

• Website: https://learnandexperience.com/the-podcast/
• Instagram: @learnandexperience247
• Popjam: @learnandexperience
• Email: podcast@learnandexperience.com

Learn and Experience have been bringing the world's youth together since 2009 through adventure, life skills and language.

Hazel (13) - UK: Helped Dad win war with love of Maths

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.

What is the best meal of the day is the Big Discussion, we visit Brazil in the Fact or Fiction Adventure.

Julie teaches us a new life skill - understanding Electricity! 

AROUND THE WORLD IN 6 STORIES:

• Kenya: Google Internet Balloons
• The Netherlands: £5m Van Gogh Mystery
• England: Jetsuits for Paramedics 
• Egypt: 2 "New" Mummies found in the Hunt for Cleopatra
• UK: 15 year old sails around Britain
• Greece: Longest Freedive record 

THE BIG DISCUSSION:

• The Best Meal of the Day

FACT or FICTION:

• Brazil

YOUTH SPOTLIGHT:

• Hazel Hill (13 year old Mathematician War Hero)

LIFE-SKILLS

• Understanding Electricity

LANGUAGE CORNER

• Haikus - a short form of poetry from Japan

What is the L&E Podcast?

The Learn and Experience Podcast explores and makes sense of the world we live in through Adventure, Life-Skills and Language.

Join Sam, Mike and Julie monthly with a fast paced, informative and fun show with an emphasis on learning and experiencing.

We’d love to know what you think about our podcast!  Please rate and review and most importantly subscribe if you haven’t already done so.

• Website: https://learnandexperience.com/the-podcast/
• Instagram: @learnandexperience247
• Popjam: @learnandexperience
• Email: podcast@learnandexperience.com

Learn and Experience have been bringing the world's youth together since 2009 through adventure, life skills and language.

Dara (16) - Northern Ireland: Inspiring Nature Author

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 teaches us a new life skill - changing a 13 amp plug! 

AROUND THE WORLD IN 6 STORIES:

• USA: The Giant Orange Wheezing Kazoo
• Papua New Guinea: Plantlife
• Finland: Free Cake for cutting CO2 emissions
• Australia: Aboriginal Artist Prize Winner
• Switzerland: Gold found on Train
• Thailand: Oldest Hippo

THE BIG DISCUSSION:

• Social Media

FACT or FICTION:

• India

YOUTH SPOTLIGHT:

• Dara McAnulty (Nature Author)

LIFE-SKILLS

• Changing a plug

LANGUAGE CORNER (& The L&E Spelling Bee)

• The many pronunciations of "OUGH"

What is the L&E Podcast?

The Learn and Experience Podcast explores and makes sense of the world we live in through Adventure, Life-Skills and Language.

Join Sam, Mike and Julie monthly with a fast paced, informative and fun show with an emphasis on learning and experiencing.

We’d love to know what you think about our podcast!  Please rate and review and most importantly subscribe if you haven’t already done so.

• Website: https://learnandexperience.com/the-podcast/
• Instagram: @learnandexperience247
• Popjam: @learnandexperience
• Email: podcast@learnandexperience.com

Learn and Experience have been bringing the world's youth together since 2009 through adventure, life skills and language.