Stephen from ‪@send7podcast‬ joins me today for a talk about the news. We cover a wide range of topics, such as learning English with the news, avoiding bias and fake news, how to deal with news anxiety, and some positive stories you may have missed.

Stephen also shares reasons why he's feeling optimistic for the future despite all the terrible things we see in the news today. Stick around until the end to find out why.

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0:00 Intro
03:56 Conversation Begins
07:05 Importance of Travel
12:24 Why learn from the news?
16:43 Monolingualism in the UK
23:10 How to learn from the news
27:57 How to Avoid Fake News
35:57 How to avoid getting stressed with the news
40:45 Clickbait
43:18 Positive News Stories
52:04 Where to find Stephen