Time Out with Rita Rita Simons Santiago

Our guest today is Jeanne Angel, Ph.D., who is retired after a long career in education, primarily having taught ESOL in a variety of locations and at different educational and language levels, but whose favorite job was coordinating a brand-new K-12 ESOL program in Iowa. Dr. Angel will give us answers to questions about Thanksgiving such as how and when this holiday started in the United States, and how we celebrate it today. Join us for the answers to these questions and more

We love our apples in Wisconsin, and autumn here is almost synonymous with apples. We eat apples, we play games with apples, we give apples as gifts and we even incorporate apple expressions in our language. Maybe it would be faster to list what we DON'T do with apples here in Wisconsin!  Join us as we talk about how important apples are to our fall in Wisconsin!  Being our first podcast in November, we will also take a look at a few important events that have happened throughout history during the month of November, events that we must remember.

This episode features Michael Catheline explaining to the listeners who can be a candidate for the American presidency and how the American people elect the president.

Suzanne Miller tells us a bit about the origin of Halloween, our customs and traditions, as well as a few local updates for this year’s celebrations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Diane Ruiz tells listeners about two of her favorite fall stops that are beautiful and free for exploration, Holy Hill and New Glarus.

This is a listening activity for adults learning English as a second or foreign language. The topic is autumn in Wisconsin, emphasizing this month, September, 2020. There are questions asked after each section to help with comprehension; the answers are at the end of the podcast.