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A live radio program focused on politics and spiritual/ethical insights.

Live English Round table Radio is a professional, language-learning-driven format that combines expert discussion on politics and ethical guidance with practical English language instruction. The show features a moderator and multiple guests, delivering nuanced, respectful dialogue that helps listeners stay informed about current events while improving their English proficiency. This page explains the concept, format, benefits, and how to implement or adapt the roundtable format for your publication or broadcast.

It’s designed to be adaptable for daily, weekday, or weekly broadcasts.  A live roundtable discussion featuring a moderator and 2–4 expert guests (politics, policy, ethics, religion/spirituality). The aim is to foster nuanced dialogue, demonstrate diplomatic language, and provide actionable takeaways for listeners.

  • Primary goals:
    • Deliver informed, balanced political analysis in clear, accessible English.
    • Demonstrate diplomatic language, respectful disagreement, and evidence-based reasoning.
    • Provide practical ethical or spiritual insights that listeners can apply in daily life.
  • Core pillars:
    1. Politics: Analysis of current events, policy implications, and international perspectives.
    2. Guidance/Religious/Ethical insights: Practical moral reasoning and universal values framed in clear English.
    3. Debate etiquette: Demonstrating respectful disagreement, listening cues, and summarizing point
  • A Lifetime of Resistance

  • Sayyid ʿAli Ḥusaynī Khāmeneʼī also known as “Ayatollah Khamenei”, was among Shi’a Marja’s and the second leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Before being elected as the leader in 1989, he was elected by the people twice and served as the third president of Iran from 1981 to 1989. He was also a member of parliament for a short period. He was also appointed as the imam of Friday Prayer (Imam al-Jumu’a) of Tehran by Imam Khomeini. Before the Islamic Revolution of Iran, he was among the active clerics in Mashhad. Ayatollah Khamenei authored and translated some works. The most comprehensive ones he wrote were An Outline of Islamic Thought in the Quran and Sulh al-Hasan was his most famous translation. Moreover, his speeches were compiled in a comprehensive work called Hadith-i wilayat. Several other books were also collected and published based on his speeches and written messages on different topics.