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Are opinion polls accurate?

15 december 2022 · 6 min

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What can opinion polls really tell us?

Deep-sea mining: Good or bad for the planet?

8 december 2022 · 6 min

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Could some ideas to deal with climate change actually damage the environment?

Can music mend a broken heart?

1 december 2022 · 6 min

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Meet a singer-songwriter who used music to express her feelings of falling in love.

The art of conversation

24 november 2022 · 6 min

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We discuss whether the art of conversation is being lost in the era of social media

Qatar's World Cup workers

17 november 2022 · 6 min

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Hear about the workers who built the World Cup stadiums

Controlling the weather

10 november 2022 · 6 min

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We discuss two different types of weather manipulation.

Meet the flavourists

3 november 2022 · 6 min

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Is designing a food flavour a dark art? We talk about the people who make flavours.

Are Halloween costumes too scary?

27 oktober 2022 · 6 min

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Some parents are complaining that some Halloween costumes are too scary.

Does climate change make you anxious?

20 oktober 2022 · 6 min

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We discuss how extreme weather events are affecting our mental health.

Translating recipes

13 oktober 2022 · 6 min

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How to adapt dishes from other countries? We talk about it and teach you vocabulary.

Are artistic brains different?

6 oktober 2022 · 6 min

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We talk about Mozart, Jimi Hendrix and teach you vocabulary.

Why are prices going up?

29 september 2022 · 6 min

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We discuss inflation and economics and teach related vocabulary.

English for dating online

22 september 2022 · 6 min

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We discuss language that gets used for dating online and new language that is emerging.

Man vs beast: Who is more efficient?

15 september 2022 · 6 min

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We discuss the advantages of the design of the human body, and teach you vocabulary too.

Are you following your dreams?

8 september 2022 · 6 min

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Hear about two people who dared to follow their dreams and are happy to have done so.

Do emojis make language better?

1 september 2022 · 6 min

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Are emojis turning us into lazy writers?

Being a beauty influencer

25 augustus 2022 · 6 min

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Hear about women who are using social media to change attitudes to beauty

Women in the workplace

18 augustus 2022 · 6 min

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Hear about the career-killing tasks that are holding women back in the workplace

Connecting remote communities

11 augustus 2022 · 6 min

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How do you connect the unconnected?

How pandemics end

4 augustus 2022 · 6 min

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Covid-19, The Black Death ... We discuss what happens when deadly diseases go global.

Confused by modern idioms?

28 juli 2022 · 6 min

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We talk about some new expressions that have been introduced to English through the media

Which are more dangerous: Sharks or humans?

21 juli 2022 · 6 min

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From monster killers of the sea to endangered species - we talk sharks and vocabulary.

Climate change and evolution

14 juli 2022 · 6 min

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We discuss the impact of climate change on today's wildlife.

Preserving traditional recipes

7 juli 2022 · 6 min

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We discuss the tastes of our childhood and teach new vocabulary.

Restoring trust in science

30 juni 2022 · 6 min

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Modern scientists are under pressure from critics motivated by political views.

The Manhattan Project

23 juni 2022 · 6 min

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Learn about the invention of the atomic bomb

Island life: Is it paradise?

16 juni 2022 · 6 min

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Rob and Sam discuss some of the problems Pacific islanders face and teach vocabulary.

The technology of translation

9 juni 2022 · 6 min

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What is the relationship between translation, technology and the human brain?

What is the Platinum Jubilee?

1 juni 2022 · 6 min

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We talk about a very British tradition involving Queen Elizabeth II

People who can taste words

26 mei 2022 · 6 min

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Can you imagine being able to ‘taste’ every word that you hear?

Finding your way in space

20 mei 2022 · 6 min

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What’s up and what’s down for astronauts who are floating in zero gravity?

Can VR treat fears and phobias?

12 mei 2022 · 6 min

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VR is helping people overcome phobias and even tackling more serious problems.

Life in the modern office

5 mei 2022 · 6 min

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Great or awful? How do people rate office working? We talk about it and teach vocabulary.

Remembering Desmond Tutu

28 april 2022 · 6 min

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Deep convictions and a sense of humour - we talk about a man who helped end apartheid.

Discoveries of the Deep Sea

21 april 2022 · 6 min

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We talk about an extreme environment, and teach you vocabulary along the way.

Rhetoric: How persuasive are you?

14 april 2022 · 6 min

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We talk about an art that started with ancient Greek philosophers

Britain's love affair with coffee

7 april 2022 · 6 min

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It's not all about tea - Britons like coffee too. Learn vocabulary to talk about it.

Optimists vs Pessimists

31 maart 2022 · 6 min

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Which one you are may be linked more to your birthplace and age than attitude.

The world of Agatha Christie

25 maart 2022 · 6 min

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We discuss one of her most famous characters and teach you related vocabulary.

Mars: Mysteries of the Red Planet

17 maart 2022 · 6 min

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Neil and Sam discuss our fascination with the 'Red Planet' and teach you related vocab.

Why laughter is the best medicine

10 maart 2022 · 6 min

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Shouldn't we take laughter more seriously? We discuss and teach related vocabulary.

Is being kind good for you?

3 maart 2022 · 6 min

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Neil and Sam discuss the benefits of kindness and teach you related vocabulary.

Eating bugs

24 februari 2022 · 6 min

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Neil and Sam discuss eating insects and teach you related vocabulary.

The benefits of boredom

17 februari 2022 · 6 min

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We talk about the positive side of boredom and teach you related vocabulary.

Sleepy in South Korea

9 februari 2022 · 6 min

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Life in a place where people work longer hours and get less sleep than anywhere else.

Sleepy in South Korea

3 februari 2022 · 6 min

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Life in a place where people work longer hours and get less sleep than anywhere else.

Preparing for the Beijing Winter Olympics

27 januari 2022 · 6 min

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Artificial snow, coronavirus and controversy surround the Beijing Games starting soon.

Are personalised diets the best way to be healthy?

20 januari 2022 · 6 min

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We discuss how microbes matter when it comes to food, and teach some related vocabulary.

Inventing languages

13 januari 2022 · 6 min

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Learn about how languages get invented

Welcome to the 'metaverse'

6 januari 2022 · 6 min

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We discuss how things like the metaverse and AI might influence how we live.