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6 Minute English — 322 episodes
How reading shapes your brain
Should we eat ultra-processed food?
Why are we all so stressed?
Love the foods you hate
The future of food
Are saunas good for you?
Weight loss drugs
How do we adapt to the cold?
Should we pay more for chocolate?
Why are some animals black and white?
The power of pepper
Dreaming of being a chef
Artistic swimming
Rethinking dyslexia
Why are billionaires building bunkers?
Scared to speak English?
What English phrases really mean
Is social media dead?
Is it OK to disagree?
Was Christmas better in the past?
Finding and eating wild food
How are horses helping to heal humans?
What’s your favourite flavour of crisp?
How are influencers affecting politics?
Do you have good dining etiquette?
How important is play?
Do you like garlic?
Is breakfast the most important meal of the day?
Did a civilisation exist on Earth before humans?
Are we too fixated on protein?
What makes a good citizen?
Have you ever seen a whale?
The criminal trade in ancient objects
Would you like a robot companion?
What causes hearing loss?
The joys of writing lists
What's it like to be a twin?
What's your favourite snack?
Grown-ups buying kids’ toys
Are you flourishing?
What is the manosphere?
What is degrowth?
How can we help wild bees?
Do you need to declutter your home?
How do you say sorry?
Are plant-based substitutes healthier than meat?
How do babies communicate?
Can climate change affect our mental health?
How important is politeness?
What's your favourite kind of noodle?
Foods that go crunch
Which cooking oil is the best?
Should animals be kept in zoos?
Can cows prevent wildfires?
How climate change affects animal migration
Can AI solve crime?
Learning multiple languages
Are we getting more allergic to things?
Can we boost the immune system?
Healthy meals on a budget
Should we eat less rice?
The country that measures happiness
A vaccine for cancer
Young women on social media
Rage bait: How online anger makes money
Why smells make us feel at home
Becoming a musician
How the world learned to love fast food
Which country has the best schools?
Eating 50-year-old stew
Are you drinking enough water?
Embarrassed to go to the doctor?
Call centres: Are you talking to AI?
Making 'mum friends'
Can you trust ancestry DNA kits?
How babies learn to talk
The secrets to a healthy old age
The bond between sisters
Having acne
Why you need a good night's sleep
Divorce: Why does it happen?
Tech that refuses to die
Did Taylor Swift fans cause an earthquake?
What decides our taste?
Learning a new food culture
Saving water in the driest place on Earth
Keeping kids off smartphones
Less salt, better health
Meet a real Willy Wonka
Why we love dumplings
Kids and climate change
Birthday cakes
The science of falling in love
Why read books, not screens?
AI to reduce animal testing
The school that puts the kids in charge
What can we learn from toddlers?
How learning to read changes lives
Building a better world with wood?
How names can tell painful stories
Too old to have a baby?
E-rickshaws driving away pollution
How bubble tea got its bubbles
Can you keep a secret?
Bitter food, better health?
Talking at the table
Eating for two
Dancing for the brain
Nudges: The secrets of persuasion
Why sitting is bad for health
Why everyone loves the underdog
Disability in music and theatre
What makes a great library?
Sewing to fight period poverty
Plastic waste eaten by enzymes
Feed your brain
Food for new mums
Fighting loneliness with soup
What is the future of work?
How the language of menus matters
The psychology of greed
Addicted to sugar
Our love of pets
Sexism: Female farmers fighting back
Learning lessons from the Moon
Could we live without plastic?
Invasive species: Why don't we eat them?
What and where is Little Italy?
Social media and teenage health
Mystery flying objects
Elephant-proof farming
Episode 2.1
Episode 1- Phrasal verbs with "Get"
Ways to live for 100 years
Mushrooms: Medicine or myth?
Saving dead languages
Sounds that make you want to scream
How fans talk about their passions
Making male friends
Space-saving solar hacks
The stories behind our names
Heatwaves - can we adapt?
Are you unhappy at work?
Do you have eco-anxiety?
Can we stop natural disasters?
The right way to say sorry
Could you live on wild food?
Plants fighting pollution
Should we fear chatbots?
Is it wrong to eat plants?
Sonic seasoning
The benefits of doing nothing
The art of subtitling
Ecotourism: good or bad?
Can climate change cause more disease?
Food shortages
Addicted to war
Ice and the origins of life on Earth
Women in politics
What's the point of museums?
How culture affects sadness
Would you eat a Kalette?
Do you get jealous easily?
Are you lonely in a crowd?
Food and mood
How to talk to a climate denier
Losing your mother tongue
The health benefits of apples
Why do we procrastinate?
Doomscrolling: Why do we do it?
Exercise for The Lazy
Can AI have a mind of its own?
Climate change: Are there too many people?
The hidden life of buffets
Songwriting
United against food waste
3D printers
Are opinion polls accurate?
Deep-sea mining: Good or bad for the planet?
Can music mend a broken heart?
The art of conversation
Qatar's World Cup workers
Controlling the weather
Meet the flavourists
Are Halloween costumes too scary?
Does climate change make you anxious?
Translating recipes
Are artistic brains different?
Why are prices going up?
English for dating online
Man vs beast: Who is more efficient?
Are you following your dreams?
Do emojis make language better?
Being a beauty influencer
Women in the workplace
Connecting remote communities
How pandemics end
Confused by modern idioms?
Which are more dangerous: Sharks or humans?
Climate change and evolution
Preserving traditional recipes
Restoring trust in science
The Manhattan Project
Island life: Is it paradise?
The technology of translation
What is the Platinum Jubilee?
People who can taste words
Finding your way in space
Can VR treat fears and phobias?
Life in the modern office
Remembering Desmond Tutu
Discoveries of the Deep Sea
Rhetoric: How persuasive are you?
Britain's love affair with coffee
Optimists vs Pessimists
The world of Agatha Christie
Mars: Mysteries of the Red Planet
Why laughter is the best medicine
Is being kind good for you?
Eating bugs
The benefits of boredom
Sleepy in South Korea
Sleepy in South Korea
Preparing for the Beijing Winter Olympics
Are personalised diets the best way to be healthy?
Inventing languages
Welcome to the 'metaverse'
Do trees have memories?
Algorithms
Changing the Earth's climate
Body language online
The Human Library: Life as an open book
How green is nuclear energy?
Why we forget the things we learn
Why is Super Mario so popular?
Should fast food sponsor sport?
Grime: Music from architecture
Where do your tips go?
Angela Merkel
Smart tech and climate change
Going through the menopause
Bitcoin's energy cost
I love my language!
Why are people collecting NFTs?
Robot Artists
Bats: Friend or foe?
Is the planet warming up faster?
Is technology harmful to youngsters?
Is chimp politics like ours?
Making sense of the census
The fear of numbers
A future without doctors?
Lights! Camera! Kiss! - Intimacy on screen
Head injury in sport
Inside the head of Jeff Bezos
The history of swimming
Are humans a messy species?
The loneliest man in history
How colour affects us
Flexible working
Hypnotism
Saving the white rhinos
Making old things last longer
Building rapport with others
Food superstitions
The Rosetta Stone
Compassion fatigue
Hermits
When males are not needed
Mermaids
A quieter world
US and China vs climate change
Naked in nature
The language of biscuits
Is English really English?
Astronauts on strike?
Digital help for blind people
What’s the key to happiness?
Looking for utopia
Covid: One year on
Singing in tune
Working for yourself
How much heat do you lose from your head?
The woman whose cells never die
What makes a good story?
For the love of foreign languages
Why can't we resist comfort food?
What is fat-shaming?
Coronavirus vs other pandemics
Are trees intelligent?
Can jellyfish help us solve our problems?
Why do we choose to text instead of talk?
Loneliness
Is punctuality important?
Could you be a victim of online fraud?
Melting ice sheet: Is it too late?
Walkman: the music player revolution
Could humans live in underwater cities?
Hacking help for US elections
Do chimps have the same emotions as us?
How can we make the web a better place?
Coronavirus: Dealing with mass unemployment post-pandemic
Grandma therapy in Zimbabwe
Is there a future without bees?
How to talk about conspiracy theories
What’s the point of blood types?
Will Covid-19 change cities?
Is this the era of distrust?
No more bosses
The medicine of coronavirus
Food made in space
Sport against poverty
Covid-19: The office after lockdown
Should we wear a face mask?
Millennials and business
Is being thrifty a virtue?
The food delivery revolution
What difference has #MeToo made?
Is the recycling system broken?
The soothing power of books
Shocking facts about electricity
Internet - good or bad?