6 Minute English
Learn and practise useful English language for everyday situations with the BBC. Your weekly instruction manual for saying or doing something in English is published every Thursday.
Episodes (630)
Ecotourism: good or bad?
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Can climate change cause more disease?
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Food shortages
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Addicted to war
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Ice and the origins of life on Earth
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Women in politics
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What's the point of museums?
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How culture affects sadness
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Would you eat a Kalette?
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Do you get jealous easily?
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Are you lonely in a crowd?
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Food and mood
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How to talk to a climate denier
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Losing your mother tongue
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The health benefits of apples
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Why do we procrastinate?
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Doomscrolling: Why do we do it?
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Exercise for The Lazy
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Can AI have a mind of its own?
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Climate change: Are there too many people?
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The hidden life of buffets
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Songwriting
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United against food waste
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3D printers
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Are opinion polls accurate?
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Deep-sea mining: Good or bad for the planet?
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Can music mend a broken heart?
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The art of conversation
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Qatar's World Cup workers
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Controlling the weather
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Meet the flavourists
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Are Halloween costumes too scary?
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Does climate change make you anxious?
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Translating recipes
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Are artistic brains different?
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Why are prices going up?
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English for dating online
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Man vs beast: Who is more efficient?
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Are you following your dreams?
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Do emojis make language better?
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Being a beauty influencer
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Women in the workplace
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Connecting remote communities
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How pandemics end
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Confused by modern idioms?
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Which are more dangerous: Sharks or humans?
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Climate change and evolution
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Preserving traditional recipes
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Restoring trust in science
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The Manhattan Project
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