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Learn and practise useful English with clips from programmes around the BBC. Each week, we talk about an interesting topic and learn helpful words and phrases used in natural spoken English - all in 6 minutes! Practise your listening and hear natural spoken English. Find more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglishFollow us at https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus

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Episodes (342)

How green is your money?

6 Minute English

Oct 19, 20236:12pending

Mushrooms: Medicine or myth?

6 Minute English

Oct 12, 20236:13pending

Saving dead languages

6 Minute English

Oct 5, 20236:14pending

Sounds that make you want to scream

6 Minute English

Sep 28, 20236:11pending

How fans talk about their passions

6 Minute English

Sep 21, 20236:13pending

Making male friends

6 Minute English

Sep 14, 20236:14pending

Space-saving solar hacks

6 Minute English

Sep 7, 20236:13pending

The stories behind our names

6 Minute English

Aug 31, 20236:11pending

Heatwaves - can we adapt?

6 Minute English

Aug 24, 20236:14pending

Are you unhappy at work?

6 Minute English

Aug 17, 20236:11pending

Do you have eco-anxiety?

6 Minute English

Aug 10, 20236:10pending

Can we stop natural disasters?

6 Minute English

Aug 4, 20236:11pending

The right way to say sorry

6 Minute English

Jul 27, 20236:14pending

Could you live on wild food?

6 Minute English

Jul 20, 20236:22pending

Plants fighting pollution

6 Minute English

Jul 13, 20236:13pending

Should we fear chatbots?

6 Minute English

Jul 6, 20236:14pending

Is it wrong to eat plants?

6 Minute English

Jun 29, 20236:26pending

Sonic seasoning

6 Minute English

Jun 22, 20236:15pending

The benefits of doing nothing

6 Minute English

Jun 15, 20236:19pending

The art of subtitling

6 Minute English

Jun 8, 20236:15pending

Ecotourism: good or bad?

6 Minute English

Jun 1, 20236:29pending

Can climate change cause more disease?

6 Minute English

May 25, 20236:21pending

Food shortages

6 Minute English

May 18, 20236:31pending

Addicted to war

6 Minute English

May 11, 20236:21pending

Ice and the origins of life on Earth

6 Minute English

May 4, 20236:21pending

Women in politics

6 Minute English

Apr 27, 20236:18pending

What's the point of museums?

6 Minute English

Apr 20, 20236:19pending

How culture affects sadness

6 Minute English

Apr 13, 20236:15pending

Would you eat a Kalette?

6 Minute English

Apr 6, 20236:35pending

Do you get jealous easily?

6 Minute English

Mar 30, 20236:20pending

Are you lonely in a crowd?

6 Minute English

Mar 23, 20236:20pending

Food and mood

6 Minute English

Mar 16, 20236:15pending

How to talk to a climate denier

6 Minute English

Mar 9, 20236:30pending

Losing your mother tongue

6 Minute English

Mar 2, 20236:19pending

The health benefits of apples

6 Minute English

Feb 23, 20236:21pending

Why do we procrastinate?

6 Minute English

Feb 16, 20236:14pending

Doomscrolling: Why do we do it?

6 Minute English

Feb 9, 20236:16pending

Exercise for The Lazy

6 Minute English

Feb 2, 20236:19pending

Can AI have a mind of its own?

6 Minute English

Jan 26, 20236:20pending

Climate change: Are there too many people?

6 Minute English

Jan 19, 20236:17pending

The hidden life of buffets

6 Minute English

Jan 12, 20236:00pending

Songwriting

6 Minute English

Jan 5, 20236:16pending

United against food waste

6 Minute English

Dec 29, 20226:18pending

3D printers

6 Minute English

Dec 22, 20226:17pending

Are opinion polls accurate?

6 Minute English

Dec 15, 20226:20pending

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

6 Minute English

Dec 8, 20226:22pending

Can music mend a broken heart?

6 Minute English

Dec 1, 20226:16pending

The art of conversation

6 Minute English

Nov 24, 20226:19pending

Qatar's World Cup workers

6 Minute English

Nov 17, 20226:11pending

Controlling the weather

6 Minute English

Nov 10, 20226:17pending