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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)

Why we forget the things we learn

6 Minute English

Nov 18, 20216:19pending

Why is Super Mario so popular?

6 Minute English

Nov 11, 20216:18pending

Should fast food sponsor sport?

6 Minute English

Nov 4, 20216:19pending

Grime: Music from architecture

6 Minute English

Oct 28, 20216:19pending

Where do your tips go?

6 Minute English

Oct 21, 20216:18pending

Angela Merkel

6 Minute English

Oct 14, 20216:10pending

Smart tech and climate change

6 Minute English

Oct 7, 20216:12pending

Going through the menopause

6 Minute English

Sep 30, 20216:18pending

Bitcoin's energy cost

6 Minute English

Sep 27, 20216:18pending

I love my language!

6 Minute English

Sep 23, 20216:18pending

Why are people collecting NFTs?

6 Minute English

Sep 20, 20216:20pending

Robot Artists

6 Minute English

Sep 16, 20216:46pending

Bats: Friend or foe?

6 Minute English

Sep 13, 20216:19pending

Is the planet warming up faster?

6 Minute English

Sep 9, 20216:46pending

Is technology harmful to youngsters?

6 Minute English

Sep 6, 20216:18pending

Is chimp politics like ours?

6 Minute English

Sep 2, 20216:46pending

Making sense of the census

6 Minute English

Aug 26, 20216:44pending

The fear of numbers

6 Minute English

Aug 23, 20216:17pending

A future without doctors?

6 Minute English

Aug 19, 20216:46pending

Lights! Camera! Kiss! - Intimacy on screen

6 Minute English

Aug 16, 20216:17pending

Head injury in sport

6 Minute English

Aug 12, 20216:46pending

Inside the head of Jeff Bezos

6 Minute English

Aug 9, 20216:19pending

The history of swimming

6 Minute English

Aug 5, 20216:47pending

Are humans a messy species?

6 Minute English

Jul 29, 20216:43pending

The loneliest man in history

6 Minute English

Jul 26, 20216:16pending

How colour affects us

6 Minute English

Jul 19, 20216:17pending

Flexible working

6 Minute English

Jul 15, 20216:17pending

Hypnotism

6 Minute English

Jul 8, 20216:18pending

Saving the white rhinos

6 Minute English

Jul 1, 20216:16pending

Making old things last longer

6 Minute English

Jun 24, 20216:18pending

Building rapport with others

6 Minute English

Jun 17, 20216:17pending

Food superstitions

6 Minute English

Jun 10, 20216:18pending

The Rosetta Stone

6 Minute English

Jun 3, 20216:18pending

Compassion fatigue

6 Minute English

May 27, 20216:17pending

Hermits

6 Minute English

May 20, 20216:16pending

When males are not needed

6 Minute English

May 14, 20216:18pending

Mermaids

6 Minute English

May 6, 20216:18pending

A quieter world

6 Minute English

Apr 29, 20216:19pending

US and China vs climate change

6 Minute English

Apr 22, 20216:17pending

Naked in nature

6 Minute English

Apr 15, 20216:19pending

The language of biscuits

6 Minute English

Apr 8, 20216:13pending

Is English really English?

6 Minute English

Apr 1, 20216:19pending

Astronauts on strike?

6 Minute English

Mar 25, 20216:19pending

Digital help for blind people

6 Minute English

Mar 18, 20216:19pending

What’s the key to happiness?

6 Minute English

Mar 11, 20216:19pending

Looking for utopia

6 Minute English

Mar 4, 20216:19pending

Covid: One year on

6 Minute English

Feb 25, 20216:19pending

Singing in tune

6 Minute English

Feb 18, 20216:19pending

Working for yourself

6 Minute English

Feb 11, 20216:19pending

How much heat do you lose from your head?

6 Minute English

Feb 4, 20216:17pending