6 Minute English Podcast
Learn and practise useful English with clips from programmes around the BBC.
Find more at bbclearninenglish.com
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.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish
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Episodes to download
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Covid: One year on
Thu 25 Feb 2021
Over a year on since the first outbreak, what have we learnt? We talk about the pandemic.
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Singing in tune
Thu 18 Feb 2021
Neil and Georgina discuss singing and teach you related vocabulary along the way.
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Working for yourself
Thu 11 Feb 2021
Rob and Georgina talk about the advantages and disadvantages of freelancing.
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How much heat do you lose from your head?
Thu 4 Feb 2021
Rob and Georgina talk about percentages and teach you some English vocabulary.
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The woman whose cells never die
Thu 28 Jan 2021
Rob and Georgina discuss medical research and teach you related vocabulary.
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What makes a good story?
Thu 21 Jan 2021
Hear about storytelling and how it helps us to connect and communicate.
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For the love of foreign languages
Thu 14 Jan 2021
Is learning languages good for head, heart and soul?
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Why can't we resist comfort food?
Thu 7 Jan 2021
Neil and Rob talk about comfort food and what actually makes us eat it.
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Coronavirus vs other pandemics
Christmas Eve 2020
Hear about coronavirus and how it isn’t that bad compared to historical pandemics
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Are trees intelligent?
Thu 17 Dec 2020
We talk about trees and how they can communicate and help each other.
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Can jellyfish help us solve our problems?
Thu 10 Dec 2020
We discuss how these sea creatures could help us solve the problem of plastic pollution.
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Why do we choose to text instead of talk?
Thu 3 Dec 2020
Communicating by text has become more and more popular. Neil and Georgina talk about it.
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Loneliness
Thu 26 Nov 2020
Neil and Rob talk about loneliness and how some people prefer their own company.
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Is punctuality important?
Thu 19 Nov 2020
We discuss people's attitude to being on time and why some people are always late.
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Could you be a victim of online fraud?
Thu 12 Nov 2020
We talk about online fraud and teach you some useful vocabulary along the way.
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Melting ice sheet: Is it too late?
Thu 5 Nov 2020
Many scientists are wondering whether it’s now too late to stop global warming.
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Walkman: the music player revolution
Thu 29 Oct 2020
Neil and Georgina take a nostalgic look back at the 1980s and the birth of the Walkman.
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Could humans live in underwater cities?
Thu 22 Oct 2020
Hear about projects to create liveable underwater habitats and learn new vocabulary.
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Hacking help for US elections
Thu 15 Oct 2020
Rob and Sam discuss plans in the US to reduce the risk of cyber-attacks on election day.
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Do chimps have the same emotions as us?
Thu 8 Oct 2020
Hear Jane Goodall talk about the deep connections between humans and the great apes.
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How can we make the web a better place?
Thu 1 Oct 2020
Neil and Sam talk about the subject and teach you vocabulary along the way.
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Coronavirus: Dealing with mass unemployment post-pandemic
Thu 24 Sep 2020
Neil and Sam discuss the post-Covid job landscape and teach you vocabulary along the way.
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Grandma therapy in Zimbabwe
Thu 17 Sep 2020
Grandmothers are being trained to provide therapy to people in their community.
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Is there a future without bees?
Thu 10 Sep 2020
The number of bees is declining at an alarming rate, with serious consequences for us.
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How to talk about conspiracy theories
Thu 3 Sep 2020
We discuss what to do when you are confronted with someone who spreads falsehoods.
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What’s the point of blood types?
Thu 27 Aug 2020
In this programme, we’ll be finding out all about blood and teaching you some vocabulary.
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Will Covid-19 change cities?
Thu 20 Aug 2020
Rob and Neil discuss the future of our cities and teach you useful vocabulary.
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Is this the era of distrust?
Thu 13 Aug 2020
In an era of fake news, could it be that we are living through a crisis in trust?
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No more bosses
Thu 6 Aug 2020
Can companies operate better without managers? We talk about it and teach you vocabulary.
