6 Minute English Podcast
Learn and practise useful English language for everyday situations.
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Episodes to download
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What can we learn from toddlers?
Thu 4 Jul 2024
You might think that we teach toddlers, but they can teach us as well!
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Building a better world with wood?
Thu 20 Jun 2024
Did you know that building with wood has benefits for our physical and mental health?
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E-rickshaws driving away pollution
Thu 30 May 2024
Are electric rickshaws the solution to urban air pollution?
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Dancing for the brain
Thu 18 Apr 2024
Not a dancer? You might change your mind once you hear the benefits!
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Disability in music and theatre
Thu 21 Mar 2024
Learn about people trying to make it easier for disabled musicians and music fans.
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Sewing to fight period poverty
Thu 7 Mar 2024
Period poverty affects over 500 million people worldwide. How can volunteers help?
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Plastic waste eaten by enzymes
Thu 29 Feb 2024
Plastics can be difficult to recycle, could a recently discovered enzyme help?
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Food for new mums
Thu 15 Feb 2024
What do mothers eat after giving birth? Does it depend on which country you are from?
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Fighting loneliness with soup
Thu 8 Feb 2024
Neil and Beth discuss a project in the Netherlands for helping lonely people.
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What is the future of work?
Thu 1 Feb 2024
Should we be worried about our jobs disappearing? Or is the future positive?
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Addicted to sugar
Thu 11 Jan 2024
How has sugar become such an important part of our diets? Neil and Georgie discuss.
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Our love of pets
Thu 4 Jan 2024
Why do we keep, and love, pets? Neil and Georgie discuss this and teach new vocabulary.
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Sexism: Female farmers fighting back
Thu 28 Dec 2023
Female farmers in many countries face sexism. Some are finding ways to be fairly treated.
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Learning lessons from the Moon
Thu 21 Dec 2023
Summer 2023 saw two missions to the Moon. Why are scientists so keen to get there?
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Could we live without plastic?
Thu 14 Dec 2023
Is it time to start living without plastic? Beth and Neil discuss this.
