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.
Find more at
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish
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Episodes to download
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The health benefits of apples
Thu 23 Feb 2023
Could there be some truth in the proverb 'an apple a day keeps the doctor away'?
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Why do we procrastinate?
Thu 16 Feb 2023
Do you leave your work until the last minute? If so, this programme is for you!
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Doomscrolling: Why do we do it?
Thu 9 Feb 2023
We discuss if there is an evolutionary reason why we're attracted to bad news.
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Exercise for The Lazy
Thu 2 Feb 2023
What's the least amount of exercise you should do to stay healthy?
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Can AI have a mind of its own?
Thu 26 Jan 2023
Hear about the software engineer who became 'friends' with his computer.
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Climate change: Are there too many people?
Thu 19 Jan 2023
Does the size of your carbon footprint depend on where in the world you were born?
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The hidden life of buffets
Thu 12 Jan 2023
We discuss buffet meals and the history behind them and teach related vocabulary.
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Songwriting
Thu 5 Jan 2023
We discuss the art of songwriting – combining lyrics and music to make a hit song.
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United against food waste
Thu 29 Dec 2022
According to the UN, one third of the food we grow is thrown away. How can we stop this?
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3D printers
Thu 22 Dec 2022
We look at the role of 3D printers in medicine, and teach you some related vocabulary.
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Deep-sea mining: Good or bad for the planet?
Thu 8 Dec 2022
Could some ideas to deal with climate change actually damage the environment?
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Can music mend a broken heart?
Thu 1 Dec 2022
Meet a singer-songwriter who used music to express her feelings of falling in love.
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The art of conversation
Thu 24 Nov 2022
We discuss whether the art of conversation is being lost in the era of social media
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Meet the flavourists
Thu 3 Nov 2022
Is designing a food flavour a dark art? We talk about the people who make flavours.
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Are Halloween costumes too scary?
Thu 27 Oct 2022
Some parents are complaining that some Halloween costumes are too scary.
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Does climate change make you anxious?
Thu 20 Oct 2022
We discuss how extreme weather events are affecting our mental health.
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Translating recipes
Thu 13 Oct 2022
How to adapt dishes from other countries? We talk about it and teach you vocabulary.
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Are artistic brains different?
Thu 6 Oct 2022
We talk about Mozart, Jimi Hendrix and teach you vocabulary.
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Why are prices going up?
Thu 29 Sep 2022
We discuss inflation and economics and teach related vocabulary.
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English for dating online
Thu 22 Sep 2022
We discuss language that gets used for dating online and new language that is emerging.
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Man vs beast: Who is more efficient?
Thu 15 Sep 2022
We discuss the advantages of the design of the human body, and teach you vocabulary too.
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Are you following your dreams?
Thu 8 Sep 2022
Hear about two people who dared to follow their dreams and are happy to have done so.
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Being a beauty influencer
Thu 25 Aug 2022
Hear about women who are using social media to change attitudes to beauty
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Women in the workplace
Thu 18 Aug 2022
Hear about the career-killing tasks that are holding women back in the workplace
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How pandemics end
Thu 4 Aug 2022
Covid-19, The Black Death ... We discuss what happens when deadly diseases go global.
