6 Minute English Podcast
Learn and practise useful English with clips from programmes around the 91¸£ÀûÉç.
Find more at bbclearninenglish.com
Learn and practise useful English with clips from programmes around the 91¸£ÀûÉç.
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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Episodes to download
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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.
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Confused by modern idioms?
Thu 28 Jul 2022
We talk about some new expressions that have been introduced to English through the media
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Which are more dangerous: Sharks or humans?
Thu 21 Jul 2022
From monster killers of the sea to endangered species - we talk sharks and vocabulary.
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Climate change and evolution
Thu 14 Jul 2022
We discuss the impact of climate change on today's wildlife.
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Preserving traditional recipes
Thu 7 Jul 2022
We discuss the tastes of our childhood and teach new vocabulary.
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Restoring trust in science
Thu 30 Jun 2022
Modern scientists are under pressure from critics motivated by political views.
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Island life: Is it paradise?
Thu 16 Jun 2022
Rob and Sam discuss some of the problems Pacific islanders face and teach vocabulary.
