6 Minute English

We are kind to animals. What about plants?

Can sound make your food taste better? Neil and Beth discuss.

Would being lazy have a purpose in life?

Hear how subtitles can help bring TV and movies to life.

Is a style of tourism that respects animals and local communities working well?

Mosquito-borne diseases kill 750,000 annually. Could climate change make it worse?

Listen to an expert on the global food system and learn some vocabulary.

A war correspondent tells his story.

Sam and Neil talk about an essential element for life to thrive.

We discuss some of the reasons why women make up only 26% of the world's politicians.

Beth and Neil discuss the controversial role of museums in the 21st century.

Could your culture influence sadness? We talk about sadness and teach you vocabulary.

Learn about the world of novelty vegetables.

Hear experts talking about jealousy and envy, and learn related vocabulary.

We discuss the role of crowds in modern life

We look at the link between what you eat and how you feel.

The dos and don'ts of trying to discuss science with someone who doesn't believe in it.

Hear the story of a woman who replaced her native Czech for English.

Could there be some truth in the proverb 'an apple a day keeps the doctor away'?

Do you leave your work until the last minute? If so, this programme is for you!

We discuss if there is an evolutionary reason why we're attracted to bad news.

What's the least amount of exercise you should do to stay healthy?

Hear about the software engineer who became 'friends' with his computer.

Does the size of your carbon footprint depend on where in the world you were born?

We discuss buffet meals and the history behind them and teach related vocabulary.

We discuss the art of songwriting – combining lyrics and music to make a hit song.

According to the UN, one third of the food we grow is thrown away. How can we stop this?

We look at the role of 3D printers in medicine, and teach you some related vocabulary.

What can opinion polls really tell us?

Could some ideas to deal with climate change actually damage the environment?

Meet a singer-songwriter who used music to express her feelings of falling in love.

We discuss whether the art of conversation is being lost in the era of social media

Hear about the workers who built the World Cup stadiums

We discuss two different types of weather manipulation.

Is designing a food flavour a dark art? We talk about the people who make flavours.

Some parents are complaining that some Halloween costumes are too scary.

We discuss how extreme weather events are affecting our mental health.

How to adapt dishes from other countries? We talk about it and teach you vocabulary.

We talk about Mozart, Jimi Hendrix and teach you vocabulary.

We discuss inflation and economics and teach related vocabulary.

We discuss language that gets used for dating online and new language that is emerging.

We discuss the advantages of the design of the human body, and teach you vocabulary too.

Hear about two people who dared to follow their dreams and are happy to have done so.

Are emojis turning us into lazy writers?

Hear about women who are using social media to change attitudes to beauty

Hear about the career-killing tasks that are holding women back in the workplace

How do you connect the unconnected?

Covid-19, The Black Death ... We discuss what happens when deadly diseases go global.

We talk about some new expressions that have been introduced to English through the media

From monster killers of the sea to endangered species - we talk sharks and vocabulary.