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Episode 6
Michael Rosen continues the series exploring the words we use.
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Social media language
How language is used on platforms like Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter/X.
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How Animals Talk
Michael hears about how animals communicate, and why, from zoologist Arik Kershenbaum.
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A Poet Writing in Three Languages
Poet Nabeela Ahmed on being multilingual.
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Fine Distinctions
Eli Burnstein talks about fine distinctions between words.
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Former astronaut Col. Chris Hadfield on the language of Space exploration
The Canadian former astronaut and author talks about communicating Space
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The words we use about getting older and why they matter
How we talk about getting older can affect how we age. Michael hears from Dr Lucy Pollock.
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How babies learn language
Professor Julian Pine on how babies learn language.
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Little Green Men: the secret rules of word order
Michael explores the mysterious rules of word order with linguist Dr Laura Bailey.
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Word of Mouth with Michael Morpurgo at the Hay Festival
In conversation with Michael Morpurgo at the Hay Festival.
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Language When There Are No Words
Joshua Reno talks about how Charlie, his non verbal-autistic son, communicates with him.
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The Irish Language
What the Irish language tells us about the world
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Disaster Dialogue
Professor Lucy Easthope explains why language is important in the aftermath of a disaster.
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Football Club Names
Dominic Fifield explains how football clubs got their names.
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How to Think Like an Anthropologist, with Gillian Tett
Michael Rosen is joined by Gillian Tett, columnist at the Financial Times.
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Family Sayings
Michael shares listeners' stories about words and phrases passed down through families.
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Are you different in another language?
Can speaking another language change your behaviour, your decisions, even your morals?
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Unequal English
Michael Rosen is joined by Ruanni Tupas to discuss English from around the world.
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Words for Sale!
Dr Pip Thornton and Michael Rosen explore how language has become an online commodity.
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A Life in Lexicography
Lexicographer Grant Barrett on dictionaries.
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Writing Comedy with Isy Suttie
Comedian Isy Suttie on how she writes comedy
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Everyday Shakespeare
Are you quoting Shakespeare without even realising?
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Therapy Speak
Susie Orbach talks to Michael Rosen about the use and misuse of 'therapy speak'.
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Fandom
Michael Bond talks to Michael Rosen about the ways in which fans talk to each other.
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The stories behind our names
Michael talks to Sheela Banerjee about the family and cultural histories revealed by names
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Audio description: putting art into words
Audio describer Lonny Evans and trainer Terry James talk about how to describe art.
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Interpreting Presidents Putin and Zelensky
An insight into the world of a simultaneous interpreter.
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Learning Yiddish
Michael Rosen with his Yiddish language teacher Tamara Micner.
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The Language of Fascism
The Language of Fascism
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Women's Words
Dr Jenni Nuttall talks to Michael about the words used by and about women.
