Word of Mouth Episodes Available now
Everyday Shakespeare
Are you quoting Shakespeare without even realising?
Therapy Speak
Susie Orbach talks to Michael Rosen about the use and misuse of 'therapy speak'.
Fandom
Michael Bond talks to Michael Rosen about the ways in which fans talk to each other.
The stories behind our names
Michael talks to Sheela Banerjee about the family and cultural histories revealed by names
Audio description: putting art into words
Audio describer Lonny Evans and trainer Terry James talk about how to describe art.
Interpreting Presidents Putin and Zelensky
An insight into the world of a simultaneous interpreter.
Learning Yiddish
Michael Rosen with his Yiddish language teacher Tamara Micner.
The Language of Fascism
The Language of Fascism
Women's Words
Dr Jenni Nuttall talks to Michael about the words used by and about women.
Chatbots
Professor of computational linguistics Emily M Bender chats all things bot with Michael