Teach Me A Lesson with Greg James and Bella Mackie Podcast
Greg James and Bella Mackie learn a fascinating and fun lesson from one of Britain's most inspiring teachers.
Greg James and Bella Mackie didn't pay much attention at school. So they're asking Britain's most inspiring teachers to show them what they missed in this series of fascinating and fun lessons. Learn something new every week from their all-killer-no-filler syllabus including: 'How to win an argument by watching RuPaul's Drag Race', 'Why do we get ill?' and ''Are people born evil?' Bad students of all ages are welcome. Expect brilliant teachers, captivating subjects but absolutely no homework.
Episodes to download
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Can We Make Fast Fashion Guilt Free?
Mon 14 Nov 2022
Greg and Bella get a lesson in ethical consumerism from D&T teacher Mr Brandy.
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Is Taylor Swift Our Greatest Living Poet?
Mon 7 Nov 2022
Greg and Bella find out if Taylor Swift is a great poet, as well as a great songwriter.
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Halloween Special: How To Grow A Skeleton
Mon 31 Oct 2022
Miss Robinson gives Greg and Bella a lesson about how to grow a human skeleton.
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Can We Live Our Whole Lives Online?
Mon 24 Oct 2022
IT teacher Mr Kolawole teaches his favourite lesson to Greg and Bella.
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Will Humans Ever Become Extinct?
Mon 17 Oct 2022
Greg and Bella explore extinction with the help of dinosaur enthusiast Mr Yates.
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Why Do We Need Sadness?
Mon 10 Oct 2022
Greg & Bella are back with a brand-new term of teachers teaching their favourite lesson!
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How To Never Lose A Penalty Shoot-Out
Mon 11 Jul 2022
Greg and Bella get schooled in penalties by primary school teacher Miss Sheridan.
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What's So Great About '68?
Mon 4 Jul 2022
Greg and Bella welcome back Drama teacher Mr Yale with a lesson about the year 1968.
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How To Kill A Vampire... With GCSE Science!
Mon 27 Jun 2022
Award-winning Miss Jethmalani recruits Greg & Bella to her vampire slaying research team!
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10 things you might not know about the Windrush
Mon 20 Jun 2022
To mark Windrush Day, Miss Patel is back for a lesson all about the Windrush Generation.
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Where's The Most Painful Place To Get A Tattoo?
Mon 13 Jun 2022
Greg and Bella are joined by Biology teacher Miss Wilsher for a lesson all about tattoos!
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Can Maths Explain What We Find Beautiful?
Mon 6 Jun 2022
Greg and Bella are back with a brand new term of teachers giving their favourite lessons!
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How Can Cheese Slices Help Us Find The Speed Of Light?
Mon 24 Jan 2022
Mr Ceeraz invites Greg and Bella to an end-of-term cheese-but-no-wine party.
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How Can We Mend A Broken Heart?
Mon 17 Jan 2022
Greg and Bella return for 2022 with a special lesson all about the heart.
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Are You More Squeamish Than A Shakespearean?
Mon 20 Dec 2021
Mrs Steele gives Greg + Bella a lesson about just how gross life was in Shakespeare's day
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Can We See Music?
Mon 13 Dec 2021
Greg and Bella head back to the art room for a lesson about how art and music collide.
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How To Be The Real You
Mon 6 Dec 2021
Greg and Bella find out how to be their true selves, in a drama lesson like no other.
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CSI Geography: Can we solve a 2,000 year old crime with GCSE Geography?
Mon 29 Nov 2021
DI James and DCI Mackie investigate how bodies can be preserved for thousands of years.
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Are We Manipulating Images Or Are Images Manipulating Us?
Mon 22 Nov 2021
Greg and Bella are back with a Computing lesson from Mrs Cunningham-Smith.
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Could A Human Actually Get Super Powers?
Mon 15 Nov 2021
Greg James and Bella Mackie take a lesson in genetics from Biology teacher Ms Marwick.
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How Did Exploding Rats Help Win WW2?
Mon 8 Nov 2021
Greg James and Bella Mackie don their best spy gear for a History lesson from Ms Patel.
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How Equal Is Your House?
Mon 1 Nov 2021
Greg James and Bella Mackie are back with a new term of inspiring teachers.
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Can Advertising Be Art?
Mon 26 Apr 2021
Greg James and Bella Mackie get an art lesson from one of the UK's best teachers.
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How Can We Move To The Moon?
Mon 19 Apr 2021
Greg James and Bella Mackie get a physics lesson from one of the UK's best teachers.
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Can We Trust Our Own Memories?
Mon 12 Apr 2021
Greg James and Bella Mackie get another psychology lesson from a brilliant teacher.
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How Much Should You Wee On A Jellyfish Sting?
Mon 5 Apr 2021
Greg James and Bella Mackie get a chemistry lesson from one of the UK's best teachers.
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That's Not So Random!
Mon 29 Mar 2021
Greg James and Bella Mackie get a maths lesson from one of the UK's best teachers.
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How Do You Say "I Have Five Red Apples" In A Language Without Words For Colours Or Numbers?
Mon 22 Mar 2021
Greg James and Bella Mackie get a language lesson from one of the UK's best teachers.
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Why Do We Get Ill?
Mon 15 Mar 2021
Greg James and Bella Mackie get a biology lesson, as they learn why we get ill.
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Should We Be Afraid Of Computers?
Mon 8 Mar 2021
Should we be scared of algorithms? Greg and Bella learn about computers to find out.
