6 Minute English Podcast
Learn and practise useful English with clips from programmes around the 麻豆社.
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Learn and practise useful English with clips from programmes around the 麻豆社.
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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Could humans live in underwater cities?
Thu 22 Oct 2020
Hear about projects to create liveable underwater habitats and learn new vocabulary.
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Hacking help for US elections
Thu 15 Oct 2020
Rob and Sam discuss plans in the US to reduce the risk of cyber-attacks on election day.
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Do chimps have the same emotions as us?
Thu 8 Oct 2020
Hear Jane Goodall talk about the deep connections between humans and the great apes.
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How can we make the web a better place?
Thu 1 Oct 2020
Neil and Sam talk about the subject and teach you vocabulary along the way.
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Coronavirus: Dealing with mass unemployment post-pandemic
Thu 24 Sep 2020
Neil and Sam discuss the post-Covid job landscape and teach you vocabulary along the way.
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Grandma therapy in Zimbabwe
Thu 17 Sep 2020
Grandmothers are being trained to provide therapy to people in their community.
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Is there a future without bees?
Thu 10 Sep 2020
The number of bees is declining at an alarming rate, with serious consequences for us.
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How to talk about conspiracy theories
Thu 3 Sep 2020
We discuss what to do when you are confronted with someone who spreads falsehoods.
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What鈥檚 the point of blood types?
Thu 27 Aug 2020
In this programme, we鈥檒l be finding out all about blood and teaching you some vocabulary.
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Will Covid-19 change cities?
Thu 20 Aug 2020
Rob and Neil discuss the future of our cities and teach you useful vocabulary.
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Is this the era of distrust?
Thu 13 Aug 2020
In an era of fake news, could it be that we are living through a crisis in trust?
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No more bosses
Thu 6 Aug 2020
Can companies operate better without managers? We talk about it and teach you vocabulary.
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The medicine of coronavirus
Thu 30 Jul 2020
Neil and Georgina talk about Covid-19 and teach you related vocabulary.
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Food made in space
Thu 23 Jul 2020
Find out how growing plants in space might help develop better crops.
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Sport against poverty
Thu 16 Jul 2020
Neil and Sam discuss how sport is giving hope to young people leading the toughest lives.
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Covid-19: The office after lockdown
Thu 9 Jul 2020
Companies are rushing to install technology to make offices safer. Neil and Sam discuss.
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Should we wear a face mask?
Thu 2 Jul 2020
Can wearing masks in public help prevent the spread of coronavirus? Rob and Sam discuss.
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Millennials and business
Thu 25 Jun 2020
Rob and Sam discuss the new generation's desire to make the world a better place.
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Is being thrifty a virtue?
Thu 18 Jun 2020
Neil and Sam talk about being a saver in a consumer culture and teach you vocabulary.
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The food delivery revolution
Thu 11 Jun 2020
Takeaway apps are changing food culture. We talk about it and teach you vocabulary.
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What difference has #MeToo made?
Thu 4 Jun 2020
Sam and Georgina talk about the movement and teach you related vocabulary.
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Is the recycling system broken?
Thu 28 May 2020
We talk about the over-reliance on recycling rather than reducing the use of plastics
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The soothing power of books
Thu 21 May 2020
How can books help us relax and feel more alive during troubled times?
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Shocking facts about electricity
Thu 14 May 2020
Neil and Georgina talk about how electrical systems differ from country to country.
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Internet - good or bad?
Thu 26 Apr 2018
Rob and Neil discuss some of the advantages and drawbacks of going online
