6 Minute English Podcast
Learn and practise useful English with clips from programmes around the 麻豆社.
Find more at bbclearninenglish.com
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.
Find more at
/learningenglish
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/learningenglish/followus
Episodes to download
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What can we learn from toddlers?
Thu 4 Jul 2024
You might think that we teach toddlers, but they can teach us as well!
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Building a better world with wood?
Thu 20 Jun 2024
Did you know that building with wood has benefits for our physical and mental health?
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E-rickshaws driving away pollution
Thu 30 May 2024
Are electric rickshaws the solution to urban air pollution?
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Dancing for the brain
Thu 18 Apr 2024
Not a dancer? You might change your mind once you hear the benefits!
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Disability in music and theatre
Thu 21 Mar 2024
Learn about people trying to make it easier for disabled musicians and music fans.
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Sewing to fight period poverty
Thu 7 Mar 2024
Period poverty affects over 500 million people worldwide. How can volunteers help?
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Plastic waste eaten by enzymes
Thu 29 Feb 2024
Plastics can be difficult to recycle, could a recently discovered enzyme help?
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Food for new mums
Thu 15 Feb 2024
What do mothers eat after giving birth? Does it depend on which country you are from?
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Fighting loneliness with soup
Thu 8 Feb 2024
Neil and Beth discuss a project in the Netherlands for helping lonely people.
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What is the future of work?
Thu 1 Feb 2024
Should we be worried about our jobs disappearing? Or is the future positive?
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Addicted to sugar
Thu 11 Jan 2024
How has sugar become such an important part of our diets? Neil and Georgie discuss.
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Our love of pets
Thu 4 Jan 2024
Why do we keep, and love, pets? Neil and Georgie discuss this and teach new vocabulary.
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Sexism: Female farmers fighting back
Thu 28 Dec 2023
Female farmers in many countries face sexism. Some are finding ways to be fairly treated.
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Learning lessons from the Moon
Thu 21 Dec 2023
Summer 2023 saw two missions to the Moon. Why are scientists so keen to get there?
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Could we live without plastic?
Thu 14 Dec 2023
Is it time to start living without plastic? Beth and Neil discuss this.
