6 Minute English Episodes Episode guide
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Meet the flavourists
Is designing a food flavour a dark art? We talk about the people who make flavours.
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Meet a real Willy Wonka
Mmm, delicious. Hear a real-life chocolate maker talking about her job!
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Mars: Mysteries of the Red Planet
Neil and Sam discuss our fascination with the 'Red Planet' and teach you related vocab.
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Man vs beast: Who is more efficient?
We discuss the advantages of the design of the human body, and teach you vocabulary too.
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Making sense of the census
What's behind counting people in a country? Neil and Sam talk about the census.
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Making old things last longer
Shouldn't we stop throwing things away and start fixing them?
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Making male friends
Do men find it harder than women to make close friendships? Neil and Beth discuss.
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Making 'mum friends'
Is making new 鈥榤um friends鈥� the positive experience it鈥檚 often described as?
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Lying to children
Neil and Rob ask: Is it ever OK to tell lies to kids?
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Love the foods you hate
Are there foods that you just hate? Did you hated a food in the past but now like it?
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Losing your mother tongue
Hear the story of a woman who replaced her native Czech for English.
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Looking for utopia
Rob and Georgina talk about how to create a happy place.
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Loneliness
Neil and Rob talk about loneliness and how some people prefer their own company.
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Loneliness
Can you feel lonely in a crowded place? Neil and Sam discuss and teach some vocabulary.
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Lights! Camera! Kiss! - Intimacy on screen
How actors are made to feel more comfortable when filming intimate scenes.
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Lifts
Going up? How awkward is a ride in a lift?
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Life without music
How does music make you feel? Research shows that it actually influences us more than...
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Life on the edge
Neil and Alice discuss extremophile environments
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Life on Mars
Neil and Sophie discuss Mars, the fourth rock from the Sun
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Life in the modern office
Great or awful? How do people rate office working? We talk about it and teach vocabulary.
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Life expectancy
Can humanity really breach the 90 year limit?
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Less salt, better health
Are we all eating too much salt? Neil and Georgie teach you some useful vocabulary.
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Learning multiple languages
Is learning languages good for you?
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Learning lessons from the Moon
Summer 2023 saw two missions to the Moon. Why are scientists so keen to get there?
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Learning a new food culture
If you moved to a different country, how would you cope with new kinds of food?
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Laughing could kill you
Tim and Neil laugh their head off as they teach you useful vocabulary
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Kids and climate change
What are young people's thoughts on climate change?
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Keeping kids off smartphones
Can you stop a child having a phone if all their friends have one?
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It's good to talk
The treatments that help people stay mentally healthy
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It's all in the genes
Neil and Sophie talk about gene editing
