6 Minute English

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Episodes

Total: 251

Hear about the software engineer who became 'friends' with his computer.

Does the size of your carbon footprint depend on where in the world you were born?

We discuss buffet meals and the history behind them and teach related vocabulary.

Songwriting

2023/1/5

We discuss the art of songwriting – combining lyrics and music to make a hit song.

United against food waste

2022/12/29

According to the UN, one third of the food we grow is thrown away. How can we stop this?

3D printers

2022/12/22

We look at the role of 3D printers in medicine, and teach you some related vocabulary.

Are opinion polls accurate?

2022/12/15

What can opinion polls really tell us?

Could some ideas to deal with climate change actually damage the environment?

Meet a singer-songwriter who used music to express her feelings of falling in love.

The art of conversation

2022/11/24

We discuss whether the art of conversation is being lost in the era of social media

Qatar's World Cup workers

2022/11/17

Hear about the workers who built the World Cup stadiums

Controlling the weather

2022/11/10

We discuss two different types of weather manipulation.

Meet the flavourists

2022/11/3

Is designing a food flavour a dark art? We talk about the people who make flavours.

Some parents are complaining that some Halloween costumes are too scary.

We discuss how extreme weather events are affecting our mental health.

Translating recipes

2022/10/13

How to adapt dishes from other countries? We talk about it and teach you vocabulary.

We talk about Mozart, Jimi Hendrix and teach you vocabulary.

Why are prices going up?

2022/9/29

We discuss inflation and economics and teach related vocabulary.

English for dating online

2022/9/22

We discuss language that gets used for dating online and new language that is emerging.

We discuss the advantages of the design of the human body, and teach you vocabulary too.