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6 Minute English Episodes

  1. Food and mood

    How does your food affect your mood?

  2. Flexible working

    Is there a stigma attached to not wanting to work the 9-to-5 shift?

  3. Finding your way in space

    What鈥檚 up and what鈥檚 down for astronauts who are floating in zero gravity?

  4. Fighting loneliness with soup

    Neil and Beth discuss a project in the Netherlands for helping lonely people.

  5. Feed your brain

    Food is fuel for our brains. So, what should we be eating?

  6. Fancy dress funerals

    Have you ever thought about what sort of funeral you would like to have?

  7. Family history

    Neil and Catherine talk about genealogy

  8. Family history

    Neil and Catherine talk about genealogy

  9. Faking it: Computers that spot a real smile

    We discuss if computers can recognise human emotions from the expressions on our face.

  10. Fake or real: What鈥檚 the best tree to have at Christmas?

    What's the carbon footprint of your Christmas tree? We discuss which trees are best.

  11. Faces and first impressions

    Can we trust our first impressions?

  12. Exercise for The Lazy

    What's the least amount of exercise you should do to stay healthy?

  13. Evolution before Darwin

    Was Charles Darwin the only man with ideas about evolution?

  14. Evolution and anxiety

    Has anxiety been good for humans?

  15. Ethical coffee

    Would you pay more for coffee if you knew it was doing some good?

  16. Environmentally friendly living

    How can you change the way you live to help the environment? Sam and Neil discuss.

  17. English for dating online

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

  18. Embarrassed to go to the doctor?

    What are the consequences of medical embarrrassment?

  19. Elephant-proof farming

    What happens when an elephant wants to eat your crops? How can you stop it?

  20. Ecotourism: good or bad?

    Is a style of tourism that respects animals and local communities working well?

  21. Ecotherapy: Can nature make you happy?

    Learn how being in the great outdoors is inspiring a particular kind of therapy.

  22. Eating pond scum

    Could microalgae be the answer to feeding the world in a sustainable way?

  23. Eating for two

    Mums-to-be often feel guilty about the food they crave in pregnancy.

  24. Eating bugs

    Neil and Sam discuss eating insects and teach you related vocabulary.

  25. Eating 50-year-old stew

    Would you eat a stew that's been in a pot for 50 years?

  26. E-rickshaws driving away pollution

    Are electric rickshaws the solution to urban air pollution?

  27. Dry January

    What are the benefits of giving up alcohol for a month?

  28. Driving

    Alice and Neil discuss the pros and cons of driverless cars

  29. Doomscrolling: Why do we do it?

    We discuss if there is an evolutionary reason why we're attracted to bad news.

  30. Domestic chores

    Do women clean the house more often than men?

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