United against food waste
According to the UN, one third of the food we grow is thrown away. How can we stop this?
Dec 29, 2022•6 min
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Episodes
3D printers
We look at the role of 3D printers in medicine, and teach you some related vocabulary.
Dec 22, 2022•6 min
Are opinion polls accurate?
What can opinion polls really tell us?
Dec 15, 2022•6 min
Deep-sea mining: Good or bad for the planet?
Could some ideas to deal with climate change actually damage the environment?
Dec 08, 2022•6 min
Can music mend a broken heart?
Meet a singer-songwriter who used music to express her feelings of falling in love.
Dec 01, 2022•6 min
The art of conversation
We discuss whether the art of conversation is being lost in the era of social media
Nov 24, 2022•6 min
Qatar's World Cup workers
Hear about the workers who built the World Cup stadiums
Nov 17, 2022•6 min
Controlling the weather
We discuss two different types of weather manipulation.
Nov 10, 2022•6 min
Meet the flavourists
Is designing a food flavour a dark art? We talk about the people who make flavours.
Nov 03, 2022•6 min
Are Halloween costumes too scary?
Some parents are complaining that some Halloween costumes are too scary.
Oct 27, 2022•6 min
Does climate change make you anxious?
We discuss how extreme weather events are affecting our mental health.
Oct 20, 2022•6 min
Translating recipes
How to adapt dishes from other countries? We talk about it and teach you vocabulary.
Oct 13, 2022•6 min
Are artistic brains different?
We talk about Mozart, Jimi Hendrix and teach you vocabulary.
Oct 06, 2022•6 min
Why are prices going up?
We discuss inflation and economics and teach related vocabulary.
Sep 29, 2022•6 min
English for dating online
We discuss language that gets used for dating online and new language that is emerging.
Sep 22, 2022•6 min
Man vs beast: Who is more efficient?
We discuss the advantages of the design of the human body, and teach you vocabulary too.
Sep 15, 2022•6 min
Are you following your dreams?
Hear about two people who dared to follow their dreams and are happy to have done so.
Sep 08, 2022•6 min
Do emojis make language better?
Are emojis turning us into lazy writers?
Sep 01, 2022•6 min
Being a beauty influencer
Hear about women who are using social media to change attitudes to beauty
Aug 25, 2022•6 min
Women in the workplace
Hear about the career-killing tasks that are holding women back in the workplace
Aug 18, 2022•6 min
Connecting remote communities
How do you connect the unconnected?
Aug 11, 2022•6 min
How pandemics end
Covid-19, The Black Death ... We discuss what happens when deadly diseases go global.
Aug 04, 2022•6 min
Confused by modern idioms?
We talk about some new expressions that have been introduced to English through the media
Jul 28, 2022•6 min
Which are more dangerous: Sharks or humans?
From monster killers of the sea to endangered species - we talk sharks and vocabulary.
Jul 21, 2022•6 min
Climate change and evolution
We discuss the impact of climate change on today's wildlife.
Jul 14, 2022•6 min
Preserving traditional recipes
We discuss the tastes of our childhood and teach new vocabulary.
Jul 07, 2022•6 min
Restoring trust in science
Modern scientists are under pressure from critics motivated by political views.
Jun 30, 2022•6 min
The Manhattan Project
Learn about the invention of the atomic bomb
Jun 23, 2022•6 min
Island life: Is it paradise?
Rob and Sam discuss some of the problems Pacific islanders face and teach vocabulary.
Jun 16, 2022•6 min
The technology of translation
What is the relationship between translation, technology and the human brain?
Jun 09, 2022•6 min