Astronauts on strike?
Hear all about the Skylab astronauts’ disagreement with mission control.
Episodes
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Episodes
Digital help for blind people
Hear about digital technology which helps blind people improve their lives.
What’s the key to happiness?
Hear about what small things you can do to feel happier about life.
Looking for utopia
Rob and Georgina talk about how to create a happy place.
Covid: One year on
Over a year on since the first outbreak, what have we learnt? We talk about the pandemic.
Singing in tune
Neil and Georgina discuss singing and teach you related vocabulary along the way.
Working for yourself
Rob and Georgina talk about the advantages and disadvantages of freelancing.
How much heat do you lose from your head?
Rob and Georgina talk about percentages and teach you some English vocabulary.
The woman whose cells never die
Rob and Georgina discuss medical research and teach you related vocabulary.
What makes a good story?
Hear about storytelling and how it helps us to connect and communicate.
For the love of foreign languages
Is learning languages good for head, heart and soul?
Why can't we resist comfort food?
Neil and Rob talk about comfort food and what actually makes us eat it.
What is fat-shaming?
We discuss where the attitudes behind fat-shaming come from.
Coronavirus vs other pandemics
Hear about coronavirus and how it isn’t that bad compared to historical pandemics
Are trees intelligent?
We talk about trees and how they can communicate and help each other.
Can jellyfish help us solve our problems?
We discuss how these sea creatures could help us solve the problem of plastic pollution.
Why do we choose to text instead of talk?
Communicating by text has become more and more popular. Neil and Georgina talk about it.
Loneliness
Neil and Rob talk about loneliness and how some people prefer their own company.
Is punctuality important?
We discuss people's attitude to being on time and why some people are always late.
Could you be a victim of online fraud?
We talk about online fraud and teach you some useful vocabulary along the way.
Melting ice sheet: Is it too late?
Many scientists are wondering whether it’s now too late to stop global warming.
Walkman: the music player revolution
Neil and Georgina take a nostalgic look back at the 1980s and the birth of the Walkman.
Could humans live in underwater cities?
Hear about projects to create liveable underwater habitats and learn new vocabulary.
Hacking help for US elections
Rob and Sam discuss plans in the US to reduce the risk of cyber-attacks on election day.
Do chimps have the same emotions as us?
Hear Jane Goodall talk about the deep connections between humans and the great apes.
How can we make the web a better place?
Neil and Sam talk about the subject and teach you vocabulary along the way.
Coronavirus: Dealing with mass unemployment post-pandemic
Neil and Sam discuss the post-Covid job landscape and teach you vocabulary along the way.
Grandma therapy in Zimbabwe
Grandmothers are being trained to provide therapy to people in their community.
Is there a future without bees?
The number of bees is declining at an alarming rate, with serious consequences for us.
How to talk about conspiracy theories
We discuss what to do when you are confronted with someone who spreads falsehoods.