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The Language of Sci-Fi

Michael Rosen explores how the vocabulary of sci-fi has entered everyday speech.

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3 Ways to Speak English

Dr Jamila Lyiscott describes to Michael Rosen the 3 ways in which she speaks English.

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The language we use about children in care

Adoptive parent Margaret Reynolds talks about the language used around children in care

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Weather Words

The many different ways we use to talk about the weather

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Nathan Filer on the ways we talk about mental health

Nathan talks with Michael about words we use when talking about mental health.

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What is language actually good for?

Nick Enfield and Michael Rosen on language being good for lawyers but bad for scientists.

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My Stammer Story

Michael Rosen asks William Laven about how he has learnt to celebrate his stammer.

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Lords and Ladies: Folk Names for Plants and Flowers

The different names we call our common plants and flowers around the British Isles.

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The Art of Apologies

Michael Rosen talks to sociolinguist Louise Mullany about all the ways we say sorry.

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Ghosting Caking and Breadcrumbing

The evolving lexicon of online dating

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A Murmuration of Starlings

Michael Rosen talks to Matt Sewell about collective nouns in the animal world.

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Like

Linguist Carmen Fought talks to Michael about 'like' in all its forms.

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Nihal Arthanayake on conversation

Radio 5 Live presenter Nihal Arthanayake talks to Michael about the art of conversation.

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Exclamation Marks!!

Michael Rosen exclaims excitedly over exclamation marks with Florence Hazrat.

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Band names

Bob Stanley talks band names, from the rubbish to the brilliant.

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Grammar Table

Michael Rosen is joined by grammar fanatic Ellen Jovin.

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Snap Crackle and Every Little Helps - the language of food advertising

Michael Rosen delves into the fascinating world of food and drink advertising.

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Subtitles

Karli Witkowska, the subtitler behind TV shows including Stranger Things, explains her job

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Interpreting for Mum and Dad

Sanmeet Kaur has been interpreting for her parents since the age of five.

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Richard Osman's love of language

Richard Osman talks in depth to Michael Rosen about his broadcasting and writing lives.

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The Life Inside: Philosophy in Prison

Michael Rosen talks to Andy West who teaches philosophy in prisons

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Psychiatrist and Patient

Neuropsychiatrist Anthony David talks to Michael.

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A Load of Nonsense

Michael Rosen talks nonsense literature and made-up words with Noreen Masud.

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Chatbots

Professor of computational linguistics Emily M Bender chats all things bot with Michael

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Women's Words

Dr Jenni Nuttall talks to Michael about the words used by and about women.

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The Language of Fascism

The Language of Fascism

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Learning Yiddish

Michael Rosen with his Yiddish language teacher Tamara Micner.

• 27 mins

Interpreting Presidents Putin and Zelensky

An insight into the world of a simultaneous interpreter.

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Audio description: putting art into words

Audio describer Lonny Evans and trainer Terry James talk about how to describe art.

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The stories behind our names

Michael talks to Sheela Banerjee about the family and cultural histories revealed by names

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