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Band names
Bob Stanley talks band names, from the rubbish to the brilliant.
Grammar Table
Michael Rosen is joined by grammar fanatic Ellen Jovin.
Snap Crackle and Every Little Helps - the language of food advertising
Michael Rosen delves into the fascinating world of food and drink advertising.
Subtitles
Karli Witkowska, the subtitler behind TV shows including Stranger Things, explains her job
Interpreting for Mum and Dad
Sanmeet Kaur has been interpreting for her parents since the age of five.
Richard Osman's love of language
Richard Osman talks in depth to Michael Rosen about his broadcasting and writing lives.
The Life Inside: Philosophy in Prison
Michael Rosen talks to Andy West who teaches philosophy in prisons
Psychiatrist and Patient
Neuropsychiatrist Anthony David talks to Michael.
A Load of Nonsense
Michael Rosen talks nonsense literature and made-up words with Noreen Masud.
Chatbots
Professor of computational linguistics Emily M Bender chats all things bot with Michael
Women's Words
Dr Jenni Nuttall talks to Michael about the words used by and about women.
The Language of Fascism
Learning Yiddish
Michael Rosen with his Yiddish language teacher Tamara Micner.
Interpreting Presidents Putin and Zelensky
An insight into the world of a simultaneous interpreter.
Audio description: putting art into words
Audio describer Lonny Evans and trainer Terry James talk about how to describe art.
The stories behind our names
Michael talks to Sheela Banerjee about the family and cultural histories revealed by names
Fandom
Michael Bond talks to Michael Rosen about the ways in which fans talk to each other.
Therapy Speak
Susie Orbach talks to Michael Rosen about the use and misuse of 'therapy speak'.
Everyday Shakespeare
Are you quoting Shakespeare without even realising?
Writing Comedy with Isy Suttie
Comedian Isy Suttie on how she writes comedy
A Life in Lexicography
Lexicographer Grant Barrett on dictionaries.
Words for Sale!
Dr Pip Thornton and Michael Rosen explore how language has become an online commodity.
Unequal English
Michael Rosen is joined by Ruanni Tupas to discuss English from around the world.
Are you different in another language?
Can speaking another language change your behaviour, your decisions, even your morals?
Family Sayings
Michael shares listeners' stories about words and phrases passed down through families.
How to Think Like an Anthropologist, with Gillian Tett
Michael Rosen is joined by Gillian Tett, columnist at the Financial Times.
Football Club Names
Dominic Fifield explains how football clubs got their names.
Disaster Dialogue
Professor Lucy Easthope explains why language is important in the aftermath of a disaster.
The Irish Language
What the Irish language tells us about the world
Language When There Are No Words
Joshua Reno talks about how Charlie, his non verbal-autistic son, communicates with him.
Word of Mouth with Michael Morpurgo at the Hay Festival
In conversation with Michael Morpurgo at the Hay Festival.