United against food waste
Episode 221229 / 16 Dec 2022
According to the UN, one third of the food we grow ends up in the rubbish bin - how can we stop this?
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3D printers
Episode 221222 / 16 Dec 2022
How are 3D printers providing solutions to some of our medical problems?
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Are opinion polls accurate?
Episode 221215 / 15 Dec 2022
What can opinion polls really tell us?
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Deep-sea mining: Good or bad for the planet?
Episode 221208 / 29 Nov 2022
Learn about an idea to deal with climate change that could affect marine ecosystems.
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Can music mend a broken heart?
Episode 221201 / 24 Nov 2022
Is music really a cure for a broken heart?
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The art of conversation
Episode 221124 / 24 Nov 2022
We discuss whether the art of conversation is being lost in the era of social media
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Qatar's World Cup workers
Episode 221117 / 17 Nov 2022
Hear about the workers who built the World Cup stadiums
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Controlling the weather
Episode 221110 / 10 Nov 2022
How people are trying to manipulate the weather
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Meet the flavourists
Episode 221103 / 03 Nov 2022
We talk about the people who make flavours
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Are Halloween costumes too scary?
Episode 221027 / 25 Oct 2022
We discuss whether Halloween costumes are now too scary to be fun.
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Does climate change make you anxious?
Episode 221020 / 20 Oct 2022
We discuss how extreme weather events are affecting our mental health.
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Translating recipes
Episode 221013 / 13 Oct 2022
How to adapt dishes from other countries
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Are artistic brains different?
Episode 221006 / 06 Oct 2022
We talk about Mozart, Jimi Hendrix and teach you vocabulary.
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Why are prices going up?
Episode 220929 / 29 Sep 2022
Learn vocabulary to talk about inflation
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English for dating online
Episode 220922 / 22 Sep 2022
We discuss the language used for online dating
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Man vs beast: Who is more efficient?
Episode 220915 / 15 Sep 2022
We discuss the advantages of the design of the human body
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Are you following your dreams?
Episode 220908 / 08 Sep 2022
Hear the inspiring story of people who are doing it
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Do emojis make language better?
Episode 220901 / 01 Sep 2022
Are emojis turning us into lazy writers?
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Being a beauty influencer
Episode 220825 / 25 Aug 2022
Hear about women who are using social media to change attitudes to beauty
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Women in the workplace
Episode 220818 / 18 Aug 2022
Hear about the career-killing tasks that are holding women back in the workplace
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Connecting remote communities
Episode 220811 / 11 Aug 2022
How can you connect the unconnected?
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How pandemics end
Episode 220804 / 04 Aug 2022
We talk about previous periods in which deadly diseases went global
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Confused by modern idioms?
Episode 220728 / 28 Jul 2022
Having a Groundhog Day? Keen to break the internet? Learn some modern idioms.
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Which are more dangerous: sharks or humans?
Episode 220721 / 21 Jul 2022
How sharks have become an endangered species.
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Climate change and animal evolution
Episode 220714 / 14 Jul 2022
Can today's animals evolve quickly enough to survive a changing climate?
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Preserving traditional recipes
Episode 220707 / 07 Jul 2022
Missing your mother's cooking? We talk about traditional dishes.
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Restoring trust in science
Episode 220630 / 30 Jun 2022
Astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson's quest to highlight the difference between opinion and fact
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The Manhattan Project
Episode 220623 / 23 Jun 2022
In this episode, we discuss the events leading to the creation of the first atomic bomb.
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Island life: Is it paradise?
Episode 220616 / 16 Jun 2022
What is life really like in the Pacific islands?
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The technology of translation
Episode 220609 / 31 May 2022
What is the relationship between translation, technology and the human brain?
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Queen Elizabeth II: What is the Platinum Jubilee?
Episode 220602 / 02 Jun 2022
We talk about a very British tradition
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People who can taste words
Episode 220526 / 26 May 2022
Living with synaesthesia
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Finding your way in space
Episode 220519 / 19 May 2022
Is there north and south in space?
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Can VR treat fears and phobias?
Episode 220512 / 12 May 2022
Hear how tech is helping people change their behaviour for the better
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Life in the modern office
Episode 220505 / 05 May 2022
How do you mark your personal territory?
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Remembering Desmond Tutu
Episode 220428 / 28 Apr 2022
Deep convictions and a sense of humour - we talk about a man who helped end apartheid in South Africa.
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Discoveries of the Deep Sea
Episode 220421 / 21 Apr 2022
We talk about an extreme environment which is stranger than fiction
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Rhetoric: How persuasive are you?
Episode 220414 / 14 Apr 2022
We talk about an art that started with ancient Greek philosophers
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Britain's love affair with coffee
Episode 220407 / 07 Apr 2022
It's not all about tea. Britons love coffee too!
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Optimists vs Pessimists
Episode 220331 / 11 Mar 2022
Listen to a conversation about optimists and pessimists
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The world of Agatha Christie
Episode 220324 / 24 Mar 2022
Hear a chat about the queen of murder mystery, who had her books translated into over 100 languages
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Mars: Mysteries of the Red Planet
Episode 220317 / 17 Mar 2022
Is there life on Mars?
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Why laughter is the best medicine
Episode 220310 / 10 Mar 2022
Shouldn't we take laughter more seriously?
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Is being kind good for you?
Episode 220303 / 03 Mar 2022
Listen to what scientists are saying about the benefits of giving others a helping hand
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Eating bugs
Episode 220224 / 24 Feb 2022
Would you eat a cricket? How about a portion of nice crunchy ants?
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The benefits of boredom
Episode 220217 / 17 Feb 2022
Why not put your idle brain to good use?
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Do our pets care about us?
Episode 220210 / 10 Feb 2022
We wonder what all that licking is really all about
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Sleepy in South Korea
Episode 220203 / 03 Feb 2022
Life in a place where people work, study longer hours and get less sleep than anywhere else
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Preparing for the Beijing Winter Olympics
Episode 220127 / 27 Jan 2022
Artificial snow, coronavirus and controversy surround the Beijing Games starting soon.
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Are personalised diets the best way to be healthy?
Episode 220120 / 20 Jan 2022
Learn how microbes help digest food and have an impact in our bodies.
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Inventing languages
Episode 220113 / 13 Jan 2022
How do languages get invented?
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Welcome to the 'metaverse'
Episode 220106 / 06 Jan 2022
What will future technology be like?