6 Minute English

AI to reduce animal testing

<p>Could AI reduce the need for animal testing? Phil and Georgie teach you some useful vocabulary.</p><p>TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240718">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240718</a></p><p>FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish</a> Follow us ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus</a></p><p>LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ Learning English for Work ✔️ Learning English from the News ✔️ Learning English Stories</p><p>They're all available by searching in your podcast app.</p>

The school that puts the kids in charge

<p>What happens when you put the kids in charge of the school? Phil and Georgie discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.</p><p>TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240704">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240704</a></p><p>FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish</a> Follow us ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus</a></p><p>LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including:</p><p>✔️ Learning English for Work ✔️ Learning English from the News ✔️ Learning English Stories</p><p>They're all available by searching in your podcast app.</p>

What can we learn from toddlers?

<p>You might think that we teach toddlers, but they can teach us as well! Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.</p><p>TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240704">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240704</a></p><p>FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish</a> Follow us ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus</a></p><p>LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including:</p><p>✔️ Learning English for Work ✔️ Learning English from the News ✔️ Learning English Stories</p><p>They're all available by searching in your podcast app.</p>

How learning to read changes lives

<p>How can literacy change people's lives? Beth and Phil discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.</p><p>TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240627">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240627</a></p><p>FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish</a> Follow us ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus</a></p><p>LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including:</p><p>✔️ Learning English for Work ✔️ Learning English from the News ✔️ Learning English Stories</p><p>They're all available by searching in your podcast app.</p>

Building a better world with wood?

<p>Did you know that being in nature, and building with wood, has benefits for our physical and mental health? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.</p><p>TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240620">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240620</a></p><p>FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish</a> Follow us ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus</a></p><p>LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including:</p><p>✔️ Learning English for Work ✔️ Learning English from the News ✔️ Learning English Stories</p><p>They're all available by searching in your podcast app.</p>

How names can tell painful stories

<p>Can names be attached to painful histories? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary. </p><p>[Image: Getty]</p><p>TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240613">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240613</a></p><p>FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish</a> Follow us ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus</a></p><p></p><p>LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: </p><p>✔️ Learning English for Work ✔️ Learning English from the News ✔️ Learning English Stories </p><p>They're all available by searching in your podcast app.</p>

Too old to have a baby?

<p>Men and women are having babies later in life. Why? And what does society think of older parents? </p><p>TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240530">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240530</a></p><p>FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish</a> Follow us ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus</a></p><p>LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ Learning English for Work ✔️ Learning English from the News ✔️ Learning English Stories</p><p>They're all available by searching in your podcast app.</p>

E-rickshaws driving away pollution

<p>Are electric rickshaws the solution to urban air pollution? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.</p><p>TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240606">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240606</a></p><p>FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish</a> Follow us ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus</a></p><p>LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ Learning English for Work ✔️ Learning English from the News ✔️ Learning English Stories</p><p>They're all available by searching in your podcast app.</p>

How bubble tea got its bubbles

<p>How did bubble tea get its bubbles? How was this drink invented? Neil and Beth chat about this. </p><p>TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240523">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240523</a></p><p>FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish</a> Follow us ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus</a></p><p>LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ Learning English for Work ✔️ Learning English from the News ✔️ Learning English Stories</p><p>They're all available by searching in your podcast app.</p>

Can you keep a secret?

<p>Are secrets always negative? Or can they be positive too? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary. </p><p>[Image: Getty Images]</p><p>TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240516">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240516</a></p><p>FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish</a> Follow us ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus</a></p><p> LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: [ ✔️ Learning English for work ✔️ Learning English from the News ✔️ Learning English Stories </p><p>They're all available by searching in your podcast app.</p>

Bitter food, better health?

<p>Could bitter foods be better for your health?</p><p>(Image: Getty Images)</p><p>Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240509">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240509</a></p><p>FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish</a> Follow us ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus</a></p><p>LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: </p><p>✔️ Office English ✔️ News Review ✔️ The English We Speak </p><p>They're all available by searching in your podcast app.</p>

Talking at the table

<p>A lot can happen at the dinner table, and not just eating! Beth and Neil discuss chatting at meal times and teach you some useful vocabulary. </p><p>(Image: Getty)</p><p>TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240502">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240502</a></p><p>FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish</a> Follow us ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus</a></p><p>LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including:</p><p>✔️ Office English ✔️ News Review ✔️ The English We Speak</p><p>They're all available by searching in your podcast app.</p>

Eating for two

<p>Mums-to-be often feel guilty about the food they crave in pregnancy. Georgie and Phil discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary. (Image: Getty)</p><p>TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240425">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240425</a></p><p>FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish</a> Follow us ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus</a></p><p>LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: </p><p>✔️ Office English ✔️ News Review ✔️ The English We Speak </p><p>They're all available by searching in your podcast app.</p>

Dancing for the brain

<p>Not a dancer? You might change your mind once you hear the benefits! Beth and Neil discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary. (Image: Getty)</p><p>TRANSCRIPT 
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Nudges: The secrets of persuasion

<p>Are nudges good or bad? Beth and Neil discuss this and teach you useful vocabulary.</p><p>TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240411">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240411</a>.</p><p>FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish</a> Follow us ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus</a></p><p>LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️ News Review ✔️ Office English ✔️ The English We Speak They're all available by searching in your podcast app.</p>

Why sitting is bad for health

<p>Could sitting be damaging to our health?</p><p>TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240404">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240404</a></p><p>FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish</a> Follow us ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus</a></p><p>LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including:</p><p>✔️ News Review ✔️ The English We Speak</p><p>They're all available by searching in your podcast app.</p>

Why everyone loves the underdog

<p>Could being the underdog help you succeed? </p><p>TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240328">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240328</a></p><p>FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish</a> Follow us ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus</a></p><p>LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including:</p><p>✔️ News Review ✔️ The English We Speak </p><p>They're all available by searching in your podcast app.</p>

Disability in music and theatre

<p>The UK's Equality Act of 2010 guaranteed the rights of disabled people to equal access to education, employment, and services, including music, theatre and the arts. Despite this, it's still difficult for disabled musicians and music fans to perform and see live music. Neil and Georgie introduce you to some ways people are trying to change this, while teaching you some useful vocabulary. (Image: Getty)</p><p>TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240321">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240321</a></p><p>FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish</a> Follow us ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus</a></p><p> LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: </p><p>✔️ Office English ✔️ News Review ✔️ The English We Speak </p><p>They're all available by searching in your podcast app.</p>

What makes a great library?

<p>What makes a library a library? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.</p><p>TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240314">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240314</a></p><p>. FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish</a></p><p>Follow us ✔️<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus</a></p><p>LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including: ✔️Learning English for Work ✔️News Review ✔️The English We Speak</p><p>They're all available by searching in your podcast app.</p>

Sewing to fight period poverty

<p>TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240307">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240307</a></p><p>FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish</a></p><p>Follow us ✔️<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus</a></p><p>LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including:</p><p>✔️6 Minute English ✔️News Review ✔️The English We Speak</p><p>They're all available by searching in your podcast app.</p>

Plastic waste eaten by enzymes

<p>Plastics can be difficult to recycle, could a recently discovered enzyme help? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.</p><p>TRANSCRIPT Find a full transcript for this episode and more programmes to help you with your English at: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240229">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240229</a></p><p>FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE: Visit our website ✔️ <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish</a></p><p>Follow us ✔️<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus">https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus</a></p><p>LIKE PODCASTS? Try some of our other popular podcasts including:</p><p>✔️6 Minute English ✔️News Review ✔️The English We Speak</p><p>They're all available by searching in your podcast app.</p>

Feed your brain

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Food for new mums

<p>What do mothers eat after giving birth? Does it depend on which country you are from?</p>

Fighting loneliness with soup

<p>Neil and Beth discuss a project in the Netherlands for helping lonely people.</p>

What is the future of work?

<p>Should we be worried about our jobs disappearing? Or is the future positive?</p>

How the language of menus matters

<p>Could french menu terms be going out of fashion?</p>

The psychology of greed

<p>Is it ever OK to be greedy?</p>

Addicted to sugar

<p>How has sugar become such an important part of our diets? Neil and Georgie discuss.</p>

Our love of pets

<p>Why do we keep, and love, pets? Neil and Georgie discuss this and teach new vocabulary.</p>

Sexism: Female farmers fighting back

<p>Female farmers in many countries face sexism. Some are finding ways to be fairly treated.</p>