6 Minute English

Can AI have a mind of its own?

<p>Hear about the software engineer who became 'friends' with his computer.</p>

Climate change: Are there too many people?

<p>Does the size of your carbon footprint depend on where in the world you were born?</p>

The hidden life of buffets

<p>We discuss buffet meals and the history behind them and teach related vocabulary.</p>

Songwriting

<p>We discuss the art of songwriting – combining lyrics and music to make a hit song.</p>

United against food waste

<p>According to the UN, one third of the food we grow is thrown away. How can we stop this?</p>

3D printers

<p>We look at the role of 3D printers in medicine, and teach you some related vocabulary.</p>

Are opinion polls accurate?

<p>What can opinion polls really tell us?</p>

Deep-sea mining: Good or bad for the planet?

<p>Could some ideas to deal with climate change actually damage the environment?</p>

Can music mend a broken heart?

<p>Meet a singer-songwriter who used music to express her feelings of falling in love.</p>

The art of conversation

<p>We discuss whether the art of conversation is being lost in the era of social media</p>

Qatar's World Cup workers

<p>Hear about the workers who built the World Cup stadiums</p>

Controlling the weather

<p>We discuss two different types of weather manipulation.</p>

Meet the flavourists

<p>Is designing a food flavour a dark art? We talk about the people who make flavours.</p>

Are Halloween costumes too scary?

<p>Some parents are complaining that some Halloween costumes are too scary.</p>

Does climate change make you anxious?

<p>We discuss how extreme weather events are affecting our mental health.</p>

Translating recipes

<p>How to adapt dishes from other countries? We talk about it and teach you vocabulary.</p>

Are artistic brains different?

<p>We talk about Mozart, Jimi Hendrix and teach you vocabulary.</p>

Why are prices going up?

<p>We discuss inflation and economics and teach related vocabulary.</p>

English for dating online

<p>We discuss language that gets used for dating online and new language that is emerging.</p>

Man vs beast: Who is more efficient?

<p>We discuss the advantages of the design of the human body, and teach you vocabulary too.</p>

Are you following your dreams?

<p>Hear about two people who dared to follow their dreams and are happy to have done so.</p>

Do emojis make language better?

<p>Are emojis turning us into lazy writers?</p>

Being a beauty influencer

<p>Hear about women who are using social media to change attitudes to beauty</p>

Women in the workplace

<p>Hear about the career-killing tasks that are holding women back in the workplace</p>

Connecting remote communities

<p>How do you connect the unconnected?</p>

How pandemics end

<p>Covid-19, The Black Death ... We discuss what happens when deadly diseases go global.</p>

Confused by modern idioms?

<p>We talk about some new expressions that have been introduced to English through the media</p>

Which are more dangerous: Sharks or humans?

<p>From monster killers of the sea to endangered species - we talk sharks and vocabulary.</p>

Climate change and evolution

<p>We discuss the impact of climate change on today's wildlife.</p>

Preserving traditional recipes

<p>We discuss the tastes of our childhood and teach new vocabulary.</p>