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Episode pages are written in Japanese, matching the source show notes. Titles and summaries below are shown as published by the show.
- 2022-12-236 min
We look at the role of 3D printers in medicine, and teach you some related vocabulary.
- 2022-12-156 min
What can opinion polls really tell us?
- 2022-12-096 min
Deep-sea mining: Good or bad for the planet?
Could some ideas to deal with climate change actually damage the environment?
- 2022-12-016 min
Can music mend a broken heart?
Meet a singer-songwriter who used music to express her feelings of falling in love.
- 2022-11-246 min
We discuss whether the art of conversation is being lost in the era of social media
- 2022-11-176 min
Hear about the workers who built the World Cup stadiums
- 2022-11-106 min
We discuss two different types of weather manipulation.
- 2022-11-036 min
Is designing a food flavour a dark art? We talk about the people who make flavours.
- 2022-10-276 min
Are Halloween costumes too scary?
Some parents are complaining that some Halloween costumes are too scary.
- 2022-10-206 min
Does climate change make you anxious?
We discuss how extreme weather events are affecting our mental health.
- 2022-10-136 min
How to adapt dishes from other countries? We talk about it and teach you vocabulary.
- 2022-10-066 min
Are artistic brains different?
We talk about Mozart, Jimi Hendrix and teach you vocabulary.
- 2022-09-296 min
We discuss inflation and economics and teach related vocabulary.
- 2022-09-226 min
We discuss language that gets used for dating online and new language that is emerging.
- 2022-09-156 min
Man vs beast: Who is more efficient?
We discuss the advantages of the design of the human body, and teach you vocabulary too.
- 2022-09-086 min
Are you following your dreams?
Hear about two people who dared to follow their dreams and are happy to have done so.
- 2022-09-016 min
Do emojis make language better?
Are emojis turning us into lazy writers?
- 2022-08-256 min
Hear about women who are using social media to change attitudes to beauty
- 2022-08-186 min
Hear about the career-killing tasks that are holding women back in the workplace
- 2022-08-116 min
How do you connect the unconnected?
- 2022-08-046 min
Covid-19, The Black Death ... We discuss what happens when deadly diseases go global.
- 2022-07-286 min
We talk about some new expressions that have been introduced to English through the media
- 2022-07-216 min
Which are more dangerous: Sharks or humans?
From monster killers of the sea to endangered species - we talk sharks and vocabulary.
- 2022-07-146 min
We discuss the impact of climate change on today's wildlife.
- 2022-07-076 min
Preserving traditional recipes
We discuss the tastes of our childhood and teach new vocabulary.
- 2022-06-306 min
Modern scientists are under pressure from critics motivated by political views.
- 2022-06-236 min
Learn about the invention of the atomic bomb
- 2022-06-166 min
Rob and Sam discuss some of the problems Pacific islanders face and teach vocabulary.
- 2022-06-096 min
What is the relationship between translation, technology and the human brain?
- 2022-06-016 min
We talk about a very British tradition involving Queen Elizabeth II
- 2022-05-266 min
Can you imagine being able to ‘taste’ every word that you hear?
- 2022-05-206 min
What’s up and what’s down for astronauts who are floating in zero gravity?
- 2022-05-126 min
Can VR treat fears and phobias?
VR is helping people overcome phobias and even tackling more serious problems.
- 2022-05-056 min
Great or awful? How do people rate office working? We talk about it and teach vocabulary.
- 2022-04-286 min
Deep convictions and a sense of humour - we talk about a man who helped end apartheid.
- 2022-04-216 min
We talk about an extreme environment, and teach you vocabulary along the way.
- 2022-04-146 min
Rhetoric: How persuasive are you?
We talk about an art that started with ancient Greek philosophers
- 2022-04-076 min
Britain's love affair with coffee
It's not all about tea - Britons like coffee too. Learn vocabulary to talk about it.
- 2022-03-316 min
Which one you are may be linked more to your birthplace and age than attitude.
- 2022-03-266 min
We discuss one of her most famous characters and teach you related vocabulary.
- 2022-03-176 min
Mars: Mysteries of the Red Planet
Neil and Sam discuss our fascination with the 'Red Planet' and teach you related vocab.
- 2022-03-106 min
Why laughter is the best medicine
Shouldn't we take laughter more seriously? We discuss and teach related vocabulary.
- 2022-03-036 min
Neil and Sam discuss the benefits of kindness and teach you related vocabulary.
- 2022-02-246 min
Neil and Sam discuss eating insects and teach you related vocabulary.
- 2022-02-176 min
We talk about the positive side of boredom and teach you related vocabulary.
- 2022-02-096 min
Life in a place where people work longer hours and get less sleep than anywhere else.
- 2022-02-036 min
Life in a place where people work longer hours and get less sleep than anywhere else.
- 2022-01-286 min
Preparing for the Beijing Winter Olympics
Artificial snow, coronavirus and controversy surround the Beijing Games starting soon.
- 2022-01-216 min
Are personalised diets the best way to be healthy?
We discuss how microbes matter when it comes to food, and teach some related vocabulary.
- 2022-01-136 min
Learn about how languages get invented