Language
One to One. Emma Garland and Mike Parker on living in Wales. Audio, 14 minutes
Emma speaks to Mike about their cultural house swap: Wales to England and England to Wales
- Availability
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- BBC Radio 4
- Posted
- 11 June
- Attribution
- Wales
The Documentary Podcast. Love-bombing Estonia’s Russian speakers. Audio, 28 minutes
Can music and culture help unite Estonia?
- Availability
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- BBC World Service
Word of Mouth. What is language actually good for? Audio, 28 minutes
Nick Enfield and Michael Rosen on language being good for lawyers but bad for scientists.
- Availability
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- BBC Radio 4
The Essay. New Generation Thinkers 2021, Pause for Thought. Audio, 14 minutes
Florence Hazrat looks at the history of punctuation marks (such as brackets) and emojis.
- Availability
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- BBC Radio 3
The Essay. New Generation Thinkers 2021, Contesting an Alphabet. Audio, 14 minutes
Mirela Ivanova on the countries claiming to be the birthplace of the Cyrillic script.
- Availability
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- BBC Radio 3
Word of Mouth. The language we use about children in care. Audio, 28 minutes
Adoptive parent Margaret Reynolds talks about the language used around children in care
- Availability
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- BBC Radio 4
- Posted
- 11 April
- Attribution
- Guernsey
- Posted
- 9 April
- Attribution
- Wales
Word of Mouth. The Language of Sci-Fi. Audio, 28 minutes
Michael Rosen explores how the vocabulary of sci-fi has entered everyday speech.
- Availability
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- BBC Radio 4
Short Cuts. In Other Words. Audio, 28 minutes
Josie Long presents short documentaries on how we express ourselves.
- Availability
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- BBC Radio 4
- Posted
- 17 February
- Attribution
- Africa
- Posted
- 9 February
- Attribution
- Cornwall
Word of Mouth. Dropping the Mic and Jumping the Shark: Where Do Modern Idioms Come From? Audio, 28 minutes
Michael Rosen talks to Dr Gareth Carrol about the surprising origins of modern idioms.
- Availability
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- BBC Radio 4
- Posted
- 28 January
- Attribution
- NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Word of Mouth. Words from World War I. Audio, 28 minutes
Michael Rosen and Professor Lynda Mugglestone explore the new language from World War I.
- Availability
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- BBC Radio 4
- Posted
- 9 December 2021
- Attribution
- Wales
- Posted
- 9 December 2021
- Attribution
- Wales
- Posted
- 8 December 2021
- Attribution
- US & Canada
Sideways. 18. Tongue-Tied. Audio, 29 minutes
Matthew Syed explores why words fail us and how we can find them again.
- Availability
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- BBC Radio 4
Arts & Ideas. The Imperial War Museum Remembrance Discussion 2021. Audio, 45 minutes
How do we define a war? Anne McElvoy and guests look at how language changes attitudes.
- Availability
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- BBC Radio 3
- Posted
- 1 November 2021
- Attribution
- Entertainment & Arts
The Flipside with Paris Lees. Layers of Language. Audio, 35 minutes
Can speaking in another language change who we are?
- Availability
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- BBC Radio 4
- Posted
- 8 October 2021
- Attribution
- Technology
