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Michael Rosen continues the series exploring the words we use.
Michael Rosen talks to Dr Haru Yamada about how we listen, and how we can do it better.
Michael Rosen and linguistics researcher Jo Nolan discuss the joy of making lists.
Michael Rosen talks to Welsh radio and TV presenter Huw Stephens about the Welsh language.
Michael Rosen hears about the origin of all Indo-European languages from Laura Spinney.
Michael Rosen and Christian Ilbury discuss how online chat is changing how we punctuate.
Michael Rosen talks to Philip Seargeant about where our street names come from.
Michael Rosen on the Old English words used in daily life then and now, with Hana Videen.
Michael talks cockney with Andy Green and Saif Osmani from the Modern Cockney Festival.
Michael Rosen asks a linguist how he invents new languages for TV series and films.
Professor Louise Mullany talks politeness, and how it governs every sphere of our lives.
Jackie Kay has written a book in Scots and tells Michael about her love of the language.
Adam Rutherford s Michael to unpick the knotty language we use to talk about genetics.
Susie Dent s Michael to talk about her lifelong fascination with words and languages.
How language is used on platforms like Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter/X.
Michael hears about how animals communicate, and why, from zoologist Arik Kershenbaum.
Poet Nabeela Ahmed on being multilingual.
Eli Burnstein talks about fine distinctions between words.
The Canadian former astronaut and author talks about communicating Space
How we talk about getting older can affect how we age. Michael hears from Dr Lucy Pollock.
Professor Julian Pine on how babies learn language.
Michael explores the mysterious rules of word order with linguist Dr Laura Bailey.
In conversation with Michael Morpurgo at the Hay Festival.
Joshua Reno talks about how Charlie, his non verbal-autistic son, communicates with him.
What the Irish language tells us about the world
Professor Lucy Easthope explains why language is important in the aftermath of a disaster.
Dominic Fifield explains how football clubs got their names.
Michael Rosen is ed by Gillian Tett, columnist at the Financial Times.
Michael shares listeners' stories about words and phrases ed down through families.
Can speaking another language change your behaviour, your decisions, even your morals?
