Word of Mouth Podcast
Series exploring the world of words and the ways in which we use them
Episodes to download
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What is language actually good for?
Tue 10 May 2022
Nick Enfield and Michael Rosen on language being good for lawyers but bad for scientists.
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Nathan Filer on the ways we talk about mental health
Tue 3 May 2022
Nathan talks with Michael about words we use when talking about mental health.
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The language we use about children in care
Tue 19 Apr 2022
Adoptive parent Margaret Reynolds talks about the language used around children in care
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3 Ways to Speak English
Tue 12 Apr 2022
Dr Jamila Lyiscott describes to Michael Rosen the 3 ways in which she speaks English.
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The Language of Sci-Fi
Tue 5 Apr 2022
Michael Rosen explores how the vocabulary of sci-fi has entered everyday speech.
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Talking to Computers
Tue 22 Feb 2022
Michael Rosen talks to Lane Greene about advances in language technologies.
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John McWhorter on Language
Tue 15 Feb 2022
John McWhorter, author and linguist at Columbia University, joins Michael Rosen.
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Dropping the Mic and Jumping the Shark: Where Do Modern Idioms Come From?
Tue 8 Feb 2022
Michael Rosen talks to Dr Gareth Carrol about the surprising origins of modern idioms.
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Remembering Mother Tongues
Tue 1 Feb 2022
Michael Rosen asks Julie Sedivy about what happens when we lose our first language.
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It's language, Jim, but not as we know it
Tue 25 Jan 2022
Michael Rosen talks to science communicator Dr Hannah Little.
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When Words Fail Us
Tue 18 Jan 2022
Kathryn Mannix and Michael Rosen on how to talk tenderly and and listen well.
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Words from World War I
Tue 11 Jan 2022
Michael Rosen and Professor Lynda Mugglestone explore the new language from World War I.
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Digital body language: how to work online
Tue 24 Aug 2021
Michael Rosen gets advice from Erica Dhawan on the best ways to communicate on-screen.
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When people get your name wrong
Tue 17 Aug 2021
Michael Rosen on why personal names are mistaken or misspelled, in conversation and online
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Accent Bias
Tue 10 Aug 2021
Michael Rosen asks Devyani Sharma about the latest research into accent bias in the UK.
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Medical English
Tue 27 Jul 2021
Michael Rosen asks Dr Sophie Harrison about the special language used by doctors.
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The Art of Inventing Languages
Tue 20 Jul 2021
Michael Rosen is joined by David J. Peterson, language creator for Game of Thrones.
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Why is English so weird?
Tue 13 Jul 2021
Michael Rosen hears why our language is a bit of a mess from linguist Arika Okrent
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The Shipping Forecast: Internet Fandom
Tue 11 May 2021
Michael Rosen talks to internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch about online fandom language.
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Speech and Language Therapy
Tue 4 May 2021
Michael Rosen talks to the speech and language therapist who helped him after Covid-19.
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Romance Fraud
Tue 20 Apr 2021
Dr Elisabeth Carter talks to Michael about the language used by romance fraudsters.
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Alphabetical Order
Tue 6 Apr 2021
Michael Rosen and historian Judith Flanders talk categories and more.
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LGBTQIA+ slang
Tue 16 Feb 2021
Chloe Davis, creator of The Queen's English dictionary of LGBTQIA+ slang, talks to Michael
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Hilary Mantel in conversation with Michael Rosen
Tue 9 Feb 2021
Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall, talks to Michael Rosen about her life in language.
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Bulls and Bears: animal metaphors in business language
Tue 2 Feb 2021
Michael Rosen asks why there are so many terms related to animals in the business world.
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Adam Bradley: The Poetry of Pop
Tue 26 Jan 2021
Adam Bradley joins Michael from Los Angeles and talks about the poetry of pop