BBC Radio 4 - Word of Mouth

The power of telling stories

Michael Rosen talks to storyteller Clare Muireann Murphy about the wonder of stories.

Michael talks to comedian Sindhu Vee about her life in language.

Michael Rosen talks to conversation analyst Elizabeth Stokoe about the science of talk.

Michael Rosen on how the NHS chooses words on its website and in consultants' letters.

Michael Rosen talks to Professor Dawn Archer about how we might tell when someone is lying

Michael Rosen talks to George Marshall about how best to communicate climate change.

Michael Rosen returns to explore how metaphors shape our lives with author James Geary.

Michael Rosen explores the origins of English in the Anglo-Saxon world.

Michael Rosen looks at how English is used in Science.

Michael Rosen meets London-born writer Gabriel Gbadamosi, to talk Dickens and dialect.