Digital body language: how to work online

Michael Rosen gets advice from Erica Dhawan on the best ways to communicate on-screen.

• 28 mins

Words from World War I

Michael Rosen and Professor Lynda Mugglestone explore the new language from World War I.

• 28 mins

When Words Fail Us

Kathryn Mannix and Michael Rosen on how to talk tenderly and and listen well.

• 28 mins

It's language, Jim, but not as we know it

Michael Rosen talks to science communicator Dr Hannah Little.

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Remembering Mother Tongues

Michael Rosen asks Julie Sedivy about what happens when we lose our first language.

• 28 mins

Dropping the Mic and Jumping the Shark: Where Do Modern Idioms Come From?

Michael Rosen talks to Dr Gareth Carrol about the surprising origins of modern idioms.

• 28 mins

John McWhorter on Language

John McWhorter, author and linguist at Columbia University, joins Michael Rosen.

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Talking to Computers

Michael Rosen talks to Lane Greene about advances in language technologies.

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The Language of Sci-Fi

Michael Rosen explores how the vocabulary of sci-fi has entered everyday speech.

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3 Ways to Speak English

Dr Jamila Lyiscott describes to Michael Rosen the 3 ways in which she speaks English.

• 28 mins

The language we use about children in care

Adoptive parent Margaret Reynolds talks about the language used around children in care

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Weather Words

The many different ways we use to talk about the weather

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Nathan Filer on the ways we talk about mental health

Nathan talks with Michael about words we use when talking about mental health.

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What is language actually good for?

Nick Enfield and Michael Rosen on language being good for lawyers but bad for scientists.

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