How the Telephone Rewired Us

Chris Ledgard explores the impact of the telephone.

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The Online Me

Are we different online than in real life? Gemma Cairney asks Nick Grimshaw and friends.

• 28 mins

Talking About Cancer

The writer Graham Joyce with a personal take on the ways in which we talk about cancer.

• 28 mins

Is the Double Entendre in Rude Health?

Arthur Bostrom examines the origins, colourful history and new era of the double entendre.

• 28 mins

Speaking, Listening and the English GCSE

Chris Ledgard host a discussion on speaking and listening skills and the English GCSE.

• 28 mins

First Words: How do children develop language?

Michael Rosen on the first sounds and words that babies learn.

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Ebola: How should we talk about it?

Michael Rosen talks to Oxfam's media officer on how we should speak about Ebola.

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Why do we laugh?

Michael Rosen finds out why we laugh and why we cry, with neuroscientist Sophie Scott.

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How Is English Going to Change in the future?

Michael Rosen looks ahead, with the help of linguists Bas Aarts and Laura Wright.

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Philip Pullman and Michael Rosen talk about language and writing

Philip Pullman and Michael Rosen talk in depth about language and writing.

• 28 mins

Are you really Somali? Using language to determine country of origin

Michael Rosen on the use of language analysis to judge asylum seekers' country of origin.

• 28 mins

Prof Tanya Byron on the language parents use to talk to their children

Tanya Byron and Michael Rosen discuss the language parents use to talk to their children.

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Landscape Language

Michael Rosen on the evocative words used to describe features of the British landscape.

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The Pedant

What is a pedant, and where does pedantry come from? Michael Rosen talks to Oliver Kamm.

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A Language Without Words

Michael Rosen asks Julian Barratt and Steve Oram about creating a language without words.

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Naming Family Relationships - Step, Half or 'Blended'?

Michael Rosen and Laura Wright look at the names people give to family relationships.

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Colour Words

Michael Rosen and Laura Wright on colour words, how they vary and how they have changed.

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Young Women as Linguistic Innovators

Michael Rosen and Laura Wright discuss the role of young women in language innovation.

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Food Connections Festival

Michael Rosen and guests perform poems, songs and stories about food.

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Non-Verbal Communication

Michael Rosen and Laura Wright discuss non-verbal communication with Prof Steven Connor.

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Number Words

Michael Rosen and Laura Wright look at how numbers are understood - and misunderstood.

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Reading: Print v eBooks

Michael Rosen examines the differences between reading print books and reading eBooks.

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Romance and Romanticism

Michael Rosen and Professor John Mullan talk romance, Romantic poets and romanticism.

• 28 mins

Inventing Brand Names

Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright look into how new commercial brand names are invented.

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The Alphabet

Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright take us through the A-Z of the alphabet.

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Gorilla gorilla gorilla: Latin names for animals and plants

Michael Rosen explores the wonderful Latin names used to describe animals and plants.

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Language Evolution: A Gene for Language?

Neuroscientist Dr Frederique Liegeois joins Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright.

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Slang

What is slang? Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright thrash it out with Jonathon Green.

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How Shakespeare Spoke

Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright discover how Shakespeare spoke.

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The Top 20 Words in English

Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright guide listeners through the 20 most commonly used words.

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