How Countries Got Their Names

Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright find out how countries got their names.

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Jacqueline Wilson talks to Michael Rosen about language

Tracy Beaker author Jacqueline Wilson talks to Michael Rosen about her love of language.

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Cucks, snowflakes and virtue signalling: the new US political lexicon

Michael Rosen asks George Lakoff about the new political words coming out of the US now.

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The Postbag Edition

Michael Rosen answers listeners' language queries from the Word of Mouth inbox and postbag

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Game On: The Language of Video Games

Michael Rosen and Laura Wright find out how video games influence language.

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David Walliams on writing for children

David Walliams talks to Michael Rosen about writing children's books.

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Eat My Words: How to Describe Food Flavours

Michael Rosen asks Andi Oliver and Niki Segnit how they describe the flavours of food.

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Malorie Blackman on Language

Malorie Blackman, author of Noughts and Crosses, talks in depth to Michael Rosen.

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Are we all speaking football?

Lifelong Arsenal supporter Michael Rosen talks football cliches with Adam Hurrey.

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Autism and Communication

Michael Rosen finds out what can be learnt about communication from people with autism.

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Wild Words

Robert Macfarlane tells Michael Rosen about his 'word-hoard' of endangered nature words.

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Language and Our Genes with Dr Steve Jones

Michael Rosen talks to Steve Jones about language and our genes.

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Pub Names

Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright explain how pubs got their names.

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Hello! Is it me you're looking for? - The art of greetings

Michael Rosen and Laura Wright start a new series with hellos and greetings.

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Michael Gets Voice Training

Vocal coaches Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher give Michael Rosen a thorough workout.

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Best wishes, kind regards or none of the above?

Best wishes or kind regards? What is the new etiquette for written communication?

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Naming Diseases

Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright explore how diseases are named.

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Language and Gender Identity

Michael Rosen talks language and gender identity with CN Lester, author of Trans Like Me.

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Haggard Hawks

Michael Rosen is joined by Paul Anthony Jones of popular etymology blog Haggard Hawks.

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Words Apart

Michael Rosen asks if we are living through a crisis of language in public debate.

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Not My Type

How do fonts change the meaning of a message? Michael Rosen is joined by Sarah Hyndman.

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Naming Emotions

Michael Rosen talks to Tiffany Watt Smith about the words we use to describe our emotions.

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Me, Myself & AI

Michael is joined by Tom Hewitson, conversation designer for the likes of Siri and Alexa.

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The Words That Saved Me

Sally Bayley talks to Michael Rosen about how words came to her rescue during childhood.

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How to talk like a Samaritan

Michael Rosen talks to the Samaritans about how language can help people in crisis.

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Shop Names

Michael Rosen and Laura Wright look at the history behind and wordplay used in shop names.

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Stephen Fry and Michael Rosen talk language

Stephen Fry talks to presenter Michael Rosen about their mutual obsession with language.

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Give 'em an inch... imperial and metric

Michael Rosen and Laura Wright talk to Rob Eastaway about imperial and metric measurements

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Lane Greene on Editing

Economist Johnson language columnist Lane Greene talks to Michael Rosen and Laura Wright.

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Multicultural London English

Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright talk Multicultural London English with Ismail Einashe.

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