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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T-Shirt Slogans

Michael Rosen discusses slogan T-shirts with Amber Butchart and Caryn Franklin.

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Communication and Dementia

Michael Rosen finds out how best to communicate with people with dementia.

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Raymond Williams' Keywords

Michael Rosen talks to academic Colin MacCabe about Raymond Williams' book Keywords.

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How to talk funny with Elis James

Michael Rosen talks to comedian Elis James about how to make language funny.

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Demystifying the language of the courtroom

Family law barrister Lucy Reed talks to Michael Rosen about the language of the courtroom.

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Solving crime with forensic linguistics

John Olsson talks to Michael Rosen about how he uses authorship analysis to solve murders.

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Talk of the Town: How Places Got Their Names

Michael Rosen and guests explore the origins of the UK's town and village names.

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Dyslexia

Michael Rosen talks in depth about dyslexia with expert Professor Maggie Snowling.

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Listen and learn: how to make better conversation

Michael Rosen talks to the authors of The Talking Revolution about improving our dialogue.

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Biscuit Names

Michael Rosen and Laura Wright look into the weird and wonderful world of biscuit names.

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Jeffrey Boakye on black-related words

Jeffrey Boakye talks to Michael Rosen about exploring black identity through language.

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The Language of Comics

Michael Rosen explores the visual language of comics, with comics theorist Neil Cohn.

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Romani

Damian Le Bas talks to Michael Rosen about the Romani language.

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The First Language

What was the earliest language and how did it evolve? Michael Rosen investigates.

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Raymond Antrobus

Michael Rosen meets acclaimed poet Raymond Antrobus.

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The most powerful word

Michael Rosen explores the strange history of 'The', the most influential word in English.

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Glyn Maxwell

Michael Rosen explores the sound and rhythm of English with poet Glyn Maxwell.

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Vikings

Michael Rosen discovers how the Vikings changed English.

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Philosophy in English

Michael Rosen looks at philosophy in English, from John Locke to corporate slogans.

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