Metaphors

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

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Communicating Climate Change

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

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Lying

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

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NHS language use

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

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Real Talk

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

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Sindhu Vee

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

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The power of telling stories

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

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The Language of the Pandemic

Professor Tanya Byron examines the language of Covid-19 with author Mark Honigsbaum.

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The language of power and inequality in education and leadership

Jeffrey Boakye talks with Iesha Small on the language of power and inequality in education

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Words Used About Women

From hussy to bossy, spinster to slut, Professor Deborah Cameron on words used about women

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Othering through the centuries: Translation to acronyms

Sabrina Mahfouz talks to Tobi Kyeremateng and Katherine Harloe about othering in language.

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Talking to Strangers

Professor Tanya Byron sitting in for Michael Rosen on talking to strangers.

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Black masculinity and language

Jeffrey Boakye on the language of black masculinity in a post-colonial world.

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Protest Slogans

Sabrina Mahfouz talks about protest slogans with Siana Bangura and Zoe Buckman.

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Talking Disability

Talking disability with Samantha Renke

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How to Disagree

Michael Rosen and Darren Chetty explore ways of disagreeing that could help to unite us.

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Being a Polyglot

Michael talks to Alex Rawlings about being a polyglot

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Adam Bradley: The Poetry of Pop

Adam Bradley joins Michael from Los Angeles and talks about the poetry of pop

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Bulls and Bears: animal metaphors in business language

Michael Rosen asks why there are so many terms related to animals in the business world.

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Hilary Mantel in conversation with Michael Rosen

Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall, talks to Michael Rosen about her life in language.

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LGBTQIA+ slang

Chloe Davis, creator of The Queen's English dictionary of LGBTQIA+ slang, talks to Michael

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Alphabetical Order

Michael Rosen and historian Judith Flanders talk categories and more.

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Changing Names

Michael Rosen and BBC presenter Ben Boulos talk changing names.

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Romance Fraud

Dr Elisabeth Carter talks to Michael about the language used by romance fraudsters.

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Coinages

Michael Rosen talks to Ralph Keyes about how words and phrases are coined.

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Speech and Language Therapy

Michael Rosen talks to the speech and language therapist who helped him after Covid-19.

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The Shipping Forecast: Internet Fandom

Michael Rosen talks to internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch about online fandom language.

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Why is English so weird?

Michael Rosen hears why our language is a bit of a mess from linguist Arika Okrent

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The Art of Inventing Languages

Michael Rosen is joined by David J. Peterson, language creator for Game of Thrones.

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Medical English

Michael Rosen asks Dr Sophie Harrison about the special language used by doctors.

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