6 Minute English Episodes Available now
The benefits of boredom
We talk about the positive side of boredom and teach you related vocabulary.
Sleepy in South Korea
Life in a place where people work longer hours and get less sleep than anywhere else.
Sleepy in South Korea
Life in a place where people work longer hours and get less sleep than anywhere else.
Preparing for the Beijing Winter Olympics
Artificial snow, coronavirus and controversy surround the Beijing Games starting soon.
Are personalised diets the best way to be healthy?
We discuss how microbes matter when it comes to food, and teach some related vocabulary.
Inventing languages
Learn about how languages get invented
Welcome to the 'metaverse'
We discuss how things like the metaverse and AI might influence how we live.
Do trees have memories?
We discuss whether plants can 'remember' stressful situations, such as droughts or pests.
Algorithms
We talk about the maths formulas that are increasingly part of our lives.
Changing the Earth's climate
Could diamonds help to prevent a climate catastrophe? That's what we discuss.
