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Why everyone loves the underdog
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Mar 28 2024 6m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Underdog Stories in Football Premier LeagueChapter 2 38 sec
Exploring Opposite Terms and Sports Terminology
Disability in music and theatre
The UK's Equality Act of 2010 guaranteed the rights ...
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Mar 21 2024 5m
Chapter 1 4 mins
Breaking Barriers for Disabled MusiciansChapter 2 48 sec
Recapping Key Vocabulary in Programme
What makes a great library?
What makes a library a library? Neil and Beth discus...
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Mar 14 2024 6m
Chapter 1 6 mins
The Hidden Life of Libraries
Sewing to fight period poverty
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Mar 7 2024 6m
Chapter 1 5 mins
Fighting Period Poverty Worldwide
Plastic waste eaten by enzymes
Plastics can be difficult to recycle, could a recent...
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Feb 29 2024 6m
Chapter 1 5 mins
Solving Plastic Pollution Through Chemical RecyclingChapter 2 48 sec
Vocabulary Recap in Environmental Programme
Feed your brain
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Feb 22 2024 6m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Brain Health and Balanced DietsChapter 2 44 sec
Financial Well-Being Support Offer
Food for new mums
What do mothers eat after giving birth? Does it depe...
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Feb 15 2024 6m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Postpartum NutritionChapter 2 57 sec
Recapping New Vocabulary and Goodbye
Fighting loneliness with soup
Neil and Beth discuss a project in the Netherlands f...
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Feb 8 2024 6m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Combating LonelinessChapter 2 1 min
Recapping Vocabulary and Promoting New Series
What is the future of work?
Should we be worried about our jobs disappearing? Or...
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Feb 1 2024 6m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Predictions for the Future of Work
How the language of menus matters
Could french menu terms be going out of fashion?...
Jan 25 2024 6m
Chapter 1 7 mins
Language Influence on Food Menus
The psychology of greed
<p>Is it ever OK to be greedy?</p>
Jan 18 2024 6m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Exploring Greed and Its EffectsChapter 2 57 sec
Recapping Vocabulary From 6 Minute English
Addicted to sugar
How has sugar become such an important part of our d...
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Jan 11 2024 6m
Chapter 1 7 mins
The Impact of Sugar
Our love of pets
Why do we keep, and love, pets? Neil and Georgie dis...
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Jan 4 2024 6m
Chapter 1 6 mins
The Changing Relationship With PetsChapter 2 54 sec
British Love for Pets and Vocabulary
Sexism: Female farmers fighting back
Female farmers in many countries face sexism. Some a...
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Dec 28 2023 6m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Battling Sexism
Learning lessons from the Moon
Summer 2023 saw two missions to the Moon. Why are sc...
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Dec 21 2023 6m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Water on the Moon
Could we live without plastic?
Is it time to start living without plastic? Beth and...
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Dec 14 2023 6m
Chapter 1 8 mins
Plastic Pollution and Living Without Plastic
Invasive species: Why don't we eat them?
Invasive species are causing problems for nature aro...
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Dec 7 2023 6m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Eating Invasive Species for Conservation
What and where is Little Italy?
How did Italian food become famous throughout the wo...
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Nov 30 2023 6m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Little Italy
Social media and teenage health
What are the risks of social media to teenage health...
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Nov 23 2023 6m
Chapter 1 7 mins
Social Media's Impact on Teenagers' Mental Health
Mystery flying objects
What exactly did navy pilots see in 2004? The US inv...
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Nov 16 2023 6m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena and UFO Sightings
Elephant-proof farming
What happens when an elephant wants to eat your crop...
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Nov 14 2023 6m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Managing Human-Wildlife Conflict Through BeehivesChapter 2 1 min
Human-Wildlife Conflict
Should we farm octopus?
Is it OK to eat animals that can feel emotion? Learn...
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Nov 2 2023 6m
Chapter 1 6 mins
The Ethics of Farming OctopusChapter 2 49 sec
Recapping Vocabulary
Ways to live for 100 years
More and more people are living to 100, but what is ...
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Oct 26 2023 6m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Living to 100 and Beyond
How green is your money?
Should climate change make us think where to invest ...
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Oct 19 2023 6m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Investing Money for Climate Change
Mushrooms: Medicine or myth?
Today the medicinal mushroom industry is big busines...
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Oct 12 2023 6m
Chapter 1 5 mins
The Growing Popularity of Medicinal MushroomsChapter 2 51 sec
Recapping Vocabulary From the Programme