# 6 Minute English

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Official site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02pc9tn
Author: BBC
Episodes: 341

## Resource

Learn and practise useful English with clips from programmes around the BBC. Each week, we talk about an interesting topic and learn helpful words and phrases used in natural spoken English - all in 6 minutes! Practise your listening and hear natural spoken English. Find more at https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish Follow us at https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus

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## Episodes
- [Is rejection good for us?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/is-rejection-good-for-us) — 2026-09-17T08:34:00+00:00
- [Can apps teach you a language?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/can-apps-teach-you-a-language) — 2026-09-10T07:46:00+00:00
- [Climate change and extreme weather](https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/climate-change-and-extreme-weather) — 2026-09-03T08:33:00+00:00
- [How do we describe smells?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/how-do-we-describe-smells) — 2026-08-27T09:16:00+00:00
- [Sharing the road with driverless cars](https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/sharing-the-road-with-driverless-cars) — 2026-08-20T13:13:00+00:00
- [Who does the housework?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/who-does-the-housework) — 2026-08-13T08:30:00+00:00
- [How do climate scientists make predictions?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/how-do-climate-scientists-make-predictions) — 2026-08-06T09:11:00+00:00
- [The Enhanced Games](https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/the-enhanced-games) — 2026-07-30T14:14:00+00:00
- [Children in warzones](https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/children-in-warzones) — 2026-07-23T14:03:00+00:00
- [What's in a footballer's brain?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/what-s-in-a-footballer-s-brain) — 2026-07-16T14:00:00+00:00
- [Should we cycle more?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/should-we-cycle-more) — 2026-07-09T09:19:00+00:00
- [Rude emails](https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/rude-emails) — 2026-07-02T08:19:00+00:00
- [Stress-free family meals](https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/stress-free-family-meals) — 2026-06-25T08:41:00+00:00
- [Limiting screen time for children](https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/limiting-screen-time-for-children) — 2026-06-18T10:18:00+00:00
- [How advertisers make us spend money](https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/how-advertisers-make-us-spend-money) — 2026-06-11T11:17:00+00:00
- [The power of poetry](https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/the-power-of-poetry) — 2026-06-04T09:37:00+00:00
- [Living with debt](https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/living-with-debt) — 2026-05-28T08:10:00+00:00
- [Making cities feel quieter](https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/making-cities-feel-quieter) — 2026-05-21T09:10:00+00:00
- [How reading shapes your brain](https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/how-reading-shapes-your-brain) — 2026-05-14T09:32:00+00:00
- [Searching for life on another planet](https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/searching-for-life-on-another-planet) — 2026-05-07T08:00:00+00:00
- [Should we eat ultra-processed food?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/should-we-eat-ultra-processed-food) — 2026-04-30T08:13:00+00:00
- [Why are we all so stressed?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/why-are-we-all-so-stressed) — 2026-04-23T09:11:00+00:00
- [Love the foods you hate](https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/love-the-foods-you-hate) — 2026-04-16T10:14:00+00:00
- [The future of food](https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/the-future-of-food) — 2026-04-09T08:33:00+00:00
- [Are saunas good for you?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/are-saunas-good-for-you) — 2026-04-02T08:50:00+00:00

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