{"podcast":{"title":"6 Minute English","slug":"6-minute-english-60308","podcast_index_feed_id":60308,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p02pc9tn.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02pc9tn","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0hxqkd0.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":341,"summary":"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","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T16:21:30.638359+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308"},"episode":{"title":"How reading shapes your brain","slug":"how-reading-shapes-your-brain","published_at":"2026-05-14T09:32:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/how-reading-shapes-your-brain","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nl4mwz","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss-low/proto/http/vpid/p0nl4l5w.mp3","summary":"Do you remember what it was like before you learnt to read? It's hard to think back that far! Scientific research has shown that learning to read changes the way our brains work. Not only that, but depending on the language you are reading, your brain changes in different ways. Becca and Georgie discuss this and teach you some new vocabulary. Find a transcript and worksheet at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2026/ep-260514 Got another 6 Minutes? Try Real Easy English to learn from natural English conversations: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/real-easy-english/ Learn English from the biggest news stories from around the world: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/learning-english-from-the-news_2026 Search 'BBC Learning English' in your podcast app to find our other programmes or visit bbclearningenglish.com","meta_description":"Do you remember what it was like before you learnt to read? It's hard to think back that far! Scientific research has shown that learning to read changes…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":395,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/6-minute-english-60308/episodes/how-reading-shapes-your-brain/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/6-minute-english-60308/how-reading-shapes-your-brain.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}