Word of Mouth Episodes Episode guide
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Andrew Graham-Dixon on the naming of art movements
Michael Rosen and Andrew Graham-Dixon on the naming of art movements and what it tells us.
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Snuck and Sung: Irregular Verbs
Michael Rosen explores the verbs that are called irregular, and how they came to be.
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Roald Dahl's Language
Michael Rosen on a new Roald Dahl dictionary collecting the amazing words he invented.
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PR - How Not To Do It
Michael Rosen on the words used in PR that have been rated as the most annoying. Iconic...
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Metaphors for the Past: From Dinosaurs to Victorian Values
Michael Rosen on how we talk about historical eras in order to define how we live now.
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House Names
Michael Rosen talks to Dr Laura Wright about her new research on popular house names.
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Steven Pinker on Language
Steven Pinker joins Michael Rosen to talk about his love of, and life in, language.
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Tip of the Tongue
Michael Rosen on one of the most frustrating language states: tip of the tongue.
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Talking or Texting?
Michael Rosen on research into the emotional effects of different kinds of communication.
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Mouthpiece: Turning the Spoken Word into Songs
Michael Rosen hears about a project to turn interviews recorded in Parliament into songs.
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Taking Turns in Conversation
Michael Rosen and Laura Wright discuss how we take it in turns to talk, in conversation.
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The Top 20 Words in English
Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright guide listeners through the 20 most commonly used words.
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How Shakespeare Spoke
Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright discover how Shakespeare spoke.
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Slang
What is slang? Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright thrash it out with Jonathon Green.
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Language Evolution: A Gene for Language?
Neuroscientist Dr Frederique Liegeois joins Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright.
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Gorilla gorilla gorilla: Latin names for animals and plants
Michael Rosen explores the wonderful Latin names used to describe animals and plants.
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The Alphabet
Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright take us through the A-Z of the alphabet.
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Inventing Brand Names
Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright look into how new commercial brand names are invented.
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Romance and Romanticism
Michael Rosen and Professor John Mullan talk romance, Romantic poets and romanticism.
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Reading: Print v eBooks
Michael Rosen examines the differences between reading print books and reading eBooks.
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Number Words
Michael Rosen and Laura Wright look at how numbers are understood - and misunderstood.
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Non-Verbal Communication
Michael Rosen and Laura Wright discuss non-verbal communication with Prof Steven Connor.
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Food Connections Festival
Michael Rosen and guests perform poems, songs and stories about food.
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Young Women as Linguistic Innovators
Michael Rosen and Laura Wright discuss the role of young women in language innovation.
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Colour Words
Michael Rosen and Laura Wright on colour words, how they vary and how they have changed.
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Naming Family Relationships - Step, Half or 'Blended'?
Michael Rosen and Laura Wright look at the names people give to family relationships.
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A Language Without Words
Michael Rosen asks Julian Barratt and Steve Oram about creating a language without words.
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The Pedant
What is a pedant, and where does pedantry come from? Michael Rosen talks to Oliver Kamm.
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Landscape Language
Michael Rosen on the evocative words used to describe features of the British landscape.
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Prof Tanya Byron on the language parents use to talk to their children
Tanya Byron and Michael Rosen discuss the language parents use to talk to their children.
