Word of Mouth Episodes Available now

How to Persuade a Courtroom
Michael Rosen talks to defence barrister Joanna Hardy-Susskind about courtroom language.

Keeping My Family's Language Alive
Michael Rosen asks Samantha Ellis about the language spoken by her mum and dad.

Speech difficulties
Michael Rosen asks what happens to people's sense of identity when speaking becomes hard.

The Art of Listening
Michael Rosen talks to Dr Haru Yamada about how we listen, and how we can do it better.

Lists
Michael Rosen and linguistics researcher Jo Nolan discuss the joy of making lists.

The Welsh Language with Huw Stephens at the Hay Festival
Michael Rosen talks to Welsh radio and TV presenter Huw Stephens about the Welsh language.

The language that changed the world
Michael Rosen hears about the origin of all Indo-European languages from Laura Spinney.

The End of the Full Stop?
Michael Rosen and Christian Ilbury discuss how online chat is changing how we punctuate.

Street Names
Michael Rosen talks to Philip Seargeant about where our street names come from.

Old English, New English
Michael Rosen on the Old English words used in daily life then and now, with Hana Videen.