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Solving crime with forensic linguistics

John Olsson talks to Michael Rosen about how he uses authorship analysis to solve murders.

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Talk of the Town: How Places Got Their Names

Michael Rosen and guests explore the origins of the UK's town and village names.

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Dyslexia

Michael Rosen talks in depth about dyslexia with expert Professor Maggie Snowling.

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Listen and learn: how to make better conversation

Michael Rosen talks to the authors of The Talking Revolution about improving our dialogue.

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Biscuit Names

Michael Rosen and Laura Wright look into the weird and wonderful world of biscuit names.

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Jeffrey Boakye on black-related words

Jeffrey Boakye talks to Michael Rosen about exploring black identity through language.

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The Language of Comics

Michael Rosen explores the visual language of comics, with comics theorist Neil Cohn.

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Romani

Damian Le Bas talks to Michael Rosen about the Romani language.

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The First Language

What was the earliest language and how did it evolve? Michael Rosen investigates.

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Raymond Antrobus

Michael Rosen meets acclaimed poet Raymond Antrobus.

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The most powerful word

Michael Rosen explores the strange history of 'The', the most influential word in English.

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Glyn Maxwell

Michael Rosen explores the sound and rhythm of English with poet Glyn Maxwell.

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Vikings

Michael Rosen discovers how the Vikings changed English.

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Philosophy in English

Michael Rosen looks at philosophy in English, from John Locke to corporate slogans.

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Gabriel Gbadamosi

Michael Rosen meets London-born writer Gabriel Gbadamosi, to talk Dickens and dialect.

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The Language of Science

Michael Rosen looks at how English is used in Science.

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Anglo Saxon

Michael Rosen explores the origins of English in the Anglo-Saxon world.

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Metaphors

Michael Rosen returns to explore how metaphors shape our lives with author James Geary.

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Communicating Climate Change

Michael Rosen talks to George Marshall about how best to communicate climate change.

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Lying

Michael Rosen talks to Professor Dawn Archer about how we might tell when someone is lying

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NHS language use

Michael Rosen on how the NHS chooses words on its website and in consultants' letters.

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Real Talk

Michael Rosen talks to conversation analyst Elizabeth Stokoe about the science of talk.

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Sindhu Vee

Michael talks to comedian Sindhu Vee about her life in language.

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The power of telling stories

Michael Rosen talks to storyteller Clare Muireann Murphy about the wonder of stories.

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The Language of the Pandemic

Professor Tanya Byron examines the language of Covid-19 with author Mark Honigsbaum.

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The language of power and inequality in education and leadership

Jeffrey Boakye talks with Iesha Small on the language of power and inequality in education

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Words Used About Women

From hussy to bossy, spinster to slut, Professor Deborah Cameron on words used about women

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Othering through the centuries: Translation to acronyms

Sabrina Mahfouz talks to Tobi Kyeremateng and Katherine Harloe about othering in language.

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Talking to Strangers

Professor Tanya Byron sitting in for Michael Rosen on talking to strangers.

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Black masculinity and language

Jeffrey Boakye on the language of black masculinity in a post-colonial world.

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