Word of Mouth
A podcast by BBC Radio 4 - Thursdays
201 Episodes
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The Art of Apologies
Published: 02/08/2022 -
Ghosting Caking and Breadcrumbing
Published: 26/07/2022 -
Lords and Ladies: Folk Names for Plants and Flowers
Published: 19/07/2022 -
My Stammer Story
Published: 12/07/2022 -
What is language actually good for?
Published: 10/05/2022 -
Nathan Filer on the ways we talk about mental health
Published: 03/05/2022 -
Weather Words
Published: 26/04/2022 -
The language we use about children in care
Published: 20/04/2022 -
3 Ways to Speak English
Published: 12/04/2022 -
The Language of Sci-Fi
Published: 05/04/2022 -
Talking to Computers
Published: 22/02/2022 -
John McWhorter on Language
Published: 15/02/2022 -
Dropping the Mic and Jumping the Shark: Where Do Modern Idioms Come From?
Published: 08/02/2022 -
Remembering Mother Tongues
Published: 02/02/2022 -
It's language, Jim, but not as we know it
Published: 25/01/2022 -
When Words Fail Us
Published: 18/01/2022 -
Words from World War I
Published: 11/01/2022 -
Digital body language: how to work online
Published: 24/08/2021 -
When people get your name wrong
Published: 17/08/2021 -
Accent Bias
Published: 10/08/2021
Series exploring the world of words and the ways in which we use them