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Word of Mouth

A podcast by: BBC Radio 4

Series exploring the world of words and the ways in which we use them

Our American listeners can also listen to Word of Mouth at our American site

171 Episodes

How to Think Like an Anthropologist, with Gillian Tett
Published 2024-02-20

Family Sayings
Published 2024-02-13
Are you different in another language?
Published 2024-02-06
Words for Sale!
Published 2024-01-23
Unequal English
Published 2024-01-22
A Life in Lexicography
Published 2024-01-17
Writing Comedy with Isy Suttie
Published 2024-01-09
Everyday Shakespeare
Published 2023-08-22
Therapy Speak
Published 2023-08-15
Fandom
Published 2023-08-08
The stories behind our names
Published 2023-08-01
Audio description: putting art into words
Published 2023-07-25
Interpreting Presidents Putin and Zelensky
Published 2023-07-17
Learning Yiddish
Published 2023-07-11
Chatbots
Published 2023-05-12
The Language of Fascism
Published 2023-05-09
Women's Words
Published 2023-05-02
A Load of Nonsense
Published 2023-04-18
Psychiatrist and Patient
Published 2023-04-11
The Life Inside: Philosophy in Prison
Published 2023-04-04
Richard Osman's love of language
Published 2023-02-21
Interpreting for Mum and Dad
Published 2023-02-14
Subtitles
Published 2023-02-07
Snap Crackle and Every Little Helps - the language of food advertising
Published 2023-01-31
Grammar Table
Published 2023-01-24
Band names
Published 2023-01-17
Exclamation Marks!!
Published 2023-01-10
Nihal Arthanayake on conversation
Published 2022-08-23
Like
Published 2022-08-16
A Murmuration of Starlings
Published 2022-08-09
The Art of Apologies
Published 2022-08-02
Ghosting Caking and Breadcrumbing
Published 2022-07-26
Lords and Ladies: Folk Names for Plants and Flowers
Published 2022-07-19
My Stammer Story
Published 2022-07-12
What is language actually good for?
Published 2022-05-10
Nathan Filer on the ways we talk about mental health
Published 2022-05-03
Weather Words
Published 2022-04-26
The language we use about children in care
Published 2022-04-20
3 Ways to Speak English
Published 2022-04-12
The Language of Sci-Fi
Published 2022-04-05

Series exploring the world of words and the ways in which we use them

171 Episodes

How to Think Like an Anthropologist, with Gillian Tett

Family Sayings

Are you different in another language?

Words for Sale!

Unequal English

A Life in Lexicography

Writing Comedy with Isy Suttie

Everyday Shakespeare

Therapy Speak

Fandom

The stories behind our names

Audio description: putting art into words

Interpreting Presidents Putin and Zelensky

Learning Yiddish

Chatbots

The Language of Fascism

Women's Words

A Load of Nonsense

Psychiatrist and Patient

The Life Inside: Philosophy in Prison

Richard Osman's love of language

Interpreting for Mum and Dad

Subtitles

Snap Crackle and Every Little Helps - the language of food advertising

Grammar Table

Band names

Exclamation Marks!!

Nihal Arthanayake on conversation

Like

A Murmuration of Starlings

The Art of Apologies

Ghosting Caking and Breadcrumbing

Lords and Ladies: Folk Names for Plants and Flowers

My Stammer Story

What is language actually good for?

Nathan Filer on the ways we talk about mental health

Weather Words

The language we use about children in care

3 Ways to Speak English

The Language of Sci-Fi