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• Six podcasts to broaden your mind in 2023

  The best podcasts to improve your knowledge this year.

  

• How soil can help save the world

  Why mud is so glorious and how it can help us fight climate change.

  

• From blunk to brickfielder: our wonderful words for weather

  Exploring creative descriptions for wind, rainfall and sunny spells from around the world

  

• What language should we use about children in care?

  Important but problematic decisions have to be made around adopted and fostered children.

  

• Dropping the mic and jumping the shark

  Where do modern idioms come from?

  

• Ten things we learned when the Archbishop of Canterbury met author Stephen King

  Stephen discusses organised religion, disorganised religion and the definition of evil.

  

• How to make money from unwanted belongings

  Here are some top tips for how to sell on, re-gift and rent out.

  

• When words fail us: how to have difficult discussions

  How should we respond to someone sharing bad news or raw emotion?

  

• Why more of us are choosing low-alcohol drinks

  It's all about range, quality, availability and socio-economic changes...

  

• Is a personalised diet the secret to long-term health?

  Look after your gut and it will look after you. Personalised nutrition may hold the key.

  

• Ultra-processed vegan and vegetarian foods: are they as healthy as they look?

  James Gallagher investigates for Radio 4's Inside Health.

  

• The Renaissance of Vodka: past, present and future

  Vodka is a spirit with a rich cultural history. Is the time right for a vodka renaissance?

  

• Lost for Words – what happens to language in the onset of dementia?

  David Shariatmadari explores language as reflected in his father’s experience of dementia

  

• 1971: The year that changed food forever?

  The Food Programme’s Dan Saladino asks – was 1971 a turning point for how the world eats?

  

• The Great Apostrophe Quiz

  An entertaining quiz to illustrate the trickiest of punctuation elements – the apostrophe

  

• Eight remarkable tales of the Empress of Blues

  Jackie Kay narrates the life story of the troubled blues singer, Bessie Smith.

  

• Women and words: why language matters

  How sexism is reflected in the English language and why the words we choose are important

  

• The Ultimate Pizza Quiz

  Eight questions to test your knowledge of the mouthwateringly popular international dish.

  

• How to learn a language: tips from a polyglot

  With interest in language learning soaring in the past year, here is some useful advice.

  

• How we can hold on to those we’ve lost

  Grief is an inevitable and necessary process that we must all go through in order to heal

  

• The growing trend of visible repairing

  Rather than trying to hide holes menders stich in pattern and colour.

  Duration: 7:05

• How much energy do Christmas lights use up?

  How much energy do displays waste, and is it a waste if we're brightening our streets?

  Duration: 7:16

• What are the trends for 2022?

  What is going to be fashionable in 2022? We hear from consumer trend experts.

  Duration: 5:38

• Is a plastic Christmas tree better for the environment?

  Which is the most 'eco' choice if you're buying a Christmas tree this year?

  Duration: 7:10
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