دسته: INTERMEDIATE

Many people aspire to create a happy place where everyone is cared for and nobody goes without. Rob and Georgina talk about how to create utopia.

Feeling happy is more important than ever right now, especially as many things seem to be out of our control. Neil and Georgina talk about what small things you can do to feel better about life.

Many of the English words we use today like beer, hand, mother and love have all survived from Old English. Neil and Georgina discuss where the English language we use today really comes from.

What do you do if you are annoyed with your boss and your workplace is… space? In 1973, three US astronauts on board the Skylab space station had a disagreement with mission control. Neil and Georgina talk about what really happened.

Digital technology is dramatically improving the lives of blind people all around the world. Neil and Georgina talk about these inventions which help blind people work around their challenges.

Henrietta Lacks made an amazing contribution to medical research which has only recently been recognised. Rob and Georgina discuss her remarkable story.

Many people choose to, or have to work as a freelancer to survive, but is it worth the risk? Rob and Georgina talk about the advantages and disadvantages of freelancing.

The act of singing is a very complex skill, involving a huge number of processes in our bodies and brains. Neil and Georgina discuss singing and how it’s not essential to sing in tune to benefit from doing it.

Telling stories is a powerful way to connect and communicate with people – they help us make sense of the world. Neil and Georgina talk about storytelling and why we’ve been telling them to each other for millennia.

How many languages would you like to speak? Do you agree that “to have another language is to possess a second soul”? Neil and Rob talk about polyglots and teach you some English vocabulary.