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📅 August 21, 2025

✉️ What's your favourite snack?

📝 Finding time for a full meal can be challenging, especially when you are busy with work or traveling. For many people, snacks are becoming a popular alternative to traditional meals. Beth and Neil explore this trend and teach you some new vocabulary along the way.

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📅 June 9, 2016 (Archive)

✉️ Young and in business

📝 Are young entrepreneurs taken seriously, or is grey hair still seen as an advantage in business? Alice and Rob talk about age, money, and the challenges of being taken seriously while teaching you some new vocabulary along the way.

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📅 June 23, 2016

✉️ Who would you imitate?

📝 Why do we enjoy impersonating others? Neil and Alice explore the fun of impressions, from Elvis Presley tributes to capturing someone’s unique tics and catchphrases. They share tips from a British impressionist, discuss the appeal of tribute acts, and look at the darker side of impostors who pretend to be professionals for personal gain. Along the way, they teach you useful vocabulary.

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📅 June 30, 2016 (Archive)

✉️ Get on with it!

📝 From watching cat videos to googling your own name, we all find creative ways to avoid doing what really needs to be done. Rob and Alice explore why we procrastinate and why it can be so hard to just get started — teaching you some useful vocabulary along the way.

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📅 July 14, 2016 (Archive)

✉️ Cities of the future

📝 What will future cities look like, and will we enjoy living in them? As mega-cities grow in the developing world and richer cities seek better living standards, Alice and Neil explore what makes a city ‘smart’ — and teach you some useful vocabulary along the way.

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📅 July 28, 2016 (Archive)

✉️ Heritage sites

📝 The Great Barrier Reef, the Grand Canyon, and the Inca city of Machu Picchu in Peru are among the world’s most treasured natural and cultural heritage sites — but many of them are under serious threat from industrial activity. Can sustainable tourism help preserve these wonders for future generations? Alice and Neil explore this question and teach you some useful vocabulary along the way.

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📅 August 7, 2025

✉️ Are you flourishing?

📝 Who were the Muses in Greek mythology, and how did they inspire creativity? Neil and Alice explore their role in art and literature, discuss Neil’s own poetry, and share unusual strategies to overcome writer’s block, teaching you some new vocabulary along the way.

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📅 August 18, 2016 (Archive)

✉️ Have you walked off your pizza?

📝 Is food labelling clear enough to help us make healthy choices, especially when we spend just six seconds deciding what to buy in the supermarket? Alice and Neil take a closer look at what labels really tell us, with the help of pizza, chocolate chip muffins, and some other tasty vocabulary along the way.

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🚨Speaking Club: New Members!

We’re excited to welcome 10 new members to our English discussion group this week! 😀

Drumroll, please...

➕ Iman (27) from Iran 🇮🇷
➕ Nelly (37) from Russia 🇷🇺
➕ Hilola (15) from Uzbekistan 🇺🇿
➕ Marjan (45) from Germany 🇩🇪
➕ Hermon (20) from Ethiopia 🇪🇹
➕ Ali (20) from Iran 🇮🇷
➕ Zhansaya (14) from Kazakhstan 🇰🇿
➕ Shireen (26) from Jordan 🇯🇴
➕ Vladimir (25) from Moldova 🇲🇩
➕ Mirazem (22) from Uzbekistan 🇺🇿

If you haven’t submitted your application form yet, don’t miss out! Join our multicultural Speaking Club and take your English speaking skills to the next level!

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📅 September 1, 2016 (Archive)

✉️ Slang

📝 Is slang something to avoid, or just a natural part of language? Do you use it often without even noticing? Neil and Alice dive into the world of Cockney Rhyming Slang, explore how slang and jargon shape the way we speak, and teach you some new vocabulary along the way.

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📅 September 15, 2016 (Archive)

✉️ Global warming

📝 What might the world look like if the temperature keeps rising? While many will face serious challenges, some countries and industries could come out ahead. Neil and Alice explore who the unexpected winners might be, what changes we need to prepare for, and teach you some new vocabulary along the way.

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📅 September 22, 2016 (Archive)

✉️ Penicillin: breaking the mould

📝 Alice and Neil talk about penicillin, the wonder drug discovered in 1928, and how it transformed modern medicine. They discuss Neil's sore toe, mouldy mugs, and why we urgently need new antibiotics as resistance increases — teaching you some interesting vocabulary along the way.

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📅 October 6, 2016 (Archive)

✉️ Who do you think you are?

📝 How do others shape our identity, and can looks really tell where someone is from? Alice and Neil explore ethnic identity, cultural integration, and how our sense of self is influenced by others, while teaching you some useful vocabulary.

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🗣 Exciting News for Our 6 Minute English Subscribers! 🥳

After years of your kind messages, requests, and suggestions… it’s finally happening! We're thrilled to announce that a dedicated English discussion group is launching very soon! 🥰

But this won’t be just any group — this will be a safe, focused, and friendly space for those who are truly passionate about improving their English, especially speaking skills and confidence! 😉

🔊Why is this special?
We’ve decided to make the group private, not public. Why?
Because we want to protect the space from spammers, bots, and distractions, and give real learners full freedom to express themselves through text and voice messages — without fear of harassment or off-topic chatter. 🤓

To ensure this, every applicant must go through moderation. We’ll be carefully reviewing applications to make sure only serious and respectful learners are invited in. 😇

🔊 How to Apply?
If you're serious about joining our discussion group and improving your English, take 2–3 minutes to fill out our application form. 💌

Every week, we’ll select 10 new members from the applications to join the group.
Yes — only 10 people per week from our amazing 150,000+ subscribers will be chosen in the beginning. This is to keep the group small, manageable, and high-quality as we grow together. ☺️

🔊 Our Promise
We're going to great lengths because we genuinely care about creating a healthy, respectful, and empowering learning environment for all English lovers in our community. If you’ve ever dreamed of chatting, discussing, and finding your English voice, this is your chance. 🤩

Don’t miss out — be one of the first to join!
We can’t wait to hear your stories, voices, and ideas.

With love,
6 Minute English Team ❤️

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📅 October 20, 2016 (Archive)

✉️ Do opposites attract?

📝 Why are we drawn to certain people but not others? Sophie and Neil explore the science behind attraction, including the impact of beauty, body shape, personality, and even scent. They also look into the idea of love at first sight and teach you some interesting vocabulary along the way.

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📅 July 24, 2025

✉️ What is degrowth?

📝 Should we shrink the economy to save the planet? In this episode, Phil is joined by Hannah from the What in the World podcast to explore the idea of degrowth and what it could mean for our future, teaching you some useful new vocabulary along the way.

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