Language
Rongorongo: The lost writing of Easter Island. Video, 00:01:49
The Rongorongo script is perhaps Easter Island’s greatest enigma
- AttributionBBC
- Posted29 May 2018
Rapa Nui on air. Video, 00:02:10
Easter Island’s bilingual radio station
- AttributionBBC
- Posted29 May 2018
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- Posted26 May 2018
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- Posted23 May 2018
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- Posted15 May 2018
Short Cuts. Series 16, Afterwords. Audio, 28 minutes
Josie Long presents short documentaries in which words linger long after they're uttered.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Arts & Ideas. What is Speech? Audio, 46 minutes
Matthew Sweet and guests discuss talking and speech, including Trevor Cox
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Listening Service. Is Music a Universal Language? Audio, 29 minutes
Tom Service asks whether music really is a universal language.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
A Point of View. The Mental Illness Metaphor. Audio, 10 minutes
Tom Shakespeare on why we misuse the language of mental illness.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Thinking Allowed. Racial inequality now, Women and political language. Audio, 28 minutes
Racial inequality now. Also, women and political language.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Thinking Allowed. Women and democracy - the language of power. Audio, 28 minutes
Is democracy failing women? Also, how 'normality' is established in language.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
One to One. Jay Brave and Kelechi Okafor. Audio, 15 minutes
Jay Brave and Kelechi Okafor discuss their approach to race and identity.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Brainwaves. Series 5, Dr Thomas Bak. Audio, 28 minutes
Should we offer language classes on the NHS? Pennie Latin meets Dr Thomas Bak.
- AttributionBBC Radio Scotland
- Available for over a year
A Point of View. Daring to Marvel. Audio, 10 minutes
Howard Jacobson on self-censoring and the language of appreciation.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
A Point of View. Dramatic Speech. Audio, 10 minutes
Howard Jacobson muses on the 'frozen wastes of Emojiland'.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Nothing Is Real - Pop's Struggle with Authenticity, The Terminology. Audio, 14 minutes
David Hepworth discusses pop terminology - a trap for frauds and a charter for pseuds.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. Men, Women and Language. Audio, 23 minutes
Women apologise too much, men interrupt more. Are these stereotypes true?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. Dubbing Movies. Audio, 23 minutes
Rhianna Dhillon finds out why so many films are dubbed into another language
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Short Cuts. Series 13, Lost in Translation. Audio, 31 minutes
Josie Long presents documentaries about what falls through the cracks in translation.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
More or Less. Are natural disasters on the rise? Audio, 28 minutes
Has the number of natural disasters really quadrupled in the last forty years?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year