Best Subtitled Anime Podcasts (2025)

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Street Names 27:10

6d ago27:10

27:10

Michael Rosen talks to sociolinguist Philip Seargeant from the Open University about where our street names come from, including Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate in York, and Michael's old address, Love Lane. Also, have you ever thought about the difference between a street and a road? Are there regional differences in the names given to streets? And why are s…

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Old English, New English 27:38

3M ago27:38

27:38

Michael Rosen explores the evocative Old English words used in daily life a thousand years ago, many of which are still in use now. He's joined by the linguist author of The Wordhord, Hana Videen. Hana has been hoarding words from Old English (450 AD to 1150 AD) for a decade, when she began tweeting one a day. Now she has lots of people following h…

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Talking Cockney 27:35

3M ago27:35

27:35

Michael Rosen's parents both grew up in the East End, and now he talks cockney with Andy Green and Saif Osmani from the Modern Cockney Festival. Including some mythbusting about rhyming slang, a discussion about how cockney has evolved, and of course a mention of Dick van Dyke. The Modern Cockney Festival takes place from March 1st to 31st with a m…

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Creating Languages for Film and Television with Professor David Adger 27:52

3M ago27:52

27:52

David Adger is Professor of Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London. He's created new languages for TV series and films and he explains to Michael Rosen how he goes about it. For his latest language he used existing Creole languages for his 'conlang', or constructed (artificial) natural language. He talks Michael through the grammar and lang…

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Politeness with Louise Mullany 27:40

3M ago27:40

27:40

Professor Louise Mullany talks to Michael Rosen about politeness, and how it governs our lives, from the behaviour of football managers to the different ways children can embarrass us. Why, in this country at least, is it so mortifying to mistakenly assume someone is pregnant, when in other cultures it's simply thoughtful to book two seats on a pla…

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Jackie Kay on the Scots language 27:29

4M ago27:29

27:29

Poet Jackie Kay has written a book in Scots: Coorie Doon: A Scottish Lullaby Story. She joins presenter Michael Rosen to talk about her love of the language and what it meant to her growing up. Produced for BBC Audio Bristol by Beth O'Dea.Subscribe to the Word of Mouth podcast and never miss an episode: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b006qtnz…

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The Language of Genetics 27:56

4M ago27:56

27:56

Adam Rutherford joins Michael Rosen to make sense of the heavily-loaded and often unscientific language that we use to talk about genetics, inheritance, ancestry and race. Adam is a geneticist, science writer, and lecturer in Biology and Society at University College London. His work tries to make sense of what our genes do (or don't) tell us about…

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Susie Dent's World of Words 27:55

4M ago27:55

27:55

Susie Dent joins Michael Rosen to talk about her lifelong fascination with words and their origins. It's a programme bringing some apricity, which is one of Susie's favourite words. Her love of language began when she was a child, then found expression in her passion for French and German and now in her work as a lexicographer, writer and language …

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Social media language 27:59

7M ago27:59

27:59

Michael talks to linguist Dr Andreea Calude about her research into how language is used on Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter/X. And he asks if we're witnessing the death of email. Dr Andreea Calude is the author of The Linguistics of Social Media: An Introduction. Produced for BBC Audio Bristol by Beth O'Dea.Subscribe to the Word of …

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How Animals Talk 27:39

8M ago27:39

27:39

Michael hears from zoologist Arik Kershenbaum about the latest research on how and why different types of animals communicate, from wolves howling to dolphins whistling: a world of soundscapes. He also explains how animal communication can help to shed light on the human variety. Dr. Arik Kershenbaum is a zoologist and the author of: Why Animals Ta…

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A Poet Writing in Three Languages 27:44

8M ago27:44

27:44

How best to write about love and other things. Nabeela Ahmed talks about writing in a second language and how her early life in Kashmir shaped the language she uses to express different aspects of her life. She is also a champion for the Pahari language in her home city of Bradford. Pahari is a language spoken by people in Northern areas of India, …

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Fine Distinctions 27:37

8M ago27:37

27:37

Eli Burnstein talks about fine distinctions between words, including Michael's personal bugbear of forewords, prefaces and introductions, some clarity on clementines, satsumas, tangerines and mandarins, and of course the lunch, dinner and tea debate. Produced for BBC Audio Bristol by Sally Heaven.Subscribe to the Word of Mouth podcast and never mis…

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Former astronaut Col. Chris Hadfield on the language of Space exploration 27:46

8M ago27:46

27:46

Colonel Chris Hadfield is a veteran of three spaceflights. He crewed the US space shuttle twice, piloted the Russian Soyuz, helped build space station Mir and served as Commander of the International Space Station. Getting words and language right in as clear and a concise way is a matter of life and death for astronauts. Crews are traditionally ma…

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The words we use about getting older and why they matter 27:43

9M ago27:43

27:43

How we talk about getting older can affect how we age, both mentally and physically. Michael asks Dr Lucy Pollock for her advice on ageing well and happily. Dr Lucy Pollock has been an NHS consultant geriatrician, a doctor specialising in the care of older people, for over 30 years. She is the author of The Book About Getting Older, and her new boo…

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How babies learn language 27:46

9M ago27:46

27:46

Recently a video went viral of a baby talking - or babbling - with a Liverpool accent. Professor Julian Pine from Liverpool University explains how babies and young children learn language, including the rules we take for granted. Including the surprising reasons who children make mistakes like saying "nana" instead of banana, or "I play football y…

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Little Green Men: the secret rules of word order 28:03

11M ago28:03

28:03

Michael explores the mysterious rules of word order with linguist Dr Laura Bailey. We all know them instinctively, without knowing that we know them. Contains the truth about killer whales and also why Yoda sounds like an alien. Produced for BBC Audio Bristol by Beth O'Dea.By BBC Radio 4

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Word of Mouth with Michael Morpurgo at the Hay Festival 43:40

11M ago43:40

43:40

Michael meets fellow children's author Michael Morpurgo - author of over 150 books - including Kensuke's Kingdom, Private Peaceful and Warhorse. They talk words, writing, books and language and why it's so important that children learn to love reading at an early age. Producer: Maggie AyreBy BBC Radio 4

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Language When There Are No Words 27:31

12M ago27:31

27:31

Joshua Reno talks about how Charlie, his non-verbal son who is on the autism spectrum, communicates with him very effectively using gestures known as "home signs". Joshua is the author of Home Signs: An Ethnography of Life beyond and beside Language. Produced for BBC Audio Bristol by Sally HeavenBy BBC Radio 4

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The Irish Language 35:02

12M ago35:02

35:02

In conversation with Michael about his book "32 Words For Field" Manchán Magan reveals Ireland's deep connection with the landscape expressed through the Irish language. The author traces his country's relationship with the natural world and its corresponding belief system that encompasses the 'otherworld'. He lists many similarities between Irish …

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Disaster Dialogue 27:35

12M ago27:35

27:35

Professor Lucy Easthope explains why language is important in the aftermath of a disaster, why some words are useful and some can be damaging. Produced for BBC Audio Bristol by Sally HeavenBy BBC Radio 4

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Football Club Names 27:34

1y ago27:34

27:34

Dominic Fifield explains how football clubs got their names, uncovering a fascinating social history behind the Wanderers, Wednesdays and Villas. Produced for BBC Audio Bristol by Sally HeavenBy BBC Radio 4

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How to Think Like an Anthropologist, with Gillian Tett 27:46

1y ago27:46

27:46

"If you want to hide something in the 21st century world, you don't need to create a James Bond style plot. Just cover it in acronyms". Gillian Tett is a columnist at the Financial Times, but she initially trained as a cultural anthropologist, studying marriage rituals in Tajikistan. She joins Michael Rosen to discuss how the study of language has …

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Family Sayings 27:43

1y ago27:43

27:43

Michael shares listeners' stories about the words and phrases passed down in their families that they keep using, and what they mean to them. With Rob Drummond, Professor of Sociolinguistics at Manchester Met University, and author of You’re All Talk: why we are what we speak. Producer Beth O'Dea, BBC Audio Bristol…

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Are you different in another language? 27:47

1+ y ago27:47

27:47

Michael Rosen talks to neuroscientist Dr Julia Ravey about whether we think and act differently when speaking a non-native language. More and more people are finding themselves speaking multiple languages in our cross-cultural societies. But when we communicate in a different tongue, do we become a different person? From the decisions we make to th…

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Words for Sale! 27:49

1+ y ago27:49

27:49

Michael Rosen explores how language has become an online commodity, with Dr Pip Thornton, Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. Dr Thornton explains, with the help of auction props and a receipt machine, what happens to the words that we put into an online search and how the engines make money from our words and phrases. We discover w…

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Unequal English 27:51

1+ y ago27:51

27:51

Michael Rosen is joined by language scholar Ruanni Tupas, to discuss Unequal English - how native English is perceived differently, depending on where you come from. Ruanni, who's from the Philippines and also spent two decades in Singapore, has spent his career thinking about what it means to be a native English speaker when you come from somewher…

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A Life in Lexicography 27:39

1+ y ago27:39

27:39

Grant Barrett is a lexicographer, linguist, author, editor, founder of Wordnik and Head of Lexicography at Dictionary.com. He also co-hosts A Way With Words, a phone in show about language, which airs coast to coast across the United States.He and Michael discuss the joy of flicking through a dictionary with friends vs the fast return of an online …

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Writing Comedy with Isy Suttie 27:50

1+ y ago27:50

27:50

Isy Suttie is an actor and comedian best known for her role in Peepshow and her one woman show Love Letters on Radio 4 as well as many other shows and podcasts. Here she talks to Michael Rosen about writing her comedy and what informs it. She grew up in Matlock in Derbyshire and a deep love as well of knowledge of the place and its people find thei…

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Everyday Shakespeare 27:25

1+ y ago27:25

27:25

Michael Rosen talks to Ben and David Crystal about the Shakespeare quotes we use every day, without even realising. We’ve all heard someone roll their eyes and say “the lady doth protest too much, me thinks” - or head back to their desk muttering “once more unto the breach!” Shakespeare had a way with words that makes his writing extremely relatabl…

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Therapy Speak 27:35

1+ y ago27:35

27:35

Susie Orbach talks to Michael Rosen about the use and misuse of “therapy speak”. With the rise of mental health awareness, it seems to have leaked out of the therapist’s office and into our homes. Instead of saying someone’s getting on our nerves, we talk about “boundaries”; instead of accusing someone of lying, we call them a “gaslighter”; instead…

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Fandom 27:48

2y ago27:48

27:48

There's lots of 'birging' in this week's programme. For those not in the know - that's short for Basking In Reflected Glory and it's something football fans in particular do when they talk about their team's triumphs using the 'extended we'. Michael Bond author of 'Fans' talks to Michael about the words and language different fan groups have as a s…

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The stories behind our names 28:02

2y ago28:02

28:02

Michael Rosen talks to journalist Sheela Banerjee about the family and cultural histories revealed by our names. In her book What’s in a Name? Friendship, Identity and History in Modern Multicultural Britain, she takes a deep dive into her own personal and family names and those of her friends. Names turn out to be excellent prisms through which to…

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Audio description: putting art into words 27:41

2y ago27:41

27:41

Lonny Evans audio describes in theatres and museums, and Terry James, who is vision impaired, trains audio describers. They talk to Michael about their work. Producer Sally HeavenBy BBC Radio 4

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Interpreting Presidents Putin and Zelensky 27:39

2y ago27:39

27:39

Irina Morgan is a high level interpreter. Being bi-lingual in Russian and Ukrainian means she's in demand whenever Vladimir Putin or President Zelensky give a press conference requiring simultaneous interpretation. Irina talks to Michael about the language do's and don'ts of live translation, and about how she puts herself into the mindset of someo…

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A Full Grown Man Child 1:05:28

2y ago1:05:28

1:05:28

It's Kawaii Cast's turn to talk about Oshi no Ko!

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Learning Yiddish 27:38

2y ago27:38

27:38

Michael Rosen is learning Yiddish. Every Sunday, he joins other adults in an evening class, conjugating verbs and practising rhymes. For this episode of Word of Mouth, he invites his teacher, Tamara Micner, to join him in the studio. The pair have fun swapping family stories and sharing how they were first exposed to Yiddish. Tamara explains where …

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Give Him a Little Tickle 59:24

2y ago59:24

59:24

We're back! Let's have a little chat about the new season of Demon Slayer to get back into the swing of things.

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Chatbots 27:42

2y ago27:42

27:42

Michael is joined by Emily M Bender, Professor of computational linguistics at the University of Washington and co-author of the infamous paper ‘On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots’. Cutting through the recent hype, she explains how chatbots do what they do, how they have become so fluent and why she thinks we should be careful with the terminolog…

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The Language of Fascism 27:33

2y ago27:33

27:33

Michael Rosen speaks with Jason Stanley, the Jacob Urowsky Professor at Yale University to discuss the language of fascism. They discuss propaganda, slogans and ‘vermin terminology’ as well as how fascist language changes according to culture, geography and time.Presented by Michael Rosen and produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Ellie Richold.…

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Women's Words 27:55

2y ago27:55

27:55

Dr Jenni Nuttall talks to Michael about the words used by and about women since the beginnings of language. Including some words we should never have lost.By BBC Radio 4

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I Can't Hear Without My Subtitles 56:13

2y ago56:13

56:13

Another movie night for the Kawaii Cast. In theatres this time! Today we discuss the recently released Suzume.

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A Load of Nonsense 27:23

2y ago27:23

27:23

Michael Rosen talks nonsense with literary scholar Noreen Masud. From the nonsense language of Shakespeare's fools, to the nonsense lyrics of The Beatles, via the limericks of Edward Lear, the portmanteaus of Lewis Carroll, and the made-up words of three year olds. A BBC Audio Bristol production. Produced by Becky Ripley.…

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Psychiatrist and Patient 27:41

2y ago27:41

27:41

Neuropsychiatrist Anthony David talks to Michael about the dialogue that takes place between him and his patients. Producer Sally HeavenBy BBC Radio 4

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Isekai Con Bonus Episode 52:26

2y ago52:26

52:26

Our panel from Isekai con, where we discussed what makes an anime an isekai. (Audio is not great. We apologize.)

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The Life Inside: Philosophy in Prison 27:40

2y ago27:40

27:40

Andy West talks to Michael Rosen about his work discussing philosophy in prisons around England. His book The Life Inside is a memoir of his own experience of the justice system through his family. His father, brother and uncle all spent long stretches in jail. Andy talks about the various meanings words such as 'freedom' 'hope' and 'time' have to …

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Lets Go Lesbians 1:00:36

2y ago1:00:36

1:00:36

Adaptations from one form of media to another, like anime to live action, have a pretty bad rep. However things have seemed to change recently. So we ask ourselves; Is there an adaptation curse?

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Appease the One Piece 43:10

2y ago43:10

43:10

We are still a little salty. So we discuss the state of the CR awards. Can it be better? Will it?

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From Salt Bae to Reigan 56:11

2y ago56:11

56:11

A little bit of a double episode today. First we chat about the Demon Slayer movie special that we had the opportunity to see. And then we spill some some salt over the CR awards.

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They Did Anyway 47:53

2y ago47:53

47:53

What happens when two podcast hosts get off track from their intended topic? Well, that's what happens today. But we still got to chat a little about Tomo-Chan Is A Girl.

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Richard Osman's love of language 47:22

2y ago47:22

47:22

Richard Osman talks in depth to Michael Rosen about his life in language: from growing up loving TV and sports, to working on Pointless and then writing The Thursday Murder Club. And you can download the longer Word of Mouth podcast version to hear their conversation in full. Download button on the BBC programme page. Link to all the Word of Mouth …

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