CONVERSATIONS

The Listening Project (BBC Radio 4 and The British Library): The BBC and the British Library have been travelling the length and breadth of the UK since 2012, asking ordinary people to have real conversations about their relationships, worries, parenthood, illnesses, social issues…The aim is to capture real conversations to be broadcast now, but also to be archived by the British Library, preserving them for future generations, as a sort of time capsule. As these are real conversations (not interviews by BBC hosts), the level of language is much more informal in terms of the vocabulary being used, and the speed of delivery; besides, regional accents and colloquialisms are present.

When There's a Will There's a Wake: Join Mel Giedroyc every week as she laughs in the face of death with all your favourite funny celebrities. Working on the assumption they’ve popped their clogs (=died), they’ll be telling Mel all about how they’ve died, what they want for their funerals and why she should be unlocking the pearly gates (the gates of heaven) for them.

Renegades- Born in the USA: Renegades: Born in the USA is a series of conversations between President Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen about their lives, music, and enduring love of America—despite all its challenges.

Modern Love (NY Times): Hosts Daniel Jones and Miya Lee explore the complicated love lives of real people through conversation and storytelling, based on the weekly New York Times column.