The Mel Robbins Podcast
Mel Robbins
Education
6 Minute English
by BBC Radio
Today: #51 in Education on our combined chart.
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| Date | Apple Podcasts | Pocket Casts |
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| Oct 1 | #36 | #33 |
About the show
Learn and practise useful English with clips from programmes around the BBC.
Each week, we talk about an interesting topic and learn helpful words and phrases used in natural spoken English - all in 6 minutes!
Practise your listening and hear natural spoken English.
Find more at
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish
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