Talking Features

In this week’s Talking Life, Rory talks to Michael Follett, a leading voice campaigning for better playtime for children, about why playtime is so important for children and why parents are backing the idea that schools need a plan for their play.

In this week’s Talking Tech, Rory talks about the UK’s newly announced social media ban for under-16s – why has it been brought in, how will it work, and how effective will it be? 

In this week’s Talking Health episode, Daniel Clewlow speaks to Health and Wellbeing Coach Sarah Stanndard about summer diets and how to stay on track.

In this week’s Talking Money, Rory talks about companies that sell our personal data – how much is our information worth, and what are the consequences of these free services using our information to make money.  

In this week’s Talking Travel, Rory talks about the overtourism problem Mount Everest faces, the consequences it’s had on the local environment and what the government is doing to stop it. 

In this week's Talking Life, Jessica is joined by Eddie Hooker, CEO of mydeposits, to discuss the landmark Renters’ Rights Act, which banned no-fault evictions, but, one month on, new data shows widespread confusion is still leaving tenants and landlords in the dark.  

In this week's Talking Tech, Poppy discusses new measures that Meta has introduced to try and protect children on their websites like Messenger and Facebook. Are these measures enough to protect teens, or does more need to be done to protect young people online?

In this week's Talking Health, Jessica discusses the British Heart Foundation's recommendations for healthy snacks, food that is good for the heart and body. 

In this week's Talking Money, Jessica discusses diversification, the practice of spreading your money across different investments instead of putting it all into one place, and why it is important. 

In this week’s Talking Travel, Rory talks about traffic hotspots across the UK – why these areas see so much traffic and what we can do to avoid it as best we can.  

In this week’s Talking Life, Rory discusses how well us Brits know our neighbours, and how it’s Gen Z that are leading the charge in getting acquainted with our neighbours.  

In this week's Talking Tech, Poppy discusseshow Meta has rolled out expanded “13+” content settings across Instagram, Facebook and Messenger as part of its ongoing effort to make teen accountssafe.

In this week's Talking Health, Jessica is joined by Steph Lotz, UK General Manager at Convo and an advocate for the Deaf community, to discuss the barriers that people who are deaf face when trying to access healthcare. Steph is communicating with Jessica via a BSL interpreter. 

In this week's Talking Money, Jessica discusses some common income tax myths that people in the UK may believe and highlights the truth behind these misconceptions. 

In this week’s Talking Travel, Rory talks about some of the oldest, most interesting trees and discusses why they are so interesting to tourists across the world. 

In this week's Talking Life, Rory talks to a co-CEO of a charity Home Start UK, to talk about a new YouGov survey identifying the problem of parental loneliness and what support there is out there for parents who feel this way. 

In this week's Talking Tech, Poppy discusses how everyday online activity is generating huge profits for tech and AI companies, raising growing concerns about the value, use and privacy of personal data.

In this week's Talking Health, Jessica is joined by Dr Deshpande, Founding Director of Tranquil TMS and Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, and Dr Babu Nayar, also a Senior Consultant Psychiatrist and Director. They are discussing how mental health problems are affecting millions across the UK, and attention is turning to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), a non-invasive treatment that uses...

In this week’s Talking Money, Rory discusses where the feeling of impulse buying comes from and how companies market their products to make you more likely to buy them without thinking. 

In this week’s Talking Travel, Rory talks about micro-climates – the phenomenon that explains why different regions of the UK can experience vastly different weather conditions at the same time. 

In this week’s Talking Life, Jessica is joined by Dr Sharon Hall, Chief Executive of the UK Tea and Infusions Association, to discuss new research showing that tea forms part of Brits’ everyday routines across generations and acts as a 'social glue', bringing people together.

In this week’s Talking Tech, Poppy talks to a former University College London fellow about how students use AI to revise, and how AIs are being designed specifically to follow exam boards and compete with private tutors. 

In this week's Talking Health, Jessica is joined by Dr Amy Perkins, Consultant Dermatologist and Lead Ambassador for SKCIN, to discuss the charity SKCIN's launch of EXPOSE THE GLOW, a new interactive programme for secondary school students, educating them on the most dangerous tanning myths and viral misinformation. 

In this week’s Talking Money, Rory discusses where the feeling of impulse buying comes from and how companies market their products to make you more likely to buy them without thinking. 

In this week’s Talking Travel, Rory talks about the 874-mile journey between the furthest south-westerly point of the UK, Land’s End, to the furthest north-eastly point, John O’Groats and why this journey is one that thousands of people do every year.