Episode summary: Jack Barsky was a college student in 1970 when the KGB knocked on the door of his dorm room to inquire about his plans after college. “I was told to broaden my knowledge of culture, of literature, of music, to become a well-educated person who could operate in higher strata of socie...

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Episode summary: After achieving independence, Ghana gave support to freedom fighters across Africa. What went wrong? Written by George the Poet. Produced by Benbrick and George the Poet. Original score by Benbrick and recorded by the BBC Concert Orchestra. Sound Design by Benbrick.

Episode summary: Episodio 43: La dieta mediterranea l’ha inventata un americano (Stagione 3)

Episode summary: Do you notice fewer insect splats on windscreens than you used to? There’s a study in the UK trying to measure this ‘windscreen phenomenon’, as it’s become known. We hear more about the study and whether we can draw conclusions about insect numbers in general, from reporter Perisha...

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Episode summary: Silicon Valley on the Couch

Episode summary: Devo’s first record and the fight over the arresting image of a flashy, handsome golf legend on the cover.

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Episode summary: S7 Ep2: The Price of Consistency (Good Bread #2)

Episode summary: With enemies lurking in every corner, Patrice Lumumba is trapped in his own home. As the first democratically elected prime minister of the Congo, he planned to use the country’s natural wealth to improve the lives of its people, but secret actions by the US and Belgian governments...

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Episode summary: Episodio 42: Capitalismo carnivoro con Francesca Grazioli (Stagione 3)

Very disappointed that after mustering all the usual anti-industrial-meat arguments both the guest and the hosts had nothing useful to say about cultivated meat except, more or less, bring it on. No thoughtfuln...

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Episode summary: Written by Dolly Parton… sent stratospheric by Whitney Houston; I Will Always Love You is a song that has a worldwide fanbase reflected by the diverse memories shared here: Nagham Kewifati tells how her mother, Mayada Bseliss, had a huge hit in Syria with an Arabic version. It was p...

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