The Week Unwrapped
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The Week Unwrapped: Presidential secrets, stolen art and a new Barbie
podcast Why are US presidents in trouble with the National Archives? Is art confiscated by the Nazis heading back to its rightful owners?
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The Week Unwrapped: Sex and health, the Earth’s core and another new year
podcast Is the NHS failing British women? What’s going on at the centre of our planet? And what’s in a date?
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The Week Unwrapped: Antisocial Saudis, hormone therapy and retro tech
podcast Why is Saudi Arabia investing in – and banning – social networks? Will new research make life easier for trans women? And is the future of technology dumb?
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The Week Unwrapped: AI in court, Germans in Taiwan and ghostwriters
podcast Could artificial intelligence replace lawyers? What does Taiwan want from Germany? And are ghostwriters becoming less ghostly?
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The Year Unwrapped: White refugees, Aegean islands and celebrity gossip
podcast Was 2022 the year of the white refugees? What’s really going on in the Aegean sea? And why are we so obsessed with showbiz scandals?
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The Week Unwrapped: Factories, drug money and scanners
podcast Will a UK lawsuit lead to better working conditions in Thailand? Could a new way of funding antibiotics help tackle resistance? And is airline security about to change for the better?
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The Week Unwrapped: Tracking apps, BTS and stay-at-home girlfriends
podcast Does China’s U-turn mark the end of Covid-tracking apps? Has South Korean pop passed its peak? And are we really seeing the rise of the stay-at-home girlfriend?
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The Week Unwrapped: Africa alert, ticket touts and the words of the year
podcast Is South Africa at risk of terrorist attacks? Why are ticket touts in such high demand? And are we really in a ‘permacrisis’?
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The Week Unwrapped: Synthetic fuel, Myanmar and an energy rebate
podcast Could fuels made from CO2 and hydrogen end our dependence on oil? What’s happening in Myanmar? And will energy companies pay us to use less power?
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The Week Unwrapped: Used goods, rugby at risk and global cheats
podcast Are we falling in love with second-hand goods? Will rugby union survive its latest crisis? And why are cheats prospering in chess, fishing and Irish dancing?
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The Week Unwrapped: Cardinal charges, bee vaccines and mealtimes
podcast Why has China put a 90-year-old priest on trial? Will a new vaccine stem declining bee numbers? And why has New York embraced the early dinner?
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The Week Unwrapped: Iranian protests, podcast crimes and silences
podcast Will Iran’s ‘morality police’ have to change their ways? Have crime-solving podcasts proved their worth? And have moments of silence had their day?
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The Week Unwrapped: Policing, Sweden’s far-right and ‘passkeys’
podcast Can the Metropolitan Police’s new commissioner fix the force’s problems? Why has Sweden swung to the political right? And are passwords set to become obsolete?
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The Week Unwrapped: Algerian English, dark tourism and two-headed beasts
podcast Why is Algeria dropping the French language? Should we be holidaying in Ukraine? And how do some animals survive with two heads?
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