The Week Unwrapped
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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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The Week Unwrapped: Lost tribes, celebration shaming and Edinburgh blues
podcast Was “the Man of the Hole” the last of his kind? Are footballers over-celebrating? And is Edinburgh feeling less festive?
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The Week Unwrapped: Insanity pleas, Korean Danes and doppelgangers
podcast How much violence can be explained by mental illness? Why were South Korean children sent to Denmark? And have you met your lookalike?
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The Week Unwrapped: Chinese protests, supersonic jets and university cheats
podcast Will mortgage strikes force China to change course? Does Concorde finally have a worthy successor? And what’s behind a rise in cheating?
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The Week Unwrapped: Russian visas, Arab fattism and quiet quitting
podcast Is Finland an unwilling backdoor to Europe? Has fat-shaming reached the Middle East? And are young workers really slacking off?
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The Week Unwrapped: Immunity, Tunisia and Big Brother
podcast Will a drug called Evusheld cut Covid deaths still further? Is the Arab Spring over? And are we ready for the return of reality TV?
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The Week Unwrapped: Nigerian gas, female exercise and a new Saudi city
podcast Could Nigeria step in to fill the Russian energy gap? Why are British women reluctant to get fit? And what can we expect from a solar-powered city in the desert?
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The Week Unwrapped: Headers, savings and costly chips
podcast Is the FA phasing out headers? Do rising interest rates offer a glimmer of hope to savers? And how will fish and chip shops cope with a poor potato harvest?
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The Week Unwrapped: Massage apps, social media copyright and a tropical disease
podcast Are home massage services putting users at risk? Is YouTube’s copyright system fit for purpose? And how has a tropical disease been almost completely eradicated?
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The Week Unwrapped: Twitter vs India, digital amnesia and sleepless nights
podcast Why is the Indian government suppressing social media? Have we given up using our memories? And why are so few of us getting a good night’s sleep?
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The Week Unwrapped: Trans sport, fragrant friends and lost data
podcast Can women’s sport be both fair and inclusive? Do we choose friends based on how they smell? And is Big Data putting us at risk of big losses?
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The Week Unwrapped: Immunotherapy, unions and a house revival
podcast Can our immune systems help us fight cancer? Have unions finally cracked the tech sector? And is 90s house music making a comeback?
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