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The Week Unwrapped: Schoolgirl poisonings, accidental DNA and queer history
podcast What is happening in Afghan schools? Could air pollution monitors help to track DNA? And is LGBTQ+ history joining the mainstream?
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The Week Unwrapped: Streaming, postal prejudice and inside animals’ minds
podcast Will a court ruling change the way we watch sport? What went wrong at the Post Office? And how do animals see the world?
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The Week Unwrapped: Irish alcohol, world weather and British schools
podcast Why is Ireland putting health warnings on drinks? Will a fall in deaths from extreme weather continue? And how should universities judge school leavers?
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The Week Unwrapped: Crypto risk, stealth wealth and the end of Vice
podcast Is crypto-currency investment just another form of gambling? Why are the rich getting harder to spot? And what caused the downfall of Vice Media.
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The Week Unwrapped: Erdogan’s last stand, childbirth in prison and Cleopatra
podcast Could Turkey’s strongman president really lose this weekend’s election? Are we failing women who give birth in prison? And why do depictions of Cleopatra touch a racial nerve?
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The Week Unwrapped: Chinese job creation, an olive crisis and private jets
podcast Will Chinese graduates choose to head for the villages? Why are so many olive trees dying? And are private jets too popular for the planet’s good?
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The Week Unwrapped: Argentinian lithium, airborne rights and cats
podcast Is South America on the cusp of a ‘white gold’ rush? When is a ticket to ride not what it seems? And are cats really a human’s best friend?
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The Week Unwrapped: Latin America, true crime drama and social links
podcast Why are journalists under threat in so much of Latin America? Can fiction ever do justice to real-life crime stories?
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The Week Unwrapped: Crypto power, a Grenfell deal and vaccine lawsuits
podcast Will crypto-currencies cost the Earth? Are victims of the Grenfell fire getting justice? And how should people be compensated for vaccine side-effects?
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The Week Unwrapped: Hostage policy, time poverty and squirrels
podcast How should Britain deal with state-sponsored hostage-taking? Why do we all feel like we have less free time? And will a vaccine save red squirrels?
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The Week Unwrapped: Reincarnation, Jack Ma and the nature of time
podcast Who will be the next Dalai Lama? Why has China’s leading entrepreneur gone home? And will we stop fiddling with timezones?
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The Week Unwrapped: Life expectancy, Palestinians and summing up Sturgeon
podcast Why aren’t Brits living as long as they might have hoped? Who is questioning the existence of Palestinians? And what will be the legacy of Nicola Sturgeon?
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The Week Unwrapped: Russia vs Bali, AI upgraded and a plague of seaweed
podcast Do Russian tourists in Bali deserve their reputation? What will Chat GPT do next? And why is sargassum causing a stink in Florida?
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The Week Unwrapped: fat-busting jabs, Fox’s ‘fake’ news and saving oceans
podcast Are weight-loss ‘wonder drugs’ really so wonderful? Should we care if political pundits are parroting bogus claims? And why is a new high seas treaty making waves?
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