Episode summary: Pakistan is battling a huge natural disaster as a result of heavy monsoon rains. It’s been widely reported that a third of the country is under water. But can that really be the case? Featuring the BBC’s correspondent in Pakistan Pumza Fihlani and Dr Simon Cook, a senior lecturer in...

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Episode summary: He dreams in 10 languages—how about you?

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Episode summary: Guano Gold Rush and the Future of Fertilizer - September 9, 1804

Episode summary: Treetop antennas, a witness from history and a dialogue with a loudspeaker - Josie Long presents short radio docs and adventures in sound inspired by broadcasts into the ether. From the forests of North Carolina, USA to the city of Kyiv, Ukraine - two ham radio enthusiasts seek each...

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Episode summary: Elizabeth teaches Roman about which crimes the Justice Department is interested in as described in the Mar-a-Lago search warrant

Episode summary: Survival of the City: Laurie Taylor talks to Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University and author of a study examining the future of urban life at a time when the pandemic has exposed failures of governance. Whilst cities have been engines f...

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Episode summary: Jessamyn West is not just one of the web’s favorite librarians, but the new owner of Metafilter, an incredibly long-running social network that dates back to a very different Internet. In the first part of our interview with Jessamyn, she tells us just how Metafilter has kept going...

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Episode summary: Cheese Changes Everything - June 29, 1956

Episode summary: In “Henry Perry, Kansas City’s ‘Barbecue King,’” Gravy producer Mackenzie Martin tells the story of Henry Perry, the first person to really make a living selling barbecue in Kansas City. He even coined the local style. But, until recently, most…

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Episode summary: North Korea’s state-run design studio has long been a prolific maker of statues around the world, particularly in Africa

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