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News Meeting: Why big events ultimately come down to chance

News Meeting: Why big events ultimately come down to chance

Episode 141 Published 1 year, 11 months ago
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In this bonus episode the Tortoise team are joined by Dr Brian Klaas, Associate Professor in Global Politics at University College London and author of ‘Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters’.


They discuss a joke at Donald Trump’s expense, the mood swings of politicians and why a thin layer of cloud saved one Japanese city from an atomic bomb. 


The producer was Rebecca Moore.


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