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#155 The Year Unwrapped 2019
Why is Dolly Parton having a millennial moment? Are fossil fuels dead and buried? And why was 2019 such a good year for investors? Olly Mann, Holden …
6 years, 8 months ago
#154 Portable homes, surrogacy and cobalt mining
Could moveable houses be the answer to coastline erosion? Should commercial surrogacy be legal in Britain? And is your phone tainted by the child lab…
6 years, 8 months ago
#153 Psychopaths, privileged actors and Saudi oil
Is being a psychopath actually a good thing? Why do most actors come from privileged backgrounds? And why is the most successful ever flotation being…
6 years, 9 months ago
#152 Assassins, audiobooks and animal sacrifice
Should Europe be worried about Chechen death squads? Do audiobooks spell trouble for the printed word? And why are Hindu worshippers ignoring a ban o…
6 years, 9 months ago
#151 Virtual dresses, military power and anxious cows
Is the future of fashion clothes we cannot wear? Should we be worried about the British Army’s capabilities? And why are cows wearing VR headsets?
6 years, 9 months ago
#150 Female cars, war crimes and self-rule
Why has Donald Trump pardoned three US soldiers accused of war crimes? Can Aston Martin attract more female customers with its first SUV? And is Boug…
6 years, 9 months ago
#149 Farming, forecasting and a global downgrade
Can we predict the future by identifying patterns in the past? Why has Moody’s issued a debt downgrade warning to the entire world? And how are Europ…
6 years, 10 months ago
#148 Beauty, green guilt and criminal children
Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Why do attractive people do better in scho…
6 years, 10 months ago
#147 Protesting, investing and going paperless
Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Does the unrest in Chile have anything in …
6 years, 10 months ago
#146 Quebeckers, millionaires and autobahns
Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Is Quebecan separatism back on the agenda?…
6 years, 10 months ago