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Campus wars and watermelons
Young people go from being troublemakers to changemakers...and back
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Is a marathon coming to a city near you?
Two books in four minutes
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The marathon is now 'everyman’s Everest'
As city running booms worldwide, a cult novel and a classic newbie story
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Happy 2024, the year of elections
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Why you should care about Poland today
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Haiti and the state of collapse
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Half the world is fasting, ahead of feasts
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Germans are protesting like it’s 1933
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Women's Day: How the other half lives
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India's jumbo election gets going
Stories about nation-building, re-branding and a tea shop boy's rise
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Let's talk about India's jumbo election
Four great books – in less than five minutes
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Ireland, Senegal change the old order
Listen now | The young take charge. Have a listen
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The young ones...in Ireland, Senegal...
A youth manifesto and a timeless story of a young politician's disillusionment
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Why you should care about Poland today
Listen now (4 mins) | It's a masterclass on surviving populism. Have a listen
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Michael Macy
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Why Poland matters...East and West
How a nation emerged from the rubble of history. And a coming-of-age story
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Why fast, like half the world right now?
More than 4 billion people starve themselves in some way every year. Two great reads explain
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This Week, Those Books
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