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What happened to Nelson Mandela's South Africa?

What happened to Nelson Mandela’s South Africa? A new podcast series marks 30 years of post-apartheid democracy
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Part 1: After the euphoria of Nelson Mandela’s election, what happened next?
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Part 2: South Africans tasted the fruits of freedom and then corruption snatched them away
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Part 3: Persisting inequality has made many young South Africans question the choices made by Nelson Mandela – podcast
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The Anthropocene epoch that isn’t – what the decision not to label a new geological epoch means for Earth’s future

Invisible lines: how unseen boundaries shape the world around us
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Climate quitting: the people leaving their fossil fuel jobs because of climate change
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North Korean women are now the breadwinners – and shifting this deeply patriarchal society towards a matriarchy
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How conspiracy theories help to maintain Vladimir Putin’s grip on power in Russia
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A personal tale of intellectual humility – and the rewards of being open-minded
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As we dream, we can listen in on the waking world – podcast
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Female lifestyle influencers are changing the face of the far right – podcast
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Antibiotic resistance: microbiologists turn to new technologies in the hunt for solutions – podcast
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Rogue taxonomists, competing lists and accusations of anarchy: the complicated journey toward a list of all life on Earth – podcast
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Interoception: the sixth sense we use to read hidden signals from our body – podcast
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Social media drains our brains and impacts our decision making – podcast
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Israel-Gaza: how opinion polls used in Northern Ireland could pave a way to peace
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Israel-Gaza war is having a chilling effect on academic freedom – podcast
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American universities in the spotlight over reaction to Israel-Gaza war – podcast
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Israel-Gaza: what the term genocide means under international law – podcast
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Environment + climate

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How a place’s ecology can shape the culture of the people who live there – podcast

Brandalism: the environmental activists using spoof adverts to critique rampant consumerism – podcast
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Unprecedented drought in the Amazon threatens to release huge stores of carbon – podcast
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The wildfires that led to mass extinction: a warning from California’s Ice Age history – podcast
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Cloud seeding can increase rain and snow, and new techniques may make it a lot more effective – podcast
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Why some descendants of Holocaust survivors choose to replicate a loved one’s Auschwitz tattoo – podcast
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Wolves return to Europe: what to do about them is a people problem – podcast
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Why so many women in Spain are choosing to donate their eggs
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Inside the Oslo Accords

Inside the Oslo accords: a new podcast series marks 30 years since Israel-Palestine secret peace negotiations
Inside the Oslo accords: a new podcast series marks 30 years since Israel-Palestine secret peace negotiations
Jan Egeland remembers the secret negotiations that led to the Oslo accords – podcast
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Hanan Ashrawi and Yossi Beilin on what happened after the Oslo accords handshake – podcast
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Israel-Palestine: the legacy of Oslo and the future of a two-state solution – podcast
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Do whales sneeze? The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast

Eloise Stevens, The Conversation

Do whales sneeze? The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast
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Persisting inequality has made many young South Africans question the choices made by Nelson Mandela – podcast

Gemma Ware, The Conversation and Thabo Leshilo, The Conversation

Persisting inequality has made many young South Africans question the choices made by Nelson Mandela – podcast
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South Africans tasted the fruits of freedom and then corruption snatched them away – podcast

Gemma Ware, The Conversation and Thabo Leshilo, The Conversation

South Africans tasted the fruits of freedom and then corruption snatched them away – podcast
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After the euphoria of Nelson Mandela’s election, what happened next? Podcast

Gemma Ware, The Conversation and Thabo Leshilo, The Conversation

After the euphoria of Nelson Mandela’s election, what happened next? Podcast
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The Conversation’s Curious Kids – new podcast where kids get answers direct from experts

Gemma Ware, The Conversation

The Conversation’s Curious Kids – new podcast where kids get answers direct from experts
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Invisible lines: how unseen boundaries shape the world around us

Mend Mariwany, The Conversation

Invisible lines: how unseen boundaries shape the world around us