#222 Human rights, Russian troops and rude town names

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#222 Human rights, Russian troops and rude town names

FromThe Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann

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Are human rights going backwards? Is Russia squaring up to Ukraine again? And can a town’s name be too vulgar? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Joe Evans, Suchandrika Chakrabarti and Tomiwa Owolade

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#18 South Korea, an electoral conspiracy and difficult TV drama: Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. What will happen next on the Korean peninsula? Who or what is Cambridge Analytica? Will the BBC drama Three Girls give comfort to the far right?... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#6 Anti-Semitism, nudity and Othello: Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Has PewDiePie suffered enough? Is Playboy back on the naughty step? Is Othello really about religion, not race? Arion McNicoll, Rebecca Gillie... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#11 - Encryption, citizenship and the PM's power grab: Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. When is a German not a German? Will encryption thwart the police? Will Brexit result in 'creeping Tudorisation'? Arion McNicoll, Rebecca Gillie... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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