Kamala Harris and 'brat summer', Holocaust documentary, Comedian Sashi Perera
The online campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris.
Kamala Harris鈥� presidential campaign has been inspired by Charli XCX and her recent album release, brat. The link between the two is all over social media 鈥� but what does it all mean? Nuala McGovern is joined by former Editor-in-Chief of Vice and co-host of the Good Bad Billionaire podcast on 成人快手 World Service to explain the trend, and columnist for The Times, Alice Thomson on Kamala Harris鈥� appeal to women.
A new film, The Commandant鈥檚 Shadow, follows Hans J眉rgen H枚ss, the 87-year-old son of Rudolf H枚ss, the camp commandant of Auschwitz who masterminded the murder of more than a million Jews. While Hans enjoyed a happy childhood playing with many toys in the family villa, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch played cello in the orchestra to survive the notorious concentration camp. Eight decades later, the two come face-to-face, together with their children, Kai H枚ss and Maya Lasker-Wallfisch. Anita and Maya join Nuala to tell their story.
A new study has found that women in Scotland have reached a landmark moment in business - with the number of female entrepreneurs matching the number of men for the first time. Nuala is joined by primary school teacher turned tech entrepreneur Genna Masterton who runs a business in Glasgow.
Former refugee lawyer turned comedian Sashi Perera joins Nuala to discuss who we choose as our emergency contacts and her new stand-up show, Boundaries.
A new malaria vaccine, licenced for children five months and older, began its roll out in the Ivory Coast last week. Nuala is joined by Dr Mehreen Datoo, who played a pivotal role in the vaccine鈥檚 development, after her own experience of malaria almost took her life.
Presenter: Nuala McGovern
Producer: Emma Pearce
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