Weekend Break Episodes Episode guide
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She's So Cold
Why office air-conditioning systems are sexist and the growth of alternative funerals.
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She's a Model and She's Looking Good.
Transgender supermodel, Andreja Pejic, the first trans woman to grace the cover of us...
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Sex and the City, Ghana style.
The TV show about five single and fabulous Ghanaian women. And how to do good better.
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Sesame Street unveils first autistic character
The children's television show Sesame Street to feature its first character with autism.
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Searching for my Birth Mom
Searching for my Birth Mom; and growing Veggies in Space
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Science and The City
The technological developments which will shape the cities of the future.
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Saving The Seahorse
The man devoted to protecting marine life. And a play about the Beslan school massacre.
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Salman Rushdie on the history of partition and how it shaped the country of his birth
Reflections from Salman Rushdie on the 70th anniversary of Indian independence
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Rubbish Art
Photographing rubbish for Instagram; and Thai craft beer
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Rock Bottom: A Music Writer's Journey into Madness
A veteran rock journalist on the mental health stresses of interviewing rock stars
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Rap Gets Islamic Makeover
Canadian duo Deen Squad 'halalifies' rap lyrics plus that annoying supermarket voice
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Radium Girls
The fight for justice for a group of women known as the Radium Girls.
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Rabbi Who Blessed Trump Inauguration
Rabbi Marvin Hier spoke after President Trump; and the first female Afghan orchestra
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Protest piano
Free piano lessons in a London train station, and the pull of tide.
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Poppies for Iraq
A child's life in Mosul in pictures, and women in Saudi workplace
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Playing the Piano in Water
French pianist H茅l猫ne Grimaud on playing in a flooded hall; & Frederick Forsyth's Lament.
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Plagiarised Recipes
Have we reached the end of authentic recipes? And a plea to cut down wedding costs.
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Passchendaele, 100 years on
Passchendaele centenary, remembering one of the First World War's bloodiest battles
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Partition Museum
A museum on India's partition; and secrets of the Silicon Valley.
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Paris attacks kill at least a-hundred-and-twenty-eight people
Security expert William Jordan and French MP Christophe Premat on Paris attacks.
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Palestinian theatre group performs The Siege
Freedom Theatre performs play inspired by fighters held up in Bethlehem church.
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Ninety-One-Year-Old French Woman Gets PhD After 30 Years
French pensioner's delight on receiving her doctorate, and the feminist Icelandic rappers
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Newshour Extra: Does Democracy Work For Africa?
Bonus podcast episode: this week's Newshour Extra about democracy in Africa
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Naked Art
The art show where all visitors have to be naked; and what do Indians think of Trump?
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Myanmar Goes To Market
Hopes for a stock market boom in the new Myanmar. And Greenland's example for Brexit.
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My Old Man: Thoughts About Dad
Writers bare emotions in a new book about fathers. And the beauty of recycled fashion.
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My Old Man and the Seal
A writer inspired by her dad's pet seal. And nobody does it better: here's to the Queen.
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Music's best year
In recent decades, which is the best year for music? Plus, a competition for coffee.
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Music Without Borders
Arizona-based musicians reflect on mambo and US politics. And books we love to read.
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Morgan the Elephant's Extraordinary Journey
Morgan the Elephant's extraordinary journey; the puppeteers of War Horse.
