Best of 2025: Firing squads, Axolotl's and photographer Mike Bowers

from The Radio National Hour · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

It's summer on ABC Radio National, so we're bringing you some of your favourite stories from 2025.Today, amid growing resistance to the use of the death penalty in the US, some states are resorting to firing squads.Also ahead, they have a smile that could melt even the hardest hearts, but Axolotls are critically endangered. And Mike Bowers explains why “photographs are the receipts for the rough draft of history”.

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