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The Explanation — 356 episodes

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The President's Path: Trump's second term: How America and the world see him

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The Media Show: Meet the 'meat proxies'

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Heated rivalry: US v Canada

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The Media Show: Is YouTube the new TV?

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The President's Path: Trump redefines America’s friends and foes

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The Media Show: The death of Jason Arday

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The President's Path: Trump and the AI data centre debate

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The Media Show: James May's YouTube move

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The President's Path: Is Trump the AI president?

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The Media Show: Alternative Hollywood

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The President's Path: Does Zelensky have the upper hand in the Ukraine war?

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The Media Show: Interviewing Elon Musk

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The President's Path: The US-Saudi nuclear deal

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The Media Show: Can an AI actor win over Hollywood?

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The President's Path: Trump accuses China of US election 'meddling'

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The Media Show: Trump's New York Times subpoenas

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The President's Path: US-Iran conflict reignites

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The Media Show: Farage's fight with the Media

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The President's Path: America at 250

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The Media Show: The Murray brothers' media game

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The President's Path: Has Trump taken over America’s big birthday?

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Unspun World: Has Britain become ungovernable?

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The Media Show: How Shop workers became content

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The President's Path: What did America actually win in the Iran deal?

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Unspun World: Winners and losers of the US-Iran agreement

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The Media Show: Citizen journalists at protests - reporting or activism?

27

The President's Path: Why is Trump hosting the UFC at the White House?

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Unspun World: Fighting resumes between Israel and Hezbollah

29

The Media Show: Reporting the World Cup

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The President's Path: Why did Trump and Netanyahu clash over the Iran war?

31

Unspun World: What's it like to live in Iran now?

32

The Media Show: Inside Rafa Nadal's Netflix show

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The President's Path: The costs of the Iran war

34

Unspun World: Is the US preparing to invade Cuba?

35

The Media Show: The French Rupert Murdoch

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The President's Path: Trump pivots to Cuba

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Unspun World: Are US-China relations at a turning point?

38

The Media Show: Filming inside El Salvador’s mega-prison

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The President's Path: Trump in China

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Unspun World: Why can’t the US and Iran reach a peace deal?

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The Media Show: Wrestling with Trump

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The President's Path: Trump’s midterm messaging

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Unspun World: What’s at stake for Iran’s regime?

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The Media Show: The accidental BBC News star

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The President's Path: Is Trump safe?

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Unspun World: Trump's exit strategy from Iran

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The Media Show: I’m a Celebrity… get me a lawyer!

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The President's Path: Trump goes quiet

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Unspun World: US-Iran standoff over Strait of Hormuz escalates

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The Media Show: Building the Uncanny empire

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The President's Path: Trump's legacy

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The Media Show: Artemis II and Nasa’s media machine

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The President’s Path: The political consequences of war and peace for Trump

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The Media Show: Investigating Sam Altman

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The President's Path: Trump’s address over the Iran war

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The Media Show: How far should reporters go with AI?

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The President's Path: Is the US fighting two wars against Iran?

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Unspun World: US pauses strikes on Iran’s energy infrastructure

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The Media Show: Cold-calling Trump

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The President's Path: Trump slams allies over Iran war help

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Unspun World: How is the Iran war impacting the global economy?

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The Media Show: Reporting from Inside Iran

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The President's Path: Trump’s mixed messages over war on Iran

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Unspun World: What do people in Iran think about the war?

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The Media Show: Who’s shaping American media?

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The Strait of Hormuz

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Unspun World: Can Iran hold out against US-Israeli strikes?

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The Media Show: Iran and the bigger story

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Trump’s Texas showdown

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Unspun World: Russia-Ukraine war enters its fifth year

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The Media Show: The Andrew photo

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The President's Path: Inside Trump’s State of the Union

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Unspun World: What’s the future of US-Europe relations?

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The Media Show: MTV’s co‑founder on reshaping pop culture

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The President’s Path: Is Trump facing a Republican rebellion in Congress?

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Unspun World: Who is in control of Gaza now?

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The Media Show: Bonfire of the Murdochs

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The Media Show: The Epstein files

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The President’s Path: Epstein files

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Unspun World: Is time running out for Iran's supreme leader?

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The President’s Path: Minneapolis unrest

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Unspun World: Is Europe toughening its stance on Trump?

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The Media Show: Netflix’s skyscraper live stunt

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The Evidence: Anaesthesia

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The President’s Path: US-Europe breakup

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Unspun World: Trump's return, one year on

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The Media Show: The battle for brand Beckham

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The President’s Path: Trump’s world domination

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The Media Show: Iran protests and international coverage

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The President’s Path: After Venezuela, what next for Trump?

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The Media Show: Reporting the Venezuela operation

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The Media Show: How to Make a Hit TV Show

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The President’s Path: Year in review

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The Media Show: Meet The Tech Bros

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The President’s Path: Maga coalition cracks

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The Media Show: Reporting the Bondi beach attack

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The President’s Path: Affordability

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The Media Show: Netflix’s Hollywood takeover drama

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The President’s Path: The health of healthcare

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The Media Show: Manchester’s YouTube problem

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The President’s Path: Trump v California

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The Media Show: Another day, another BBC editing row?

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The President’s Path: Redistricting

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The Media Show: Ed Sheeran’s one-shot film

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The President’s Path: US-Venezuela boat strikes

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Unspun World: Are Russian forces on the brink of seizing Pokrovsk?

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The Media Show: Trump’s billion-dollar BBC threat

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The President’s Path: Elections fallout

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Unspun World: War-weariness in Russia

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The Media Show: Lessons from Top Gear

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The President’s Path: Electoral battlegrounds 2025

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Unspun World: Donald Trump’s China strategy

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The Media Show: Advertising race row

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The President’s Path: Shutdown and teardown

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Unspun World: Will Hamas really give up control of Gaza?

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The Media Show: When the Royals lose control of the story

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Weight loss jabs: A medical game changer?

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The President’s Path: How many wars has Donald Trump ended?

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Unspun World: Who will run Gaza?

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The Media Show: The Gaza Ceasefire

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The President’s Path: Supreme Court shapes Trump's powers

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Unspun World: Is peace in Gaza now possible?

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The Media Show: Reporting from Inside Putin’s Russia

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The President’s Path: Trump’s power

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The Media Show: Is Larry Ellison the new Rupert Murdoch?

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The President's Path: Silencing voices

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Unspun World: World leaders formally recognise Palestinian statehood

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The Media Show: Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension

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The President’s Path: Trump's diplomacy

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Unspun World: President Trump’s second state visit to the UK

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The Media Show: Reporting Charlie Kirk’s killing

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The President’s Path: The killing of Charlie Kirk

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Unspun World: Protests hit France as new PM takes office

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The Media Show: Super Mario Bros at 40

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The President’s Path: Trump's troubles

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The Media Show: France’s political crisis

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The President’s Path: Trump’s law and order

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The Media Show: The mystery freelancer

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The President’s Path: Trump the peacemaker?

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The Media Show: Trump, Zelensky and the cameras

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The President’s Path: Trump’s Latino base

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The Media Show: Interview of an AI avatar

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The President’s Path: Democratic offensive

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The Media Show: Taiwan’s war drama tests political boundaries on screen

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The President’s Path: Trump’s grievances

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The Media Show: Is AI polluting the internet beyond repair?

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The President’s Path: Trump’s first six months back in office

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The Media Show: YouTubers and the migrant hotel protest

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The President's Path: Why are Epstein files dividing MAGA and Trump?

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The Media Show: A superinjunction that gagged the media

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The Media Show: Oasis concert photo row

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Unspun World: Donald Trump's foreign policy

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The Media Show: Gaza documentary controversy

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Unspun World: Has Iran weathered the storm?

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The Media Show: Iranian harassment of BBC journalists

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Unspun World: Where is the conflict between Israel and Iran heading?

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The Media Show: Israel-Iran coverage

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Unspun World: Trump's immigration crackdown

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The Media Show: Will AI kill the advertising industry?

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What does a new president mean for Poland?

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The Media Show: Can NPR survive Trump’s cuts?

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Unspun World: Will Israeli criticism change Netanyahu's Gaza stance?

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The Media Show: NYT editor Joe Kahn, and travel presenter Simon Reeve

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Unspun World: The UK's new EU deal

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The Media Show: Full-time for Lineker at the BBC

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Unspun World: What's next for Gaza?

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The Media Show: Misinformation and the India-Pakistan Standoff

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Unspun World: Vladimir Putin’s game plan

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The Media Show: Tina Brown on her fight for quality journalism

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The Global Jigsaw: The Kurdish issue: Part three

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Unspun World: What part did Trump play in Canada’s election?

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The Media Show: Piers Morgan’s YouTube bet

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The Global Jigsaw: The Kurdish issue: Part two

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The Media Show: Washington leak culture

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The Global Jigsaw: The Kurdish issue: Part one

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The Media Show: Britain's steel crisis and SNL’s leap across the Atlantic

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Trump's tariffs explained

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The Media Show: Trade wars, tariffs, and Trump’s media strategy

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The Media Show: What teenage boys are watching online

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Unspun World: How might Gaza be governed in the future?

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The Media Show: Are pirated books powering AI?

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Unspun World: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin negotiate over a ceasefire in Ukraine

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The Media Show: Investigating Michael Jackson

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Can Germany's ailing economy get back on track?

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The Media Show: Revealing Facebook

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Unspun World: How will Donald Trump’s tariffs affect global markets?

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Unspun World: Can Ukraine continue to rely on US support?

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The Media Show: Jeff Bezos' Washington Post shift

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Unspun World: Is Russia’s war in Ukraine nearing an endgame?

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The Media Show: Mehdi Hasan on journalism, opinion, and independence

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The Media Show: Diplomacy and the media and 100 years of The New Yorker

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Unspun World: Is Western support for Ukraine holding firm?

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The Media Show: Understanding the attention economy

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Unspun World: Donald Trump’s whirlwind start to his second term

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The Media Show: Bill Gates on tech and politics

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Unspun World: How will Trump's second presidency affect the war in Ukraine?

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The Media Show: China’s AI rise

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Mindu Hornick: Interview with an Auschwitz survivor

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Unspun World: What's behind the growing tensions between China and Taiwan?

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The Media Show: Prince Harry’s legal victory and TikTok’s future

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The Media Show: Reporting the LA fires

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The Media Show: Meta drops fact-checkers and Grand Theft Auto 6 hype builds

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The Media Show: media trends in 2025

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The Global Jigsaw: The language of war: Ukraine

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The Media Show: Jeans, cars, deodorant

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The Global Jigsaw: The language of war: Russia

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The Media Show: CNN’s Syria report controversy

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The Media Show: Reporting Syria and reaction to Luigi Mangione

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The Media Show: Reddit's rise

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The Media Show: BBC presenter defection

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Unspun World: Could Russia's war with Ukraine escalate?

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The Media Show: Jake Paul v Mike Tyson

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Unspun World: What can the world expect from a second Trump term?

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The Media Show: US Election and its impact on media

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Unspun World: What does the US election tell us about America?

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The Media Show: Trump's winning media strategy

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The Global Jigsaw: Russia’s “special demographic operation”

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Unspun World: What will Iran do now?

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The Media Show: Ballots, bias and big tech

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The Global Jigsaw: Turkey’s anti-LGBT drive

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Unspun World: The Middle East: The regional perspective

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The Media Show: The king of reality TV

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Unspun World: Israel's Middle East strategy

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The Media Show: ISIS Prisons Museum

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The Global Jigsaw: Yemen: A frozen conflict

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Unspun World: The Middle East, a year on from the October 7th attacks

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The Media Show: Reporting from inside Gaza

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Unspun World: What will Iran's strategy be?

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The Media Show: Secrets of The Sidemen

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The Global Jigsaw: Yemen: A tale of three cities

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The Media Show: Reporting the Predator at Harrods

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The Media Show: Trump’s Pet-eating Conspiracy Theory

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The Media Show: Russia’s alleged influencer propaganda plot

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The Media Show: Why Korean TV rules the world

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The Media Show: Telegram founder arrested

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The Media Show - TV’s Hidden Dilemma

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US Supreme Court

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The Media Show: Social media as crime scene

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What is the United Nations?

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The Global Jigsaw: The Taliban’s war on women

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The Media Show: Online rumours and real-world consequences

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Big Tech – too big to hide from?

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The Media Show: Who will inherit the Murdoch empire?

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The global arms trade

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The Media Show: Can memes win the US election?

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Why is the Gulf Stream and AMOC so important to our climate?

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The Media Show: Reporting from the scene of the Trump shooting

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What makes a good peace mediator?

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The Media Show: The war reporter who stopped to help

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The Media Show: Reporting Biden’s Health

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Unspun World: The UK election

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The Media Show: Julian Assange - journalist or activist?

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Unspun World: Is Ukraine preparing for a deal?

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The Media Show: How podcasts took over the world

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The Global Jigsaw: The evolution of the Islamic State Group

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Unspun World: Israel's war cabinet fragments

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The Media Show: How to interview a Prime Minister

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Unspun World: The new threats to global peace and security

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The Media Show: The Business of News

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Unspun World: Will the UK's election change its place in the world?

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The Media Show: Is this the TikTok election?

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Unspun World: How has the Russia-China relationship changed?

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The Media Show: Reporting ringside at Usyk v Fury

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Unspun World: Why are US-Israel relations at an historic low?

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The Media Show: Netflix and the Baby Reindeer Fallout

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The Global Jigsaw: How China sees itself in Africa

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Unspun World: What is Israel's plan for Gaza?

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The Media Show: Reporting the US campus protests

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What is the dark web?

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The Global Jigsaw: Turkey's foothold in Africa

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The Media Show: Behind the information iron curtain

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Goodbye to the International Space Station

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The Global Jigsaw: Deconstructing Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’: Part two

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The Media Show: Secrets of the Celebrity Interview

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Nuclear weapons - which countries have them?

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The Global Jigsaw: How drones have changed war

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The Media Show: How Taylor Swift conquered the media

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How does the New York Stock Exchange work?

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The Global Jigsaw: Sudan: A year of war

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The Media Show: Building Trump's social media app

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The Global Jigsaw: Deconstructing Iran’s 'Axis of Resistance': Part one

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The Media Show: Fear, threats and intimidation

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The Global Jigsaw: Moscow attack: disinfo wars

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The Global Jigsaw: Contested waters: Helmand

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Unspun World: What's next for President Putin after winning re-election?

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The Global Jigsaw - Contested waters: Crimea

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Unspun World: Has Russia turned the tide in its war in Ukraine?

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The Global Jigsaw: What hope for Haiti?

289

Unspun World: What's life like on the ground in Gaza and the West Bank?

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Unspun World: Is a ceasefire in Gaza within reach?

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Unspun World: What Alexei Navalny's death means for Vladimir Putin's grip on Russia

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Unspun World: Can Israel win its war in Gaza?

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Unspun World: How Russia's economy has survived despite sanctions

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Unspun World: Is Ukraine losing Western support?

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Unspun World: Is the war in Gaza slipping away from Israel?

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Unspun World: What's the West's strategy for the Houthis?

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What does the World Bank do?

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What is sportswashing?

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What is BRICS?

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How does the World Health Organization work?

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Unspun World: Can anything break the stalemate in the Ukraine war?

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What is Five Eyes?

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Unspun World: How migration is changing European politics

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Unspun World: A pause in fighting in Gaza

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The Global Jigsaw: Global perspectives on the Israel Gaza war

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Unspun World: Can the US and China get along?

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The Global Jigsaw: Israel and Gaza special

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Unspun World: What's Israel's endgame in Gaza?

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Unspun World: Tensions on the Israel-Lebanon border

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Unspun World: Will Israel invade Gaza?

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The Global Jigsaw: Who’ll be Argentina’s next president?

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Unspun World: Israel declares war on Hamas after deadly attack

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Unspun World: Are democracies hindering the fight against climate change?

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Unspun World: Can anyone in Russia challenge Putin now?

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The Global Jigsaw: Wagner after Prigozhin

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Unspun World: What has changed for women in Iran, a year after Mahsa Amini's death?

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The Global Jigsaw: Grain deal special

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Could Puerto Rico become America's 51st state?

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Kosovo–Serbia relations

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What is Nato?

321

Venezuela crisis

322

The EU

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Who are the Rohingyas?

324

What is a war crime?

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Unspun World: Is it time to return looted art?

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Haiti's gang crisis

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Unspun World: Is Putin's time up?

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How Lebanon’s economy collapsed

329

Unspun World: Xi Jinping: President or emperor?

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What is the Wagner Group?

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Unspun World: Who can challenge Trump?

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Unspun World: What's it like reporting on the war from inside Russia?

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Unspun World: Can the US transform the world's economy?

334

Unspun World: Could AI outsmart humanity?

335

Unspun World: Is Ukraine's counter-offensive a turning point?

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Introducing The Explanation

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How the Good Friday Agreement helped bring peace to Northern Ireland

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Ethiopia, Eritrea and border wars

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Sudan’s journey from independence to revolution

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How Yemen has been engulfed by civil war

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Who are the Uyghurs and why are they being persecuted?

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Cuba–United States relations

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Roe v Wade and abortion in America

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How Syria's peaceful uprising became a civil war

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Understanding the long history between Russia and Ukraine

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Understanding South Africa’s continuing quest for equality

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Understanding the power that Saudi Arabia wields

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Understanding relations between Taiwan and China

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Understanding the rise of Boko Haram

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Understanding North Korea and the Kim dynasty

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Understanding the Islamic State group

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Understanding how Russia has changed under Putin

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Afghanistan: Women, girls and their rights

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Understanding Iran: Reconciling religion and democracy

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Israeli-Palestinian relations

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Understanding democracy in Hong Kong