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The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann — 535 episodes · page 1 of 6

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Leap seconds, bed bugs and climbing Everest
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‘Ethical’ mining, K-pop Grammys boycott, and a new AI start-up
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Wildfires, gene-edited bananas, and male self-confidence
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Potash, the Lib Dems and Mitchell & Webb
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Arctic manoeuvres, a UK referendum and Darlene Love
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Hunter Biden’s cryptocurrency, VW’s military pivot and Nathan Fielder on Theranos
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A naval odyssey, paternity leave and art heists
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The maternity gap, Tunisian unrest and literary feuds
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ADHD, the besieged Palestinian-American and discussing women’s appearance
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Assad sentenced, LGBT rights in Africa and sleep drugs
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Compulsory voting, lost civilisations and country music
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Palantir, Ali G and the AI singularity
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Road safety, British gloom and the Commonwealth Games
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Elderly executions, a new Ebola vaccine and instapoetry
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Chinese missiles, vanishing anchovies and unpredictable weather
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Property Unwrapped: Build, baby, build
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The Vagrancy Act, Indonesian corruption and Citizen Vigilante
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Algae, Albania’s flamingo protests and Madonna’s failed film
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Property Unwrapped: building better homes
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Lone star ticks, Roberto Vannacci and AI grief
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Food prices, primary scandals and the Cockroach Janta Party
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Property Unwrapped: tech to the rescue!
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Prostate screening, dating and the Sagrada Familia
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Dam removals, Colombia’s election and flat-sharing pensioners
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Kidnapping in Nigeria, the return of Steve Hilton and Swatch-mania
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Robotaxis, fact-checking and gym drugs
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Romania, sterilisation and the Biennale

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Helium, the next financial crash and tipping

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Japan’s military, HAYI and ageing athletes

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Pakistani prestige, Ulster gold and Dolly Parton

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Orban, stalkers and boil-in-the-bag funerals

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Japanese divorce, London’s web wars and Eurovision Asia

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Organ donation, Gerry Adams and corgi-cloning

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Brexit backtracking, Banksy and a battery breakthrough

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A proxy Gulf war, Chile’s right turn and Meta’s AI gamble

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France’s nuclear arsenal, dinosaurs for sale and North Korean football

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What will happen if we run out of RAM?

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Freemasons in the police, prediction markets and the UK’s creative crisis

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Iranian confessions, Musk’s moonshot and BBC puzzles

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Russia’s shadow fleet, tackling cancer and a new broom at Disney

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Xi’s purge, Prosper UK and hearing difficulties

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Billionaires, immoral orders and cow tools

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Bobi Wine, cancer research fraud and Are You Dead?

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Grok abuse, the politics of Mumsnet and Avatar’s cultural impact

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The Year Unwrapped: Emotional bots, weight loss and British culture

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The politics of AI, forever chemicals and universal income

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Euro protests, Syria and monogamy

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A Honduran reprieve, water wars and rom-coms

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Slovenia, fallible leaders and mongrels

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Cryogenic morality and a Catholic rift

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Anti-Putin rap, Sarajevo snipers and captive penguins

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Smoking in the Maldives, rap in the UK and elderly whales

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Bacon, a Dutch standoff and the art of living well

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Fusion, frog protests and fashion

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Russian energy, parasocial relationships and bullfighting

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Egg warning, Saudi jokes and slop

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Moldova, Blair and Brollywood

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Anti-trans ideology and Anglicans

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Discord in Nepal, panspermia and Owain Glyndwr

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The other ‘comfort women’, a racing strike and leg-stretching surgery

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Channel 4, drugs in Scotland and fertility

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Demining Ukraine, reviving Baltimore and unleashing first ladies

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The Pope's flatmates, the world remapped and seagulls

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Peace prizes, Russia's economy and pickles

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A submarine stream, Morecambe FC and endangered jobs

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Climate law, a $2bn game and virtual models

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Ukrainian corruption, Unesco and rental bikes

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Politicised science, abortion law and the rise of Ro Khanna

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Juryless trials, NDAs and the Craic Pack

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Female conscription, ID cards and injuries

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Green painkillers, mercenaries and graduate jobs

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Eco-populism and private services

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Italy's referendum, South Korea on stage and the Baller League

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Japan lifts off, the credit trap and Labubu-mania

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Race to the Arctic, Jony Ive and the EHRC

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Drug-fuelled sport, AI weapons and political dating

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Tackling cancer, BM boys and cheese

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The anti-Trump bump, Rust and a touchy-feely robot

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Protecting footballers, an oil ad ban and men in publishing

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Pope Francis, married health and pistachio chocolate

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Pubs, the digital dividend and British book bans

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426. Womb donors, dire wolves and art

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425. A millennial saint, Meta vs. authors and lost films

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424. Scientific asylum, Japan's death row and solar slavery

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423. El Salvador, ball games and an energy lawsuit

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422. Revolting Canadians, Nepalese monarchists and fish

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421. ASMR, football chants and Gaelic

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420. Firefighting foam, energy bills and a blood-test breakthrough

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419 Sinkholes, Saudi sport and a viral tourism ad

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418. The end of the penny, Chagos Islands deal, and personality testing
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417 Cricket, digital soul-searching and rats
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416. Australian antisemitism, blood minerals and rebreathing
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415. Exoskeletons, digital passports and AI in film
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414. Contraception, jawlines and RedNote
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413. Guantanamo, WCs and vegan dogs
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412. The Year Unwrapped – Revolting farmers, multinational crime and TV in retreat
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411. Scotland vs. Whatsapp, driverless buses and AI cameras
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410. Sexsomnia, ghost guns and rainbow laces
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409. Afghan midwives, depopulation and fake honey
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408. Lenacapavir, Band Aid and tea