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The Telegram: our new guide to a dangerous world
Intrigue, greed and hostility burn in the Antarctic
O que 'Demora' de Ana Cacimba nos conta sobre a solidão negra e o recomeço
Letter from the Capitol
This week, Mary Beard reports on the American election from her billet on Pennysylvania Avenue; plus Regina Rini opens a can of temporal worms in a quest to cure worry.
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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The Great Political Films: The Leopard w/ Lucia Rubinelli
For today’s great political film David discusses Luchino Visconti’s The Leopard (1963) with the Italian historian of ideas Lucia Rubinelli. How did a communist aristocrat from Milan come to make a film about a Sicilian prince? How did Burt Lancaster get cast in the leading role? Is this a political film or a film against politics? And what is the real meaning of the celebrated line: ‘If we want things to stay as they are, things must change…’?
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Next time: Dr Strangelove & Fail Safe w/ Jill Lepore
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