#48 Killer robots, science awards and drinking fountains

FromThe Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann

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#48 Killer robots, science awards and drinking fountains

FromThe Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann

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Dec 7, 2017

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Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Should we train machines to kill us? Should we treat scientists like celebrities? And can public drinking fountains defeat bottled water? Jamie Timson, Kari Wilkin and Mike Starling reveal all

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Dec 7, 2017

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#10 Drones, games and dull super-cities: Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Why doesn't anyone want to host the Commonwealth Games? Where's the world's best place to live? Is Trump's drone policy a threat to world peace?... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#9 Spies, feminists and populists: Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Will putting women on traffic lights bring down the patriarchy? Is the CIA listening to your TV chat? Has populism peaked? Elizabeth Carr-Ellis,... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#3 Trainspotting, Bernie Ecclestone and gleeful Victorians: Olly Mann and The Week's digital team delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Is the age of the sport impresario over? Does cinema still matter? Were we happiest amid Dickensian squalor? Jonathan Harwood,... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#19 Chelsea Manning, crowdfunding and cricket strikes: Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Should we cheer Chelsea Manning's release? Who should pay for education? And why are cricketers going on strike? Elizabeth Carr-Ellis, Arion... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#18 South Korea, an electoral conspiracy and difficult TV drama: Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. What will happen next on the Korean peninsula? Who or what is Cambridge Analytica? Will the BBC drama Three Girls give comfort to the far right?... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#6 Anti-Semitism, nudity and Othello: Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Has PewDiePie suffered enough? Is Playboy back on the naughty step? Is Othello really about religion, not race? Arion McNicoll, Rebecca Gillie... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#2 China, musicals and the end of civilisation: Olly Mann and The Week's digital team delve behind the headlines and debates what really matters from the past seven days. Is China capitalism's last hope? Why does everyone want tickets for Hamilton? Are we all doomed anyway? Jonathan Harwood,... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#26 Prisons, gay rights and dead artists: Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Is solitary confinement a suitable punishment for a child? Why has the gay rights movement been so successful? And should art be preserved, even... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#4 Anarchy, care homes and the French election: Olly Mann and The Week's digital team delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Is squatting morally justified? Should the state look after our parents? Why should we care who's president of France? Hollie... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#17 Sports stars, election spending and a slap on the wrist for Putin: Arion McNicoll and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Is Angela Merkel now the leader of the free world? Is election spending out of control? And do you need a personality to be a sports... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#24 Inequality, the Balkans and the end of divorce: Arion McNicoll, standing in for Olly Mann, and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Does inequality matter more than poverty? Why aren't people getting divorced any more? And are the Balkans... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
27 min listen
#16 Speeding fines, personalised ads and the return of Mr Nasty: Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. What's a fair penalty for speeding? Would you click on an ad that addresses you by name? And where's tennis's manners? Cameron Tait, Anna Dubuis... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
20 min listen
#5 Accents, artists and Superbowl ads: Olly Mann and The Week's digital team delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Why are our accents so important to us? Is big business sending anti-Trump smoke signals? Can Stevie Wonder be trusted? Jamie... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#1 Adverts, iPhones and first ladies: The Week's digital team delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Was life better before the iPhone? Is online advertising scrambling our brains? Why should we be grateful for Melania Trump? Rebecca Gillie,... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
24 min listen
#28 Trump protests, porn and Jane Austen: Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Are protests against Donald Trump counter-productive? Will porn age limits backfire? And what should we learn from Austen's bicentenary? Ashley... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#21 The Beatles, boundaries and Trump's big decision: Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Could Trump solve climate change by accident? Why are we losing 50 MPs? And are we finally getting bored with the Beatles? Anna Dubuis, Holden... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#23 Julius Caesar, online terror and tabloid power: Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Should artists imagine Trump's assassination? Can Google stop the spread of terror? And is it The Sun wot lost it? Felicity Capon, Cameron Tait... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#7 Democracy, pies and the rise of the machines: Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Do our politicians get an easy ride? What happens when self-driving cars decide to kill us? What's wrong with eating pies? Rebecca Gillie,... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#27 Bitcoin, boxing and the MMR: Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Will bitcoin conquer the world? Should MMR vaccinations be compulsory? Is hype ruining everything? Holden Frith, Elizabeth Carr-Ellis and Jon... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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# 13 Robots, Easter eggs and Serbian politics: Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. What if people vote to end democracy? Could you love a robot? Who won the war on Easter? Jamie Timson, Anna Dubuis and Ashley Wassall reveal all by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#40 Guns, marijuana, and using WhatsApp at work: Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Should YouTube ban gun videos? Is it time the UK legalised marijuana? And is it safe to use WhatsApp to moan about your work colleagues?... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
36 min listen
#14 Scouts, tantrums and the eternal long weekend: Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Why won't parents don a woggle? What are the politics of being 'deplaned'? And would you like an extra day in bed? Holden Frith, Elizabeth... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#45 Flying cars, refugees and the problem with YouTube Kids: Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Will we see flying cars by 2019? Why have we stopped talking about Europe's refugee crisis? And does ElsaGate prove YouTube is too big to... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#20 Babymaking apps, cyber-security and inappropriate jokes: Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Can technology unite egg and sperm donors? Why is cyber-security so difficult. And what are the limits of humour? Elizabeth Carr-Ellis, Cameron... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#30 Spies, tourists and sell-outs: Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Would you fall for a digital honey trap? Are tourists destroying the world? And is it socially acceptable to sell out? Ashley Wassall, Felicity... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#41 Mike Pence, cryptocurrencies and The Death of Stalin: Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Is Mike Pence more extreme than Donald Trump? Is there anything sinister about mining for Bitcoin? And is Armando Iannucci's new black comedy... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#11 - Encryption, citizenship and the PM's power grab: Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. When is a German not a German? Will encryption thwart the police? Will Brexit result in 'creeping Tudorisation'? Arion McNicoll, Rebecca Gillie... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#25 Abortion, ID cards and cities of culture: Arion McNicoll, standing in for Olly Mann, and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Are ID cards back on the agenda? What's wrong with the abortion act? And what price culture? Jamie Timson,... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#8 Netflix, police cuts and a rugby ruck-up: Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Have Hollywood studios met their match? How should the police respond to rising abuse claims? And what's gone wrong with the rules of rugby?... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#15 Debates, diesel engines and human rights: Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Is Theresa May running scared? Has diesel had its day? And why is York a 'human rights city'? Elizabeth Carr-Ellis, Cameron Tait and Ashley... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#369 Measles, karting and TikTok tunes: What's behind the rising number of measles outbreaks? Will a new female karting competition change motorsport for the better? And why are some songs disappearing from TikTok? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#366 Sham science, a fake death and hair-raising prices: Is science facing a credibility crisis? Why did an Indian influencer fake her own death? And should men and women pay the same for a haircut? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days.... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#365 Musical misogyny, empty schools and wealthy woe: What's the music industry's problem with women? Why are schools running out of pupils? And what can we learn from two unhappy football stars? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days.... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#363 Wellness, stressful siblings and NFL: Is there any point to corporate wellness? And the science behind sibling rivalry? And could American football replace rugby? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Harriet... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#362 Taiwan, solar engineering and secret TikTok: How will China respond to Taiwan's election? Can we refreeze the Arctic sea ice? And why is TikTok hiding its data? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Julia Macfarlane,... by The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann
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#48 Killer robots, science awards and drinking fountains

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