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RADIOLAB‘s podcast this week is fascinating, chilling and hilarious! I never thought I’d find a podcast as gripping as This American Life until I stumbled on the show on Stitcher today. Now I’m completely hooked and look forward to listening to the whole archive. RADIOLAB – Sperm Why so many sperm? We turn to the animal kingdom

A cholera epidemic has compounded the daily misery faced by ordinary Zimbabweans, who struggle to survive with the world’s highest inflation, last official estimate at 231 million percent. Half the population needs emergency food aid. The disease has already spread to neighbouring South Africa and Botswana, as desperate people carrying their relatives in wheelbarrows and

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Aurgasm: Obi Best’s debut album, Capades, is a startling and addicting collection of refined pop songs. Whether it is the more orchestral ballads or synth-driven electropop that make up Capades; the record is equally dreamy, witty and infectious. Alex Lilly’s capricious lyrics are tempered by tight musical arrangements, resulting in a playful and most importantly,

Wow!! I was absolutely floored by this particular podcast. The first half was interesting and got my ears pricked while I was immersed in other work, but really it’s the second half, which goes into the history of how the various Native American tribes lived and fed themselves over the ages — it’s incredibly fascinating!