Ruth Alexander investigates Sweden's high rape rate, and finds out which countries are the surprise leaders of the world kidnap league. Plus, who went home from the London 2012 Games with more medals ? Olympians or Paralympians? This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service
Start the Week - Salman Rushdie
In a special edition of Start the Week Andrew Marr talks to Salman Rushdie. For a decade the writer was forced to live under police protection after being 'sentenced to death' by the Ayatollah Khomeini following the publication of his novel, The Satanic Verses. He talks about living in hiding, under an alias, Joseph Anton, and how he gradually secured his freedom. Rushdie argues that we are 'story-telling animals', but more than twenty years since his controversial book was banned around the world, Andrew Marr asks what impact this has had on the stories we tell.
Cato Daily Podcast - The White House, YouTube and Chilling Effects
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Cato Daily Podcast - A Fight over Federal Supremacy
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Cato Daily Podcast - Hostile Takeover: Resisting Centralized Government
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Cato Daily Podcast - Good and Bad Trends in State Tax Policy
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Cato Daily Podcast - A Cybersecurity Power Grab?
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Cato Daily Podcast - Chicago Teacher Strike
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Where are the Paralympics Medals?
Why did the USA top the gold medals league in the Olympics, but not the Paralympics? Ruth Alexander examines the performance numbers of the London 2012 Paralympic Games and discovers which countries are punching above their weight, and which below. And Yan Wong tries to calculate how many opening bars are possible in music. This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.