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All the news to know for Tuesday, May 29th, 2018!
Today, we're talking about the historic meeting with North Korea's leader and why it could be back on, the storm hitting the Southeast and the Starbucks racial bias training planned for today.
Plus: a hero teacher, a hero "Spider-Man" and the holiday weekend winner at the movies.
All that and much more in less than 10 minutes.
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
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What does it take to get Black women’s hair authentically represented on TV? Brittany talks to Yara Shahidi, the star of the popular sitcom Grown-ish, to find out.
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Trump pretends a staffer doesn’t exist as his will-they-won’t-they drama with Kim continues, Customs and Border Patrol begins tearing away children from their parents at the border, and the trouble grows for Trump’s inner circle. Erin Ryan joins Jon, Jon, and Tommy on stage at Boston Calling, and then our interview at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute with Senator Elizabeth Warren.
This week we tackle some of our listeners? questions from Australia: do one in seven businessmen throw out their pants after wearing them once? This is a claim made by an expert talking about clothes waste ? but what does it come from? Do horses kill more people than venomous animals? Australia is known for its dangerous wildlife, but how deadly is it for humans? Plus, a politician says lots of Australians have used cannabis ? we take a look at the evidence.
Presenter: Tim Harford Producers: Charlotte McDonald and Sachin Croker
(Picture: Male models in underwear follow a businessman. Credit: Getty's Images)
In a special edition at Hay Festival, Tom Sutcliffe explores success and failure, from Homer's epic poetry to global pandemics.
The historian David Christian looks at the birth and development of the universe. He weaves together science, arts and humanities in his vast tale of human existence.
Emily Wilson is the first woman to translate, The Odyssey, the great adventure story of classical literature.
The historian Antony Beevor reconstructs the tragedy of Arnhem, the Battle for the Bridges in 1944. He questions whether the British military strategy was doomed from the start.
Success and failure are woven through Dr Jonathan D Quick's study of epidemics. He asks whether politics and science can come together to prevent the deaths of millions of people.
Producer: Katy Hickman.
In a special edition at Hay Festival, Tom Sutcliffe explores success and failure, from Homer's epic poetry to global pandemics.
The historian David Christian looks at the birth and development of the universe. He weaves together science, arts and humanities in his vast tale of human existence.
Emily Wilson is the first woman to translate, The Odyssey, the great adventure story of classical literature.
The historian Antony Beevor reconstructs the tragedy of Arnhem, the Battle for the Bridges in 1944. He questions whether the British military strategy was doomed from the start.
Success and failure are woven through Dr Jonathan D Quick's study of epidemics. He asks whether politics and science can come together to prevent the deaths of millions of people.
Producer: Katy Hickman.
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Good maths, a strong bladder and the ability to hold eight '99s' in one hand. Ali Coote remembers the important lessons she learned as an Ice Cream Van driver.
Presenter: James Ward Contributor: Ali Coote Producer: Luke Doran