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Jon Harvey

Jon Harvey presents a weekly selection of the best bits of audio across the 麻豆社.

This week, Jon hears about why the power of urine has been celebrated for thousands of years, plus a supposedly autonomous AI chatbot that claimed to have the cure for cancer. We turn the clock back to mark 40 years after Chernobyl with a wedding day during the world鈥檚 worst nuclear disaster, and reflect on a bit of cinematic gold with the moment Michael Caine played football with Pele against the Nazis.

Presenter: Jon Harvey
Producer: Caitlin Sneddon
Editor: Steven Hobson
Production Coordinator: Caoilfhinn McFadden

A 麻豆社 Audio Scotland and Northern Ireland production for 麻豆社 Radio 4.

Programmes featured in this episode include:

The Unbelievable Truth: Hats, Drugs, Germany and the 麻豆社
The Documentary: Under the Influence of AI
Writing the Atom: The Atomic Age
Archive on 4: The Last Dance Floor in Chernobyl
Start The Week, 27/04: Chemical Reactions
Uncanny: Case 4: The Cock Lane Poltergeist
Open Country: Roadside Verge
Cafe Hope: Rhymes for Resilience
Key Changes: 1492 The Fall of Granada
Long Player with Steven Rainey: Prince - Sign o' the Times
Drama on 4: The Madness of George III
Front Row, 27/04: Stage kissing
Screenshot: Nudity
Sporting Witness: Making Escape to Victory

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42 minutes

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