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Powerful Substances

Substances with cultural, economic, and historical power

World Service,3 episodes

Episodes

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Gold
Why have people, princes, and governments suffered and killed for it for millennia?
16 Sep 1995,13 mins
Sugar
How sugar's history begins with the cutting of cane, and ends with a global commodity
26 Sep 1995,13 mins
Diamonds
The toughest substance made by nature has been sought after since the dawn of time
01 Oct 1995,13 mins