Ep.407 - Bolsonaro, Cornell, Man City & Digitising Plants

In a week where: Green Party passes 'Zionism Is Racism' motion at party conference. The Paramount/Warner Bros. merger is finalised at $110B.

Russian lab worker dies after being exposed to pneumonic plague in Siberia. Lithuanian parliament votes 106-18 to lift constitutional ban on nuclear weapons.

New Home Office figures show police recorded 146,825 hate crimes in the year ending March 2026, an England/Wales record high. In Politics: (7:53) Brazil is a runoff away from going back to the Bolsonaro well with Flavio - Jair's son - tipped to be Brazil's next President.

But as with most Politics these days, there's a stench of outside interference... ( Article By Elis Gjevori ) In Society: (23:48) One of the US' many MANY societal elephants is SA in Universities. The Cornell Rape Case is the newest edition to rise out of a sea of them.

So what is a solution to improving the apparently hard concept of consent. ( Article By Elizabeth Spiers ) In Sports: (49:19) Man City are officially the ethical villains of the entire sport of Football. But it's not just the club that's under the microscope, the City of Manchester is as well which includes the origins of Andy Burnham's bonafides. ( Article By Joshi Herrmann, Jack Dulhanty & Alec Herron ) Lastly, in Science: (1:06:08) Botanists are in the process of digitising plants from all over the world.

But in some places it's hard to complete the task. ( Article By Victoria Uwemedimo ) Thank you for listening! If you want to contribute to the show, whether it be sending me questions or voicing your opinion in any way, peep the contact links below and I'll respond accordingly.

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