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    Kidnap: Inside The Ransom Business

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2019 49:15


    This week Susan talks to German researcher and writer Anja Shortland about her fascinating new book 'Kidnap: Inside the Ransom Business' published by Oxford University Press.

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    Chapter 246: Walking to Jerusalem with Justin Butcher

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2019 53:58


    https://www.newstalk.com//podcasts/talking-books/chapter-246-walking-to-jerusalem-with-justin-butcher3238Sun, 10 Feb 2019 13:36:08 +0000https://w

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    Chapter 250: 'More Dashing' with Adam Sisman

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2019 52:36


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    Chapter 249: 'Our Boys' with Helen Parr

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2019 53:53


    https://www.newstalk.com//podcasts/talking-books/chapter-249-39-our-boys-39-with-helen-parr3233Sat, 09 Feb 2019 08:28:58 +0000https:/

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    Chapter 248: 'How the Work Thinks' with Julian Baggini

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2019 53:12


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    Chapter 247: The Vogue with Eoin Mc Namee

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2019 50:54


    https://www.newstalk.com//podcasts/talking-books/chapter-247-the-vogue-with-eoin-mc-namee3054Sat, 09 Feb 2019 08:23:01 +0000https://www.newstalk.

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    Chapter 259: Kidnap: Inside the Ransom Business

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2019 49:11


    https://www.newstalk.com//podcasts/talking-books/chapter-259-kidnap-inside-the-ransom-business2951Mon, 04 Feb 2019 10:04:26 +0000https://www.new

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    Chapter 252: 'Schadenfreude' with Tiffany Watt Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2019 53:18


    https://www.newstalk.com//podcasts/talking-books/chapter-252-39-schadenfreude-39-with-tiffany-watt-smith3198Sun, 27 Jan 2019 17:42:51 +0000

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    Chapter 243: Why We Need Religion with Stephen Asma

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2019 54:25


    https://www.newstalk.com//podcasts/talking-books/chapter-243-why-we-need-religion-with-stephen-asma3265Mon, 14 Jan 2019 08:09:31 +0000https://www

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    Chapter 242: Attention with Joshua Cohen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2019 51:12


    https://www.newstalk.com//podcasts/talking-books/chapter-242-attention-with-joshua-cohen3072Mon, 07 Jan 2019 07:44:47 +0000https://www.newstalk.com/

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    Chapter 239: 'Music as an Art' with Roger Scruton

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2018 54:51


    https://www.newstalk.com//podcasts/talking-books/chapter-239-39-music-as-an-art-39-with-roger-scruton3291Wed, 12 Dec 2018 12:10:11 +0000

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    Chapter 238: Death of a Translator with Ed Gorman

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2018 53:43


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    Chapter 244: The Desert and the Sea Michael Scott Moore

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2018 54:01


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    Chapter 241: 'The Book of Common Prayer'

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2018 56:03


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    Chapter 245: 'Living with Buildings' with Iain Sinclair

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2018 52:02


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    Chapter 236: The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2018 53:40


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    Chapter 240: 'The Happiness Dictionary' with Tim Lomas

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2018 35:50


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    Chapter 234: Robert Graves with Jean Moorcroft Wilson

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2018 52:44


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    Chapter 233: ISLA Festival 2018 - Instituto Cervantes

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2018 54:21


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    Chapter 243: 'Passing Judgment' with Terri Apter

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2018 35:22


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    Chapter 237: Inheritors of the Earth

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2018 54:16


    https://www.newstalk.com//podcasts/talking-books/chapter-237-inheritors-of-the-earth3256Mon, 17 Sep 2018 11:51:14 +0000https://www.newstalk.com/

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    Chapter 236: My Country: A Syrian Memoir

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2018 50:12


    https://www.newstalk.com//podcasts/talking-books/chapter-236-my-country-a-syrian-memoir3012Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:03:13 +0000https://www.newstalk.com

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    Chapter 231: The Day That Went Missing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2018 35:08


    https://www.newstalk.com//podcasts/talking-books/chapter-231-the-day-that-went-missing2108Sun, 29 Jul 2018 14:40:17 +0000https://www.newstalk.co

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    Chapter 224: Modern Ethics in 77 Arguments

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2018 35:19


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    Chapter 230 'The Wandering Vine' with Nina Caplan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2018 36:20


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    Chapter 220: The West Cork Literary Festival

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2018 35:54


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    Chapter 219: 'Heavens on Earth' with Michael Shermer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2018 37:58


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    Chapter 226: 'The Odyssey' translated by Emily Wilson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2018 33:27


    https://www.newstalk.com//podcasts/talking-books/chapter-226-39-the-odyssey-39-translated-by-emily-wilson2007Tue, 10 Jul 2018 13:52:59 +0000

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    Chapter 228: 'Compass' with Mathias Enard

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2018 34:34


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    Chapter 227: The Happiness Curve with Jonathan Rauch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2018 34:36


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    Chapter 217: The Female Persuasion with Meg Wolitzer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2018 37:45


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    Chapter 229: 'Science and Spiritual Practices

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2018 33:59


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    Chapter 215: 'Why Poetry' with Matthew Zapruder

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2018 35:14


    https://www.newstalk.com//podcasts/talking-books/chapter-215-39-why-poetry-39-with-matthew-zapruder2114Mon, 11 Jun 2018 10:22:36 +0000ht

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    Chapter 225: Javier Cercas & Jennifer N Makumbi

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2018 32:43


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    Chapter: 220 'American Histories' with John E Wideman

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2018 35:32


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    Chapter 223: 'The House of Broken Angels'

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2018 33:07


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    218: Marx: A Very Short Introduction with Peter Singer

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2018 36:14


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    Chapter 210: Writing Malawi

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2018 32:43


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    Chapter 222: 'How Shostakovich Changed My Mind'

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2018 35:13


    https://www.newstalk.com//podcasts/talking-books/chapter-222-39-how-shostakovich-changed-my-mind-392113Sun, 06 May 2018 11:59:23 +0000

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    Chapter 209: 'Moving Kings' with Joshua Cohen

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2018 33:45


    https://www.newstalk.com//podcasts/talking-books/chapter-209-39-moving-kings-39-with-joshua-cohen2025Mon, 30 Apr 2018 08:57:33 +0000htt

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    Chapter 221: 'Win Win' with Joanne Lipman

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2018 34:15


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    Chapter 216: 'Gorbachev: His Life and Times'

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2018 35:59


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    Chapter 214: Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2018 34:43


    https://www.newstalk.com//podcasts/talking-books/chapter-214-consciousness-a-very-short-introduction2083Tue, 24 Apr 2018 09:49:24 +0000https://w

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    Chapter 213: 'Solitude' by Michael Harris

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2018 35:32


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    Chapter 211: Byron's Letters and Journals

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2018 34:25


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    Chapter 212: Why Liberalism Failed

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2018 35:04


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    Chapter 208: 'Freud: The Making of an Illusion'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2018 34:35


    https://www.newstalk.com//podcasts/talking-books/chapter-208-39-freud-the-making-of-an-illusion-392075Tue, 09 Jan 2018 14:24:24 +0000

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    Chapter 207: 'Humankind' with Timothy Morton

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2018 32:53


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    Chapter 206: 'Far and Away' with Andrew Solomon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2018 34:17


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    Chapter 205: Secularism with Andrew Copson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2018 29:39


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