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What is antidisestablishmentarianism? | THE LONGEST WORDS
n this pulchritudinous episode of Words Unravelled, Rob and Jess discuss the longest words in English and beyond: from antidisestablishmentarianism to opadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphiokarabomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon. ❓What does floccinaucinihilipilification mean? ⛈️What sound does Bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk represent? 😱Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of what? These questions answered … Continue reading
The Manchester Dogs’ Home fire that claimed the lives of 60 dogs
It has been 10 years since the Manchester Dogs’ Home fire. The blaze – which broke out shortly after 7pm on September 11, 2014 – claimed the lives of 60 dogs and an estimated 150 were rescued from the building. … Continue reading
3. The Mayans – Ruins Among the Trees
SUPPORT THE SHOW AND WATCH AD-FREE: / fallofcivilizations_podcast In the tropical forests of Central America, vast stone pyramids slowly crumble beneath the trees. In this episode, we look at that great romantic mystery: the fall of the Classic Maya Civilization. … Continue reading
Anne Applebaum on the dictators who want to run the world | Tortoise ThinkIn
Anne Applebaum has been tracking the slide away from democracy for decades. But, she says, what is happening right now is unprecedented. The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist joined us in the Tortoise to discuss her latest book, Autocracy, Inc., … Continue reading
Wealth, influence, and class: the British elite explained | LSE Research
Do today’s power brokers in Britain continue to be born to privilege and anointed at Eton and Oxford? Or is a new progressive elite emerging with different values and political instincts? In search of an answer, Aaron Reeves and Sam … Continue reading
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