9 February 2020
Episode 4
55 minutes
Photo: Samuel Zeller
Georgina Godwin is joined by Maaza Mengiste, author of ‘The Shadow King’, a captivating novel set during Benito Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia in 1935. Plus: Benno Zogg, senior researcher at ETH Zürich, discusses the state of political polarisation across Europe.
9 February 2020
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