On this week's episode, we'll hear from Freddy Gray on his time spent on the Poland–Ukraine border. (00:52)

Next, Lionel Shriver on the return of actual badness. (06:28)

And finally, Philip Patrick on the strange east Asian practice of hiring a ‘White Monkey’. (15:13)

Produced and presented by Sam Holmes

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