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Feb 2021
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Start Your Week: VACCINE PEAKS with Yasm...

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Vaccination steps up, Trump’s legal shenanigans, Paul Dacre to OFCOM, Myanmar, Navalny and the fallout from the EU’s terrible decision on vaccine exports. Yasmeen Serhan of The Atlantic tells Andrew Harrison what to watch out for in the coming week.


  • Myanmar will reveal whether the US is going to be the country that stands up for democracy again.” 
  • The emerging COVID variants are a warning that we arent safe until we’re all safe.”  
  • Trump authorised the Capitol insurrection. There was merch, for Gods sake.” 


Presented and produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production


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