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Jun 2020
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Case 16: Sentient Robots

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Case Sixteen. Mat Ewins rings a Russian Gulag where Ralph Matisse explains why he’s there and how he saved a sentient robot from a British Military base high up in the Belize mountains. How would learning that a robot is sentient effect your business? Usually recorded in front of a live audience this episode was taped down the line owing to a worldwide pandemic that has infected over 9.4 million people (officially). This episode is sponsored by Steve Wright who asks, “Following up on this, I haven’t been getting any emails through to Sunday Love Songs and apparently they’ve gone to this podcast’s address. Can someone please reply or get in touch with Radio 2? Cheers, Steve.”


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Performed by Mat Ewins and John Kearns.

Recorded by Ben Williams. Edited by Mat Ewins. Additional editing by Ben Williams. Researched by John Kearns.

Theme music by Nicky Green.

Photography by Paul Gilbey. Artwork by Mat Ewins.

Produced by Plosive Productions.


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