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Mar 2025
57m 47s

Serbians Take to the Streets

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Can anti-corruption protests in Serbia take down a populist president? Democracy activist Maja Stojanovic joins the show from Belgrade. Then we go to Gaza, where the end of the ceasefire could also mean ending any chance of an education for hundreds of thousands of children there. And we take a look at the harrowing Netflix hit series that takes on toxic masculinity. 

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