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This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times in partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative, hosted by The Story as a bonus weekly series each Sunday.
The Agumbe, known as one of the rainiest places in India and a sanctuary to king cobras, holds one of the last surviving low-land rainforests. However, after years of logging and hunting native reptiles the rainforest, which plays a crucial role key to India’s rain patterns, is under threat. Environment Editor for The Times, Adam Vaughan is joined by one of India’s leading conservationists and renowned herpetologists, Romulus Whitaker, to learn more about the research centres that are bringing hope to the future of the Agumbe and beyond. 
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To mark 80 years since D-Day, we revisit the remarkable story of a young man who travel the world to interview surviving World War II veterans. 25-year-old Rishi Sharma sleeps in a rental car and eats one meal a day, but says it's worth it as he wants the next generation to remember the sacrifices made during the Second World War.
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Guests: 
Will Pavia, New York Correspondent, The Times. Rishi Sharma. You can watch Rishi’s interviews on his YouTube channel, ‘Remember WWII with Rishi Sharma’: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRikw4uCjS8ck3O9Mj-N35Q Host: Manveen Rana.  
Clips: YouTube, CBS, Participant. 
This episode was first published on 6th March 2023.
This weekend, The Times & Sunday Times have opened the paywall. Read Will Pavia's original report here.

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In this bonus episode for Times subscribers, The Times and Sunday Times deputy food editor, Hannah Evans talks producer Edward Drummond through the art of the taste test - from the delights of trying lemon tarts to the difficulties of consuming coconut milk.
Beyond looking to find the best foods, Hannah discusses how she got into writing about food and how to file a story about spending three hours eating at the world’s best buffet when all you want to do is have a lie down.

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When the #MeToo movement first emerged in America in 2017, women in France spoke out about their own experiences, but it’s taken until this year to feel things might be changing. Is France’s glittering cinema industry, and society in general, ready to address cultural issues of consent and historical sexual abuse? 
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Guest: Caroline Séquin, Assistant Professor of History at Lafayette College.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: France 24, Euronews, Golden Globes Youtube, Le Monde, AP News, France Inter, France 2.
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 Is Labour as safe as it seems? Why do some of our votes matter ‘more’ than others? And what do polls tell us about who we really are? We take a deep dive into it all from the man behind the concept of the ‘red wall' - including why Mondeo Man and Worcester Woman aren't all they're cracked up to be.
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Guest: Pollster James Kanagasooriam, chief research officer, Focaldata.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Further listening:
Sir Keir Starmer, the man who could be Prime Minister.
Nigel Farage is standing. Are the Tories in deep trouble?

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Nigel Farage has promised to lead a “political revolt” as he announced his return to frontline politics as the new leader of Reform UK - and as a candidate in the Essex seat of Clacton. The Conservatives are already well behind in the polls - so with the general election now just four weeks away, could this mean disaster for the Tories?
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The other candidates announced as standing in Clacton so far are:
Giles Watling, Conservative Party.Jovan Owusu-Nepaul, Labour Party.Matthew Bensilum, Liberal Democrats. Natasha Osben, Green Party. A full list will be published after nominations close on Friday. 
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Guest: Harry Yorke, Deputy Political Editor, The Sunday Times. 
Host: Luke Jones. 
Clips: BBC Radio 4 Today, Sky News, The Telegraph, Reform UK.
Further listen: Sir Keir Starmer, the man who could be Prime Minister 

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