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Al Doyle from Hot Chip and folk singer Frank Turner confirm a 1976 prediction made by French intellectual Jacques Attali that recorded music would be available free of charge. Show more
Stories in Sound
Breakdown: Part Two
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Nadim Ednan-Laperouse talks to Emily Buchanan about his extraordinary religious experience when his daughter, Natasha, died from an allergic reaction. Show more
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