Can I eat it?
Unexpected Elements
BBC
4.4 • 566 Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Champagne has been discovered in a 100+ year old shipwreck. It's an amazing find. But can you drink it? Speaking of bubbly, we learn more about the physics of bubbles, and why understanding it is crucial for the climate. Also on the show, a 2,000 year-old mystery about a navigation device that persists up to the present day.
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| 0:00.0 | In 2019, we began investigating the disappearance of Dr. Ruzha Ignatva. |
| 0:08.0 | I believe we are a very special network. |
| 0:10.0 | A scammer who stole billions from investors around the world. |
| 0:15.0 | She's on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list. |
| 0:18.0 | And now, we have some unmissable updates. She has money and when you have |
| 0:23.0 | money you have power. Join me, Jamie Bartlett, as the hunt for the missing crypto queen continues. |
| 0:29.5 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:34.2 | This weekend, I sat on the back step of my parents' house with my mum, and together we stared at a sentence. |
| 0:42.7 | Copper arresting current underworld boss. |
| 0:46.8 | Three letters. |
| 0:48.0 | It was her birthday, so the family coalesced on the place that's been home all our lives with gifts and good cheer. And although I |
| 0:55.7 | brought cake and champagne, I know that really what she likes is someone to sit with and do the |
| 1:01.5 | cryptic crossword. In case you're wondering, the answer to copper arresting current underworld boss |
| 1:09.1 | is dis. I didn't get it. Or any of the answers. But somehow |
| 1:14.8 | that wasn't the point. I'm Marnie Chesterton. From the BBC World Service, this is unexpected |
| 1:20.9 | elements. And I'm joined as usual by a panel of journalists from around the world. |
| 1:38.6 | In Accra, Ghana, we have Godfrey-Bowafo. |
| 1:41.3 | Hey, hey, Godfrey. |
| 1:42.4 | Hey, hey, Marnie. |
| 1:43.6 | Greetings from Accra. It's a great day, but I love the weather. It's not too hot. Good, good. And in Nunavut, Canada, we have Moral Jamal. Welcome back. Hey, Marnie. Listen, both. Do either of you do crosswords? Godfrey, do you do them? No, I don't do crosswords. I'm not really good at them. |
| 2:01.3 | Morale? |
| 2:04.7 | Yeah, I am not into crosswords either. |
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