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This episode is presented by eBay.

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When it's this easy to sell for free and there's great deals on things you love,

you can't help but say when it's eBay.

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Hello and welcome to our monthly series History Behind the Headlights.

In each episode, an expert panel will be exploring historical news stories that have caught their eye and the history that will help you make sense of what's going on in the world.

Each month, I'll be joined by our two regular panelists.

I'm Hannah Skoda. I'm fellow and tutor at St John's College in Oxford,

and I work on late medieval history.

And I'm Rana Mitter.

I'm the ST Lee Chair in US-Asia Relations

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