Introducing Life Lessons
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BBC
4.1 • 885 Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2018
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
Young UK adults talk about the issues that matter most to them - and why they should matter to all of us.
A new podcast from Radio 4.
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| 0:00.0 | This was an impregnable fortress. The only way you get out was in a wooden box. |
| 0:05.0 | The controversial maximum security prison impossible to escape from. |
| 0:09.0 | And one of the duties of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.0 | The IRA inmates who found a way. of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.5 | The IRA inmates who found a way. |
| 0:14.5 | I'm Carlo Gableer and I'll be navigating a path |
| 0:19.5 | through the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British and Irish history. |
| 0:25.0 | The narrative that they want is that this is a big achievement by them. |
| 0:28.5 | Escape from the Maze, listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:35.0 | BBC Sounds. |
| 0:35.0 | BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:39.0 | Hi, I'm Monte, guessing you didn't expect to hear from me. Well I won't be long, just wanted to dip into your ears to let you know about a new podcast from BBC Radio 4. It's called Life Lessons. |
| 0:53.2 | Young UK talk about the issues that matter most to them. |
| 0:59.2 | They're living it so we can learn from it. |
| 1:01.6 | Here's a taste of what to expect. |
| 1:04.0 | We're the generation who take control over our own careers and futures. |
| 1:09.0 | 16 and 17 year olds are recognised as adults in that they can legally consent to engage in sexual activity and they can become parents |
| 1:16.4 | But they are not given a political voice or a choice in my lifetime. We are now seriously looking at the potential for areas of the planet |
| 1:25.1 | being uninhabitable due to sea level rise and extreme heat because of climate change. |
| 1:31.1 | So if we can't talk about periods openly, then we'll never actually |
| 1:35.4 | achieve gender equality. Now my facial hair is actually a full-on luxurious shiny beard which I absolutely love and adore. |
| 1:45.0 | Where do they get ideas like it's weak for men to cry that men are strong and women are not? |
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