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British Scandal

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Scandal, Alice Levine, Great Britain, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, British, England, History, Matt Forde, Documentary

4.5 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Assange seeks asylum at London’s Ecuadorian Embassy to avoid facing charges abroad. It’s supposed to be a safe haven, but it begins to feel like a prison. He started this fight for press freedom. Now, he’s fighting for his own.

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0:00.0	Morning, Alice.
0:07.6	Oh my God, it smells terrible in here.
0:12.0	Does it?
0:13.2	To be honest, I've been here so long.
0:15.0	I can't tell.
0:16.4	There's a flannel next to the Washam Basin.
0:18.0	Are you bathing here?
0:20.0	Yeah, with what little water I can get
0:21.4	out that tap. It smells of like vegetable soup. Are you cooking your meals in the booth? Cooking's a big
0:27.8	word. I just sit near them and around them until the food warms up and then I eat it. I'm so
0:32.6	confused. Are you living at British Scandal? Alice, I'm a prisoner. But you're not, because you can leave at any time.
0:39.3	What?
0:39.9	What do you mean?
0:41.4	Well, the show's always on, isn't it?
0:43.6	So I have to be here to read out whatever episode people are pressing play on anywhere in the world.
0:49.2	Okay, I think you fundamentally misunderstand how podcasts work.
0:52.6	You can go as soon as we stop recording.
0:55.2	We do one episode a week.
0:56.7	You need to go home to your wife.
0:59.3	My wife?
1:00.5	Oh my God, I completely forgot.
1:02.4	I thought she'd been ringing less.
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