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Hello and welcome to Spectator Out Loud.

Each week we choose some of our favourite pieces from the magazine and ask their writers to read them aloud.

I'm Patrick Gibbons and on this week's podcast. Reading his letter from Ukraine, Nick Bowles says that the nation must stand as a

fortress of European freedom. James Ball isn't convinced that the end is nigh, as he reviews

if anyone built it, everyone dies, the case against super-intelligent AI by Eliza Yudowski and

Nate Soros. Andrew Rosenheim examines the treasure trove of John LaCarray's papers now on display at the

Bodleian's Western Library. Arabella Byrne declares her love of skip diving. And finally, Rory Sutherland explores the differences

between the sexes. Up first, Nick Bowles. It is 35 years since I was last in Warsaw,

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