Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy.

My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC.

It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs,

moments and movements, stories of struggle and success, rises and falls, the funny, the ridiculous.

And the BBC's position, at the heart of British music

means we can tell those stories like no one else.

We were, are and always will be right there at the centre of the narrative.

So whether you want an insightful take on music right now

or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous and infamous moments in music,

check out the music podcasts on BBC Sounds.

Hello and welcome to more or less on the BBC World Service, with a program that makes a

simple, delicious, open-faced sandwich out of the sometimes confusing numbers in the news.

This week, we're going to the thawing north, to Sweden, a country which was rarely far from the spotlight

during the coronavirus pandemic,

because it took a different approach

with a lighter touch on public health restrictions.

Stockholm feels like a parallel universe,

where life, as we all once knew it,

continues as if unchanged.

I think there have been a huge overreaction in most countries around the globe.

They're doing their own thing.

That difference has been hugely polarising.

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