The Scramble for Rare Earths - 5. The Great New Game
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4.1 • 885 Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2022
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Misha Glenny explores the world of rare earth metals. In this final episode he hears how Russia's interest in Ukraine might be partially motivated by its huge mineral deposits.
Guests: Rob Muggah is a co-founder of SecDev, a Canadian data, science and open intelligence company focused on mitigating risks and strengthening resilience. Dr Samuel Ramani teaches politics and international relations at Oxford University and is the author of two upcoming books on Wagner’s activities. Dr Julie Klinger, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences at the University of Delaware and author of Rare Earth Frontiers: From Terrestrial Subsoils to Lunar Landscapes.
Producer: Ben Carter Editor: Hugh Levinson Sound engineer: James Beard Production coordinator: Janet Staples
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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. BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:39.0 | Hello, I'm Ben Carter and welcome to Seriously from BBC Radio 4. I'm the producer of The Scramble for Rare Earths. |
| 0:48.0 | In this five-part series, Meisha Glenny finds out why the battle for a small group of metals and critical raw materials |
| 0:55.3 | is central to rising geopolitical tensions around the world. In this fifth episode we hear |
| 1:01.1 | how Russia's interest in Ukraine might be partially motivated by its |
| 1:05.5 | huge mineral deposits. A drone, an unmanned aerial vehicle. |
| 1:17.0 | A drone, an unmanned aerial vehicle. |
| 1:21.0 | drones have become crucial in Ukraine's current conflict with Russia. |
| 1:25.0 | They've helped destroy Putin's artillery systems and armoured vehicles. |
| 1:30.0 | One drone in particular has become so popular it's even spawned a hit song. Bayrechtar is the name of the Turkish-made |
| 1:48.0 | Bairaktar is the name of the Turkish-made drone that's been causing the Russians all kinds of problems. |
| 1:55.0 | And its success now means there's a three-year waiting list to get hold of one. |
| 2:01.0 | But by-ractars and other drones wouldn't be flying if it wasn't for |
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