Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Balloon

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed his trip to China after an alleged Chinese spy balloon flew across the state of Montana. Adam speaks to BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera as well as Aaron Flint, host of the Montana Talks breakfast radio show. And as disgraced pop star Gary Glitter is freed from prison, we hear from BBC correspondent Sarah Campbell who covered his trial in 2015, and barrister Kirsty Brimelow KC who explains why he's served half his 16-year jail term inside. Today's episode was presented by Adam Fleming and was made by Chris Flynn with Cordelia Hemming, Greg Brosnan, and George Crafer. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The editor was Damon Rose.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.6	Okay, the thing about reporters' names and their subjects just keeps on rolling.
0:09.6	We've had an email from Judy and Made Stone that says, Dear Newscast, Chris Mason did
0:14.3	a highly creditable piece on bricks.
0:17.0	Who knew?
0:18.0	I think there were plenty of opportunities for various of your radio colleagues.
0:20.8	For example, Rob Bonnet could give us a story about millenery.
0:26.2	But come on Adam, Fleming.
0:28.9	Think about your previous incarnation in Brussels.
0:31.0	Think about the fascinating report you could do from Flanders.
0:34.0	For all the German expats in the UK, Catcher Adler could do a piece on Eagles.
0:38.2	Because of course Adler is German for Eagle.
0:41.0	And what about Dr Hannah Frye doing a tasty essay on cookery?
0:45.0	Well, Dr Hannah Frye, do you want to give us a tasty essay on cookery?
0:49.4	Not really, to be honest.
0:50.4	I mean, I can do your tasty essay on, like, freeze-tried noodles, if you like.
0:56.6	For that's about my, that's about the extent of my culinary prowess.
0:59.8	I don't know if there's any noodle news today.
1:01.5	So actually, I just want to, as a scientist and a science communicator and a generally
1:06.6	curious person, what do you think about this nominative, determinism phenomenon?
1:11.9	So basically, like, names equal the truth.
1:15.3	Yeah, well, so there's actually, so there's actually been quite a few studies into this
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