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    S1E13 - Poverty, Travel Chaos and Looted Art

    enJuly 21, 2022
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    About this Episode

    Poverty rates in Germany, queues at airports and returning Benin bronzes to Nigeria.

    The share of the German population living in poverty is at an all-time high, travelers wait long hours at airports, and German museums finally give back some Benin bronzes to their rightful owners.

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