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Over the festive period, we bring you some of the best episodes of the year gone by. 

How has slavery shaped modern Britain? Today, part two of our look beyond the grand interiors of Penrhyn Castle in northwest Wales, where we discover the dark history its foundations were built on.

This episode was first published in August 2021.

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Guests: - Dr April-Louise Pennant, academic. 

- Dr Marian Gwyn, heritage consultant specialising in colonial history. 

- Elen Simpson, lead archivist at Bangor University. 

Host: Brenna Daldorph.

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As 2021 draws to a close, we revisit some of our favourite episodes of the year.

How has slavery shaped British history? On today's Stories of our times podcast, we look behind the grandeur and fine interiors of Penrhyn Castle, in north west Wales, to discover the dark history its foundations were built on. You may also be interested in this article from The Sunday Times: "Meet the sleuths researching their slave-trading ancestors".

This episode was first published in August 2021.

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Guests:

-April-Louise Pennant, Academic.

-Marian Gwyn, Welsh historian.

Host: Brenna Daldorph & David Aaronovitch.

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As we head towards the end of 2021, we bring you some of the best episodes of the year.

Today: Once hailed as a pain obliterating wonder drug, OxyContin helped give birth to one of the most devastating public health crises in the developed world. 

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Guests: Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker staff writer and author of Empire of Pain. 

Host: David Aaronovitch. 

Clips: CBS News, CNN, C-Span, France 24, Kentucky Attorney General, KSBY, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, MSNBC, NBC News, Newsy, PBS, Purdue Pharma, Reuters, Tylenol, Vice, WAVY TV, WMUR TV.

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As we head towards the end of 2021, we bring you some of the best episodes of the year. Today, we return to the Euros.

At times over the past few years this country has felt quite divided. But for one moment this summer, there was one thing everyone agreed on on: it's coming home. So, who is the man changing English football?

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This episode was first published in July 2021.

Guest: David Walsh, Chief sports writer at The Sunday Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: BBC, Sky, Channel 4, ITV, TalkSport.

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As we head towards the end of 2021, we bring you some of the best episodes of the year. Today: Extraordinary scientific advances have taken place both because of Covid and despite it. We bring you three tales of human ingenuity you might have missed – and, for a change, nothing but good news. 

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This episode was first published in April 2021.

Host: David Aaronovitch. 

Guests: 

- Tom Whipple, science editor, The Times. 

- Lindley Johnson, planetary defence officer, Nasa. 

- Dr Elena Adams, DART systems engineer, Johns Hopkins University. 

Clips: ITV, CBC, BBC, TRT World, SpaceX.

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As we head towards the end of 2021, we bring you some of the best episodes of Stories of our times from throughout the year.

Today: We drank our way through lockdown and after, we went back on the razz – doing what we’ve done to let our hair down since ancient times. But why is booze such an intrinsic part of British life? 

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Guest: Josh Glancy, special correspondent, The Sunday Times. 

Host: David Aaronovitch. Clips: BBC News, ITV News, Sky News, Asda, C-SPAN, RT.

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Today's episode of Stories of our times comes courtesy of our sister podcast: Wine Times. Pulling crackers and drinking wine with Miquita Oliver and Will Lyons is the broadcaster and musician Jamie Cullum - who loves from Burgundy. As well as three great wines to taste Jamie talks about his latest album The Pianoman at Christmas, Will reveals the perfect Christmas tipple and Miquita tries to recall her youthful drinking days with a young Master Cullum.

2019 Roche Lacour Crémant de Limoux, France

2020 Julien Bouchard Bourgogne Chardonnay, France

2020 Governo, Saracosa, Toscana, Italy

All the wines in the series are available at www.sundaytimeswineclub.co.uk

Wine Times is brought to you in association with the Sunday Times Wine Club.

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One young man tells the story of how the challenges experienced while undertaking courses in the wilds of Britain with Outward Bound helped his own development as he changed schools and furthered his education.

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Guests:

-Joshua Adeyemi.

-Alan Bolchover, Director of Fundraising, Outward Bound Trust.

Host: David Aaronovitch.

Clips: Outward Bound, Thames Television.

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The Times has an august history of recording the lives of significant people and has been doing so since the 19th century in the obituaries pages. Here we remember some of the people who may not be household names but are no less fascinating.

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Guests: 

- Tim Bullamore, Obituaries writer, The Times

- Martin Fletcher, Obituaries writer, The Times

- Tove McArthur

- Sharon Weston Broome, Mayor-President of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

- Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Professor of African American Studies, Loyola University, Maryland.

- Francesco Redi, Tiramisu World Cup

- Elif Shafak, author

- Dame Maureen Lipman, actress, writer & comedian

Hosts: 

- Anna Temkin, Deputy Obituaries Editor, The Times

- Mariella Frostrup, Times Radio 

Remembering the lives of:

- Dr Evelyn McNicol, obstetrician and explorer. 

- Martha White, civil rights activist

- Ado Campeol, restrateur

- Nawal El Saadawi, writer and activist

- Perry Pontac, playwright

- Helen McCrory, actress

Clips: 

Sleepless In Seattle, TriStar Pictures, written and directed by Nora Ephron.

Fatal Loins, BBC Radio 4, written by Perry Pontac.

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In recent weeks Russia has increased its military presence on the Ukrainian border, worsening already-strained relationships with the West. But is Vladimir Putin really going to invade the former Soviet state? 

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Guests: 

- Peter Conradi, Europe Editor, The Sunday Times.

- Marc Bennetts, Moscow correspondent, The Times and Sunday Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: NBC, DW News, CBS, ABC.

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