Canada’s Mark Carney could possibly be a role model for our European leaders, and the Swedish Bar Association agrees with our criticism of putting children in prison. In TWISH we hear of Emanuel Swedenborg, a great polymath of the Enlightenment who somehow turned into a religious mystic. Then it’s time for the news:

• RUSSIA: The Ukraine war has given rise to an ‘exorcism economy’ in Russia
• UK: The current status and concerns of the proposed ban on social media for under 16s
• SPAIN / SWEDEN: More immigrants, please!
• Spain to regularise 500,000 undocumented migrants
• Swedish Communes say they want more immigrants – for the community and added workforce
• INTERNATIONAL: So, where do we actually stand on microplastics?
• UK: Bigfoot has crossed the pond

The Really Wrong Award goes to the UK House of Lords, where a few unelected persons are somehow allowed to filibuster the Assisted Dying Bill.

Enjoy!

https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-516.html

Segments:

0:00:27 Intro

0:00:53 Greetings

0:10:45 TWISH

0:28:07 News

1:00:57 Really Wrong

1:05:35 Word of the Week

1:06:54 Quote

1:08:18 Outro

1:09:40 Outtakes

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