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The Music of English Slang

Presenter Julian Worricker with guests, Lubi Barre, Somali-American writer based in Germany and Afzal Ashraf, specialist on counter-insurgency at Nottingham University.

A musician's guide to how jazz and rap have inspired English slang and buzzwords. And why Stefan Zweig, one of the most important writers in German in the twentieth century, took his own life in Brazil after having escaped from the Nazis. Presenter Julian Worricker discusses these topics with Lubi Barre, Somali-American writer based in Germany and Afzal Ashraf, specialist on counter-insurgency at Nottingham University and former senior officer in the British military.

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