Travellers' Tales
Outrage in Europe over revelations that the US has been snooping on their diplomatic communications.
Revelations that US spies have been eavesdropping on European diplomats shocks politicians there. Listeners tell us their grim experiences of the transit lounge at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, where fugitive security consultant Edward Snowden is believed to be hiding. Also on the programme, one of Kenya’s top doctors remembers his earliest science lesson taught by an American volunteer; restaurants and hotels in Miami tell us what they’re doing to get around currency restrictions imposed on Argentine tourists; and we celebrate American independence by learning how to grill ice cream.
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