This chapter covers a range of topics including an ad-free listening offer on Amazon Music, a television series on a miscarriage of justice, issues with the country's postal service, and the impact of hot weather on various jobs and the environment.
Taiwan’s election of William Lai Ching-te of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party is sure to annoy leaders in Beijing; we ask what to expect next. Britain’s Post Office scandal simmered for two decades before a television series made it boil over (10:14). And what happens when climate change makes it too hot to work (17:44).
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