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Iâm Not a Monster tells the story of an Indiana woman who ended up in the heart of the ISIS caliphate in Raqqa, Syria. Sam Sally’s husband Moussa Elhassani became a sniper for Isis and her 10-year-old son Matthew featured in a propaganda video that was seen around the world, but in Sally’s words, “I am not a bad person. I am not a monster.”
Summer loving: the pick of the best podcasts for your roadtrip
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In a year when live music, theatre, dance, cinema, art exhibitions – and just about anything else that involved going out and enjoying culture and entertainment – came to a grinding halt, podcasts came into their own.
An intimate artform that is delivered to your earbuds is pretty much pandemic-proof, even if many of them had to be made in makeshift studios involving closets, doonas, a mic, a laptop and Zoom in 2020.
Rolling Stone The Best Podcasts of 2020
From those covering urgent social issues to detailed stories of low-stakes mysteries, there were plenty of great new podcasts in 2020
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Like so many other parts of our lives, podcasts were different this year. For people suddenly working remotely, there were no more commutes. Instead, podcasts soundtracked evenings making dinner, weekends doing chores, long walks to stretch our legs, or drives to clear our heads. For those still working outside of home, distraction and comfort in trusty listening material may have been more sought-after than ever. The pandemic produced new
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