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Boston Calling: Super Powers

Super Powers

22/10/2016 GMT

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Why is it so hard to end the violence in Syria?

The war in Syria is well into its fifth year, why can’t it be stopped? We meet "Madaya Mom" a new Marvel comics superhero inspired by a real-life mother from a besieged Syrian town. A Californian explains how he became the "coffee king" of Serbia. And we learn where the term "gaslighting," which has been tossed around a lot this US election season, came from. Plus, singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno shares a story about the time she met her superhero Ricky Martin.

(Smoke rises from buildings in the Syrian city of Aleppo on October 20, 2016. Credit: George Ourfalian/AFP/Getty).

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