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The Chris Evans Breakfast Show: Sapiens by Dr Yuval Harari and blue plaques

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13/03/2017

Sapiens by Dr Yuval Harari and blue plaques

BBC Radio 2 - The Chris Evans Breakfast Show, Sapiens by Dr Yuval Harari and blue plaques

Chris speaks to author Dr Yuval Harari and meets blue plaque expert Howard Spencer.

Chris speaks to author Dr Yuval Harari about Sapiens, the book that's been read by Barack Obama and Bill Gates. Plus he finds out about blue plaques with historian Howard Spencer.

Chris speaks to author Dr. Yuval Harari about Sapiens, the book that's been read by Barack Obama and Bill Gates and finds out how we've evolved as humans. We meet Howard Spencer, senior historian at English Heritage who tells us all about London's blue plaques, the quirky imitations across the country and what it takes to get one made! Vassos is joined in the Sports Locker by speed-skater Elise Christie and today's Pause For Thought on the Jewish festival Purim comes from Rabbi Dr Harvey Belovski.

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