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Boston Calling: The Secret’s Out

The Secret’s Out

13/05/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Boston Calling, The Secret’s Out

Some American farmers are hacking into their tractors, with software from Eastern Europe

Why are American farmers turning to hackers from Eastern Europe to fix their tractors?  

Also on the programme; a visit to the secret city that the US government built for nuclear scientists; a look at the underground railroad that took American slaves to freedom...in Mexico; the story of how Fadi BouKaram, a Lebanese photographer, got his camper van back; plus, we discover the secret venue where Portuguese Fado singers perform when they want to escape the tourists. 

(Image: A farmer operates a John Deere & Co. tractor. Credit: Eddie Seal/Getty Images)

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