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Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 14^th Oct 2011, 09:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 20^th Aug 2016, 02:45 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Peter Ackroyd's biography of Isaac Newton sparks Hitchens' nostalgic rumination on science and Cambridge. Read by Roger Allam. Show more

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Book of the Week

Christopher Hitchens - Arguably

Episode 4: The Swastika and the Cedar

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 13^th Oct 2011, 09:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 19^th Aug 2016, 02:45 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Christopher Hitchens' brutal confrontation in Beirut, but he finds it's only one face of a remarkable city. Read by Roger Allam. Show more

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Christopher Hitchens - Arguably

Episode 1: Believe Me - It's Torture

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 10^th Oct 2011, 09:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 16^th Aug 2016, 02:45 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

4 Extra Debut. Journalist Christopher Hitchens explores the morality of waterboarding, by being waterboarded himself. Read by Roger Allam. Show more

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Episode 3: The Vietnam Syndrome

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 12^th Oct 2011, 09:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 18^th Aug 2016, 02:45 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Christopher Hitchens forcefully condemns the continuing impact from using Agent Orange in the Vietnam War. Read by Roger Allam. Show more

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Christopher Hitchens - Arguably

Episode 2: Let Them Eat Pork Rinds

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 11^th Oct 2011, 09:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 17^th Aug 2016, 02:45 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

After the New Orleans floods, Christopher Hitchens appraises how the rich traditionally disdain the poor. Read by Roger Allam. Show more

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