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Radio 4,14 May 2025,29 mins

SeriesHalf-Life

8. A Fracture

The History Podcast

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In this final episode, Joe follows the opening of a public memorial and engages with a private reckoning. Written and presented by Joe Dunthorne (based on his book Children of Radium: A Buried Inheritance) Produced by Eleanor McDowall Music by Jeremy Warmsley Mixing engineer, Mike Woolley Translator in Berlin: Francesca Schweiger Recordings of the memorial unveiling: Phoebe McIndoe Story consultant, Sarah Geis Executive producer, Alan Hall Commissioning editor, Daniel Clarke A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

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