Podcast: Revisiting green hydrogen, gay conversion therapy

Issued on: 11/08/2022 - 11:59

Another summer special, where we look back on what has been called the world's first green hydrogen production plant. And a first-hand account of gay conversion therapy, which has since become a crime in France.

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