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The World Turned Upside Down
Essayists from former Warsaw Pact nations reflect on the changing use and meaning of a seemingly banal object - unlocking a story about how life in their country was altered by the 1989 revolutions
First Broadcast9 Nov 2009
Latest Broadcast13 Aug 2010
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The Essay
Essayists from former Warsaw Pact nations reflect on an apparently banal object.
Nov 2009
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Journalist Ivan Kytka reflects on the importance of cars in communist Czechoslovakia.
Nov 2009
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Furniture curator Jana Scholze on life in communist East Germany and a garden chair.
Nov 2009
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Kataryna Wolczuk's view on contraception, women's rights and calendars in Poland.
Nov 2009
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Hungarian journalist Valeria Toth measures out her life in passports.
Nov 2009