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Donald Tusk’s uphill battle to restore the rule of law in Poland

Also on the daily podcast: a new satellite for aerosols and the ‘motherhood penalty’

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Donald Tusk’s predecessors in the hard-right PiS party captured the state and compromised its checks and balances. The newly-elected centrist party is having a hard time correcting course. A new NASA satellite which can map the tiniest of the earth’s particles is set to transform climate science (09:54). And a look at how motherhood hurts careers (17:41). Runtime: 25 min

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