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Why Sweden's begging ban debate feels a decade out of date

In this week's episode: Stockholm governor fired over recruitment nepotism, how cinnamon became Swedes' spice of choice, and why a begging ban feels like a throwback.

Host Paul O’Mahony is joined this week by The Local's Becky Waterton and Richard Orange. The episode also features an interview with food historian Daniel Serra.

Here are links to some of the topics discussed in the episode:

Anna Kinberg Batra

How a Swedish nepotism scandal highlights poor recruitment practices

Food

When did Swedes get so crazy about cinnamon?

What does the Swedish food agency think we should be eating more or…

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