Best podcasts of the week: Nelson Mandela on prison and politics in his own, never-before-heard words
by Alexi Duggins, Hollie Richardson, Hannah Verdier a from Technology | The Guardian on (#66MG1)
In this week's newsletter: Over the course of 60 hours of interviews from 1993, the revolutionary leader opens up in Mandela: The Lost Tapes. Plus: five of the best podcasts with massive archives
Mandela: The Lost Tapes
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In 1993, Richard Stengel recorded more than 60 hours of face-to-face interviews with Nelson Mandela. For the first time, this series sees him broadcast them. From the South African ANC leader confessing his willingness to embrace violence to Stengel realising that Mandela's time in prison meant he had never heard a Beatles song, it makes for a vivid portrait of one of history's political greats. Hollie Richardson