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What’s the Story: The Sri Lanka Podcast
Hosted by David Swarbrick & Nestor de Silva @ The Ceylon Press · EN
What makes Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan...
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The Moriyan Monarchs | A Super Pod History of Sri Lanka’s Regicide Regime
4d ago01:33:54Tap to summarizeUnder its Moriyan kings, Sri Lanka soared to unequalled heights of artistic excellence. New ideas and philosophies had flourished. So why was it that – overall – their rule had been, in the last analysis, disastrous?
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Escape I The Sri Lankan Reading List
4d ago00:19:49Tap to summarizeFew other countries are currently producing as much world-class literature as Sri Lanka. So which novels should you read?
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Hidden Trails I Stepping Off The Beaten Path In Sri Lanka
4d ago00:31:27Tap to summarizeWhat really makes Sri Lanka tick? Perhaps these 5 very local cameos might provide a clue.
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Sigiriya I The Party That Lasted for 22 Years
4d ago00:30:09Tap to summarizeWhen King Kashyapa took up residence in Sigiriya, he triggered a party that, like the ancient world itself, raced to its corporeal end with all the aplomb of the last serving of the lost martini on board the Titanic. But what made it so extraordinary?
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Inside Kandy | A Super Pod Guide for Curious Visitors to Sri Lanka
4d ago01:09:33Tap to summarizeKandy guards its remarkable story so well that it is all too easy to miss. Yet squirrelled away behind its traffic jams and shop hoardings, history is not dead; not even sleeping or dazed. It is instead ever on the lookout.
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Ancient Lanka | A Super Pod Guide to Sri Lanka’s Seven Ancient Wonders
4d ago00:41:00Tap to summarizeUnlike the classical world, Sri Lanka's ancient wonders are not merely buildings, including as they do a painting, a monastery, a book, technology, a shrine, and a tree. But why do they also include a lake?
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The Mathematics Of Mortality I Measuring Time In Sri Lanka
4d ago00:06:49Tap to summarizeHow long is life, and what might you usefully do with the later bits?
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Now Thank We All Our God I Sunday in the Sri Lankan Jungle
4d ago00:07:22Tap to summarizeIs it possible to reverse-engineer the last 5 decades and make Sundays special again? Perhaps.
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Manifest Mammals: In Pursuit Of Sri Lanka’s Jackals, Hares, Porcupines, Pangolins & Otters
5d ago00:14:37Tap to summarizeForget elephants and even leopards. What are the five great mammals of Sri Lanka that most people overlook to their eternal cost, and what story do they have to tell?
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The Cat’s Pyjamas I The Story Of Sri Lanka’s Wild Cats
5d ago00:17:36Tap to summarizeThere's more to Sri Lankan cats than their famous leopard. What happened to its lions, and which beast breaks such wind as to call to mind Jean Patou’s famous perfume, 'Joy'?
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