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Flags Tell Fibs

Oct 19, 2017 · 27 min · Episode 864 · 26.6 MB
0:00-27:23

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Some national flags are created to unify nations, but others are simply based on myths. The Danes believe God threw theirs from heaven, and the Catalonians tell the story of a severed arm dragged across a shield. Vexilloligist and author Tim Marshall joins us to explain these myths and the complex politics of national flags. Marshall's new book is A Flag Worth Dying For.

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