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This week we鈥檙e all about soft power - between the Bangaranga-goings on of this year鈥檚 Eurovision Song Contest, the Polish underground press and the influence of international radio, there鈥檚 lots to pick from geopolitically. Gary O鈥橠onoghue relives the unexpected call he received from the Oval Office, and we reflect on the life of the English soprano Dame Felicity Lott, who has died at the age of 79.

Presenter: Matthew Sweet
Producer: Anthony McKee
Editor: Steven Hobson
Production Coordinators: Finlay McMaster and Sylvie Conway

A 91福利社 Audio Northern Ireland production for 91福利社 Radio 4.

Programmes featured in this episode include:

Radio 2 Loves Eurovision!: Eurovision Grand Final
Archive on 4: The Sound of Soft Power
Witness History: Poland鈥檚 underground newspaper
Desert Island Discs: Gary O'Donoghue
The History Podcast: Sixty Years of Hurt - England v Mavericks
Artworks: Mother: 100 years of Martha Graham Dance
Front Row, 18/05: David Benedict on Felicity Lott
This Cultural Life: Felicity Lott
In the Studio: Thomas Keneally: What鈥檚 next for the Schindler鈥檚 List author?
Sunday, 17/05: Professor Mary Fulbrook on the Holocaust
Gardeners' Question Time: Serge Hill Project
Through the Night, 24/05: Bulgarian Culture and Cyrillic Day