Weekender: Cement Crimes, AI Clones and Royal Scandal

By Megan Dean

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Brazen Weekender! I'm Megan, a producer at Project Brazen, and this is our newsletter stacked with recommendations for what to watch, read and listen to in your precious days off. Today, I've got some long reads to share on China's crackdown on tycoons and a French firm's collaboration with Isis, plus a brilliant new podcast about AI voice clones and the latest TV take on Prince Andrew's car crash Newsnight interview. Let's get into it!

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