This podcast episode covers a range of topics, including ongoing protests in Kenya against tax increases, Julian Assange's plea deal and choice of location for his court proceedings, criticism faced by Assange, the UK government's wastefulness in procuring personal protective equipment (PPE) during the pandemic, challenges in PPE procurement, China's ambition for lunar exploration, a new method of attaching human skin to humanoid robot surfaces developed in Japan, and the concept of self-healing materials.