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Best podcasts of the week: The sinister theories behind the ‘Havana syndrome’ phenomenon

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Havana, Cuba, where for decades US and Canadian diplomats have reported bizarre symptoms that remain a mystery.
Havana, Cuba, where for decades US and Canadian diplomats have reported bizarre symptoms that remain a mystery. Photograph: Kate Hockenhull/Alamy

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The Sound: Mystery of Havana Syndrome
Widely available, episodes weekly from Friday
Ringing in the ears, dizziness, a sound so loud it feels like pressure: the symptoms of Havana syndrome are so bad that US vice-president Kamala Harris’s 2021 visit to Vietnam was delayed due to possible cases. But despite investigations by the FBI and the CIA, no one knows what causes the mysterious condition. Along with spies and neurologists, Nicky Woolf investigates – and asks why it affects so many US and Canadian diplomats. Hannah Verdier

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