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Nine strangers taken hostage must decide who will be exchanged and who will be sacrificed.

Nine strangers are taken hostage. Some will be exchanged in a prisoner swap. Others will be sacrificed. They need to decide who will be who. Visit  programaudioseries.com/35-free-trial-period-I II for full transcript, credits, and list of references. Join the show's Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/programaudioseries FOR FREE and get monthly updates, quizzes, polls, and chat with fellow Program listeners. Upgrade at any time to get subscriber-exclusive episodes, ad-free listening, early-access, and behind-the-scenes for as little as $3/mo. Episode art by Carlos Da Costa , sponsored by Comrade Larsky. Sponsor a future artwork at programaudioseries.com/art . If you enjoyed this episode, you will probably enjoy ep 18 Killer app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Topics covered

• hostage situation
• prisoner swap
• moral dilemmas
• sacrifice
• decision making

Keywords

• hostage
• prisoner swap
• sacrifice
• decision making
• drama

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