Charlotte MacDonald
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1,889 appearances
62 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2010
last heard Apr 2025
Charlotte MacDonald’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Well, we don't know.
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In the end, all these numbers are made up of estimates, added to estimates, added to yet more estimates.
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Maybe they're all way off.
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The other major hoarder of gold is governments.
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Now, you would think we could be pretty sure how much they have stashed away in their vaults.
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The United States has the world's biggest holding of gold.
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They are supposed to have 8,000 tonnes of it.
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But not everyone is convinced.
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Maybe there's no one there.
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Maybe the talk show host is right.
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OK, so we're a little hazy on how much gold there is above ground, but what about the gold that's still in the ground?
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How much more could we mine?
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We asked Michael George from the US Geologic Survey.
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So hang on, we had 31,000 tons, we mined 84,000 tons, and we're left with 52,000 tons.
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You don't have to be a more or less expert to realize this doesn't add up.
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So how large your supervillain's cube could reach in the future is frankly anyone's guess.
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Charlotte.
It's certainly true that leaders are dying in office in Africa in higher numbers than on any other continent.
In fact, Simon's underestimated the problem.
Not nine, but ten have passed away since 2008.
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