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How long is the English coast? Or, for that matter, the coast of Portugal, Brazil or Kenya? Turns out, experts are not in agreement, thanks to a phenomenon of measurement called the coastal paradox. The World’s Host Marco Werman speaks with independent geographer Katherine Sammler about what these disagreements mean for geopolitical relationships.