Welcome to openDemocracy's poDcast.

This week sees a return to topical debate:

African film director Abderrahmane Sissako talks to openDemocracy about his new film Bamako, the IMF, the world Bank and relationships.

We have a special report from the UN Commission on the Status of Women and we discuss the military implications of the Taliban's revival in Afghanistan.

We also bring you an audio tribute to Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, a key figure in democratic dialogue in Turkey, who was shot outside the offices of his newspaper Agos last month.

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The music you can hear in this poDcast is "Modern Jazz Samba" by Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com).

Musicians and speakers at the Hrant Dink tribute:

Tigran Alexanian, Duduk (Armenian folk song)

Sonia Vartoukian, Soprano (Komitas: Groung, Song of the Crane)

Nouritza Matossian, Maureen Freely, Ronald Suny

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