http://www.opendemocracy.net/globalization/podcast9_4417.jsp en-us All rights reserved by openDemocracy The openDemocracy weekly podcast openDemocracy Hear openDemocracy's thought provoking writers discuss the week's events; from politics to climate change, from globalisation to digital arts, join the debate, discover a new way of thinking A weekly look at world events from a fresh and alternative perspective with openDemocracy's diverse range of international contributors. openDemocracy podcast@opendemocracy.net Siobhan O'Connell openDemocracy's weekly podcast In this week's podcast we debate radical views of creative commons licensing ahead of the iCommons summit in Croatia, scientist and novelist Carl Djerassi analyses the final stories in our collaborative writing experiment, the renga, and we take a look at a photographic exhibition of images exposing violence against women. http://www.opendemocracy.net/audio/play/33089 Thur 14th June 12:00:00 GMT 22.35 Siobhan O'Connell, Carl Djerassi, renga, iCommons, creative commons, gender violence, human rights, opendemocracy, democracy Solana Larsen openDemocracy's weekly podcast This week, Solana Larsen speaks to protesters, journalists and bloggers at the G8 who are finding new ways to get the message across at the annual meeting of global leaders. http://www.opendemocracy.net/podcast/podcasttwentytwo.mp3 Fri 8th June 12:00:00 GMT 21.41 Solana Larsen, Patricia Daniel, G8, globalisation, opendemocracy, democracy, trade, africa, george bush Siobhan O'Connell openDemocracy's weekly podcast A special three part podcast this week comes from the first ever international conference of the Nobel Women's Initiative in Galway, Ireland. Part One, "Women and conflict in the middle east". Women peace laureates and activists talk to Isabel Hilton about what you won't hear from flak-jacketed war correspondents, on war and the middle-east. To listen to more from the conference, visit the openDemocracy homepage and click on the podcast link. http://www.opendemocracy.net/podcast/nwi_1.mp3 Fri 1st June 12:00:00 GMT 23.01 Isabel Hilton, Siobhan O'Connell, Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Women's Initiative, middle east, palestine, peace building, conflict resolution, opendemocracy, democracy Siobhan O'Connell openDemocracy's weekly podcast This week on the openDemocracy podcast: Isabel Hilton talks to journalist Duncan Hewitt about his new book looking at the rapid pace of change in China and its effect on society, we hear an insiders guide to political mashups and an Australian novelist tells us about the inspiration behind her book title, 'Sorry' http://www.opendemocracy.net/podcast/podcasttwenty_lo.mp3 Thurs 24th May 2007 09:00:00 GMT 23.54 Isabel Hilton, Duncan Hewitt, China, globalisation, technology, politics, mashup, US elections, Australia, Sorry Day, Gail Jones, Aboriginal, indigenous people, openDemocracy, Solana Larsen openDemocracy's weekly podcast This week on the openDemocracy podcast, we look at different stories people are telling about the Iraq war. Neither pro- or anti-war forces are content with the mainstream media account. So they create their own media alternatives. Laetitia Chaucesse sees the play Fallujah in London. Katherine Hudson talks to Kanishk Tharoor about the US Army's new channel on YouTube. And Solana Larsen introduces a video memorial for US soldiers and a podcast from Iraq. http://www.opendemocracy.net/podcast/podcastnineteen_lo.mp3 Thurs 17 May 2007 18:00:00 GMT 20:38 Iraq, Fallujah, YouTube, Kanishk Tharoor, War, United States, Theatre, US Army, openDemocracy poDcast 22: G8, are you listening? Siobhan O'Connell openDemocracy's weekly podcast This week on the openDemocracy podcast: As Tony Blair prepares to leave office, what is Gordon Brown planning? openDemocracy founder Anthony Barnett suggests a written constitution could be high on his agenda; post election analysis from France - we get a feel for what is to come and e-counting at the local elections - is it a help or a hindrance to democracy? http://www.opendemocracy.net/podcast/podcasteighteen_lo.mp3 Thurs 10 May 2007 09:00:00 GMT 21.37 Anthony Barnett, written constitution, Tony Blair, resignation, politics, French elections, Nicholas Sarkozy, Segolene Royale, e-voting, openDemocracy, globalisation Siobhan O'Connell openDemocracy's weekly podcast This week on the openDemocracy podcast: As Tony Blair prepares to leave office, what is Gordon Brown planning? openDemocracy founder Anthony Barnett suggests a written constitution could be high on his agenda; post election analysis from France - we get a feel for what is to come and e-counting at the local elections - is it a help or a hindrance to democracy? http://www.opendemocracy.net/podcast/podcasteighteen_lo.mp3 Thurs 10 May 2007 09:00:00 GMT 21.37 Anthony Barnett, written constitution, Tony Blair, resignation, politics, French elections, Nicholas Sarkozy, Segolene Royale, e-voting, openDemocracy, globalisation Siobhan O'Connell openDemocracy's weekly podcast This week on the openDemocracy podcast: Why the UK needs a more enlightened security policy, a discussion between Isabel Hilton and openDemocracy's international security editor, Paul Rogers, the Palestine film festival and an update on openDemocracy's predictive markets game http://www.opendemocracy.net/podcast/podcastseventeen_lo.mp3 Thurs 03 May 2007 09:00:00 GMT 18.11 Security, terrorism, globalisation, Paul Rogers, Isabel Hilton, Iraq, Palestine Film Festival, Predictive Markets, openDemocracy, Kenya, pollution, interworldradio Siobhan O'Connell openDemocracy's weekly poDcast This week on the openDemocracy podcast: Why the Virginia tech tragedy raises wider debate on American attitudes to immigrants and outsiders, a review of 'This is England' the latest film from British director Shane Meadows and a special report from the Democratic Image symposium in Manchester http://www.opendemocracy.net/podcast/podcastsixteen_lo.mp3 Thurs 19 Apr 2007 09:00:00 GMT 17.55 web_democracy, opendemocracy, Isabel Hilton, politics, digital_photography, the_Democratic_Image_Symposium, globalisation, blogs, film, Virginia tech, United States, terrorism, Madrid11, immigration, racism, skinheads, Shane Meadows Pedro Meyer - Photographer Zone Zero openDemocracy's weekly podcast This week on the openDemocracy podcast: Photographer Pedro Meyer in discussion with Siobhan O'Connell about digital photography, citizen journalism and democracy on the internet http://www.opendemocracy.net/podcast/podcastfifteen_lo.mp3 Thurs 19 Apr 2007 09:00:00 GMT 22:36 web_democracy, opendemocracy, Isabel Hilton, politics, digital_photography, Pedro Meyer, the_Democratic_Image_Symposium, citizen_journalism, Red Eye, Zone Zero, globalisation, blogs, journalism Isabel Hilton - openDemocracy Editor openDemocracy's weekly podcast This week on the openDemocracy podcast: Solana Larsen discusses AssigmentZero.com and NewsAssignment.net with Lauren Sandler, and the future of online journalism http://www.opendemocracy.net/podcast/podcastfourteen_lo.mp3 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:00:00 GMT 22:36 web_democracy, opendemocracy, Isabel Hilton, politics, crowdsourcing, internet, new_media, journalism Isabel Hilton - openDemocracy Editor openDemocracy's weekly podcast This week on the openDemocracy podcast: Canadian Human Rights Lawyer Maureen Webb discusses her book "Illusions of Security" http://www.opendemocracy.net/podcast/podcastthirteen_lo.mp3 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:00:00 GMT 9:26 Canadian, Human Rights, Maureen Webbdemocracy, Illusions of Security, global terrorism, security, opendemocracy, Isabel Hilton, politics, news, Isabel Hilton - openDemocracy Editor openDemocracy's weekly podcast In our twelfth poDcast: Paul Rogers on the Bush Administration's strategy in Iraq, the China effect in Africa, Mira Nair's new film The Namesake, global surveillance - why data pollution is endangering our privacy and the latest from the Human Rights Watch Film Festival http://www.opendemocracy.net/podcast/podcasttwelve_lo.mp3 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:00:00 GMT 23:03 United States, Iraq, Bush Administration, Baker Report, Africa, Chian, Technology, surveillance, Mira Nair, Film, India, Vietnam, Camden 28, democracy, news, Isabel Hilton - openDemocracy Editor openDemocracy's weekly podcast In our eleventh poDcast: Sidney Blumenthal on the latest political scandal to hit the Bush Administration,the London Festival of Europe, Europe's environmental challenges, Eastern European art and a review of German film The Lives of Others part of the Human Rights Watch film festival http://www.opendemocracy.net/podcast/podcasteleven_lo.mp3 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:00:00 GMT 18:55 United States, attorney, Sidney Blumenthal, corruption, Europe, environment, Poland, art, film, Germany, Oscars, opendemocracy, politics, democracy, news, Isabel Hilton - openDemocracy Editor openDemocracy's weekly podcast In our tenth poDcast: inside Zimbabwe, Anwar Ibrahim on Malaysian politics, the suffering of Iraqi minorities and a preview of the HUman Rights Watch Film Festival http://www.opendemocracy.net/podcast/podcastten_lo.mp3 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:00:00 GMT 19:53 Zimbabwe, human rights, Anwar Ibrahim, accountability, corruption, Malaysia, film, Iraq, minorities, opendemocracy, politics, democracy, art, news, Isabel Hilton - openDemocracy Editor openDemocracy's weekly podcast In our ninth poDcast: a festival of emerging women filmmakers, the latest developments from Colombia and a celebration of Internatioanl Women's Day. http://www.opendemocracy.net/podcast/podcastnine_lo.mp3 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:00:00 GMT 17:17 free speech, colombia, indonesia, cuba, bird's eye view, opendemocracy, human rights, film, gender, politics, democracy, art, commission on status of women, news, Isabel Hilton - openDemocracy Editor openDemocracy's weekly podcast This week in the oD poDcast: an audio tribute to Hrant Dink, a distinctive African film, the revival of the Taliban and the global gender divide. http://www.opendemocracy.net/podcast/podcasteight_lo.mp3 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:00:00 GMT 21:00 free speech, turkey, WTO, afghanistan, opendemocracy, human rights, environment, gender, politics, democracy, art, culture, international, news, film Isabel Hilton - openDemocracy Editor openDemocracy's weekly podcast This week we talk to the Canadian writer and poet Karen Connelly. In this podcast Karen talks to Isabel Hilton about her time in Burma, how it inspired her novel and her meeting with pro-democracy campaigner and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Aun San Syu Chi http://www.opendemocracy.net/podcast/karen_connelly_lo.mp3 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:00:00 GMT 21:44 opendemocracy, ecology, human rights, environment, burma, asia, gender, politics, democracy, art, science, culture, blogging, technology, international, news, literature, middle east Isabel Hilton - openDemocracy Editor openDemocracy's weekly podcast This week, a special interview with Nobel Peace Prize winner, Professor Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan environmental activist. She talks about her past, how her country inspired her to campaign for the rights of women and protection of the Kenyan landscape. http://www.opendemocracy.net/podcast/Maathaipodcastmixlo.mp3 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:00:00 GMT 21:06 opendemocracy, ecology, human rights, environment, nobel prize, africa, gender, politics, democracy, art, science, culture, blogging, technology, international, news, literature, middle east Isabel Hilton - openDemocracy Editor openDemocracy's weekly podcast This week Ali Allawi, senior advisor to the Prime Minister of Iraq, speaks exclusively to openDemocracy about plans to stabilise the worsening security situation in his country. Plus, review the week's highlights on openDemocracy and catch up with developments in the oD renga, our story-writing experiment on "how she got to the top". http://www.archive.org/download/opendemocracy_podcast5/podcast.08.02.07_64kb.mp3 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:00:00 GMT 17:00 opendemocracy, gender, renga, politics, democracy, art, science, culture, blogging, technology, international, news, human rights, literature, middle east Isabel Hilton - openDemocracy Editor openDemocracy's weekly podcast This week, writer Kamin Mohammadi talks about how the tide of opinion on the streets of Tehran is growing against the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Our Editor Isabel Hilton has an exclusive interview with the President of the UN Human Rights Council Luis Alfonso de Alba and we invite our readers to join our new story-writing experiment – the gender and power "renga". http://www.archive.org/download/opendemocracy_podcast4/podcast.01.02.07_64kb.mp3 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 09:00:00 GMT 19:48 opendemocracy, politics, democracy, art, science, culture, blogging, technology, international, news, human rights, literature, middle east Isabel Hilton - openDemocracy Editor openDemocracy's weekly podcast This week we cross the globe to hear from writers at the World Social Forum in Nairobi and the World Economic Forum in Davos. We find out why obesity is becoming a Chinese Government issue and explore how George Bush is attempting to revive his popularity http://www.archive.org/download/opendemocracy_podcast3/podcast.25.01.07.mp3 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:00:00 GMT 19:08 obesity, bush, iran, world social forum,africa, asia, latin america, europe, america, opendemocracy, politics, democracy, art, science, culture, blogging, technology, international, news Isabel Hilton - openDemocracy Editor openDemocracy's weekly podcast This week we reflect on the week's events in Iran, we have a writer's view of rising crime in New Orleans and we offer a review of the award- winning film Babel. http://www.archive.org/download/opendemocracy_podcast2/podcast.18.01.07.mp3 Fri, 18 Jan 2007 09:00:00 GMT 15:54 iran, babel,africa, asia, latin america, europe, america, opendemocracy, politics, democracy, art, science, culture, blogging, technology, international, news Isabel Hilton - openDemocracy Editor openDemocracy's weekly podcast This week we discuss developments in Somalia, Tony Blair's religious legacy, rising crime in New Orleans and an introduction to new features on openDemocracy.net http://www.archive.org/download/opendemocracy_podcast1/poDcast_120107.mp3 Fri, 11 Jan 2007 15:00:00 GMT 15:46 africa, asia, latin america, europe, america, opendemocracy, politics, democracy, art, science, culture, blogging, technology, international, news Isabel Hilton - openDemocracy Editor openDemocracy's weekly podcast Wish you could hear as well as see openDemocracy? Listen to Isabel Hilton talking to Sidney Blumenthal, Alain de Botton interviewed and our picks-of-the-week in the first ever oD podcast http://www.archive.org/download/opendemocracy_podcast_pilot/Podcast_master.mp3 Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:00:00 GMT 19:20 africa, asia, latin america, europe, america, opendemocracy, politics, democracy, art, science, culture, blogging, technology, international, news