Welcome to the second of openDemocracy's new weekly poDcasts. Hear our writers and contributors expand on their articles with topical debate on current affairs, science, technology, arts and culture.
This week, our editor Isabel Hilton reflects 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.
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