Podcasts Assorted

Pakistani Women Now
Last week a young Pakistani female cabinet minister, Zilla Huma Usman, was assassinated as she was about to address a public meeting in the north of the country - her murderer claiming to have killed her because she was not wearing 'proper Islamic dress'. It's a killing which has rocked a country not unfamiliar with civil violence.

Trading with the enemy: the Australia-Japan Agreement on Commerce
In 1957, Australia became the first nation to open its doors to trade with Japan after World War II. As the two countries begin negotiations on a free trade agreement, Rear Vision explores the significance of the Australia-Japan Agreement on Commerce.

Interview with Patricia Churchland
Patricia Churchland is one of the foremost philosophers trying to understand the brain. She tries to account for our reacting with the nervous system to a challenge several fractions of a second before we have decided to do so. Is there a ghost in the machine? Does the mind float like a cloud somewhere? Her directness and firm sense have turned this field into an exciting new frontier

Oil, War and Geopolitics: The Global Struggle Over Disappearing Petroleum
Michael Klare, Five Colleges professor of peace and world security studies


EO Wilson and Harvey Cox on Saving The Planet

Carl Honore, author of In Praise of Slowness, explains how you can get more out of life by doing less

Harold Rosen on the Grassroots Business Initiative

The future of multilateral trade agreements
Pierre Pettigrew discusses the work of the 2007 Warwick Commission analysing the future of Multilateral Trade Agreements

Viviana Zelizer on Money and Intimacy

The Affluenza Virus: vaccines to immunize against the Christmas consumer blues