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Trumix.com listings available of University of Warwick Podcasts Podcasts Build your own playlists with this podcast. Digital Forensics Dr Matthew Sorell, Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Study, explores the problems and opportunities of the emerging approach to 'Digital Forensics'. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Vadim Jean: "The only thing limiting you is your own imagination" Award-winning TV and film producer Vadim Jean talks about his years at Warwick University, his recent work on Terry Pratchett's adaptation of ‘Hogfather’ for Sky One, and gives invaluable advice for any budding film producers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How Psychology Affects Our Credit Card Payments A psychological phenomenon called ‘anchoring’ can determine the amount you pay on your credit card bill. Dr Neil Stewart from the Department of Psychology at Warwick University sheds light on how we can be more ‘credit savvy’ when making credit card repayments. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Warwick Scientists use Nuclear Magnetic Resonance to Understand “Glass Bones” Scientists at Warwick University have helped discover the secret behind a new bioglass that will change the way we treat broken bones. Professor Mark Smith talks about this new research and the benefits of the collaborative effort between Warwick University, Imperial College London, and the University of Kent. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What do Greta Garbo, Madonna and Napoleon have in common? Why Glamour, Darling! Stephen Gundle from the Department of Film and Television Studies at Warwick has published the first ever history of Glamour. Here he demystifies the mystery behind one of mankind’s most elusive concepts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shakespeare Studies with Stanley Wells Professor Stanley Wells discusses his life's experiences studying the works of William Shakespeare. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Rise and Fall of the Working Men's Club As we bid a fond farewell to Coventry Working Men's Club, the oldest in the UK, Dr Ruth Cherrington from the Centre for Translation and Comparative Cultural Studies talks about the gradual decline of the Social Club, and how they have impacted on our society. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Public Bailout of Bank’s Recklessness In response to the ongoing sub-prime crisis, the recently published Crosby Report recommends that the Government uses public money to swap bank’s seriously damaged mortgage-backed securities for pristine government bonds. Matthew Watson from the Department of Politics and International Studies at Warwick University talks about these recommendations, and how the global ‘credit crunch’ is affecting Labour’s popularity with the electorate. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Chilli, Chocolate, and Chips: Foods that Originate from the New World Dr. Rebecca Earle from the Department of Comparative American Studies talks about the importance of diet in creating the Indian and Spanish identities in the early modern era, and how the foods that the Spanish once avoided in the New World are now ingrained in many cultures. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website “Fungal footbaths” could save the honey bee Globally, the honey bee population is in decline. This has serious implications for the cross pollination of commercial crops and wild plants. One of the major causes of this decline is the “Varroa Destructor” mite. However, researchers at Warwick University may have found a natural solution to this problem. Dr Dave Chandler from Warwick HRI explains how. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'Art Gives One Complexity' Novelist and academic Eva Hoffman has been awarded an honorary degree at Warwick. Here, she talks about her life experiences and the inspirations behind her best selling memoir ‘Lost in Translation’ and her new novel ‘Illuminations’. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ‘Troubles in Zimbabwe must be resolved peacefully’ Dr George Kanyeihamba, one of this year’s honorary graduates, helped establish democracy and the independent judicial system in Uganda, and is considered the ‘Founding Father’ of human rights in Africa. Here, he talks about his experiences, and the need for peaceful resolution of events in Zimbabwe. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Central banks ‘key’ to stop recession Economist Professor Stephen Nickell, a former member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee and one of this year’s honorary graduates at Warwick, says the UK could see a severe recession but that will depend on the action of the Bank of England and other central banks around the world. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ‘Second life’ for Warwick Commission Chair of the first Warwick Commission Pierre Pettigrew, one of this year’s honorary graduates at Warwick, says the commission report into the future of world trade is set to have an even bigger impact after the completion of the Doha round of negotiations of the World Trade Organisation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Warwick’s links with business will be ‘essential’ in economic hardship Business leader John Edwards, the former chief executive of the regional development agency Advantage West Midlands and one of this year’s honorary graduates at Warwick, talks about the continuing importance of the university’s links with business. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ‘Poverty is not forever’ Yesu Persaud is a leading Guyanese businessman and philanthropist. He is renowned for his support of human rights and democracy, and has also been honored for his outstanding contributions in business and Indian history and culture. Here, he talks about how helping people to help themselves is the most effective way of eradicating poverty. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ‘The biology of the 21st Century’ Professor Denis Noble, who was a pioneer in the field of systems biology building the first working mathematical model of the heart and has been given an honorary degree at Warwick, talks about how the future study of biology will change in the 21st Century. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website RSC Actors Receive Postgraduate Award for Teaching Shakespeare The Postgraduate Award for Teaching Shakespeare was launched in 2007 by the Royal Shakespeare Company and the CAPTIAL Centre at the University of Warwick. RSC actor Miles Richardson and Professor Jonathan Neelands talk about the course’s success. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Green up with car sharing Co-ordinator of Warwick's car sharing scheme Joy Warren explains the advantages of sharing your drive to work with a colleague. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Polar bears and icebergs: Warwick students return from the Arctic Warwick students Casper ter Kuile and Emma Beirmann return from their WWF Arctic ‘Voyage for the Future’ to help raise awareness of the effects of climate change. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Chinese TV and film director Zhang Ji Zhong visits Warwick Veteran Chinese TV and film director Zhang Ji Zhong, on his first visit to the UK, talks about his new film, The Monkey King, and his aim to promote Chinese culture in the West, during a talk at Warwick Arts Centre. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Reduction in junior doctors’ hours will be beneficial A study by Franco Cappuccio, Professor of cardiovascular medicine and epidemiology at Warwick Medical School, has shown for the first time that the planned reduction in junior doctors’ hours will not compromise patient safety and suggests the reduction will actually improve patient care. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Islam in contemporary societies, an MA course Maqsood Ahmed, the government’s senior advisor on Muslim communities, talks about being the first student on the MA course in Islam in contemporary societies. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Saving the British strawberry Researchers at Warwick HRI describe a project which could help to prevent the disappearance of UK grown strawberries due to changes in the weather by helping farmers combat the effects of climate change. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Innovation summit New ways of fostering collaboration between the university and the students' union was discussed at an innovation summit. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Has belonging been lost? Sociology Professor Zlatko Skrbis from the University of Queensland in Australia, a visiting fellow to Warwick, considers the effect of a loss of a sense of belonging for some groups in society particularly since 9/11. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Parish pieties The sixth Warwick symposium on parish research, which draws together scholars from across Europe looking at the history of parishes from about the 14th Century, considers religious devotion. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hybrid embryo research could ‘offer chance to treat incurable diseases’ Justin St John, Professor of reproductive biology at Warwick Medical School, explains some of the details of planned legislation that would permit for the first time in the UK the wide scale creation of hybrid human embryos for research, containing human and animal elements. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Improving solar cells Professor Chris McConville, from the department of physics, talks about his work on the semiconductor indium nitride which could make the conversion of solar energy more efficient. Professor McConville won the John Yarwood Memorial Medal for his work in this area. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website White British working class children make the worst progress in secondary school Dr Steve Strand from the Warwick Institute of Education talks about his report which shows that white British children from working class backgrounds make the least progress compared to other ethnic groups at secondary school. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Programme promoting international research begins The director of the Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Germany, Professor Klaus Kern, talks about collaboration with Warwick as he completes the first of a programme of visits by academics from across the world aimed at promoting international research across institutions and disciplines. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pregnancy with diabetes Dr Roger Gadsby from the institute of education at Warwick Medical School talks about a study in to how women with diabetes plan for pregnancy which could have major implications for care in this area. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Positron emission imaging The newly appointed dean of the school of engineering Professor Jonathan Seville talks about how his area of expertise, positron emission imaging, is set to develop and what lies ahead for the whole discipline of engineering. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The case for embryo research Professor of reproductive biology at Warwick Medical School Justin St John explains why his proposed work into using very early stage hybrid human-animal embryos for research is necessary. For more details see www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/med/research/csri/reproductive_biology/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Making history live through improvisational theatre How improvisational theatre is providing a new insight into the history of capital punishment. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Honour crime and the legal system Prof Shirin Rai talks about a joint study into how honour crimes are dealt with by the legal systems in India and Pakistan. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website War and Peace at Warwick Polly Teale, the co-director of a production Tolstoy's War and Peace being staged at Warwick Arts Centre, talks to Prof Michael Bell from the English department. The Shared Experience production runs at Warwick Arts Centre from Thursday March 13 to Sunday March 16, for more information see www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/home Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A better mind on drugs? One of the co-inventors of a type of brain improving drug, and leading neuroscientist, Prof Gary Lynch talks about the implications of mind enhancing drugs. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kosovo independence – a threat to Balkan stability? What are the implications of an independent Kosovo for security in the Balkans? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sharia and UK Law Professor Shaheen Ali talks about Dr Rowan Williams' recent comments regarding Sharia and English law. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Getting Chinese medicine in to balance Director of the Health Science Research Institute and chair of public health Professor Sarah Stuart-Brown talks about some of the fundamentals of Chinese medicine and her own experience of the practice. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Economic meltdown for 2008? Economist Professor Andrew Oswald talks about the chances of an economic recession and what consumers could do if it happens. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Finding gratitude at Christmas Psychologist Alex Wood talks about how gratitude could be the key to happiness and how our Christmas gifts can best generate gratitude. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A future direction for multilateral trade Pierre Pettigrew, Chair of the Warwick Commission, talks about the Commissions' report on the future of the multilateral trade system. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Women's fight for equal pay The launch of the equal pay archive at Warwick’s Modern Records Centre is discussed by three figures who have played a central role in the battle for equal pay for women. They are Jo Morris, senior equality and employment rights officer of the Trades Union Congress, Sue Hastings, an independent pay and employment adviser, along with Rodney Bickerstaffe, the former general secretary of the public sector union Unison and chairman of the Modern Records Centre’s Advisory Board. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Democracy in Burma, where now? Dr Peter Ferdinand, director of the Centre for Studies in Democratisation, discusses the future of democracy in Burma after the violent put down of protests in the country. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The history of working men's clubs At the height of their popularity there were more than 4,000 working men's clubs across the UK. Now there are just over half that number. Dr Ruth Cherrington, lecturer in cultural studies, talks about her research into how the club movement started and why it has declined. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Doctor’s gender a factor in the diagnosis of coronary heart disease Dr Ann Adams, principal research fellow at the Health Sciences Research Institute, talks about her work which shows that women family doctors are not picking up on an important risk factor in the diagnosis of heart disease. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'Unwarping' biometrics Li Wang, from The University of Warwick Computer Science Department, talks about new technology which would make fingerprint recognition more accurate by "unwarping" distorted fingerprints. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Overcoming claims of racism in the UK’s psychiatric services Professor Swaran Singh talks about research which shows that claims of racism in psychiatric services cannot be supported by evidence. He discusses a new study aimed at tackling some of the social factors that make people from an ethnic minority background more likely to suffer psychosis. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cultural led regeneration part II Dr Jonathan Vickery, of the Centre for Cultural Policy Studies, completes his discussion of cultural led regeneration by considering if the policy has been a success. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cultural led regeneration part I Dr Jonathan Vickery, from the Centre for Cultural Policy Studies, talks about his study of cultural led regeneration under New Labour. Here he explains the concept and why the Labour government embraced it. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How swarming theory could inform plasma physics and financial markets Postgraduate researcher Robert Wicks talks about how a tool to analyse swarming could be used to analyse plasma in the solar wind and movements in financial markets. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Modelling the spread of foot and mouth infection Matthew Vernon discusses his work modelling the spread of infections such as foot and mouth in cattle and how these models can inform the response to an outbreak. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Building nanotech clay armour for emulsions. Dr Stefan Bon discusses how his team have developed a process for reinforcing pickering emulsions with laponite clay. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website From Blair to Brown Professor Wyn Grant looks at the transition from Tony Blair to Gordon Brown. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Culture of Genetics - part 2 Professor Sander Gilman of Emory University continues our discussion on the culture and science of genetics. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Culture of Genetics Dr Deborah Steinberg discusses the cultural impact of genetic science. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tackling obesity Professor Sarah Stewart-Brown looks at the recent statements on the obesity gene, food supplements and lifestyle changes and asks which is the most effective for tackling obesity. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Spooked: Cultures of intelligence in Britain Chris Moran discusses the Spooked: Cultures of Intelligence in Britain conference hosted by the University of Warwick Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Editing the Complete Works of Shakespeare Professor Jonathan Bate discusses editing a new edition of the Complete Works of Shakespeare. Length: 20 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cholesterol busting statins and blood pressure Professor Franco Cappuccio from Warwick Medical School talks about his recent research into the effects of cholesterol busting statins on blood pressure. Length: 27 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Falstaff - a tragic wit or fool and jester? Paul Allen talks about Falstaff, one of Shakespeare's greatest roles. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Metal-containing molecules and DNA PhD student, Adair Richards, and Professor Alison Rodger from the Molecular Organisation and Assembly in Cells Doctoral Training Centre (MOAC) talk about their work and recent article about binding metal-containing molecules to DNA.Length: 20 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Warwick students to power space satellite Bill Crofts and student, Kennith Leong, talk about the project they are involved in to design and build power supply systems for a moon orbiting satellite planned for launch by the European Space Agency (ESA) in 2011.Length: 26 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The legacy of the slave trade On the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade Cecily Jones discusses the legacy of the trade and why an apology is necessary.Length: 18 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The history and uses of Aspirin Professor Mike Stillings talks about the history and uses of Aspirin.Length: 20 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Perceptions of body image Karen Throsby from The University of Warwick's Sociology Department talks about the relationships between gender and body image as well as cosmetic and weight loss surgery in the light of the recent Radio 1 survey on the topic. Length: 18 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The future of multilateral trade agreements Pierre Pettigrew discusses the work of the 2007 Warwick Commission analysing the future of Multilateral Trade Agreements.Length: 12 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Green Chemistry Professor James Clark from The University of York's Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence talks about sustainable chemistry, current areas of research and how it impacts on our day to day lives and the environment.Length: 26 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Marketing the Movies Chris Meir talks about the Marketing the Movies Conference and how academics are analysing the way films are promoted.My Odeo Channel(odeo/3ad06b38a481c2da) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Religion and Public Office Professor Roger Trigg talks about the relationship between faith, religion and public office. Should we make a clear distintion between public office and private belief? Length:25 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Women who have played Hamlet Anthony Howard talks about his research looking at the women who have played Hamlet and the influence they have had on both the play and society. Length: 29 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website America's military strategy for Iraq Dr Rob Johnson talks about the implications of President Bush's recent announcement that an additional 20,000 troops will be heading to Iraq. Length: 26 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Developing a test for Pre-eclampsia Dr Manu Vatish discusses his work on developing a test for Pre-eclampsia Length: 11 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How Angels nearly disappeared from our culture. Professor Peter Marshall discusses how the protestant reformation nearly removed Angels from our culture and how they managed to survive into the modern era.Length: 27 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Metal ring round white dwarf solves missing planets puzzle Dr Boris Gänsicke and Professor Tom Marsh from The University of Warwick's Astronomy and Astrophysics Group within the Department of Physics talk about their recent discovery of a metal rich gas disc around a white dwarf in the Virgo constellation.Length: 16 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Producing antibodies in plants Dr. Lorenzo Frigerio from Warwick's Biological Sciences Department talks about the Wellcome Trust Translation Award he has received to enable him to validate his lab based work on increased yield of antibody production within plant cells using complete plants in order to show industrial scale manufacture is possible.Length: 19 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNA, crime and civil liberties Dr Andrew Roberts asks whether the National DNA Database infringes on our civil liberties and the dangers of a compulsory system. Length: 16 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Carbon trading Dr Andrew Sentance from the Centre for Globalisation and Regeneration talks about carbon trading, how it works, how it affects us and the potential benefits. Length: 14 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The state of Russia Professor Christopher Read examines the current state of Russia and its changing political and economic position.Length: 22 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wearing the veil - Part 2 Dr H A Hellyer discusses the recent controversy surrounding the wearing of the veil by muslim women.Length: 28 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wearing the veil Professor Daniele Joly discusses the controversy surrounding Jack Straw's comments about Muslim women wearing the veil.Length: 21 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Problems in French Politics France seems to be undergoing a period of intense political instability. Dramatic images of demonstrations and riots on the street parallel rumours and scandal in the corridors of power. To what extent do the current events represent a real upheaval in the French political environment and what is the likely impact on the forthcoming Presidential elections? Ben Clift is a Senior Lecturer in Warwick's Department of Politics and International Studies and is an expert on the politics of F ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website An interview with Tony Wheeler (Graduate) Sam Howarth of Warwick's Development and Alumni Relations Office talks to Tony Wheeler, Warwick Alumnus and Co-founder of the Lonely Planet Travel Guides and publishers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Translating Orhan Pamuk Maureen Freely discusses her work translating the books of Orhan Pamuk and how his work reflects on the political situation in Turkey.Length: 22 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website North Korea's nuclear diplomacy North Korea's announcement of a nuclear test has triggered an diplomatic crisis. Chris Hughes, Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, and Dan Joyner, School of Law, discuss the history of the crisis and how events may unfold. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Developing a 'Protecting Virus' for flu defense Research led by Professor Nigel Dimmock at the University of Warwick is developing an entirely new method of protecting against flu.Length: 26 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nanotechnology in medicine Professor David Smith from The University of York talks about nanotechnology and its application to modern medicine. Topics covered include delivery of cancer drugs, tissue engineering and gene therapy.Length: 25 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website China and India - The economic giants of the future China and India are the two burgeoning economic giants of the globalising economy. Dr Simon Collinson of Warwick Business School discusses their comparative positions and looks to the future for these to would-be superpowers.Length: 18 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Building a sustainable response to Islamic extremism in Europe and beyond. How can we resolve the tensions between the different communities in Europe in the light of the growing threat from Islamic extremists, sometimes dubbed the 'Enemy Within'?Hisham Hellyer is a policy analyst, academic and commentator, based at the University of Warwick as an Associate Fellow, the American University in Cairo as a Visiting Professor and Trinity College in Dublin as a Senior Research Fellow. His research interests include European Muslim communities, the interplay between Isl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Is policy damaging the Arts in the UK? Munira Mirza argues that current arts policy in the UK may be damaging to the long term health of the arts.Munira Mirza is a writer and researcher on issues related to cultural policy and identity Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Abusive Language in Schools Dr Sean Neill discusses a recent report highlighting the issue of pupils using sexually abusive language in schools.Length: 21 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Heading for a nuclear showdown in the Middle East Iran has issued its response to UN Security Council demands that it stop its uranium enrichment programme by August 31st.Whilst offering to join'serious talks'on the issue Iranian officials have been clear in their refusal to back down to international pressure to end their vision of a nuclear Iran.How do the latest developments change the diplomatic picture for both Iran and the UN? Does the passing of a UN resolution change the legal position of those involved and what lies behind the str ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A question of leadership Ever since Tony Blair announced he was to stand down as party leader controversy has raged about both when he will go and who his successor will be. Whilst Gordon Brown has been the annointed heir for some time, there is some debate as to whether this is a desirable state of affairs for the Labour Party and challengers to Brown have begun to emerge.Professor Wynn Grant is an expert on British Politics and has examined the current leadership debate in the Labour Party.Length: 21 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Israel and Lebanon - A History of the Conflict With a UN ceasefire in place in the Lebanon attention now moves to finding a long lasting solution to the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.What is the background to the conflict and how can an understanding of the history of both sides help develop a resolution to the crisis?Dr Rob Johnson has written about the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict, terrorism and counter-terrorism.Length: 23 Minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What chance for peace in Sri Lanka? The recent resumption of violence in Sri Lanka between the Tamil Tigers and Government forces has set back hopes that a peaceful settlement could be established in this long running conflict.Miranda Alison of Warwick's Department of Politics and International Studies provides an insight into the history of the conflict and examines whether a resolution is likely in the near future.Length: 23 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Managing Creativity and Creative Management As the Creative Industries become a more important part of the global economy does the stereotype of the creative genius still persist? Do we need to rethink our ideas on creativity and understand how it works more clearly?Dr Chris Bilton, Centre for Cultural Policy Studies, argues that organisations need to start thinking about creativity as a process and begin adapting traditional business strategies to develop a creative approach to management.Length: 25 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Responding to Water Scarcity Growers in the UK are having to get used to managing with less water. Changing climate patterns mean that techniques long established in Southern Europe are now being adapted for use further north.Dr Jim Monaghan (Harper Adams University College) is leading research at Warwick HRI on Dynamic Fertigation, an irrigation system that not only saves water and fertilizer but also automatically respond to five day weather forecasts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Providing for Gifted and Talented Youth The announcement of a national register of gifted and talented pupils has raised questions over how we provide for the most able children. Commentators have raised concerns over elitism, how we select people for the register and even whether this is the most effective approach to dealing with gifted provision in schools.Professor Deborah Eyre is the Director of the National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth, based at the University of Warwick. NAGTY is tasked with identifying the top 5% ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Escaping the Earth According to Professor Stephen Hawking the future of the Human race is dependent on our ability to begin colonising other planets - within 100 years!Is this a realistic goal and if it is achievable, is it desirable? How might mankind go about building new homes amongst the stars?Professor Ian Stewart, Department of Mathematics, is an expert on the parallels bewteen science and science fiction.Length: 22 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Predicting a World Cup Winner - into the knockout stages Following on from our previous World Cup discussion with Henry Stott of Warwick's Psychology Deparment and Decision Technology, we examine how the tournament predictions have performed so far and look forward to the knockout phase of the tournament. Who has performed better than predicted? Who are the underperformers and are Brazil still favourites to lift the trophy. Have the England performances affected our chances of winning the tournament and what is the impact of the injury to Michae ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Are you getting enough sleep? Our lives are getting busier and busier and it can often seem that there is not enough time in the day to get everything done. For many of us this means we are cutting down on the amount of time we are asleep. There is plenty of evidence, however, that in doing so we are increasing the risk of serious health problems, such as obesity and heart disease, as well as the problems associated with daytime sleepiness.Professor Franco Cappuccio, Chair of Warwick Medical School's sleep research grou ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Defining City Regions The concept of 'City Regions' has been picked up by political leaders in the UK at both a national and local level. The concept has been used as the basis for a number of policy initiatives, but what lies behind the idea of a 'City Region' and what are the implications for governance and local identity if we start to think in these terms. Professor Colin Crouch, Professor of Governance and Public Management at Warwick Business School, has studied City Regions for the OECD. Length: 29 min ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ideas of heroism and sport Dr Angie Hobbs discusses the nature of heroism and whether we should consider our sporting men and women as 'heroes'. Length: 27 mins Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website World Cup Special - How to predict a world cup winner After analysing the outcomes of 4500 international games Henry Stott gives his guide to the likely World Cup champions.Length: 11 mins Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website World Cup Special - The development of English managers Dr Sue Bridgewater talks about a programme to professionalise the role of Football Manager and looks at the future for the national job.Length: 12 min Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website World Cup Special - David Beckham and footballing icons Dr Andrew Parker discusses the role of the World Cup in producing sporting icons and talks about the case of David Beckham's transition from national disgrace to international superstar.Length: 17 min Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Happiness, economics and society David Cameron, leader of the Conservative Party, recently announced that we should focus on happiness and general well being rather than economic growth. The statement raised questions about how we live our lives, the culture of consumerism and whether'more stuff'actually leads to better lives.Research by Professor Andrew Oswald has questioned the supposed link between economic growth and happiness and indicated that it may not be in our national interest to continue our focus on increased ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Persistence in Economic and Political Institutions Most research in political economy starts with the presumption that institutions persist and shape the political-economic interactions of different groups and agents. Many societies, however, experience frequent changes in their political institutions. Certain economic institutions also change. In the face of this picture of frequently changing institutions, do such institutions really persist?Professor James Robinson, Harvard University, discusses the nature of institutional persistence an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Patterns of migration - a problem or opportunity? Does the UK's current immigration policy cause us problems or does it provide us with opportunities for economic growth? Are we experiencing a new immigration phenomenon or is the flow of people from country to country something that has always been with us?Professor Zig Layton-Henry, Politics and International Studies, is an expert in the patterns and policy of migration.Length: 22 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Insights into Beckett 2006 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Samuel Beckett. From the cells of San Quentin Prison to the streets of Prague, Beckett is one of the 20th Century's most influential writers.In order to understand his legacy, Dr Liz Barry, English and Comparative Literary Studies, guides us through his early influences and explores the major themes in his plays and fiction.Length: 24 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Can our economy survive high oil prices? With oil prices hitting record highs, questions are being asked as to how long the global economy can survive the rising cost of one of its most fundamental resources. Are low oil prices necessary for prosperity or will the high price of oil force economies to diversify their energy supply and address the issues of global warming?Professor Andrew Oswald is an expert on the economics of Oil and its influence on global trade and employment.Length: 16 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nepal - making sense of the recent protests The streets of Nepal have been filled over the last few weeks with people protesting at the rule of authoritatian King Gyanendra. The protests have resulted in the King reinstating a democratic parliament in the face of calls for an end to the monarchy.Anuj Mishra, a Warwick student from Nepal, gives an insight into the pro-democracy protests and the history of the protests.14minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Technology Matters - making choices about the tools we use. Why does technology matter? How often do we thing about the implications of our choices of one tool over another? What were the decisions that brought us to our current technological world?In his new book Technology Matters, Professor David Nye of Warwick's School of Comparative American Studies poses a series of questions challenging us to think a little deeper about the tools and technology surrounding us. From the use (or non-use) of the wheel in North Africa to IMAX theatres at the Gran ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Response to the UK Energy Review - Renewable Sources and the Nuclear Option In the face of both increasing concern about climate change and questions as to the security of our gas and oil supplies the Government is undertaking a major review examining the future options for energy provision in the UK. Much of the debate surrounding the issue of energy policy is focussed on the possible role of nuclear power in supplying the UK's energy needs.In a new report Dr Catherine Mitchell and Dr Bridget Woodman from the University of Warwick's Centre for Management Under Reg ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Technology Matters - making choices about the tools we use In his new book Technology Matters, Professor David Nye poses a series of questions challenging us to think a little deeper about the tools and technology surrounding us. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Response to the UK Energy Review - Renewable Sources and the Nuclear Option Dr Catherine Mitchell and Dr Bridget Woodman argue that investing in nuclear energy would undermine the development and future effectiveness of more sustainable energy sources Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download |