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Guardian Focus podcast: reviewing the Arab spring We're looking back at the revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. With much of the region still in a state of ferment, what are the possibilities and dangers that lie ahead?Hugh MuirDavid HearstPeter SaleListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: are Britain's roads safe for cyclists?With the toll of cycling casualties growing, Hugh Muir asks what needs to happen for roads to become a safer place for bikesHugh MuirJames RandersonPeter WalkerPeter SaleJason TorranceListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: England's riots and the prospect of a lost generationOnly half of those who took part in the summer riots said they felt a part of British society. We hear from five young Londoners on how they see their futures and their place in societyHugh MuirPeter SaleListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: public sector strikeUnite's Rachael Maskell, Matthew Sinclair of the Taxpayers Alliance and Tom Clark discuss this week's public sector strike over the reform of pensions. With Hugh MuirHugh MuirTom ClarkMatthew SinclairSeverin CarrellMichael WhiteSteven MorrisPhil MaynardPeter SaleListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: the housing crisisHugh Muir examines the government's new housing strategy. Will it make any difference?Hugh MuirPatrick ButlerHilary OsbornePeter SaleListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: zero tolerance to gang cultureAnalysis commissioned by the government suggests only 13% of those arrested in the UK's riots this summer could credibly be linked to gangs. So is a zero-tolerance approach to gangs missing the point?Hugh MuirPeter SaleSymeon BrownListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: Should veterans of the armed forces get more support?Hugh Muir examines whether ex-servicemen and women are given the help they need to adapt to civilian lifeJim MurphyHugh MuirRichard Norton-TaylorPeter SaleListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: Libya's futureHugh Muir explores the political and business possibilities for post-Gaddafi LibyaHugh MuirListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: Rev Giles Fraser and the Occupy London campReverend Giles Fraser tells Alan Rusbridger how a protest on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral led to his resignation as canonAlan RusbridgerGiles FraserPhil MaynardListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: disability benefit cutsHugh Muir examines proposed cuts to disability benefits. Is this a sensible plan to get the finances under control, or an attack on the most vulnerable?Hugh MuirPeter SaleMatthew SinclairRandeep RameshListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: Disunited Kingdom?This week the SNP announced it will hold a referendum on full Scottish independence. Hugh Muir explores what devolution offers to Scotland, Wales and Northern IrelandHugh MuirMichael WhiteSteven MorrisSeverin CarrellHenry McDonaldPeter SaleJoan McAlpineListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: squatters' rightsHugh Muir examines whether home owners need more protection from squatters - and what effect criminalisation will have on the homelessHugh MuirHarry PhibbsShiv MalikPeter SaleListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: David Cameron's war in LibyaChief political correspondent Nicholas Watt, RUSI defence analyst Mark Phillips and the Independent's Bruce Anderson join Hugh Muir to discuss the PM's first warHugh MuirNicholas WattPeter SaleListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: Dale Farm and sites for TravellersIn 2008 £97m was made available for providing sites for Travellers. In this podcast, we look at what happened to the money, and examine the coalition's policy on TravellersHugh MuirAlexandra ToppingPeter SaleListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: What will UN recognition of a Palestinian state mean?We discuss the implications of Palestinians asking for UN recognition of statehood, with views from the Middle East, the US and BritainHugh MuirBrian WhitakerHarriet SherwoodChris McGrealJonathan FreedlandMehdi HasanPeter SaleMat HeywoodListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: Free schoolsWill free schools drain funds and resources - or raise educational standards? Hugh Muir examines their likely impactToby YoungHugh MuirJeevan VasagarPeter SaleListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: Tottenham after the riotsLast month disturbances in north London triggered riots around England. Hugh Muir looks at prospects for Tottenham as it attempts to move onHugh MuirPeter SaleListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: famine in SomaliaThe Horn of Africa is experiencing a food crisis and the UN has declared famine in parts of Somalia. What does the relief effort look like? And what comes next?David BullMadeleine BuntingXan RiceClaire ProvostListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: UK riotsRiots and looting that began in north London have spread to other English cities. Jonathan Freedland, Dave Hill and Stafford Scott discuss the causes of the worst civil unrest in a generation – and how it might be stoppedJon DennisJonathan FreedlandDave HillStafford ScottMartin WainwrightPaul LewisRiazat ButtMatt WellsJason PhippsPhil MaynardListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus: Is forcing people to learn English fair?With rules obliging migrants to speak English being fought out in the courts and with cuts to the provision of English as a second language coming into force this week: we ask if the government should be forcing people to speak EnglishHugh MuirAlan TravisPeter SaleListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: Examining the British far rightWith the far right making political gains in France, Denmark and the Netherlands, and now the terrorist atrocity in Norway, what's the state of the far right in the UK?Hugh MuirMatthew TaylorMatthew GoodwinPeter SaleListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: Population growthSoon the world's population will reach 7 billion. But do more people necessarily mean more problems?Madeleine BuntingClaire MelamedClaire ProvostListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: The Metropolitan police crisisAfter another resignation at the top of the Metropolitan police, we ask what's going wrong and how to ensure the mistakes of the phone hacking scandal are not repeatedJenny JonesHugh MuirPeter SaleDavid GilberstonListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: Northern Ireland's sectarian violenceThis week's podcast explores what recent clashes in Belfast means for the provinceHugh MuirPeter SaleHenry McDonaldListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Media Talk podcast: News of the World closes as News International implodesAlan Rusbridger, Nick Davies, Roy Greenslade and Janine Gibson discuss the impact of the phone-hacking scandal on NI and the newspaper industryDan SabbaghAlan RusbridgerJanine GibsonRoy GreensladeNick DaviesIain ChambersListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: Do we do right by our elderly?The Dilnot commission report attempted to determine who should pay for elderly care. We talk to some elderly people and their carers and ask why older citizens get such a raw dealHugh MuirPeter SaleAmelia GentlemanListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: What does the future hold for southern Sudan?On 9 July, southern Sudan will become an independent state. What are the development challenges and opportunities facing the new country?Madeleine BuntingXan RiceClaire ProvostListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: Unions strike backAs the spending cuts start to bite, trade unions are planning strike action. We ask if there are more effective negotiation techniquesHugh MuirDan MilmoPeter SaleListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: Wimbledon and the state of British tennisWe give millions to the Lawn Tennis Association every year to get more people playing and to improve elite performance. Hugh Muir asks if it's workingHugh MuirOwen GibsonPeter SaleListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus Podcast: How will the changes to budget affect the NHS?Hugh Muir talks to health experts to find out how the changes to the way the NHS is financed will affect its service and where the necessary savings can be madeSarah BoseleyHugh MuirRandeep RameshPeter SaleListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: Are we on the brink of a new global food crisis?The World Bank says soaring food prices have already pushed millions more people into extreme poverty this year. We examine what is being done to combat the problemMadeleine BuntingPeter SaleClaire ProvostFelicity LawrenceListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: Scottish sectarianismHugh Muir explores the reasons for the apparent upsurge in religious hatred in Scotland. How much deeper than the football matches between Celtic and Rangers does this go?Hugh MuirPeter SaleListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: SlutWalk marchesThousands of women in Canada and the US have already marched in a movement provocatively called SlutWalk. But are they advancing feminism or harming it? Our expert panel debates the issue before a series of marches in the UKTracy McVeighJulie BindelPhil MaynardShaista AzizListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: The coalition's impact on grassroots politicsOn the first anniversary of the coalition government, Hugh Muir and Martin Wainwright visit David Cameron and Nick Clegg's constituencies of Witney and SheffieldHugh MuirIain ChambersHarry PhibbsMark PackMartin WainwrightListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: Are the Olympics creating enough jobs for east Londoners?Hugh Muir asks whether the target of getting 70,000 unemployed Londoners into work through London 2012 is being achievedHugh MuirDave HillPeter SaleListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: What role can tourism play in development?The World Tourism Organisation argues that responsible tourism can play a significant role in eradicating poverty and meeting the millennium development goals. But is it right?Madeleine BuntingPeter SaleClaire ProvostListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: The nuclear debate after Fukushima and ChernobylGeorge Monbiot, Helen Caldicott and Laurence Williams join host James Randerson to debate the future of the UK's nuclear programme following Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant disasterPeter SaleHelen CaldicottIan SampleJames RandersonGeorge MonbiotListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: AfghanistanJon Snow chairs a Guardian debate at the British Museum in London under the title Afghanistan: What makes a Nation?Jon SnowPeter SaleListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: The AV referendumMichael White talks to MPs, voters, campaigners and experts prior to the referendum on the alternative vote system on 5 MayBilly BraggMichael WhiteDavid BlunkettTom WatsonJulian GloverTim SoutphommasanePhil MaynardPeter LuffListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus Podcast: Why is the Olympic sporting legacy off track?London won the 2012 Olympics with a promise to turn the UK into a sporting nation the world would envy. So why aren't more people taking up sport?Hugh MuirOwen GibsonKate HoeyPeter SaleListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: What Poland did rightConcluding the Guardian's New Europe series, Chris Bobinski, Andrzej Swidlicki and Matteo Napolitano join Jon Henley to discuss how Poland sailed through the economic crashJon HenleyListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: Does microfinance help people escape poverty?Many people like the sound of microfinance because it isn't charity. But are all poor people budding entrepreneurs? And what happens when people cannot repay their loans?Ha-Joon ChangMadeleine BuntingPeter SaleClaire ProvostListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: The future of Polish footballJonathan Wilson visits Poland to examine efforts to drag football into the 21st century in time for next year's European ChampionshipsJonathan WilsonPeter SaleListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: Spain’s long road to recoveryContinuing the Guardian's New Europe series, Jill Treanor, Eduardo Suarez and Giles Tremlett join Jon Henley to consider Spain's economic prospectsJon HenleyListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: Policing protestsHow are the Metropolitan police preparing for this weekend's mass demonstrations against public spending cuts? Hugh Muir investigatesHugh MuirIain ChambersVikram DoddJenny JonesJames WelchJohn DomokosListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: What’s holding France back?Jon Henley is joined by Angelique Chrisafis, Eric Albert and Phillip Inman to discuss France's faltering economic recoveryJon HenleyPhillip InmanAngelique ChrisafisListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: Germany's economic strengthIn the first in a series of podcasts focusing on Europe, Martin Kettle, Sebastian Borger and Fiona Harvey join Jon Henley to discuss the success of the German economyJon HenleyMartin KettleFiona HarveyListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: Germany's economic strengthIn the first in a series of podcasts focusing on Europe, Martin Kettle, Sebastian Borger and Fiona Harvey join Jon Henley to discuss the success of the German economyJon HenleyMartin KettleFiona HarveyListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Guardian Focus podcast: International Women's DayOn the centenary of International Women's Day, we explore why feminism still matters in 2011 and debate the Guardian's list of 100 inspirational womenJane MartinsonPeter SaleNatasha WalterMadeleine BuntingMartha Lane FoxListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | |