![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Idols & Insults: writing, religion, and freedom of expression - openDemocracy, Ayaan Hirsi Ali openDemocracy presents the third of a series of audio features from the PEN World Voices literary festival. Ayaan Hirsi Ali speaks about writing, religion, and freedom of expression. Keywords: PEN, opendemocracy, World Voices, Juan Luis Cebrian, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Nilufer Gole, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Tariq Ramadan, Ian Buruma, idols and insults, freedom of expression, religion, open democracy Downloads: 6,337 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Freedom to write: Orhan Pamuk, Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie - openDemocracy, Orhan Pamuk, Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie openDemocracy presents the first of a series of audio features from the PEN World Voices literary festival. Salman Rushdie, Orhan Pamuk and Margaret Atwood discuss power, shame and saying the unsayable. Part 1, in which Salman Rushdie talks about Gunther Grass, "Group 47" and dialogue between America and the rest of the world. For partial transcripts and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Literature/pen_3488.jsp Part two of a three part interview. Keywords: openDemocracy, Orhan Pamuk, Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, PEN, democracy, open democracy Downloads: 4,098 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | opendemocracy_podcast 080207 - openDemocracy Wish you could hear as well as see openDemocracy? Well now you can! Listen to our weekly poDcast. Keywords: opendemocracy, podcast, pilot, democracy, Iraq, President, politics, Ali Allawi, Siobhan O'Connell, Isabel Hilton, gender, renga, mp3, open democracy Downloads: 2,339 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Part 1: political culture - Carlos Fuentes, Isabel Hilton Part 1 (of 2 part interview): political culture For transcripts and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=66&articleId=3258 Keywords: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Carlos Fuentes, Isabel Hilton, The Eagles Throne, Mexico Downloads: 9,866 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Guantanamo: the inside story - openDemocracy, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton Hear Clive Stafford Smith explain. "Those three people were meant to stand up in court and say 'I'm guilty' just like in the days of Joe Stalin ... It's meant to divert your attention from the fact that Osama Bin Laden has never been caught". For transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/xml/xhtml/articles/3055.html Part 6 of a 10 part interview. Keywords: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib, torture Downloads: 2,511 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Freedom to write: Orhan Pamuk, Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie - openDemocracy, Margaret Atwood, Orhan Pamuk, Salman Rushdie openDemocracy presents the first of a series of audio features from the PEN World Voices literary festival. Salman Rushdie, Orhan Pamuk and Margaret Atwood discuss power, shame and saying the unsayable. Part 2, in which Orhan Pamuk talks about freedom of expression, and the legacy of the Iraq war. For partial transcripts and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Literature/pen_3488.jsp Keywords: openDemocracy, Orhan Pamuk, Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, PEN, democracy, open democracy Downloads: 1,463 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | opendemocracy_podcast 250107 - openDemocracy Wish you could hear as well as see openDemocracy? Well now you can! Listen to our weekly poDcast. Keywords: opendemocracy, podcast, pilot, democracy, Isabel Hilton, Sidney Blumental, Alain de Botton, mp3, open democracy, Patricia Daniel, China dialogue, fat Downloads: 1,639 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rethinking human rights: Luis Alfonso de Alba interviewed - openDemocracy, Isabel hilton, Isabel Hilton, editor of openDemocracy, speaks to Luis Alfonso de Alba, president of the Human Rights Council. Keywords: isabel hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, luis alfonso de alba, human rights council, un human rights commission, human rights Downloads: 2,447 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | From Vietnam to Iraq: Daniel Ellsberg interviewed - Daniel Ellsberg, Isabel Hilton In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers the Pentagon's secret, twelve-volume history of United States involvement in Vietnam. Why did he do it? For partial transcripts and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=3&debateId=33&articleId=3101 Part 2 of a 4 part interview. Keywords: Daniel Ellsberg, Vietnam, Pentagon Papers, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, Iraq, whistle-blower, truth, politics Downloads: 1,526 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Guantanamo: the inside story - Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton Hear Clive Stafford-Smith talk about what it's like to conduct client attorney interviews in Guantanamo. "It all depends on whether you believe in Santa Claus". For partial transcript and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debateId=124&articleId=3055 Part 3 of a 10 part interview. Keywords: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib, torture Downloads: 403 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | openDemocracy poDcast 120107 - openDemocracy Wish you could hear as well as see openDemocracy? Well now you can! Listen to the first of our weekly poDcasts. Keywords: opendemocracy, podcast, pilot, democracy, Isabel Hilton, Sidney Blumental, Alain de Botton, mp3, open democracy, Paul Rogers, Harun Hassan, Stephen Howe Downloads: 2,612 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | opendemocracy_podcast 180107 - openDemocracy Wish you could hear as well as see openDemocracy? Well now you can! Listen to the second of our weekly poDcasts. Keywords: opendemocracy, podcast, pilot, democracy, Isabel Hilton, Sidney Blumental, Alain de Botton, mp3, open democracy, Jim Gabour, New Orleans, Maggie Gee, Babel, leg drain Downloads: 2,306 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Freedom to write: Orhan Pamuk, Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie - openDemocracy, Orhan Pamuk, Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie openDemocracy presents the first of a series of audio features from the PEN World Voices literary festival. Salman Rushdie, Orhan Pamuk and Margaret Atwood discuss power, shame and saying the unsayable. For partial transcripts and observations, visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Literature/pen_3488.jsp Keywords: openDemocracy; Orhan Pamuk; Margaret Atwood; Salman Rushdie; PEN; World Voices; freedom of speech Downloads: 992 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tibet vs China: the complicated showdown - openDemocracy, Comite de Apoyo del Tibet, Tenzin Tsundue Earlier this year an historic lawsuit opened, charging the Chinese authorities with genocide and other crimes in Tibet. openDemocracy talks to Tenzin Tsundue, one of the Tibetan witnesses testifying in the case, and the Spanish-based NGO that launched the proceedings. Keywords: Emily Hunter, Comite de Apoyo del Tibet, Tibet, opendemocracy, democracy, politics, open democracy, genocide, China, NGO, Tenzin Tsundue Downloads: 329 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Key to Memory: an interview with Elias Khoury - opendemocracy, Elias Khoury, Brian Hanrahan "Literature is the way to deal with the human soul, to deal with our perception of life." Gate of the Sun, Elias Khoury's highly acclaimed epic novel is among the very first and few to address the modern history of Palestine. What inspired him to write it, and what are his hopes for peace in the Arab world? Listen to Elias Khoury's three-part interview with Brian Hanrahan. To read transcripts and observation, visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Literature/khoury_3462.jsp. Keywords: opendemocracy elias khoury palestine arab literature Downloads: 218 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Mardi Gras, 2007 - openDemocracy, Jim Gabour "The carnival that keeps us sane after all this madness." Jim Gabour reports from New Orleans' big parade. Keywords: New Orleans, Jim Gabour, openDemocracy, politics, democracy, FEMA, mardi gras, carnival, Hurricane Katrina, levee Downloads: 575 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The right to life: an interview with Sister Helen Prejean - Sister Helen Prejean, Isabel Hilton Listen to Sister Helen Prejean on who wants it and who doesn't. For partial transcripts and observations please visit: http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=66&articleId=3186 Part 4 of 4 part interview. Keywords: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Sister Helen Prejean, death penalty, dead man walking, tim robbins, Isabel Hilton, death of innocents, abu ghraib, torture, supreme court Downloads: 105 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Imagining power: Carlos Fuentes interviewed - Carlos Fuentes, Isabel Hilton Carlos Fuentes, one of Latin America's foremost novelists, talks to Isabel Hilton about his latest book "The Eagle's Throne" which explores the nature of power and presidency in a future Mexico. For transcripts and observations, visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=66&articleId=3258 Interview in two parts. Keywords: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Carlos Fuentes, Isabel Hilton, The Eagles Throne, Mexico Downloads: 441 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Imagining power: Carlos Fuentes interviewed - openDemocracy, Carlos Fuentes, Isabel Hilton Part 2: literary imagination and democracy For transcripts and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=66&articleId=3258 Part 2 of a 2 part interview. Keywords: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Carlos Fuentes, Isabel Hilton, The Eagles Throne, Mexico Downloads: 122 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Right At Your Door: Chris Gorak - Rory Cochrane interview - Mark Hanrahan Mark Hanrahan talks to director Chris Gorak about his new film and fictionalising a terrorist attack Keywords: film; terrorism; arts; culture; democracy; opendemocracy; politics; attack; terrorism Downloads: 587 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Guantanamo: the inside story - Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton Hear Clive Stafford-Smith talk about the dirty tricks the US military plays on the lawyers and their clients in Guantanamo: "Nothing I've heard, is of any consequence to US security whatsoever, unless the fact that my clients have been tortured and abused by US soldiers is of consequence to US national security". For partial transcript and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debateId=124&articleId=3055 Part 4 of a 10 part interview. Keywords: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib, torture Downloads: 118 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Guantanamo: the inside story - Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton Hear Clive Stafford-Smith explain why he is working for the Guantanamo prisoners. "It's always been a rule of my life that if someone is being hated, you have to get between the hated and the hater". For partial transcript and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debateId=124&articleId=3055 Part 5 of a 10 part interview. Keywords: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib, torture Downloads: 358 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Guantanamo: the inside story - openDemocracy, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton Clive Stafford-Smith is a lawyer who represents many of the more than 500 prisoners in Guantanamo Bay. In an exclusive interview for openDemocracy, he describes the prison camp and the conditions that lawyers work under, tells us how his clients have been tortured and explains how false information extracted by torture is contaminating US intelligence. Listen to Guantanamo, the inside story. For transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debat... Keywords: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib, torture Downloads: 1,017 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Freedom to write: Orhan Pamuk, Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie - openDemocracy, Margaret Atwood, Orhan Pamuk, Salman Rushdie openDemocracy presents the first of a series of audio features from the PEN World Voices literary festival. Salman Rushdie, Orhan Pamuk and Margaret Atwood discuss power, shame and saying the unsayable. For partial transcripts and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Literature/pen_3488.jsp Part one of a three part interview. Keywords: openDemocracy, Orhan Pamuk, Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie, PEN, democracy, open democracy Downloads: 185 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Just the Facts: Truth & the Internet - openDemocracy, Ammar Abdulhamid, Carol Darr, George Saunders, Ã
sne Seierstad, Susan Tifft; Jacob Weisberg For millions, the Internet is now the go-to place for news, opinion, advice, advocacy, outrage, connection, and community. But as information disseminates at lightning speed, what happens to "fact"? When every rumor, prevarication, hallucination, or fantasy instantly goes global, is there any way to detach truth from lies? Keywords: Ammar Abdulhamid, Carol Darr, George Saunders, Ã
sne Seierstad, Susan Tifft; Jacob Weisberg, internet, truth, politics, democracy Downloads: 125 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Argumentative Indians: Amartya Sen and Salman Rushdie in conversation - openDemocracy, Amartya Sen, Salman Rushdie openDemocracy presents the second of a series of audio features from the PEN World Voices literary festival. Two giants of south Asian culture, the Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen and novelist Salman Rushdie discuss democracy, migration and identity. For transcripts and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Literature/pen2_3520.jsp Both parts of a 2 part audio. Keywords: Amartya Sen, Salman Rushdie, PEN Downloads: 1,230 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Key to Memory: an interview with Elias Khoury, Part 1 - openDemocracy, Elias Khoury, BrÃan Hanrahan In hundreds of interwoven stories, "Gate of the Sun" addresses the memory of the nakba, the flight and expulsion of large numbers of Palestinians during the war of 1948. Here, Elias Khoury talks about why it has taken so long for an epic novel of this experience to be written, how he combined imaginative literature with documented events, and his fascination for the province of Galilee. Part 1 of a three part interview... Keywords: opendemocracy; elias khoury; palestine; arab; literature; nakba Downloads: 247 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Ankelohe conversations - openDemocracy, Jeremy Leggett, George Marshall, Mark Lynas From the "Ankelohe Conversations" in Germany Jeremy Leggett, George Marshall, and Mark Lynas discuss climate change and the oil endgame. Keywords: opendemocracy, Ankelohe Conversations, Solana Larsen, Jeremy Leggett, George Marshall, Mark Lynas, climate change Downloads: 4,571 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Morocco at the border: an interview with Yto Barrada / Morocco unbound: an interview with Yto Barrada - openDemocracy, Charlotte Collins, Yto Barrada Over the last 15 years, the Strait of Gibraltar has become one of the main gateways for illegal immigration in north Africa. Yto Barrada's photographs, taken between 1998 - 2004, capture the temptations of leaving, and the unfulfilled hopes of escaping into Europe. Charlotte Collins talks to her. For partial transcripts and observations please visit Part 1: the background Part 1 of a 2 part interview. Keywords: Yto Barrada, Morocco, Deutsche Borse Photography Prize, Strait Project Downloads: 274 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Morocco at the border: an interview with Yto Barrada / Morocco unbound: an interview with Yto Barrada - openDemocracy, Charlotte Collins, Yto Barrada Part 2: the photographs Part 2 of a 2 part interview. For partial transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-photography/barrada_3551.jsp Keywords: Yto Barrada, Morocco, Deutsche Borse Photography Prize, Strait Project Downloads: 233 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | From Vietnam to Iraq: Daniel Ellsberg interviewed - Daniel Ellsberg, Isabel Hilton Knowing how the system works, what does Daniel Ellsberg think it would take to get out of Iraq? For partial transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=3&debateId=33&articleId=3101 Part 4 of a 4 part interview. Keywords: Daniel Ellsberg, Vietnam, Pentagon Papers, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, Iraq, whistle-blower, truth, politics Downloads: 162 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Right At Your Door interview - Mark Hanrahan Mark Hanrahan talks to director Chris Gorak about his new film and fictionalising a terrorist attack Keywords: film; terrorism; arts; culture; democracy; opendemocracy; politics; attack; terrorism Downloads: 319 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Guantanamo: the inside story - openDemocracy, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton Hear Clive Stafford-Smith explain that the real problem is the secret prisons around the world and how the US based "catastrophic decisions" on false evidence obtained through torture. For transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debateId=124&articleId=3055 Final part of a 10 part interview Keywords: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib, torture Downloads: 76 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Guantanamo: the inside story - Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton Hear Clive Stafford Smith talk about life of the men - and boys - inside the prison camp. "I have visited most of the death rows in America and none of them compare to the treatment of those prisoners there". For partial transcript and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debateId=124&articleId=3055 Part 2 of a 10 part interview. Keywords: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib, torture Downloads: 97 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Guantanamo: the inside story - openDemocracy, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton Hear Clive Stafford-Smith explain why it has been the worst public relations disaster America has ever known. For transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debateId=124&articleId=3055 Part 8 of a 10 part interview Keywords: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib, torture Downloads: 73 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Idols & Insults: writing, religion, and freedom of expression - openDemocracy, Juan Luis Cebrian, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Nilufer Gole, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Tariq Ramadan, Ian Buruma openDemocracy presents the third of a series of audio features from the PEN World Voices literary festival. Keywords: PEN, opendemocracy, World Voices, Juan Luis Cebrian, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Nilufer Gole, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Tariq Ramadan, Ian Buruma, idols and insults, freedom of expression, religion, open democracy Downloads: 148 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tortured language: the poetry of human rights - openDemocracy, Jack Mapanje What is it like to live as a poet in exile from your people, your culture and your language? openDemocracy features a special audio of live poetry readings by Jack Mapanje, Yang Lian and Choman Hardi from an event organised by Poet in the City and Amnesty International. For transcripts and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=66&articleId=3035 Listen to Jack Mapanje read Skipping Without Ropes - Poem 1 in a 2 poem series Keywords: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Choman Hardi, Yang Lian, Jack Mapanje, human rights, poetry, Poet in the City, exile, Helena Kennedy Downloads: 41 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Ankelohe conversations - openDemocracy, Solana Larsen, Mark Lynas From the "Ankelohe Conversations" in Germany Solana Larsen talks to the Author of "High Tide: News from a warming world", Mark Lynas, about climate change and the oil endgame. Keywords: opendemocracy, Ankelohe Conversations, Solana Larsen, Jeremy Leggett, George Marshall, Mark Lynas, climate change Downloads: 366 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | opendemocracy_podcast 010207 - openDemocracy Wish you could hear as well as see openDemocracy? Well now you can! Listen to our weekly poDcast. Keywords: opendemocracy, podcast, pilot, democracy, Kamin Mohammadi, Tehran, Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Isabel Hilton, gender, renga, mp3, open democracy Downloads: 858 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | openDemocracy poDcast pilot - openDemocracy 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. Keywords: opendemocracy, podcast, pilot, democracy, Isabel Hilton, Sidney Blumental, Alain de Botton, mp3, open democracy Downloads: 579 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The right to life: an interview with Sister Helen Prejean - Sister Helen Prejean, Isabel Hilton Listen to Sister Helen Prejean explain the cultural significance of the death penalty in the United States. For partial transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=66&articleId=3186 Part 1 of 4 part interview. Keywords: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Sister Helen Prejean, death penalty, dead man walking, tim robbins, Isabel Hilton, death of innocents, abu ghraib, torture, supreme court Downloads: 131 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The right to life: an interview with Sister Helen Prejean - Sister Helen Prejean, Isabel Hilton Listen to Sister Helen Prejean on public concern about the death penalty. For partial transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=66&articleId=3186 Part 2 of 4 part interview. Keywords: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Sister Helen Prejean, death penalty, dead man walking, tim robbins, Isabel Hilton, death of innocents, abu ghraib, torture, supreme court Downloads: 156 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Argumentative Indians: Amartya Sen and Salman Rushdie in conversation - Amartya Sen, Salman Rushdie openDemocracy presents the second of a series of audio features from the PEN World Voices literary festival. Two giants of south Asian culture, the Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen and novelist Salman Rushdie discuss democracy, migration and identity. For transcripts and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-Literature/pen2_3520.jsp Part 1 of a 2 part audio. Keywords: Amartya Sen, Salman Rushdie, PEN Downloads: 323 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tortured language: the poetry of human rights - openDemocracy, Yang Lian, Peter Forbes Listen to Yang Lian read Shi Tao's poem "Pain, and an English translation performed by Peter Forbes For transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=1&debateId=66&articleId=3035 Poem 2 of a 2 poem series Keywords: democracy, open democracy, openDemocracy, Choman Hardi, Yang Lian, Jack Mapanje, human rights, poetry, Poet in the City, exile, Helena Kennedy Downloads: 464 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | From Vietnam to Iraq: Daniel Ellsberg interviewed - Daniel Ellsberg, Isabel Hilton Why are there so few whistleblowers? For partial transcripts and observations, please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=3&debateId=33&articleId=3101 Part 3 of a 4 part interview. Keywords: Daniel Ellsberg, Vietnam, Pentagon Papers, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, Iraq, whistle-blower, truth, politics Downloads: 80 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Guantanamo: the inside story - opendemocracy, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton Hear Clive Stafford Smith, whose clients have been tortured, explain. For transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debateId=124&articleId=3055 Part 9 of a 10 part interview Keywords: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib, torture Downloads: 190 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Ankelohe conversations - openDemocracy, Solana Larsen, George Marshall From the "Ankelohe Conversations" in Germany Solana Larsen talks to George Marshall of the Climate Outreach and Information Network, about climate change and the oil endgame. Keywords: opendemocracy, Ankelohe Conversations, Solana Larsen, Jeremy Leggett, George Marshall, Mark Lynas, climate change Downloads: 969 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Idols & Insults: writing, religion, and freedom of expression - openDemocracy, Nilufer Gole openDemocracy presents the third of a series of audio features from the PEN World Voices literary festival. Nilufer Gole speaks about writing, religion, and freedom of expression. Keywords: PEN, opendemocracy, World Voices, Juan Luis Cebrian, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Nilufer Gole, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Tariq Ramadan, Ian Buruma, idols and insults, freedom of expression, religion, open democracy Downloads: 84 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Guantanamo: the inside story - openDemocracy, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton Hear Clive Stafford Smith on US efforts to save face as it tries to close down Guantanamo. For transcripts and observations please visit http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=2&debateId=124&articleId=3055 Part 7 of a 10 part interview Keywords: Guantanamo, Clive Stafford-Smith, Isabel Hilton, openDemocracy, democracy, black sites, abu ghraib, torture Downloads: 122 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Idols & Insults: writing, religion, and freedom of expression - openDemocracy, Juan Luis Cebrian, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Nilufer Gole, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Tariq Ramadan, Ian Buruma, openDemocracy presents the third of a series of audio features from the PEN World Voices literary festival. In a question and answer session eight speakers discuss writing, religion, and freedom of expression: Should there be a distinction between we define freedom of speech in artistic domain and public domain? Keywords: PEN, opendemocracy, World Voices, Juan Luis Cebrian, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Nilufer Gole, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Tariq Ramadan, Ian Buruma, idols and insults, freedom of expression, religion, open democracy Downloads: 120 Average rating: (0 review) |
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