
Time:12:00PM Friday, November 6th
Location:http://upclose.unimelb.edu.au

Melbourne University Up Close Podcast Blast from the past: Episode 37: Reinvigorating the World Trade Organization
Source: upclose.unimelb.edu.au
"The challenge here is how do you prevent all these Preferential Trade Agreements from undermining support and the legitimacy of the multilateral trade system?" - Prof Ann Capling

Melbourne University Up Close Podcast Episode 77: Understanding Russia's Future from Its Past is published
Source: upclose.unimelb.edu.au
"The ‘90s was a period when Russians looking back feel that they were brought to their knees by the Americans particularly, by Western interests." - Prof Leslie Holmes

Prof Leslie Holmes and former Ambassador Leslie Rowe discuss how Russia's past influences this great nation's future. With host Jennifer Cook...

Sound artist, musician, researcher and educator Dr Ros Bandt discusses aural environments, the sculpting of sound, her recent works and musical inspirations. With host Jacky Angus...

Melbourne University Up Close Podcast Sound artist, musician and researcher Dr Ros Bandt discusses aural environments, the sculpting of sound, her recent works and musical inspirations. With host Jacky Angus.
Time:11:00AM Friday, October 9th
Location:http://upclose.unimelb.edu.au

Melbourne University Up Close Podcast Blast from the past: Episode 34: Cities and Extreme Events
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"We are developing a new material which is a polymer-based material – a spray on – so that it can be sprayed on concrete walls and brittle masonry to improve the blast resistance." - Assoc Prof Priyan Mendis

Melbourne University Up Close Podcast Episode 75: Human Judgement and Investment Manias is published
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"In the US mortgage market, while the recent housing bubble was going on, the lending standards were relaxed, people could borrow a lot more money and pour it into their house and that exacerbated the bubbles." - Prof Charles Noussair

From the tulip bulb mania in the 17th century to collateralized debt obligations more recently, Prof Charles Noussair and Dr Tom Wilkening outline the sometimes questionable human judgement of risk and reward. With host Jennifer Cook...

Melbourne University Up Close Podcast From the tulip bulb mania in the 17th century to collateralized debt obligations more recently, Prof Charles Noussair and Dr Tom Wilkening outline the sometimes questionable human judgement of risk and reward. With host Jennifer Cook.
Time:11:00AM Friday, September 25th
Location:http://upclose.unimelb.edu.au

Elias Nyatete describes how Tanzanian media outlet Radio Kwizera has been an important source of information and hope for refugees in recent and current East African conflicts. With host Jacky Angus...

Melbourne University Up Close Podcast Episode 74: Broadcasting hope among refugees in East Africa is published
Source: upclose.unimelb.edu.au
"And people are very concerned on what you say because it can lead to a big number of deaths in just a moment or you can create an environment where people can have hope." - Bro Elias Nyatete

Journalism professor Phillip Seib of the University of Southern California discusses public diplomacy via broadcast and digital media, and its success -- or otherwise -- in the Middle East and elsewhere...

Melbourne University Up Close Podcast Episode 73: Al Jazeera statecraft: Digital media as public diplomacy tools is published.
Source: upclose.unimelb.edu.au
"What something like al Jazeera can do, because it can reach the entire Arab-speaking audience, they can put their line out, forge a kind of common sentiment among Arabs." - Prof Phillip Seib













