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During reading week of term two, CISD students went for a five day study trip to the UN Headquarters in Geneva. Tune in to listen to participating students' reflections on the trip.

The talk show you have been waiting for is finally here! We deliver the tea piping hot every week! From the issues of growing up in the diaspora to being young, Black and British in today's society.

Despite significant increases in agricultural productivity in the past 50 years and falling food prices, hunger, malnutrition and poor health are persistent development challenges. According to the WHO, almost half a billion people are underweight, and 155 million children were chronically under-nourished in 2016. At the other extreme, excess food consumption has helped trigger global epidemics of overweight, obesity, and food-related chronic disease.

It’s widely acknowledged that the agricultural and food systems can play a pivotal role in promoting more nutritious and sustainable diets for populations all over the world. As such, the agriculture, nutrition, and health sectors can work together to enhance human health and wellbeing.

In this podcast, we will examine why it’s important to create links between agriculture, health and nutrition. We will also explore the work of Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions (IMMANA), a research initiative funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and coordinated by the Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health (LCIRAH). The speakers are Dr. Suneetha Kadiyala, Associate Professor in Nutrition-sensitive development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Principal Investigator, IMMANA, and Elizabeth Hull, Senior Lecturer in Anthropology and Deputy Chair of the SOAS Food Studies Centre, SOAS.

My guest Parsa enlightens us on why Nader Shah was able to be so successful and also on his meteoric decline as well. Along the way we discuss things from the psychology of war to Iranian Nationalism!

In Conversation with Max Graef from RadioActive, for World Radio Day 2019.

"RadioActive offers a full range of technical services for radio stations and studios – including technical advice and feasibility studies, studio design and installation, creation of radio imaging (jingles, adverts and trailers), radio production training and ongoing technical support"

https://radioactive.org.uk/

In conversation with Research and Project Manager of Positive Negatives - Sara Wong.

"PositiveNegatives produce comics, animations and podcasts about contemporary social and humanitarian issues. We combine ethnographic research with illustration, adapting personal stories into art, education and advocacy materials"

https://positivenegatives.org/about/

In Conversation with Vanessa Berhe and her campaign 'One Day Seyoum' working for the release of her uncle and journalist Seyoum Tsehaye who has been illegaly detained since 2001.

http://onedayseyoum.com/

In conversation with guest Hannah Clark (Lorna Young Foundation, Farmer Radio)

More on the Lorna Young Foundation: http://www.lyf.org.uk/

In conversation with Emma Heywood(FemmepowermentAfrique)after her sharing for World Radio Day at SOAS.

Dr. Emma Heywood is a lecturer in journalism, politics and communication at the University of Sheffield. She is currently assessing the impact of radio and women's empowerment in Niger, as part of her project FemmePowermentAfrique. She has previously examined the role of local radio in NGO activities on the West Bank, and foreign conflict reporting and audience perceptions of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict in Russian, French and UK TV news.

The Social Commentary: Religion is a Sin by SOAS Radio