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  • Episode 44: Ethics in Psychiatry and Medical Training
  • Episode 43: Ghassan Hage and the Weight of Words
  • Episode 42: Alzheimer's Disease: Predictors and Early Intervention
  • Episode 41: Drinking The Same Water Twice -- Potable Water From Waste
  • Episode 40: Politics Meets Pop Culture In Indonesia
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  • Episode 44, 22 MIN 40 SEC , MP3 FORMAT

    Ethics in Psychiatry and Medical Training

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    Prof Sidney Bloch speaks to Up Close host Jacky Angus about the development and role of ethics in psychiatric practice as well as in the education of doctors.
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    Sidney Bloch - Professor of Psychiatry, and Adjunct Professor of the Centre for the Study of Health and Society

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  • Episode 43, 26 MIN 13 SEC , MP3 FORMAT

    Ghassan Hage and the Weight of Words

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    Prof Ghassan Hage joins Up Close host Jacky Angus to discuss multiculturalism, identity in a globalising world, and the role of the intellectual.
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    Ghassan Hage - Future Generation Professor of Anthropology and Social Theory at the School of Philosophy, Anthropology and Social Inquiry.

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  • Episode 42, 23 MIN 17 SEC , MP3 FORMAT

    Alzheimer's Disease: Predictors and Early Intervention

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    Prof David Ames discusses predictors and early intervention of Alzheimer's Disease. With Up Close guest host Jennifer Cook.
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    David Ames - University of Melbourne Foundation Professor of Psychiatry of Old Age at St. George’s Hospital Kew, Director of the National Ageing Research Institute, and University of Melbourne Foundation Professor of Ageing and Health.

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  • Episode 41, 21 MIN 27 SEC , MP3 FORMAT

    Drinking The Same Water Twice -- Potable Water From Waste

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    Prof Peter Scales demystifies the process of recovering potable water from waste water, while Prof David Fox compares the cost of recycling with desalination. With Up Close science host Dr Shane Huntington.
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    Prof Peter Scales - Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

    Prof David Fox - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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  • Episode 40, 19 MIN 59 SEC , MP3 FORMAT

    Politics Meets Pop Culture In Indonesia

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    Anthropologist Dr Ariel Heryanto speaks to Up Close host Jacky Angus about how Indonesian pop culture both influences and is influenced by complex social and political forces.
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    Dr Ariel Heryanto - Convenor, Indonesian Program, Asia Institute

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  • Episode 39, 20 MIN 25 SEC , MP3 FORMAT

    Detecting and Avoiding Online Threats

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    Online security expert Assoc Prof Chris Leckie looks in depth at the threats and vulnerabilities facing individuals and societies in the networked world. In conversation with Up Close science host Dr Shane Huntington.
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    Chris Leckie - Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering

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  • Episode 38, 20 MIN 20 SEC , MP3 FORMAT

    Plight of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

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    Dr Kylie Baxter talks with podcast host Jacky Angus about the background and current predicament of Palestinians in Lebanon.
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    Kylie Baxter - Lecturer, Arabic and Islamic Studies at Asia Institute.

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  • Episode 37, 31 MIN 14 SEC , MP3 FORMAT

    Reinvigorating the World Trade Organization

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    Political scientist and Warwick Commission member Prof Ann Capling demystifies the World Trade Organization (WTO), and suggests how it might reinvigorate itself in a changing global trade environment. With podcast host Eric van Bemmel.
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    Ann Capling - Professor of Political Science at the University of Melbourne

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  • Episode 36, 26 MIN 02 SEC , MP3 FORMAT

    Marketing Luxury Brands

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    Assoc Prof Mark Ritson of the Melbourne Business School talks to Up Close host Amanda Tattam about the changing nature of the global luxury goods market. Amanda also speaks to Andrew Wu, head of luxury giant LVMH's China operations, about selling luxury in Asia.
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    Mark Ritson - is Associate Professor at the Melbourne Business School

    Andrew Wu - is the LVMH Group's Director for China

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  • Episode 35, 16 MIN 46 SEC , MP3 FORMAT

    With No Grain Of Salt - Water Desalination Explained

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    Assoc Prof Sandra Kentish joins Up Close science host Dr Shane Huntington to discuss water desalination as a technology and a controversy -- and its certain growth in our future.
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    Assoc Prof Sandra Kentish - from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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