Time away typically allows me the chance to catch up on some of my favourite podcasts and vodcasts, and to clear some room in my iTunes library. Two of my favourite vodcasts are Insight and 101 East. I just wanted to give a wee shout out about some interesting recent episodes from both. From Insight:

• Privacy
• Narcissism
• Hacktivism
• Eating Meat
• Talking Suicide

and from 101 East:

• ‘True believers’ – on the church in China
• ‘The world’s longest ongoing war’ – on the Karen’s ongoing battle for self-rule in Burma
• ‘Australia’s boomtown curse’ – on the cost of Australia’s mining boom
• ‘The Lady on the Lake’ – on the future role of Aung San Suu Kyi, the artist Zayer Thaw and Burmese ex-pats living in Thailand