ChromeRadio

Ravi Chaudhry, Chairman of CeNext Consulting, on the importance of responsible leadership, what it requires, and what happens to leaders who fail to change. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with The Monthly Barometer and Anadeo, Chamonix | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

Dr Katy Hayward moved to Northern Ireland in 1995. She reflects on the changes she has witnessed, and the impact of Brexit. German postgraduate student Dominik Hamm arrived in Belfast in autumn 2016, shortly after the EU referendum. He talks about what Brexit could mean for him. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with Queen's University, Belfast | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

Professor Glenn Patterson, writer and Director of the Seamus Heaney Centre, heads south for the border. He visits Omeath and Newry to find out how those living along the border see the future post-Brexit. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with Queen's University, Belfast | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

Colin Harvey, Professor of Human Rights Law, on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill 2017-19 and the key concerns the Bill raises as currently drafted. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with Queen's University, Belfast | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

Professors Colin Harvey and Lee McGowan discuss the implications of Brexit for the Good Friday Agreement, the Common Travel Area, and the future of Northern Ireland as well as of the United Kingdom as a whole. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with Queen's University, Belfast | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

David Phinnemore, Professor of European Politics at Queen's University, Belfast, outlines the particular challenges Brexit presents for Northern Ireland, and thoughts on areas to explore in terms of possible solutions.  PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with Queen's University, Belfast | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

DR SAEED TALAJOOY, Lecturer in Middle Eastern Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of St Andrews, explores the cultural legacy of three of Iran’s great capital cities – Hamadan, Isfahan, and Tehran. He is accompanied by DR PARMIS MOZAFARI, Research Fellow at the Institute of Iranian Studies, University of St Andrews, on santoor (dulcimer) and daf (frame drum). PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the Institute for the Study of War and Strategy, University of St Andrews | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

AMENEH MEHVAR, an international relations postgraduate at the University of St Andrews, talks about growing up during the Iran-Iraq War, studying abroad, and how the country has changed.  Today, Iranians want evolution, not revolution.   HUGO CORDEN-LLOYD, a post-graduate in Iranian studies at the University of St Andrews, talks about the time he spent in Tehran learning Persian, and how that has influenced the way he now sees Iran. MUSIC | Dr Saeed Talajooy with Dr Parmis Mozafari on santoor (dulcimer) and daf (frame drum). PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the Institute for the Study of War and Strategy, University of St Andrews | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

Iran’s foreign policy is driven by two opposing dynamics: the perception of itself as a re-emerging great power and its sense of siege.   PROFESSOR ALI ANSARI and DR JASMINE GANI, Associate Director of the Centre for Syrian Studies at the University of St Andrews, discuss Iranian foreign policy in the Middle East, particularly in Syria, the outlook for the region and the implications for Iranian domestic politics. MUSIC | Dr Parmis Mozafari on santoor. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the Institute for the Study of War and Strategy, University of St Andrews | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

Iran - better known in the West as Persia until the overthrow of the last Shah in 1979 - has a complex relationship with the West.     ALI ANSARI, Professor of Iranian History at the University of St Andrews, explores the central role played by the Persians in the foundation of the West, the many cultural links between the two civilisations, and how the 1906 and 1979 revolutions have shaped modern Iran. CONTENTS: Persia or Iran (1.53)| History and Myth (4.32)| Arab Muslim Conquests (8.02)| Omar Khayyam (10.13)| Ferdowsi and the Shahnameh (12.28)| Mongol Conquest (15.07)| Rise of the Safavids (17.54)| Emergence of Europe (19.20)| Rise and Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty (23.18)| Revolution - 1906 and 1979 (26.00)| Last Word (28.05). MUSIC | Dr Saeed Talajooy with Dr Parmis Mozafari on santoor (dulcimer) and daf (frame drum). PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with the Institute for the Study of War and Strategy, University of St Andrews | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.