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Jamillah Knowles | 16:44 UK time, Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Hello all!
The podcast up and ready for a good listening to at your leisure.

If we mentioned a place that you would like to visit online, then you can find all the links right here:

The world has been watching as the situation in Iran became grave following the elections. The amount of information being passed around online is practically at critical mass on video sites, Twitter and Facebook, not to mention the blogs and news websites world-wide.
Reporters have been arrested and expelled this week and so many people are still adding their voices online where they can. Two editors who work with user generated content from and related to Iran join the conversation this week on the show to talk about safety, politics and verification of material.


brian.jpgBrian Conley runs where people can upload audio files about what is happening around them.

gv.gifGlobal Voices has been collating blog material from across the political spectrum, overseen by the regional editor, .

rl.jpgThe latest iPhone arrived in the UK last week and I managed to reach a couple of those odd people who pitch up in front of the Apple store in the dead of night to get there first.
reviews his user experience.

ifx.jpg Kyle Wiens opens his one up to show all the gory innards.

MNot so much what's that sound but where's that sound? is working to create a system that matches music and sounds around the world. Amazing visualisations show that the strangest things in the oddest places can sound very similar indeed. Schubert sounds like Shakespeare?


Pods on TwitterIf you have seen a blog or heard a podcast that you think we should know about, drop me a line at podsandblogs -at- bbc.co.uk I'd love to hear from you. Or you can follow us on .

jkWe're taking a break next week, but only for one week, so I'll be back with webwise wanderings soon after! - Jamillah

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