June 2009 whole show

Tibet and the climate-​​​​emergency ‘tip­ping point’: British biol­o­gist John Stanley talks about a global cul­ture in denial about its own pre­car­i­ous state, and although not with­out hope.

June 2009 news roundup: Report by Beijing schol­ars reveals break­down of China’s Tibet pol­icy, Tiananmen Anniversary Will Not Be Tweeted, and a European city irks China by mak­ing the Dalai Lama an hon­orary citizen.

Open Mind: The back door to enlight­en­ment: Za Choeje Rinpoche talks about what enlight­en­ment is and tries to coax us into tak­ing “the back door,” rather than the front door, to enlightenment.

Premier Zhou’s jour­nal: The remark­able secret jour­nal of a dis­cred­ited Chinese pre­mier offers new insights into the work­ings of the Chinese government.