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Programme 63: 27th December 2008

Programme 62: 26th December 2008

Programme 61: 20th December 2008

Programme 60: 13th December 2008

Programme 59: 6th December 2008

Programme 58: 29th November 2008

Programme 57: 22nd November 2008

Programme 56: 8th November 2008

Programme 55: 1st November 2008

Programme 54: 25th October 2008

Programme 53: 18th October 2008

This week, we examine the impact of Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan's first budget. We get an update on last Sunday's elections in Lithuania and meet courageous Afghan politician Malalai Joya. Plus we look at the programme for this weekend's Carlow African Film Festival.

Programme 52: 11th October 2008

We'll be looking at the election in Lithuania.

We'll hear some music from Juana Molina and we ask five teenagers from all around the world a questions: what's it like to be young, beautiful and free in Ireland... but also foreign and teenage.

Programme 51: 4th October 2008

We mark Positive Aging Week with a chat with a woman who revived memories of elephants running amok in Sligo...

We cast an eye over language learning with a difference...

And we shake our hips to some rather fine samba music.

Programme 50: 27th September 2008

Richard Florida on the power of creativity and diversity.

Jazz music from Nightshift - Polish/Argentinian band.

Chi Chi Nwanoku on growing up in Nigeria and Kent and playing the double bass.

And Harry Browne on Sarah Pallin.

Programme 49: 20th September 2008

Cities / immigration / integration - we talk about the OpenCities research project.

Zbyszek speaks to Cameron Bailey: co-director of the Toronto International Film Festival.

We report from the Debate on Integration in Dublin.

Viktor Posudnyevsky spoke to Ireland's Top Female Computer Gamer - Dina Ladevic.

And another treat from the European charts - this time it's Marit Larsen from Norway.

Programme 48: 13th September 2008

Programme 47: 4th September 2008

Programme 46: 30th August 2008

We meet two teenagers who are madly in love. On stage at least. They're starring in Fairytaleheart in the Project Arts Centre in Dublin.

We talk about all things that go horribly wrong at work.

Alana Doogan went to see a preview of "Saviours" a movie about boxing starring Darren Sutherland, Abdul Hussein and Dean Murphy.

Diane Sebanacio-Nititham sent a column to us.

And we've got a song from Roxette too. We miss them.

Programme 45: 23rd August 2008

Tonight Spectrum is coming to you from the Festival of World Cultures at Dún Laoghaire.

We speak to artists and traders and we've got wonderful music live from Angel Flamenco.

Programme 44: 14th August 2008

Tonight on Spectrum we discuss the recent stories which affect the lives of the immigrant community here. Tendai Madondo, Hazel Chu and Kazik Anhalt give us their opinion on the conflict in Georgia, situation in Zimbabwe and the Olympics. They also share their tips for a great holiday in Ireland.

Zbyszek also speaks to three students from India who have just received their Leaving Cert results. How different is school life in India?

And Professor Aine Hyland and Phill Watt - director of the NCCRI - talk to us about the importance of integration in education.

Programme 43: 7th August 2008

Tonight on Spectrum Zbyszek will be talking to Mira Aroyo from Ladytron about growing up in Bulgaria, Israel and the UK.

We get to grips with Sharia banking.

And we have live music in studio from O'Mambo. They're playing at the Northside Music Festival this Saturday.

Programme 42: 31st July 2008

We have great live music in studio. Yurodny is a a truly multi-national band with lots of interesting influences. They're playing at the Northside Music Festival in Dublin in August.

We speak to Fr Dan au Nguyen who is from Vietnam. He has been one of the first priests to be ordained in the Dublin Diocese in the last two years.

Zbyszek also spoke to Bubu Ndziba from Lesotho and Igor Kochajkiewicz from Poland. They got married in Ireland a few years ago, but their happiness was shattered when Bubu was served with a deportation notice from the Department of Justice.

Programme 41: 24th July 2008

This week on Spectrum we'll be talking to Rose Tremain - the winner of Orange Prize for Fiction - about her recent book "The Road Home".

The book tells the story of one man's journey - Lev is travelling from somewhere in Eastern Europe to London, after the death of his wife.

We'll be also talking to Christian Wagner - German film director - about his film "Ghettokids".

Programme 41: 17th July 2008

This week we've taken to the road to visit Galway, one of Ireland's most popular cities. We met a host of interesting people there, including three Swedish men and one Finish woman who make up the band Café Minor. Listen for their version of the Godfather theme.

We also visited Shay Leon, who is originally from Tel Aviv in his recording studio in Loughrea.

And we spoke to the author of one of the stories collected by Michael O'Loughlin in his book "Galway, City of Strangers: Voices of the new Galway".

Programme 40: 5th July 2008

Spectrum Live Music Special: We're taking you on a musical journey with an eclectic mix of sounds. From Afro-beat and jazz, to three Filipino men singing their hearts out with their very own take on Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen.

Discover more about the artists featured on this week's programme:

1: The Nina Project "My Baby Just Cares for Me" from the repertoire of Nina Simone.

Find out more about The Nina Project here: www.myspace.com/theninasextet

Watch them on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v="dh80Q9HGpfU"

2: The Oleku Band

Find out more here: http://www.feileafrica.com/oleku_band.htm

And you can watch them perform live in our studio in the video section of our web site: http://www.rte.ie/radio1/spectrum/olekuband_videos.html

3: Tropical Storm "One" from the repertoire of U2.

4: Big Bang City Fusion Pageant drummers

5: Peter Karpienia "Roxanne" from the repertoire of The Police.

Check out Peter's YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/pkarpiozo

6: Maria Tecce "Lilac Wine" from the repertoire of Eartha Kitt.

Visit Maria's web site here: http://www.mariatecce.com/home.html

7: Tropical Storm "Hit Me Baby One More Time" Britney Spears cover.

8: The Oleku Band

Watch video here: http://www.rte.ie/radio1/spectrum/olekuband_videos.html

9: Maria Tecce "Slow Hand" originally performed by Pointer Sisters

Watch Maria perform here:

10: Erik Noon "Colours"

Erik's web site: http://www.eriknoon.com/eriknoon/index.asp

11: Big Band City Fusion Pageant drummers

12: Peter Karpienia with his own song

And here he is performing "Clocks" by Coldplay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v="KGLpH36l41c"

13: Tropical Storm "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen

14: The Nina Project "Wild is the Wind" originally recorded by Johnny Mathis in 1957 for the "Wild is the Wind" film.

You can read more about the song here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Is_the_Wind_(song)

And you can watch Dorota Konczewska sing here: http://www.youtube.com/user/gtshorts

Programme 39: 28th June 2008
This week on the programme we look at the stories which have been making the headlines in recent weeks and which affect the lives of the migrant communities living here. Our panel includes Sabina Wasik - Polish journalist with the Herald; Tendai Madondo from Zimbabwe; Anissa Majeed - a recent graduate from UCD and Harry Browne - journalist and lecturer at DIT.

And we meet one refugee at the Galway Resource Centre who's worried that his language support classes will disappear into the ether when Integrate Ireland Language and Training is dissolved at the end of next month.

Programme 38: 21st June 2008

Programme 37: June 14th 2008
To celebrate Bloomsday Zbyszek is joined in studio by Ivana Milviljevic from Serbia and on the line by Jordi Soler in Barcelona, looking at how Joyce's life mirrors that of the new immigrants to Ireland and the impact he has made in Serbia and in Spain Hilkka Becker from the Immigrant Council of Ireland on the case taken by 4 couples to the European Court of Justice for clarification on the new immigrant legislation to deport non EU spouses married to EU citizens but who have not lived in another EU state for at least a year. In the coming month there will be a decision from the European Court of Justice on the sample case taken by the 4 couples in this situation and then the case returns to the High Court.
A young 11 year old Polish girl reflects on leaving Poland to come to live in Ireland: on learning English and the guitar, and how she feels about living here now as she faces into Secondary school.

Programme 36: 7th June 2008

Programme 35: 31st May 2008

Programme 34: 17th May 2008

Programme 33: 10th May 2008
In Ireland, immigration is hardly a new phenomenon - many people who came to live in the country now have their own children who have grown up here. So this week, Spectrum meets some of the second generations of these people. Hazel Chu, Nazuma Hossan, Francis Onwuka, Nicola Yau and Dr Mary Toomey share their experiences with Zbyszek.

The Gay Theatre Festival is well underway across Dublin. Ricardo Melendez, of Nijinsky's Last Dance; Keith Klassen, Paul White and Njo Kong Kie of Knotty Together, dropped into studio to talk about their productions and attitudes to gay marriage in their home countries.

And in the wake of the cyclone, Aung San Phyo reads a letter to his loved ones at home in Burma.

Programme 32: 3rd May 2008
Today's programme spans across three continents with contributions from Tibet, Zimbabwe, Lithuania and Poland.

British documentary-maker, Robb Bradstock talks about his documentary The Tibetans - A life in Exile, which will be screened in Cork on 7th May. He's joined by Lobsang, a Tibetan man living in Ireland, who shared his thoughts on the current upheaval in his home country.

Our panel Laura Garbataviciute-Down who was born in Lithuania, Kazik Anhalt who moved to Ireland from Poland, and Zimbabwean-born Tendai Madondo are in studio to talk through the stories making headlines that affect people who have come to live in Ireland.

And Conor Lenihan joins Zbyszek to talk through his integration strategy.

Programme 31: 26th April 2008
The newly crowned Ethic Entrepreneurs of 2008 join Zbyszek, to give some business tips - and in one case the promise of Italian cooking-lessons! Don't miss the mesmerising sounds of our house-band for the evening, the Nina Project, a Limerick-based jazz ensemble, consisting of American, Italian, Polish and Irish musicians. And Alana Doogan parties with the Bangladeshi community from Dublin who rang in the Bengali year 1415 at a huge celebration at Dublin City University.

Click here to see the photos.

Programme 30: 19th April 2008
Yesterday, April 18th, was Zimbabwe's 28th birthday as an Independent State. Full independence was declared for the new state of Zimbabwe under Prime Minister Robert Mugabe in 1980. On March 29th last Zimbabweans went to the polls to elect a new President and Parliament. As yet no result has been declared and a partial recount began today. When you add to that the huge economic downturn and alarming inflation rates which Zimbabwe has been experiencing it's no surprise that we've witnessed an increase in violence and social unrest over the past few weeks. Farai and Tendai Madondo, Judy Brennan and Selu Mdlalose, all native Zimbabweans and all currently living in Ireland, joined Zbyszek in studio to talk about the social and political history and the culture of Zimbabwe, and to share their thoughts and feelings about the current situation in Zimbabwe.

Unesco World Book and Copyright Day - Juan Garcia Araez, a lecturer at the Instituto Cervantes in Dublin and at UCD, brought along his copy of Cervante's Don Quixote to give us a flavour of how 'el dia del libre' is celebrated in Spain....

The connection between 23 April, el dia del libre, and books was first made in 1923 by booksellers in Catalonia in Spain as a way to honour the author Miguel de Cervantes who died on that day. This became a part of the celebrations of Saint George's Day, La Diada de Sant Jordi (also 23 April) in the region, where it has been traditional since the medieval era for men to give roses to their lovers and since 1925 for the woman to give a book in exchange.

La Diada de Sant Jordi, or el dia de la rosa or el dia del libre is a Catalan holiday similar to St. Valentine's Day. In modern times, the mutual exchange of books between friends, lovers or family members is customary. Roses have been associated with this day since medieval times, but the giving of books is a more recent tradition.

On Barcelona's most visited street, La Ramblas, and all over Catalonia, thousands of stands of roses and makeshift bookstalls are hastily set up for the occasion and students take the opportunity to sell their books to make money for their travels in the summer months. By the end of the day, some four million roses and 400,000 books will have been purchased in the name of love and half of the total yearly book sales in Catalonia take place on this occasion.

The sardana, the national dance of Catalonia, is performed throughout the day in the Plaça Sant Jaume, and a variety of street performers and musicians on hand to add a romantic ambience to nearly every public square and plaza.
Many book stores and cafes host readings by noted authors, including a 24-hour marathon reading of Cervantes' "Don Quixote".

In 1995, UNESCO decided that the World Book and Copyright Day would be celebrated on April 23rd because of the Catalan festival and because the date is also the anniversary of the birth and death of William Shakespeare, the death of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega and Josep Pla, the birth of Maurice Druon, Vladimir Nabokov, Manuel Mejía Vallejo and Halldór Laxness

At the Instituto Cervantes in Dublin there will be readings of the noted Spanish poet Antonio Machado and prizes to be one for the best translation. That's all happening at 6.30 on Wednesday April 23rd and all are welcome.

Instituto Cervantes,
Lincoln House,
Lincoln Place,
Dublin 2.

Tel.: 353 1 631 1500
Fax.: 353 1 631 1599
cendub@cervantes.es

(No programmes on April 5th or April 12th)

Programme 29: 29th March 2008
Zbyszek got to dance this week, unfortunately only in his office chair, as he listened to the rhythms of Fuji music from Nigeria. And he got to meet the King of Fuji music, K1 De Ultimate when he was here for a concert in Dunboyne. K1, Wasiu Ayinde Anifowoshe, has redefined Fuji music and made headlines when he released Flavour, a triple CD, just 2 years ago.

Zbyszek also dropped in to a Conference in TCD on Migration Studies where he met Darcy, a young American woman who's interested in Digital storytelling, the collecting of the stories of migrants to Ireland; Theo from Nigeria who has an interesting perspective to offer on imagining Ireland before coming here and the reality on the ground when he arrived here; and Antje from Germany who is looking at how immigrants already here react to further influxes of migrants.

As the Spanish Film Festival came to a close this week Hermes de la Torre, from the Instituto Cervantes in Dublin, and a Mexican movie buff, joined Zbyszek to chat about the Spanish language movie industry, including movies from Spain, Mexico, Argentina and Uruguay.

And finally we heard a very moving account of one man's journey to Ireland from Indonesia. Sentro (not his real name) was a shop owner in Indonesia and a Christian in a predominantly Muslim country. He had to flee his country to avoid persecution and to keep his family safe. After 51 days at sea in a cargo container he arrived in Ireland alone, with no passport, no documentation whatsoever to prove who he was, having left his wife and family behind in the Phillipines. He has refugee status here now but he's been waiting 3 years for approval from the Department of Justice for his family to join him here.

Programme 28: 22nd March 2008
Zbyszek puts on a large chef's hat this week to make a traditional Polish Easter cake called Babka Piaskowa.

He meets Mike, a young Polish chef who has opened a bakery on Bolton Street, Dublin, who shows him how to make these delicious morsels. Zbyszek brought some back to the office and the entire Features department of the radio centre devoured them. Also on the programme Basque singer and Ireland resident Erik Noon came into studio to play some of his music and we heard about the Iranian man who has set up a film company here.

Programme 27: 15th March 2008
On this week's Spectrum, Zbyszek wears a novelty leprechaun hat to present this week, as we celebrate the more international element of St Patrick's Day with some of the musicians who will be taking part in Monday's great festivities - even Zbyszek is given something to play - two sticks which is hit together with the insouciance of a real pro.

We also hear from a Nigerian woman, who this week, was fighting to stay in Ireland to protect her daughters from female mutilation and Marek Lenarcik reflects n the differences between Polish and Irish people, in the wake of the Drimnagh murders.

Programme 26: 8th March 2008
Zbyszek is a little out-numbered this week - and no harm - as we celebrate International Women's Day. Benedicta Attoh, Ilsa Tropa, Nyemwenda Massamba and Amel Yucef come into studio to talk about women's rights around the world. In Nigeria, for example, women can be sold as a bride when they are teenagers and in Algeria if you are not wearing the veil you will be abused in the street. The women talk about their home countries but also what it is like being a woman in Ireland - and ask 'why don't more women go into politics here?'.

Programme 25: 1st March 2008
We reported live from the vigil in Drimnagh which was held to to remember the lives of Pawel Kalite and Marius Szwajkos, the two young Polsih men, who were stabbed on the Benbulben Road the previous Saturday and died from their injuries. We spoke with community leader Joan Collins and members of the Polish community about their deaths.

We also looked at Sweden's musical and filmic legacy with 2FM's Dan Hegarty and film lecturer Tony Tracy as part of the Totally Swedish Festival and we met with the Irish wedding dress designer of the year - who isn't Irish but French. Delphine Grandjouan tells us how she has made Tralee her home and wedding dresses her game.

23rd February 2008
No programme this week due to live RBS 6 Nations Rugby coverage.

Programme 24: 16th February 2008
Tomi Reichenstal has been living in Ireland since the 1960s. However, he was born in Slovakia and, as a Jew, was taken to Bergen-Belsen where he survived the Second World War but 35 members of his family didn't. This week, he talks to Zbyscek about why we should never forget.

This week, we also go to the movies, armed with a mega-ginormous bag of pick'n'mix and a few pints of super-orange-coloured pop. The Dublin International Film Festival is on at the moment and festival director Grainne Humphries chooses the best foreign films to catch and film lecturer Piotr Sadowski gives us a beginners guide to Polish cinema and explains why Poland takes its film-making so seriously. It's something to do with Lenin, apparently.

Polish film for beginners
Piotr Sadowski has chosen his top ten Polish films - all of them, he says, are available on DVD.

Kanal (Andrzej Wajda, 1957)
Ashes and Diamonds (Andrzej Wajda, 1958)
Mother Joan of the Angels (Jerzy Kawalerowicz, 1961)
Knife in the Water (Roman Polanski, 1961)
Pharaoh (Jerzy Kawalerowicz, 1966)
Promised Land (Andrzej Wajda, 1974)
Sexmission (Juliusz Machulski, 1983)
A Short Film about Love (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1988)
The Day of Wacko (Marek Koterski, 2002)
Katyn (Andrzej Wajda, 2007)

Programme 23: 9th February 2008
Zbyszek is looking forward to Valentine's Day with four loved-up guests. Find out about the courting rituals around the world. How do you find love in Nigeria? Why is internet dating so popular in Poland? And why do men in America like paying for dinner? Plus Bostonian Maria Tecce has her guitar to sing some seriously sexy songs.

Programme 22: 2nd February 2008
On this week's programme, we take a look at New Zealand's national holiday - Waitangi Day - with two of the Ireland's favourite imports, rugby gods Brent Pope and Rua Tipoki. We preview the Chinese New Year and take to the streets of Dublin, following the history of the Chinese community in Ireland. We decipher the new immigration bill - in an interesting way! - and talk to Polish musical genius, Peter Karpenia, who has been knocked out of You're A Star. We want to start a campaign to reinstate him!

Programme 21: 26th January 2008
This week, we turn our attention to the events in Gaza and hear from Nidal Saddeh, a Palestinian doctor living in Tralee. He writes a letter to his parents, back home in Bethlehem.

Benedicta Attoh and Laurence Lee report from the launch of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue and speak about how their two communities - the Nigerian and the Chinese - will help to implement increasing diversity.

Zbyszek heads off to a Dublin memorial for the Everest-scaling Sir Edmund Hillary and meets members of the Nepalese and New Zealand community and he talks to award-winning film-maker Asoka Handagama on the line from Colombo in Sri Lanka about two controversial films about the on-going conflict in the island.

Zbyszek also can't help himself mentioning the Poles who have been nominated for an Oscar - he won't be drawn on who he is really rooting for - the Irish or the Polish.

Saturday 19th January
No programme due to live coverage of Munster v Wasps in the Heineken Cup.

Programme 20: 12th January 2008
Zbyszek goes back to school at Castleknock Community College, where a language centre has been set up for students who've come from all over the world. Jerome Loison from Bordeaux on how a trip to Geneva revealed his Irish side. Viktor Posudnevsky reports from the Strangers to Citizens exhibition at the National library. And Anna Pas from the Polish Express talks about the biggest annual Polish fundraiser, taking place in Dublin on 13th January.

Programme 19: 5th January 2008
Meet a Pakistani man living in Ireland, who received no payment for five-months work. He's now stuck in limbo waiting for a new working visa. At present he cannot work, and is entitled to nothing, until the decision on his visa is made. Asian Dub Foundation talk to Zbyszek about combating racism through music. And Emilia Marchlewska from Poland on the trouble with stereotypes.

Programme 18: 29th December 2007
What did you think of Polish people before they came to live here? Is China unfairly criticised in our media..and is it hard to make friends with the Irish?

On the programme this evening we've invited immigrants to tell us about their experience in Ireland and to have their say on the things that matter to them.

SPECTRUM CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Thursday 27th December
Ireland has had record levels of immigration over the past five years. We have benefited enormously from the labour of the new Irish. but have we treated them well? In this Christmas edition of Spectrum, Zbyszek Zalinski, a Polish immigrant himself, will hold a mirror up to the new Ireland to see what we look like now.
Producer: Nuala O'Neill

Programme 17: 22nd December 2007
Christmas can be a lonely and difficult time if you're far away from home. Spectrum features some seasonal music and messages from workers and students in Ireland, to their friends and families around the world.

Programme 16: 15th December 2007
Ovidiu Matiut from the Romania talks about his campaign for Romanians living in Ireland. Zbyszek meets some Swedish people at Sankta Lucia celebrations in Dublin. Sintija Pirite from the Agricultural Workers Association talks about improvements in the mushroom industry. And Viktor Posudnevsky and Alana Doogan report on Irish people embracing new cultures, and the struggle of surviving financially on a student visa.

Programme 15: 8th December 2007
On the anniversary of martial law in Poland, Jacqueline Hayden talks to General Wojciech Jaruzelski about how it all began. Also Alana Doogan is at Farmleigh House, Dublin learning about Christmas traditions in Lithuania, Poland and Romania.

Programme 14: 1st December 2007
Form a Conga line because Spectrum is taking you on a musical journey that spans from Trinidad and Tobago to China! Zbyszek talks to a panel of musicians, singers and enthusiasts about the musical heritage of their countries.

Programme 13: 24th November 2007
This week Zbyszek talks to Des Cahill, leading immigration specialist from Australia. Plus columnist Diane-Sabenacio Nititham reflects on her Asian-American heritage. Spectrum reporter Alana Doogan is in Cork dancing with No Frontiers a group that performs to promote anti-racism. And Malcolm Sen on the life and work of Rabindranath Tagore.

Programme 12: 17th November 2007
Fleeing your home country and leaving your family behind is rarely a choice. But can you imagine the prospect of never seeing your loved ones again? Meet some of the people who have been refused family reunification. SIPTU are about to launch a campaign to highlight the exploitation of agency workers. Vaudas was employed by an agency who were responsible for his pay, his working conditions and his contract. Hear his story.

Programme 11: 10th November 2007
Spectrum examines the plight of undocumented migrant workers in Ireland and the recent campaign for introducing bridging visas. Plus - what do immigrants think of our health system? Viktor Posudnevsky reports. And the French Film Festival comes to Dublin - Spectrum features the highlights.

Programme 10: 3rd November 2007
The migrant integration policy index was launched in Dublin on Friday and Spectrum was there to see how Ireland fared. The index compared policies in 28 EU countries, plus Norway, Switzerland and Canada. You can find out more about Ireland's ranking by clicking on www.integrationindex.eu.

Programme 9: 27th October 2007
This week, Viktor Posudnevsky reports on the challenges faced by those awaiting citizenship. Ruth NiFhionnain from the Immigration Council of Ireland and Denis Avdonin from Russia share their experiences. Also meet the Italian composer who works with the sounds of languages instead of musical notes - Alessandro Bosetti visits Dublin.

Programme 8: 20th October 2007
It's election time in Poland. Zbyszek Zalinski talks to a panel of Polish voters and Jacqueline Hayden - research associate of Trinity College Dublin - about the political situation in Poland. Spectrum also discusses new challenges of the trade union movement in Ireland with Jack O'Connor, General President of SIPTU. And we go along to the 'Paintings from Poland' exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland.

Programme 7: 13th October 2007
Socially provocative or just pornography - Spectrum looks at the work of Lars Von Trier whose film The Idiots has been adapted for stage. And the Lithuanian Prime Minister tells us how he wants to follow in the footsteps of Ireland's success. Plus Viktor Posudnevsky's report on the working migrants who rely on student visas.

Programme 6: 6th October 2007
The Polish opposition party come to Dublin, seeking votes. Zbyszek meets them on the campaign trail. Some migrant workers have to pay for jobs in Ireland - Spectrum asks how we can stop this practice. Columnist Malcolm Sen reflects on his move from India to Ireland. Also - the upcoming Polish film festival reviewed.

Programme 5: 29th September 2007
Zbyszek talks to Bisi Adigun about the updated version of the Irish classic The Playboy of the Western World. Viktor Posudnyevsky went along to the Yom Kippur celebrations in Dublin. We also talk about the Lithuanian Days taking place all around Ireland in October.

Programme 4: 22nd September 2007
Spectrum pays tribute to Zeeshan Muhammed - a young man from Pakistan who died tragically a few weeks ago. Plus, Zbyszek Zalinski talks integration in Athlone, with Bishop Colm O'Reilly and the President of Athlone Institute of Technology Professor Ciaran O'Cathain.

Programme 3: 15th September 2007
The asylum seekers in Ireland receive €19 a week on top of their food and accommodation. We ask two asylum seekers how they survive.

Ryaz Patel and Malcolm Sen review the documentary, Mosney. And Emilia Marchlewska from Poland gives us her views on Irish manners.

Programme 2: 8th September 2007
Sima Gonsai tours Ireland by bike, and without a map. We caught up with her in the middle of her journey in Galway.

A Polish man lay dead in a house in Donegal for two months before he was discovered, Alana Doogan investigates. And Viktor Posudnyevsky tells a story of a family desperate to leave Latvia for Canada.

Programme 1: 1st September 2007
Spectrum investigates the theory of model minorities with Diane-Sabenacio Nititham and Piaras MacEinri. We also review the Irish premiere of 'Bones' - a play about post-apartheid South Africa. And meet Gregory Kulicki - an 18-year-old man from Poland who has just arrived in Cork. Also check out some music from the EBU Folk Music Festival.