In today's podcast, we bring you coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. We speak to two Dutchmen. One's a journalist currently in New Orleans. He gives us the latest news on the ground. The other is a water engineer who compares the Big Easy's defenses to those in his native Holland. Also, a video-blogger from Norway who turns the camera on himself, and on local politicians.

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In today's podcast, we dispense with straight technology coverage, and bring you special coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Listen to highlights from today's broadcast.

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Hi folks. Today, we explore options for rebuilding homes in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region. We speak with Kate Stohr, co-founder of the group Architecture for Humanity. Then, what happens when a NASA spacecraft plows into a comet hurtling through space? Lots of dust, and some interesting scientific results! Staying out of this world, we hear about China's place in space race. And we end with news from China that concerns Yahoo! and a Chinese journalist.

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Beware, today's podcast contains low-flying pterosaurs! But first, we start with a couple of Katrina-related items. We begin with a report on what, if anything, US engineers can learn from flood defense systems overseas. We'll also hear from a Dutch company that is supplying a very morbid, but very necessary technology along the Gulf Coast. And, we take you to Indonesia, to hear about the latest in the battle to eradicate polio. That's followed by news of a new way to take insulin. Then...it's ptime for pterosaurs, and a big shout-out to Mary-Jo Valentino, who leaves The World and the podcast today.

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Today's podcast is just full of goodies. We go to New Orleans, to hear how a technology called "radio" is helping Latino immigrants in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Then, it's off to India to hear about efforts to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS in women. After that, we'll travel north to the Afghanistan/Pakistan border, where officials are considering a decidedly LOW-tech approach to stopping potential terrorists. Last, but certainly not least, we'll talk about sunspots, and dip into the old e-mailbag. A shout-out to everyone on the Cocos Keeling Islands!!

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Podcast today, Gromit -- Friday. Yes, we have an item related to that cheese-loving claymation duo, Wallace and Gromit. But first, we talk to the Director of American Refugee Committee International about setting up mobile clinics in the Gulf Coast region. And then, bat sex. And not just any old bat sex, we might add. We'll also hear about sand dunes that sing. And finally, we'll get up close and personal with a cheese called Stinking Bishop, which apparently has a role to play in the upcoming, feature-length Wallace and Gromit film by British director Nick Park. It's The World's Tech Podcast, Gromit, and it's gone wrong!

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A FABulous podcast today ... literally. Clark will be cranking out his magnum opus on MIT's Fabrication, or Fab Lab project in northern Norway. Find out how creative folks from across the globe are using some of the latest in software and hardware to build, well, whatever they want and whatever they need. Hear extended interviews with two of the top thinkers in the world of personal fabrication. As Jean-Luc Picard, Captain of the Starship Enterprise, says "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot." Replicators may not be as far away as you think! Believe it, Number One.

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We bid a fond farewell today to Don Adams, the man behind Maxwell Smart, Agent 86. Get Smart, which ran on US television from 1965 to 1969 was a comedic wonder, filled with all manner of crazy technology that never worked. Remember the shoe phone? The Cone of Silence? Anyway, we'll also talk about some new Chinese government regulations about what editors can, and can't, put online. Then, the prospects for the world's first face transplant, and USAID turns to the internet to raise private funds to help rebuild Iraq. We'll end the cast with a little asteroid target practice. What fun.

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That's right. The big 5-0. And what a lineup. We have podsafe punk rock from Beijing. We'll also talk squid, giant squid that is. Plus, blowing the lid on Hollywood science myths. And, what is the future of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's Future Combat Systems? A weighty issue, as we'll find out. We'll round things out with a look at a $100 laptop being developed at MIT. What would such a device mean for the developing world? All that, plus a big, big thanks to all of those listeners who have made the past 50 episodes so much fun to produce. Here's to you!

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