Τα καλύτερα Southeast Asian podcast (2024)

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China and the Indo-Pacific: Policies and Global Implications 29:49

2d ago29:49

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Why has the Indo-Pacific become the pre-eminent theatre of global geo-strategic and geo-economic competition? What is the interest and role of different actors such as China, Russia, the US, the EU and NATO in the region? How are small island developing states such as the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Kiribati, and Vanuatu affected by challeng…

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#125: Stalked by a Dopplegänger - GHOST MAPS 14:02

3d ago14:02

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In our final episode for this season, the television personality that The Collector has been speaking with shares an encounter he had with a dopplegänger. His story, however, takes a darker turn—one with possible implications for The Collector. Ghost Maps follows an unnamed narrator as he chronicles true accounts of the supernatural across Southeas…

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Juan José Rivas Moreno, "The Capital Market of Manila and the Pacific Trade, 1668-1838" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024) 55:31

3d ago55:31

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Many authors have written about the Manila Galleons, the massive ships that took goods back and forth between Acapulco and Manila, ferrying silver one way, and Chinese-made goods the other. But how did the Galleons actually work? Who paid for them? How did buyers and sellers negotiate with each other? Who set the rules? Why on earth did the shipper…

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Enze Han, "The Ripple Effect: China's Complex Presence in Southeast Asia" (Oxford UP, 2024) 25:48

3d ago25:48

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Many studies of China's relations with and influence on Southeast Asia tend to focus on how Beijing has used its power asymmetry to achieve regional influence. Yet, scholars and pundits often fail to appreciate the complexity of the contemporary Chinese state and society, and just how fragmented, decentralized, and internationalized China is today.…

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Melissa Johnston, "Building Peace, Rebuilding Patriarchy: The Failure of Gender Interventions in Timor-Leste" (Oxford UP, 2023) 1:01:48

8d ago1:01:48

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Over the two decades since the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, peacebuilding interventions around the globe have increasingly incorporated gender perspectives. These initiatives have used both development programs and gender mainstreaming to advance women's empowerment, with the aim of makin…

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Kevin D. Pham, "The Architects of Dignity: Vietnamese Visions of Decolonization" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:11:01

8d ago1:11:01

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In The Architects of Dignity: Vietnamese Visions of Decolonization (Oxford UP, 2024), Kevin D. Pham introduces Vietnamese political thought to debates in political theory, showing how Vietnamese thinkers challenge Western conventional wisdom. He traces an intergenerational debate among six influential figures in colonial Vietnam. These figures had …

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Threats to Academic Freedom in Thailand 17:16

9d ago17:16

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What are the threats to academic freedom in Thailand? Why does the freedom of scholars and students matter for society at large and how are the attacks on Thai academia linked to the larger democracy movement in the region? Julia Olsson, a doctoral student at the Center for East and South-East Asian Studies at Lund University, talks to Dr. Karin Za…

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Nathan McGovern, "Holy Things: The Genealogy of the Sacred in Thai Religion" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:07:20

10d ago1:07:20

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Scholars of religion have mostly abandoned the concept of "syncretism" in which certain apparent deviations from "standard" practice are believed to be the result of a mixture of religions. This is particularly relevant to Thailand, in which ordinary religious practice was seen by an earlier generation of scholars as a mixture of three religions: l…

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Mattias Fibiger, "Suharto's Cold War: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and the World" (Oxford UP, 2023) 49:55

13d ago49:55

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Conventional accounts of the Cold War focus on competition between the United States and Soviet Union as key to shaping world events. In focusing on the agency of Indonesia’s Suharto regime during its first decades, Matthias Fibiger casts new light on how the Cold War was experienced elsewhere. Based on extensive analysis of state archival records,…

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Haunted Schools Vol. 1 - DEAD AIR 1:16:55

4d ago1:16:55

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Kyle and Wayne look at some of the supposedly most haunted schools around Asia and discuss the legends behind them. ►THIS EPISODE'S HORROR RECOMMENDATIONS: Ateneo de Manila University High School 5 in Bandung, Indonesia The Tuol Svay Pray High School in Phnom Penh Three children in an upper level primary school in the Tonk district of India The Tat…

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Investing in Southeast Asia: Key insights for Australian Researchers 30:00

16d ago30:00

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Southeast Asia is of vital importance to Australia. As a nation, Australia’s prosperity, security and economic future are intimately connected to the region. According to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs, Southeast Asia is expected to be the fourth largest economy in the world by 2040, with its middle class already numbering close to 20…

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#124: An Encounter with Heibai Wuchang - GHOST MAPS 13:14

8d ago13:14

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A young boy thought he was just going to be late from school, until he meets a seemingly terrifying deity—right on the lift landing of his flat. Ghost Maps follows an unnamed narrator as he chronicles true accounts of the supernatural across Southeast Asia. ►GHOST MAPS CREDITS: Kyle Ong - Director Wayne Rée - Writer Joline Lim - Art Director ►SUPPO…

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Pankaj Jain, "Visual Anthropology of Indian Films: Religious Communities and Cultural Traditions in Bollywood and Beyond" (Routledge, 2024) 28:04

17d ago28:04

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Visual Anthropology of Indian Films: Religious Communities and Cultural Traditions in Bollywood and Beyond (Routledge, 2024) provides a unique insider’s look at the world’s largest film industry, now globally known as ‘Bollywood’ and challenges existing notions about Indian films. Indian films have been a worldwide phenomenon for decades. Chapters …

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Herald van der Linde, "Majapahit: Intrigue, Betrayal and War in Indonesia's Greatest Empire" (Monsoon Books, 2024) 47:39

17d ago47:39

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Majapahit was Indonesia, and Southeast Asia’s, largest empire. Centered on the island of Java, Majapahit commanded loyalty from vassals across the archipelago: on Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, and even the Malay Peninsula, including a tiny village called Tumasik–known today as Singapore. The empire lasted for around 230 years, from its founding in 129…

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Talking Thai Politics: Pornchai Witayalerdpan – What’s Up with the Thai Senate? 31:18

23d ago31:18

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How exactly were Thailand’s new slate of 200 Senators selected? What is it like to be an independent member of the Senate, when the chamber is now dominated by members closely associated with one of the government parties? Now that the Thai senate plays no role in selecting the prime minister, is it anything more than a talking-shop? What is the at…

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Theara Thun, "Epistemology of the Past: Texts, History, and Intellectuals of Cambodia, 1855–1970" (U Hawaii Press, 2024) 46:18

27d ago46:18

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In Cambodian history most people have heard of the great Khmer empire of Angkor, and the radical communist regime of the Khmer Rouge. But who has heard of the famous story of the sweet cucumber farmer who became king of Cambodia in the fourteenth century? In this original book, Epistemology of the Past: Texts, History, and Intellectuals of Cambodia…

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How Are Southeast Asia’s Toxic Alliances Undermining the Region’s Prospects for Democracy? 42:27

1M ago42:27

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Why are dubious power-sharing deals on the rise across Southeast Asia? What effects do they have on the region’s prospects for democracy? And are they going to be tolerated? Join Petra Alderman as she talks to Duncan McCargo and Rendy Pahrun Wadipalapa about their recent Journal of Democracy article ‘Southeast Asia’s Toxic Alliances.’ They discuss …

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#123: They played with a Satanic Oujia Board - GHOST MAPS 17:50

1M ago17:50

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A group of friends discover a way to use an ouija board. They soon discover though that while the board might be virutal, the consequences of toying with it are all too real. Ghost Maps follows an unnamed narrator as he chronicles true accounts of the supernatural across Southeast Asia. This episode of Ghost Maps is brought to you by TurisVPN. The …

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Alice Rudge, "Sensing Others: Voicing Batek Ethical Lives at the Edge of a Malaysian Rain Forest" (U Nebraska Press, 2024) 1:13:46

1M ago1:13:46

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How do we confront difference and change in a rapidly shifting environment? Many indigenous peoples are facing this question in their daily lives. Sensing Others: Voicing Batek Ethical Lives at the Edge of a Malaysian Rain Forest (U Nebraska Press, 2024) explores the lives of Batek people in Peninsular Malaysia amid the strange and the new in the b…

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Public Healthcare Under Decentralized Governance in Indonesia and the Philippines 40:09

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Today’s episode focuses on the policy challenges and politics of public healthcare in Southeast Asia, a topic which has become increasingly visible and important in Southeast Asia and in the study of the region over the past decades in the context of expanding public healthcare programs in many countries across the region and the recent experience …

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Talking Thai Politics: Why Thai Politics isn’t All About China 30:58

1M ago30:58

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How far does geopolitics relate to domestic political leanings? Are politically progressive Thais more likely to be pro-US, and more politically conservative Thais likely to favour China? A recent article by Petra Alderman, Duncan McCargo, Alfred Gerstl and James Icovocci drawing on a 2022 survey finds some relationship between liberal domestic pol…

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Adam Bobbette, "The Pulse of the Earth: Political Geology in Java" (Duke UP, 2023) 41:23

1M ago41:23

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In The Pulse of the Earth: Political Geology in Java (Duke UP, 2023), Adam Bobbette tells the story of how modern theories of the earth emerged from the slopes of Indonesia's volcanoes. Beginning in the late nineteenth century, scientists became concerned with protecting the colonial plantation economy from the unpredictable bursts and shudders of …

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#122: The Spirit that stole his Beret in Pulau Tekong - GHOST MAPS 15:32

1M ago15:32

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A national service medic finds out the hard way that his beret doesn't offer the same protection as his religious amulet, while he was stationed on Pulau Tekong. Ghost Maps follows an unnamed narrator as he chronicles true accounts of the supernatural across Southeast Asia. ►GHOST MAPS CREDITS: Kyle Ong - Director Wayne Rée - Writer Joline Lim - Ar…

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Ah Girl Goes Horror FT. Belle Chua - DEAD AIR 2:03:10

2M ago2:03:10

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Ah Girls Go Army star, Belle Chua, shares with Kyle and Wayne ghosts stories from the sets of the various productions she's been a part of—and from her own personal life too! ►FOLLOW BELLE CHUA HERE: Instagram ►THIS EPISODE'S HORROR RECOMMENDATIONS: Dead Silence (2007) Incantation (2022) Ghost Mansion (2021) ►DEAD AIR CREDITS: Wayne Rée - Host / Wr…

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Talking Thai Politics: Tak Bai and Beyond, Thailand’s Southern Insurgency 26:51

2M ago26:51

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In the wake of the twentieth anniversary of the dreadful Tak Bai massacre, what are the prospects for a resolution of the long-standing insurgency in Thailand Malay-Muslim majority southern border provinces? Why has the Paetongtarn Shinawatra government failed to support justice for the families of the 85 men who died in the incident? Why do absurd…

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"The Languages of Indonesian Politics" Revisited 35:56

2M ago35:56

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In 1966 Benedict Anderson published 'The Languages of Indonesian Politics', a seminal paper exploring the development of Indonesian as a new language for talking about national politics. In that paper Anderson underlined the contrast between the formal/official style of Indonesian news reports and the colloquial, playful speech style of ordinary Ja…

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Unpacking Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia with Dan Slater 56:24

2M ago56:24

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Today’s episode focuses on a major issue of enduring importance in Southeast Asia and in Southeast Asian Studies: authoritarianism. Even today, various forms of dictatorship remain alive and well across Southeast Asia, raising questions about their origins, their endurance, and the prospects for their evolution. To discuss these issues, we are join…

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Talking Thai Politics: Prajak Kongkirati, Thailand: Contestation, Polarization and Democratic Regression (Cambridge 2024) 25:48

2M ago25:48

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Why has Thailand’s politics been so contested and so intensely polarized in recent decades? How can we account for the persistent democratic regression of the past twenty years, despite the fact that the parallel vigour of progressive oppositional politics remains a source of hope for many? In this episode of Talking Thai Politics, prominent Thai p…

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#121: Collecting Stories from the Dead - GHOST MAPS - True Southeast Asian Horror Stories 18:04

2M ago18:04

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The Collector finally learns about his new responsibilities—and gets a story about a wandering spirit in Seletar. Ghost Maps follows an unnamed narrator as he chronicles true accounts of the supernatural across Southeast Asia. ►GHOST MAPS CREDITS: Kyle Ong - Director Wayne Rée - Writer Joline Lim - Art Director ►SUPPORT & FIND US HERE: HANTU Instag…

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Andrea Benvenuti, "Nehru's Bandung: Non-Alignment and Regional Order in Indian Cold War Strategy" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:17:46

2M ago1:17:46

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In 1955, the leaders of 29 Asian and African countries flock to the small city of Bandung, Indonesia, for the first-ever Afro-Asian conference. India and its prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru played a key role in organizing the conference, and Bandung is now seen as a part of Nehru’s push to create a non-Western foreign policy that aligned with neith…

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Michael G. Vann, "The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empire, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam" (Oxford UP, 2018) 1:00:36

2M ago1:00:36

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A funny thing happened to historian Michael Vann* on the way to his PhD thesis. While he was doing his research on French colonialism and the urbanist project in Hanoi, he came across an intriguing dossier: “Destruction of animals in the city”. The documents he found started him on a research path that led to a section of his dissertation, then an …

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Anto Mohsin, "Electrifying Indonesia: Technology and Social Justice in National Development" (U Wisconsin Press, 2023) 1:08:26

2M ago1:08:26

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Electrifying Indonesia: Technology and Social Justice in National Development (U Wisconsin Press, 2023) tells the story of the entanglement of politics and technology during Indonesia's rapid post-World War II development. As a central part of its nation-building project, the Indonesian state sought to supply electricity to the entire country, brin…

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Tetee Insixiengmay: World Traveler 41:54

2M ago41:54

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Cherish the past, dream of the future but live, today… Time waits for no one and when Tee Insixiengmay needed a fresh start after a tough break up, he bought a one-way ticket to the adventure of a lifetime. From his ancestral homeland in Laos, to the mountains of South America, Tee has been back packing his way around the globe with the goal of vis…

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Corey Ross, "Liquid Empire: Water and Power in the Colonial World" (Princeton UP, 2024) 1:22:34

2M ago1:22:34

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In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a handful of powerful European states controlled more than a third of the land surface of the planet. These sprawling empires encompassed not only rainforests, deserts, and savannahs but also some of the world’s most magnificent rivers, lakes, marshes, and seas. Liquid Empire: Water and Power in the Coloni…

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Jacques Bertrand, "Winning by Process: The State and Neutralization of Ethnic Minorities in Myanmar" (Cornell UP, 2022) 49:51

3M ago49:51

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Winning by Process: The State and Neutralization of Ethnic Minorities in Myanmar (Southeast Asia Program Publications/Cornell UP, 2022) asks why the peace process stalled in the decade from 2011 to 2021 despite a liberalizing regime, a national ceasefire agreement, and a multilateral peace dialogue between the state and ethnic minorities. Winning b…

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Looking Back on Tales From Incredible Tales with Raihan Yacob - DEAD AIR 1:34:49

3M ago1:34:49

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Tales From Incredible Tales co-host, Raihan Yacob, joins Kyle and Wayne to talk about the new season of the series—and some of the more unsettling things that happened during filming. ►FOLLOW RAIHAN YACOB HERE: YouTube Instagram TikTok ►CHECK OUT INCREDIBLE TALES HERE: YouTube: https://youtu.be/MfWL7V2oxKY Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3RD…

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Talking Thai Politics: Kunthika Nutcharut, Defending Disruptors 31:54

3M ago31:54

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What is it like to be a human rights lawyer in Thailand? How does the new generation of 2020s political activists differ from those of previous eras? In this episode of Talking Thai Politics, we talk to Kunthika Nutcharut about her work with Thai Lawyers for Human Rights. Kunthika comes from a political family – her lawyer father Krisadang Nutcharu…

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#120: The Pontianak in Istana Woodneuk - GHOST MAPS - True Southeast Asian Horror Stories 15:22

3M ago15:22

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An urban explorer encounters a woman in white, while taking photos in a long abandoned building. Plus, The Collector's role becomes clearer, after he speaks with his friend, Alice. Ghost Maps follows an unnamed narrator as he chronicles true accounts of the supernatural across Southeast Asia. ►GHOST MAPS CREDITS: Kyle Ong - Director Wayne Rée - Wri…

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James Villanueva, "Awaiting MacArthur's Return: World War II Guerrilla Resistance against the Japanese in the Philippines" (UP of Kansas, 2022) 33:36

3M ago33:36

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Over the course of World War II, guerrillas from across the Philippines opposed Imperial Japan's occupation of the archipelago. Although the guerrillas never possessed the combat strength to overcome the Japanese occupation on their own, they disrupted operations, kept the spirit of resistance alive, provided important intelligence to the Allies, a…

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Juan José Rivas Moreno, "The Capital Market of Manila and the Pacific Trade, 1668-1838" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024) 53:14

3M ago53:14

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Economic history has always emphasized the importance of long-distance trade in the emergence of modern financial markets, yet almost nothing is known about the Manila trade. The Capital Market of Manila and the Pacific Trade, 1668-1838 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024) offers the first reconstruction of the capital market of Manila using new archival sou…

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Bananapocalypse: Plantation Southeast Asia and Its Many Afterlives 46:22

3M ago46:22

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This episode focuses on a cluster of issues of longstanding significance in Southeast Asia and in Southeast Asian Studies – plantation agriculture, global commodity chains or supply chains, exploitation of labour and environmental degradation, and resistance. To discuss these issues, we are joined by Dr. Alyssa Paredes, an environmental and economi…

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Prabowo Subianto and the Decline of Indonesian Democracy 41:34

3M ago41:34

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Today’s episode focuses on Indonesia, the presidential election held in February 2024, and the impending inauguration of the winner of that election, former Army general and current defence minister Prabowo Subianto, in a few weeks’ time. Prabowo’s victory in February, events over the past several months, and the imminent transition to a Prabowo pr…

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Charles Keith, "Subjects and Sojourners: A History of Indochinese in France" (U California Press, 2024) 49:27

3M ago49:27

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When we think of the history of French colonialism in Indochina, we tend to think of the French in Indochina. Yet during the colonial period about 200,000 Vietnamese, Cambodians, and Lao travelled to France to study, work, or plan revolution. While we may be familiar with the most famous of these Indochinese sojourners in France, Nguyen Ai Quoc, ak…

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James A. Anderson, "The Dong World and Imperial China's Southwest Silk Road: Trade, Security, and State Formation" (U Washington Press, 2024) 31:05

3M ago31:05

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From the eighth to thirteenth centuries along China’s rugged southern periphery, trade in tribute articles and an interregional horse market thrived. These ties dramatically affected imperial China’s relations with the emerging kingdoms in its borderlands. Local chiefs before the tenth century had considered the control of such contacts an importan…

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Mark Tamthai: Remembering Chaiwat Satha-Anand 33:16

3M ago33:16

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Why was the late Ajarn Chaiwat Satha-Anand so passionate about bringing peace to Thailand’s deep south? How did he try to speak nonviolence to Thai power elites? In this episode of Talking Thai Politics, Ajarn Mark Tamthai of Payap University talks about his memories of working with Chaiwat, especially their efforts to end the ongoing violent confl…

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#119: Haunted Hospital in Hong Kong - GHOST MAPS - True Southeast Asian Horror Stories 13:49

3M ago13:49

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A pregnant woman finds herself at the mercy of a spirit in a Causeway Bay hospital. Plus, The Collector discovers more about his third eye and how it connects to previous collectors. Ghost Maps follows an unnamed narrator as he chronicles true accounts of the supernatural across Southeast Asia. ►GHOST MAPS CREDITS: Kyle Ong - Director Wayne Rée - W…

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Max Hirsh and Till Mostowlansky, "Infrastructure and the Remaking of Asia" (U Hawaii Press, 2022) 1:05:13

3M ago1:05:13

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In the twenty-first century, infrastructure has undergone a seismic shift from West to East. Once concentrated in Europe and North America, global infrastructure production today is focused squarely on Asia. Infrastructure and the Remaking of Asia (U Hawaii Press, 2022) investigates the deeper implications of that pivot to the East. Written by lead…

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Soraj Hongladarom et al., "Philosophies of Appropriated Religions: Perspectives from Southeast Asia" (Springer, 2024) 53:17

3M ago53:17

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The open-access edited volume Philosophies of Appropriated Religions: Perspectives from Southeast Asia (Springer, 2023) collects philosophical approaches to Southeast Asian traditions of philosophy and religion. The editors, Soraj Hongladarom, Jeremiah Joven Joaquin, and Frank J. Hoffman, have produced a volume that treats traditional topics in phi…

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Beng Huat Chua, "Public Subsidy, Private Accumulation: The Political Economy of Singapore's Public Housing" (NUS Press, 2024) 1:07:39

3M ago1:07:39

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The achievement of Singapore’s national public housing program is impressive by any standard. Within a year of its first election victory in 1959, the People's Action Party began to deliver on its promises in dramatic fashion. By the 1980s, 85 percent of the population had been rehoused in modern flats, and today, decades later, the provision of pu…

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Meg Rithmire, "Precarious Ties: Business and the State in Authoritarian Asia" (Oxford UP, 2023) 56:49

4M ago56:49

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Developing Asia has been the site of some of the last century's fastest growing economies as well as some of the world's most durable authoritarian regimes. Many accounts of rapid growth alongside monopolies on political power have focused on crony relationships between the state and business. But these relationships have not always been smooth, as…

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