Ubud Writers & Readers Festival
110 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago -Southeast Asia’s most celebrated literary and artistic event, Ubud Writers & Readers Festival brings together the world’s leading authors, artists, thinkers and performers for five days of big ideas and extraordinary stories. In our podcast series, listen in to stories as told from the UWRF stage.
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KEMBALI20 Podcast | When the World Stopped Traveling
April 09, 2021 03:31 - 1 hour - 17.7 MBAs an island that relies heavily on tourism, the COVID-19 crisis has led to Bali’s most challenging period in recent memory. Our panelists have spent decades in Indonesia’s tourism industry … The post KEMBALI20 Podcast | When the World Stopped Traveling appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
KEMBALI20 Podcast | Made Janur Yasa: From Rubbish to Rice
March 31, 2021 02:16 - 54 minutes - 62.8 MBPelatih somatik dan instruktur bela diri, Made Janur Yasa, menemukan cara yang praktis dan efektif untuk mendorong warga mengelola sampahnya. Bagaimana? Dengan menukarnya dengan beras sumbangan. Seperti inilah terobosan pengelolaan … The post KEMBALI20 Podcast | Made Janur Yasa: From Rubbish to Rice appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
KEMBALI20 Podcast | Christina Thompson: Sea People: the Puzzle of Polynesia
March 27, 2021 08:20 - 1 hour - 32.1 MBIn Sea People, Christina Thompson explores the fascinating story of Polynesia’s ancient voyagers, as well as the sailors, linguists, archaeologists, folklorists, biologists, and geographers who have puzzled over this history … The post KEMBALI20 Podcast | Christina Thompson: Sea People: the Puzzle of Polynesia appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
KEMBALI20 Podcast | Ben Bland: Man of Contradictions: Joko Widodo and the Struggle to Remake Indonesia
March 22, 2021 07:15 - 1 hour - 32.9 MBMan of Contradictions, the first English-language biography of Jokowi, argues that the president embodies the fundamental contradictions of modern Indonesia. He is caught between democracy and authoritarianism, openness and protectionism, … The post KEMBALI20 Podcast | Ben Bland: Man of Contradictions: Joko Widodo and the Struggle to Remake Indonesia appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
KEMBALI20 Podcast | Tyson Yunkaporta: Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
March 19, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBTyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from an Indigenous perspective. His new book Sand Talk provides a template for living. It’s about how lines, symbols, and shapes can help us … The post KEMBALI20 Podcast | Tyson Yunkaporta: Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
KEMBALI20 Podcast | Edwidge Danticat: Everything Inside
March 16, 2021 07:21 - 1 hour - 72.7 MBEdwidge Danticat’s latest book of short stories, Everything Inside, is set in Port-au-Prince, Miami, and beyond. It reflects on community, family, and love, and how people come to terms with death, … The post KEMBALI20 Podcast | Edwidge Danticat: Everything Inside appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
KEMBALI20 Podcast | Febriana Firdaus: Investigative Reporting in Indonesia
March 10, 2021 15:11 - 1 hour - 69.7 MBIndependent investigative journalist, Febriana Firdaus, is a regular contributor to The Guardian, covering topics from COVID-19 to the Black Lives Matter movement in West Papua. Her works have appeared in … The post KEMBALI20 Podcast | Febriana Firdaus: Investigative Reporting in Indonesia appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
KEMBALI20 Podcast | Etgar Keret: Anything but Ordinary
March 09, 2021 00:46 - 53 minutes - 61.4 MB“My stories come from a very unconscious place. I don’t premeditate them, I don’t know what’s going to happen in them.” There’s no one like Etgar Keret. His stories take … The post KEMBALI20 Podcast | Etgar Keret: Anything but Ordinary appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
KEMBALI20 Podcast | James Oseland: In Search of the Cradle of Flavor
March 05, 2021 03:46 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBJoin James Oseland to hear about his travels in search of the world’s best restaurants, street food stalls, and home cooks. James is the author and editor of World Food, … The post KEMBALI20 Podcast | James Oseland: In Search of the Cradle of Flavor appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
KEMBALI20 Podcast| Intan Paramaditha: The Wandering
March 01, 2021 06:18 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBThe Guardian called Intan Paramaditha’s debut novel The Wandering an “ingenious choose-your-own-adventure challenge, [which is] at least five books in one.” Originally published in Indonesian as Gentayangan and translated into English by Stephen J. … The post KEMBALI20 Podcast| Intan Paramaditha: The Wandering appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF Podcast Rewind | UWRF18 Twenty Years Later
August 27, 2020 07:20 - 39 minutes - 31.6 MBIndonesia, 1998. With the fall of Suharto’s 32-year autocratic regime following years of political turmoil and violence, the ‘Reformation Era’ was ushered in. Heaped upon it were promises of freedom, … The post UWRF Podcast Rewind | UWRF18 Twenty Years Later appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF Podcast Rewind | UWRF18 Susi Pudjiastuti: Sink It
August 06, 2020 07:14 - 1 hour - 63.9 MB“Sink it” became a national catchphrase after Indonesia’s maverick (now former) Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries fulfilled her threat to sink any foreign boats found illegally fishing in Indonesian … The post UWRF Podcast Rewind | UWRF18 Susi Pudjiastuti: Sink It appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF19 Podcast | Indonesian Emerging Writers 2019
July 10, 2020 03:34 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBEach year UWRF puts a call out to emerging writers across the archipelago: send us your stories. In 2019, we received 1,253 submissions, the highest number since the Emerging Writers … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Indonesian Emerging Writers 2019 appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF19 Podcast | Indonesian, Elsewhere
July 03, 2020 03:10 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBAround 9 million Indonesians live and work overseas, along with countless descendants of Indonesian migrants. Our panel of orang Indonesia living in diaspora recounted their personal experiences of what it means to … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Indonesian, Elsewhere appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF19 Podcast | Homegrown Heroes
June 26, 2020 03:23 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBIndonesian comic superheroes have long been in the stranglehold of foreign character translations. But the Marvel Cinematic Universe is creating demand for local superheroes, along with Gundala, a recent film based … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Homegrown Heroes appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF19 Podcast | Life After #MeToo
June 19, 2020 03:55 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBThe dust has far from settled on #MeToo, “a movement that represents probably the greatest and most conspicuous collaboration of women since the suffragettes”, according to Sam George-Allen. With the … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Life After #MeToo appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF19 Podcast | Lucy Inglis: Milk of Paradise
June 12, 2020 06:34 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBPoppy tears, opium, heroin, fentanyl: poppy latex is a commodity without rival. Acclaimed cultural historian Lucy Inglis took us on an epic journey from ancient Mesopotamia to modern America and … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Lucy Inglis: Milk of Paradise appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF19 Podcast | Andreas Harsono: Race, Islam and Power
May 29, 2020 03:13 - 59 minutes - 54 MBAndreas Harsono has covered Indonesia for Human Rights Watch since 2008. His new book Race, Islam and Power: Ethnic and Religious Violence in Post-Suharto Indonesia is the result of his 15-year project … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Andreas Harsono: Race, Islam and Power appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF19 Podcast | The Role of the Arts in Cultural Diplomacy
May 22, 2020 02:29 - 1 hour - 56.5 MB“We’re fractured nations because we’re not reading or translating each other,” said Malaysian author Bernice Chauly during the UWRF17 panel on the 50th anniversary of ASEAN. Join our group of … The post UWRF19 Podcast | The Role of the Arts in Cultural Diplomacy appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF19 Podcast | Domestic Spaces
May 15, 2020 03:15 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBThe domestic, the interior and the personal have traditionally been relegated to the realm of women’s writing, which in recent years has been dismissed as too small to attract significant … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Domestic Spaces appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF19 Podcast | Yotam Ottolenghi: Simple
May 08, 2020 02:28 - 1 hour - 68.7 MB“In this day and age recipes are abundant… I love that I can learn a little bit more, whether it’s political, philosophical, historical, or personal.” For Yotam Ottolenghi, food is … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Yotam Ottolenghi: Simple appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF19 Podcast | Reza Aslan: God: A Human History
April 24, 2020 03:17 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBBorn into a Shia Muslim family that migrated to the US after fleeing the Iranian Revolution, Reza Aslan converted to Christianity as a teen and then returned to Islam. He … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Reza Aslan: God: A Human History appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF19 Podcast | Moving Pictures
April 17, 2020 07:27 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBThe way we consume stories is rapidly changing, and the popularity of graphic novels, memoirs and other types of visual storytelling for adult audiences proves images can capture enthralling narratives. … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Moving Pictures appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF19 Podcast | Weapons of Mass Distortion
February 27, 2020 08:14 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBIndonesia has 150 million internet users and 800,000 hoax-distributing websites, according to the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology. In a system swimming with fake news, what is the relationship … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Weapons of Mass Distortion appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF19 Podcast | The Karma of Comedy
December 04, 2019 08:28 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBFrom gentle mockery to caustic sarcasm, there’s a victim at the butt of most good laughs. Must comedy be cruel to work, and does that mean comedians have a free … The post UWRF19 Podcast | The Karma of Comedy appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF19 Podcast | Irvine Welsh: Choose Life
December 04, 2019 08:25 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBIt’s been 26 years since Irvine Welsh gave the world Trainspotting, the book deemed by Rebel Inc. “the best book ever written by man or woman” that went on to define a … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Irvine Welsh: Choose Life appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF19 Podcast | Akala: Natives
December 04, 2019 08:23 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBAward-winning hip-hop artist Akala’s bestselling Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire is a searing polemic on race and class in the British Empire. With a life and outlook shaped … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Akala: Natives appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF19 Podcast | Millennial Memoir
December 04, 2019 07:34 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBMemoirs are no longer seen as the self-indulgent domain of those at the end of long and accomplished lives: millennials around the world are writing fresh and compelling stories, tackling … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Millennial Memoir appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF19 Podcast | Multilingual Wordsmiths
December 04, 2019 06:55 - 1 hour - 67.1 MBCrafting the perfect sentence in one’s mother tongue is hard enough, without the complications that working in a second language brings. But that hasn’t stopped this panel. Not content to … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Multilingual Wordsmiths appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF19 Podcast | Indonesian Cinema as Soft Power
December 04, 2019 06:17 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBWith a vast domestic market and burgeoning production power, Indonesia’s film industry has huge potential. In recent times, Indonesian films and industry professionals have enjoyed rising international prominence. Could Indonesian … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Indonesian Cinema as Soft Power appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF19 Podcast | Lemn Sissay: My Name is Why
December 02, 2019 05:59 - 1 hour - 72.8 MBAfter a childhood in care, 17-year-old Norman Greenwood saw his birth certificate for the first time: his name was Lemn Sissay, he was British-Ethiopian, and his mother had never stopped … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Lemn Sissay: My Name is Why appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF19 Podcast | Is All Contemporary Fiction Speculative Fiction?
December 02, 2019 05:53 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBSpeculative fiction has lurked in the shadows of the literary scene for years while realism hogged the limelight. Now, as the natural and political spheres crumble around us, speculative fiction’s … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Is All Contemporary Fiction Speculative Fiction? appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF19 Podcast | Asia Pacific Futures on the Page, Stage and Screen
December 02, 2019 03:44 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBIn a 2019 Entertainment Weekly interview, Amy Tan reflected on the 30 years since her groundbreaking novel The Joy Luck Club was published, commenting on the remarkable difference in Asian representation in literature and … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Asia Pacific Futures on the Page, Stage and Screen appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF18 The World We Create | In Praise of Slow
January 24, 2019 05:56 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBFaster! Better! More! Productivity and personal achievement are dominant cultural values in 2018, but do we have to buy in? Our panel asks you to put down your phone, put … The post UWRF18 The World We Create | In Praise of Slow appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF18 In Their Own Words | Higher Self
January 24, 2019 05:53 - 1 hour - 54.1 MB“Writing poetry is like having a conversation with our higher self,” says American poet Jericho Brown. They hail from different generations but the lives of these four writers are shaped … The post UWRF18 In Their Own Words | Higher Self appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF18 This Indonesian Moment | Evolving Islam
January 24, 2019 05:46 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBNo religion has received as many headlines or as much misunderstanding in recent years as Islam. Our panelists study the faith in its many manifestations, from everyday lives in Indonesia … The post UWRF18 This Indonesian Moment | Evolving Islam appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
UWRF18 In Conversation | Reni Eddo-Lodge
January 24, 2019 05:43 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBAward-winning author and journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge’s Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race sparked a new and frank conversation about systemic racism. From eradicated black history to the inextricable … The post UWRF18 In Conversation | Reni Eddo-Lodge appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
In Their Own Words // Dazzling Debuts
June 05, 2018 08:30 - 59 minutes - 40.9 MBYou get one chance to make a first impression, and these authors did so with a splash! They’ll take us on the journey from unpublished hopeful to bestseller lists, film … The post In Their Own Words // Dazzling Debuts appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
Tanah Airku // Breaking Boundaries
June 05, 2018 08:22 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBIt’s often remarked that Balinese women are among the hardest working in the world. A patriarchal society and a seemingly endless cycle of temple rituals and communal obligations have imposed … The post Tanah Airku // Breaking Boundaries appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
Tanah Airku // An Archipelago of Art
May 29, 2018 03:50 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBIn an archipelago of 17,000 islands, artistic expression takes a breathtaking array of forms. Join us for a taste of some of the most exciting dance, literature and visual art … The post Tanah Airku // An Archipelago of Art appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
In-Conversation // Sophal Ear: Escaping the Khmer Rouge
May 29, 2018 03:14 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MBSophal Ear escaped the Khmer Rouge due to his mother’s unflinching determination and moved to the US at the age of ten. He has overcome both genocide and poverty to … The post In-Conversation // Sophal Ear: Escaping the Khmer Rouge appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
In-Conversation: Kate Cole-Adams: Anesthesia
February 06, 2018 18:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBAnaesthesia is a modern miracle. But how much do we really know about what happens to us on the operating table? Is pain still pain if we are not awake … The post In-Conversation: Kate Cole-Adams: Anesthesia appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
In-Conversation // Pierre Coffin: Movies and Minions
January 30, 2018 18:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBDid that Minion just say terima kasih? French-Indonesian animated film director and voice actor Pierre Coffin is the man behind the little yellow characters from the Despicable Me franchise, emblazoned … The post In-Conversation // Pierre Coffin: Movies and Minions appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
In-Conversation // Simon Armitage: From Punk to Poet
January 23, 2018 04:18 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MB“I’ve always tried to think of poetry as an active ingredient in the language…” From a life-long passion for rock music to his post as Oxford Professor of Poetry, poet, … The post In-Conversation // Simon Armitage: From Punk to Poet appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
In-Conversation // Fuchsia Dunlop: Land of Plenty
January 16, 2018 08:42 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBDescribed by the Observer Food Monthly as “a happy mix of scholarly and gluttonous”, Fuchsia Dunlop’s stories and recipes take us deep into the culinary heart of China. Join a … The post In-Conversation // Fuchsia Dunlop: Land of Plenty appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
In-Conversation // Jung Chang: Writing Modern China
January 09, 2018 20:00 - 1 hour - 53 MBWith Wild Swans, Jung Chang illuminated the lives of three generations of women in China. Former rocket factory worker Lijia Zhang’s Lotus, inspired by her grandmother’s experiences, tells the story … The post In-Conversation // Jung Chang: Writing Modern China appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
In-Conversation // Sutardji Calzoum Bachri: The Chanting Poet
January 01, 2018 22:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBIconic literary figure Sutardji once turned Indonesia’s time-worn poetry traditions upside down after proclaiming the liberation of words from their shackles of socially-enforced meanings. In an age of Twitwars and … The post In-Conversation // Sutardji Calzoum Bachri: The Chanting Poet appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
In-Conversation // Robert Dessaix: The Pleasures of Leisure
December 25, 2017 22:00 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MB“Nowadays everyone’s got to appear to be doing something,” notes Robert Dessaix. We’re working longer hours, consuming more than ever, and treat being busy as a status symbol. In a … The post In-Conversation // Robert Dessaix: The Pleasures of Leisure appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
In-Conversation // Michael Vatikiotis: Blood & Silk
December 18, 2017 22:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBHaving studied, worked and traveled in Southeast Asia as a journalist and peace mediator for more than three decades, Michael Vatikiotis peers beyond brand new shopping malls and shiny glass … The post In-Conversation // Michael Vatikiotis: Blood & Silk appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.
In-Conversation // Héctor Abad: First Person
December 11, 2017 22:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBHéctor Abad’s depictions of contemporary Colombian society have won readers around the world. In Oblivion, the memoir of his father’s life and murder by Colombian paramilitaries, personal events are the … The post In-Conversation // Héctor Abad: First Person appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.