Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast
132 episodes - English - Latest episode: 27 days ago -If you missed a moment of enlightenment or entertainment at this year’s Anniversary Festival, we’ve got you covered. Our 2023 festival highlights program brings a collection of captivating conversations by local and international Festival guests directly to your home. With lively talks and reflections aimed at understanding the past, our present, and how our words and actions shape the future.
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#UWRF23 Festival Highlights | Exploring Queerness in Poetry
April 01, 2024 05:18 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBFor our 2023 Festival Highlights finale, listen to unexpected stories of pride and resilience from four incredible queer poets and writers. Hear from Virginia Helzainka, Chris Tse, Norman Erikson Pasaribu, and Broede Carmody as they discuss their journeys of self-discovery, and the rich diversity of queer poetics and the queer community, in conversation with fellow Adolfo Aranjuez. In this short highlight moment, Indonesian writer Norman Erikson Pasaribu talks about using poetry to advocate...
#UWRF23 Festival Highlights | Bernardine Evaristo's Writing Journey
March 22, 2024 08:45 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBThis week, get inspired by our in-depth conversation with 2019 Booker Prize–winning author Bernardine Evaristo, who discusses her radically honest memoir, Manifesto: On Never Giving Up, serving as an inspiring guide for how to be persistent in your craft, career, and life, with the Director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Jenny Niven. To listen to more of this insightful conversation, visit our website at ubudwritersfestival.com/media, or click the link in our bio to listen t...
#UWRF23 Festival Highlights | Reviving Bali: A Path to Net Zero by 2045
March 18, 2024 02:23 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBFor our next live-recorded highlight session from our 2023 Festival, listen to urban experts in sustainable development and local Balinese figures Cok Putra, I Nyoman Satya Kumara, Putu Yindy Kurniawan, and Gungtik Rismayanti, and Dian Tri Irawaty as they discuss opportunities, challenges, local solutions and best practices, as well as lessons learned in Bali’s journey to achieve net-zero emissions goal by 2045, with Wayan Juniarta. To watch or listen to the full session, visit our website ...
#UWRF23 Festival Highlights | Unsettling Colonial Structures
March 13, 2024 04:14 - 1 hour - 55 MBRevisit our 2023 Festival highlight conversation recorded live at Indus Restaurant. Listen as Professors Aaron Corn, Marcia Langton, and Todung Mulya Lubis join Katie Carr to discuss their personal approaches on how indigenous traditions and laws can drive innovation and how we can initiate a dialogue about reshaping settler colonial systems using indigenous law for a more sustainable future. To watch this insightful talk, visit our website at ubudwritersfestival.com/media, or click the li...
#UWRF23 Festival Highlights | High Tea Book Club
March 04, 2024 06:59 - 1 hour - 55 MBOn this week's 2023 highlight conversation program, watch the Festival High Tea Book Club recorded live at Ubud's most iconic hotel Amandari with host Laksmi DeNeefe Suardana and dazzling female guests Tracey Lien, Claudia Bellante, Megan Nolan, and Dias Novita Wuri, who are talking about books that have inspired them, and the joys of reading. To watch or listen to the full session, visit our website at ubudwritersfestival.com/media, or click the link in our bio to listen to this session on...
#UWRF23 Festival Highlights | Geetanjali Shree's Literary Reflections
February 16, 2024 11:04 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBIn an extraordinary conversation, eminent Indian author and Hindi language novelist Geetanjali Shree takes the stage to reflect on her literary journey. Winner of the International Booker Prize for her recently translated Tomb of Sand, she has written fiction novels, short stories, and essays, earning recognition and acclaim for her insightful and thought-provoking writings that reflect on the challenges and experiences of women in Indian society. She also explores themes of identity, love, ...
#UWRF23 Festival Highlights | Exploring Islam with Muhammad Quraish Shihab: Insights into Diversity
February 09, 2024 04:00 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBDengan kebijaksanaan dan kejujuran yang mengagumkan, penulis, cendekiawan akademis, dan mantan Menteri Agama Indonesia di Kabinet Pembangunan Keempat pada 1998 silam, M. Quraish Shihab yang memimpin Pusat Studi Al-Qur'an membagikan penafsirannya yang melimpah, tentang seluk-beluk masyarakat, dan kapasitasnya untuk menjawab tantangan dalam komunitas Islam global. Nantikan penjelajahan yang mencerahkan ke dalam esensi Islam yang beraneka ragam, dipandu oleh Debra Yatim, seorang aktivis, jurnal...
#UWRF23 Festival Highlights | Geraldine Brooks – Horse
February 02, 2024 07:12 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBFor our next 2023 Festival Live-Recorded highlight conversation, listen to Geraldine Brooks, an American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, as she discusses her recent novel 'Horse' with Australian journalist Leigh Sales. Casting fresh light on America's past, her latest novel explores the story of a real-life racehorse named Lexington, one of the most famous thoroughbreds in American history, packed in multi-layered historical fiction. Through the lens of horse racing, Brooks weaves a rich ta...
#UWRF23 Festival Highlights | Journey to Freedom
January 26, 2024 00:27 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBIn a compassionate conversation, Cuban American artist Edel Rodriguez, Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani, and Indonesian artist Agus Nur Amal (PM Toh) speak of their personal experience as refugees. Appearing in our short clip, Edel Rodriguez talks about hearing Donald Trump in 2015, as a candidate for president, echoing Castro’s talking points, and how he felt the need to sound the alarm. Watch these urgent and hopeful stories of survival, transformation, and triumph at ubudwrit...
#UWRF23 Festival Highlights | Women Shaping Indonesian Literature
January 19, 2024 06:41 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBListen to another of the highlight conversation recorded live from the 2023 Festival featuring Intan Paramaditha, Dee Lestari, and Lala Bohang. These three Indonesian literary powerhouses spearhead the Indonesian literary era, breaking barriers, and paving new paths for future writers. With powerful prose, Dee Lestari resonates with millions; Intan Paramaditha fearlessly challenges norms, and Lala Bohang’s visionary art weaves magic with words and visuals. To watch the full session, visit o...
#UWRF23 Festival Highlights | Vandana Shiva and 50 Years of Environmental Justice
January 12, 2024 07:21 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBFor our upcoming 2023 Festival live-recorded highlight sessions, hear the highly regarded Indian environmentalist Vandana Shiva discuss her five-decade-long fight for environmental justice in India. In conversation with Indonesian forest conservationist Farwiza Farhan, she shares her tireless efforts to save forests, shut down polluting mines, expose the dangers of pesticides, spur on the global campaign for organic farming, champion ecofeminism, and take on powerful chemical corporations. ...
#UWRF23 Festival Highlights | Unveiling 'Tri Samaya': Exploring the Essence of Time
January 05, 2024 06:32 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBThis week, listen to Dr. Ravinjay Kuckreja, Darma Putra, and Sugi Lanus in an extraordinary conversation as they reflect on the 2023 Festival theme. The theme draws inspiration from the profound Balinese concept of ‘Tri Semaya,’ a philosophical view of time as non-linear, circular, and collective. Darma Putra, a writer and reader of ancient texts, will explain this philosophy, while Dr. Ravinjay Kuckreja and Sugi Lanus will offer insights from Hinduism and ancient Balinese and Javanese wisdo...
#UWRF23 Festival Highlights | Clashes and Hope: Unpacking the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
December 21, 2023 07:24 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBJoin us for our second highlighted conversation recorded live from our 20th Anniversary, where our speakers provide an analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Hear from Middle East experts Michael Vatikiotis and Antony Loewenstein as they shed light on a relentless and deadly conflict that has persisted for decades. In conversation with investigative journalist Kirsti Melville, they discuss how the surge of ultra-nationalism in Israel risks undermining prospects for a two-state solutio...
#UWRF23 Festival Highlights | 20 Years of UWRF: A Reflective Celebration
December 15, 2023 05:02 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBThe time has come, and we'll be bringing you conversations recorded live from our 20th Anniversary. Start your highlight program journey with Festival Founder and Director Janet DeNeefe and some old Festival friends - Toni Pollard, Kadek Purnami, and Festival Manager Dwi Ermayanthi - as they recall the humble beginnings, surprises, and future of the annual event we've all come to love. Available on all major podcasting platforms. To watch the full session, visit our website at ubudwriter...
#UWRF22 Festival Highlights | Climate Change in the Austral-Asian Region
April 21, 2023 09:01 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBTo celebrate the birthday of female Indonesian heroine, Raden Adjeng Kartini (1879-1904), who fought for gender equality and the right to education for all, our #UWRF22 Highlight Session will bring you a panel discussion on Women in Fiction. Women throughout history, and even now, face discrimination in the literary world. In the late 18th and 19th centuries, writing as a profession was primarily considered unsuitable for women. Many women wrote under male pseudonyms, such as George Eliot, ...
#UWRF22 Festival Highlights | The Causes and Consequences of Disinformation and Misinformation
April 14, 2023 02:16 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBIt is no secret that politicians wield disinformation as a political tool, to drive people apart and control them. For example, the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar was partly incited by Facebook posts. There were even conspiracy theorists who denied that the COVID-19 pandemic existed, which led to people disregarding masks, among other things. Online disinformation seems to influence peoples' public and private views on a range of issues, from politics, public health, the environment, and relig...
#UWRF22 Festival Highlights | In Conversation with Michael Vatikiotis
April 06, 2023 07:19 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBEnjoy another one of our #UWRF22 highlight episode sessions with one of the finest Southeast Asian correspondents and private diplomats of our time, Michael Vatikiotis. In a conversation moderated by Janet Steele, Vatikiotis will talk about his new book, Lives Between the Lines: A Journey In Search of the Lost Levant. It's a fascinating memoir, detailing the author’s Greek and Italian forebears who lived in Egypt and Palestine, respectively, that spans from the mid-1800s to the end of the ...
#UWRF22 Festival Highlights | From Book to Screen
March 30, 2023 03:35 - 51 minutes - 47 MBToday, Indonesia celebrates its National Film Day. On March 30, 1950, legendary Indonesian filmmaker Usmar Ismail directed the country’s first full-length feature film produced by a national company. To mark this special occasion, this week’s #UWRF22 Highlight Session will bring you our Main Program discussion called “From Book to Screen”. Adapting a book into screen can be a delicate process. Authors might take too much control in the process, and fans might be disappointed by the screen ...
#UWRF22 Festival Highlights | Connecting Life With Words: The Women Powering Poetry
March 20, 2023 09:37 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBIn this week’s #UWRF22 Highlight Sessions episode, indulge yourself in an emotional journey alongside three international female poets who share their stories about their creative lives with a celebrated Balinese poet. In the conversation is the female Balinese poet, Kadek Sonia Piscayanti, with Venilla Rajaguru from India, Afra Atiq from the United Arab Emirates, and Bejan Matur from Turkey. They explore the power of emotions, as well as how they’ve transmuted their personal life’s pains an...
#UWRF22 Festival Highlights | Speculative Fiction: Exploring Our Future
March 16, 2023 01:30 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBSpeculative fiction immerses us in a vision of the world that could become true from a plethora of latent possibilities. Speculative fiction uses storytelling as a tool to educate and influence people's perspectives by creating a world that expands on contemporary society. Renowned authors Laura Jean McKay, Norman Erikson Pasaribu and Sequoia Nagamatsu will speak to the power of speculative fiction to pose the question: what if? Tune in to the latest episode of #UWRF22Highlights here: YouT...
#UWRF22 Festival Highlights | Representing Women in Cinema and Popular Culture
March 08, 2023 01:36 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBThis week’s #UWRF22Highlights episode seeks to mark International Women’s Day by featuring a discussion on Women Representation in Cinema and Popular Culture. You can listen to Indonesia’s two prominent female film directors, Nia Dinata and Kamila Andini, as well as female Indonesian visual artist, curator, and craftswoman, Ika Vantiani, as they talk about their creative evolution and challenges they face regarding sexism and censorship in the local film and popular culture scene. Renowned I...
#UWRF22 Festival Highlights | Where is Indonesian Art Going
March 02, 2023 09:00 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBIn the week’s #UWRF22 highlight episode, the Indonesian artist, Saras Dewi, and the Director of Museum MACAN, Aaron Seeto, come together to discuss the journey in tracing the development of contemporary art in Indonesia. Join the Social Affairs Editor, Jewel Topsfield, who is asking questions on how contemporary Indonesian art identifies in the midst of a cosmopolitan and cross-border art climate. You can listen to this #UWRF2022 session also on Spotify, or watch it on YouTube 👉 http://bit....
#UWRF22 Festival Highlights | Combatting Racism through Creative Practice
February 23, 2023 10:08 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBIn this #UWRF22Highlights episode, join Miles Merrill in an important and critical conversation with the Australian Poetry Slam Champion, Huda Fadlelmawla, as well as West Timor-based writer, Felix K. Nesi, and the broadcaster/comedian, Sami Shah. The participants give their unique perspectives on race, racism, and racial justice. You can listen to this #UWRF2022 session on Spotify, or watch it on YouTube 👉 http://bit.ly/UWRF22FestivalHighlights.
#UWRF22 Festival Highlights | Rekindling Dormant Languages
February 16, 2023 10:30 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBThe 21st of February is International #MotherLanguageDay! To celebrate the power of mother languages, we are presenting another #UWRF22 highlight session. This time, featuring Irish Novelist, Audrey Magee, who’s ‘The Colony’ novel got shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2022. As well as the celebrated Indonesian Writer, Saut Poltak Tambunan, and Indonesian Writer and Translator, and selected Festival Emerging Writer, Putu Juli Sastrawan. You can listen to this #UWRF2022 session also on Spot...
#UWRF22 Festival Highlights | Music That Defines Us
February 09, 2023 09:48 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBJoin music editor Lauren Ziegler for a special in-conversation with Meita Kasim, Sally Breen, and Gede Robi. It’ll be a powerful and accessible exploration about music, and its key role in social activism and human rights movements. In this special episode, the three guests share how music has influenced their lives, their passions, and fuelled their creative pursuits. You can listen to this #UWRF2022 session on Spotify, or watch it on YouTube 👉 http://bit.ly/UWRF22FestivalHighlights.
#UWRF22 Festival Highlights | Intellectual Journeys with Brigid Delaney and Eric Weiner
February 09, 2023 09:22 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBThe third highlight episode features Australian author and columnist, Brigid Delaney, as well as American former foreign correspondent and travel writer, Eric Weiner. In this special meeting of minds, the duo discusses with Gill Westaway their latest works. They also share their perspectives in their eternal search for spirituality, cultural enlightenment, and bliss. You can listen to this episode on Spotify or watch it on YouTube. You can listen to this #UWRF2022 session on Spotify, or wat...
#UWRF22 Festival Highlights | The Two Sides of the Wellness Industry
February 09, 2023 09:14 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBListen to an engaging conversation with Huda Fadlelmawla, Bandana Tewari, and Fariha Roisin who share their unique perspectives with Eva Fernandes, on the wellness industry—which has become a multi-billion-dollar business that claims to improve our health, happiness, and longevity! You can listen to this #UWRF2022 session on Spotify, or watch it on YouTube 👉 http://bit.ly/UWRF22FestivalHighlights.
#UWRF22 Festival Highlights | In Conversation with Kylie Moore-Gilbert
February 09, 2023 09:00 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBIn this session, Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a scholar of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, who shares her incredible story of survival after being accused of espionage and sentenced to an Iranian jail for 804 days. You can listen to this #UWRF2022 session on Spotify, or watch it on YouTube 👉 http://bit.ly/UWRF22FestivalHighlights.
UWRF21 Podcast | Cities of the People
February 16, 2022 02:01 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBPassionate about sustainable development, urban spaces and the well-being of his community, Ridwan Kamil is one of Indonesia’s most visionary Governors. With a background in architecture, he believes that cities are for the people to enjoy. Ridwan Kamil talks to Janet DeNeefe about his community projects, his COVID-19 initiatives and lessons he has learned during this pandemic.
UWRF21 Podcast | The Mind of the Children
February 16, 2022 01:58 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBCyntha Hariadi’s Kokokan Mencari Arumbawangi and Ziggy Zezsyazeoviennazabrizkie’s Di Tanah Lada both focus on the behaviour and thoughts of children. However, they actually touch on a wider issues, including the chaotic relationship between humans and the exploitation of our natural resources. Together with essayist and archivist, Setyaningsih, listen to their reflections and dreams about representing the children’s world in literature.
UWRF21 Podcast | Indonesian Women Storytellers
February 16, 2022 01:54 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBMuna Masyari, Ramayda Akmal, and Tias Yuliana present the dark reality of women in traditional customs and modern utopias. Their novels show the multiple layers of female characters as well as their efforts to address the local socio-cultural situation. Listen to these three Indonesian female writers to learn more about how to represent women in literary works.
UWRF21 Podcast | Sustainable Design
February 16, 2022 01:51 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBPopo Danes is a Balinese architect, who creates distinctive tropical resorts harmonious with nature and reflect Balinese aesthetics. Anneke van Waesberghe creates sustainable luxury tented villas that reflect her philosophy of sustainability. Kristine H. Harper lectures on resilient design solutions, sustainable living, reduction of consumption through design, and preservation of heritage crafts traditions. Join them with Rio Helmi in a discussion about sustainable design.
UWRF21 Podcast | Can the Komodo Dragon Survive?
February 16, 2022 01:47 - 53 minutes - 49 MBIndonesia’s Komodo dragon, the world’s largest lizard, is facing extinction. Global warming, rising sea levels and human activity have shrunk their habitat on the island of Flores, making them genetically weaker and more vulnerable. Established in 2007, the Komodo Survival Programme has developed a multifaceted approach for the conservation of this iconic lizard. They discuss how they will help it survive.
UWRF21 Podcast | What It Means to Be a Refugee
February 16, 2022 01:42 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBThe Committed is Viet Thanh Nguyen’s much-anticipated follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize-winning, The Sympathizer. It shows the United States of America and France through the eyes of a Vietnamese refugee. He is joined by an award-winning Vietnamese author, Nguyen Phan Que Mai, to discuss the Vietnam War’s narrative, the meaning of being a refugee, and ways to deal with displacement.
UWRF21 Podcast | Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment
February 16, 2022 01:37 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBIn Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment, Ahmet T. Kuru argues that Muslims were philosophically and socioeconomically more developed than Western Europeans between the 9th to twelfth centuries. So, why do Muslim-majority countries now exhibit high levels of authoritarianism and low levels of socio-economic development in comparison to world averages? Ahmet speaks to Janet Steele about how historical explanations link to contemporary politics.
UWRF21 Podcast | Back to Ubud
February 16, 2022 01:34 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBSince the pre-colonial era, Ubud has been an oasis of rich artistic expression and creativity. The Covid-19 pandemic continues to bring changes to various aspects of local life. At a time when Ubud is quiet and most businesses are closed, we reflect on what has happened and how do we rise to the challenge? What will post-covid Ubud look like?
UWRF21 Podcast | Bringing History to Today
February 16, 2022 01:30 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBHistory often becomes the inspiration for multiple literary works. Interpretation of events, along with mixing facts and fiction to compose new stories, become a challenging playroom for writers. Listen to Vanni Puccioni’s incredible story of South Nias in the past. Joining him are Lala Bohan and Lara Nuberd, who will also share chronicles of colonial history in Indonesia.
UWRF21 Podcast | It's Alright to Not Be Alright
February 16, 2022 01:26 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBMental health issues do not get the same attention and understanding as other health issues. They are often considered as individual problems, and not a cultural and social effect. Those who struggle with mental health issues also face various negative stigmas. Hear how creators and writers attempt to voice the importance of addressing mental health issues through their writings.
UWRF21 Podcast | Writing in a Time of Conflict
February 16, 2022 01:22 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MB“Life here is poetry blown into pieces and scattered all over the place.” Join Mohammed Moussa as he speaks about life in Gaza, his motivation for founding the Gaza Poets Society and his debut poetry collection, Flamingo. Why is poetry so important and what can be gained from creating a spoken word community?
UWRF21 Podcast | The Carrying
February 16, 2022 01:19 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBIn The Carrying, Ada Limón “does not ignore the world’s cruelties but tries not to be held hostage by them,” according to the Guardian. The collection of poems captures ambiguous moments between the rapture of youth and the grace of acceptance. Join her in conversation with Cynthia Dewi Oka as she explores what it means to live in an imperfect world.
UWRF21 Podcast | The Silent Singing from Toili
February 16, 2022 01:16 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBFrom Toili, an area in Banggai Regency, Central Sulawesi, Eva Bande echoed the call for environmental concern and welfare of farmers as they were increasingly being eroded by the exploitative interests of palm oil companies. Listen to her story, the reason she started this path of struggle and how she is determined to survive alongside the marginalized, defending their land.
UWRF21 Podcast | A Portrait of Islam in Java
February 16, 2022 01:13 - 43 minutes - 40 MBGeorge Quinn’s Wali Berandal Tanah Jawa presents a stunning portrait of Islam in Java; a phenomenon that often gone unnoticed by journalists, scientists, and tourists. Join him as he dives deep beneath the surface of modern Indonesia, exploring the personalities and stories of the magical world of local pilgrimages, where Middle Eastern Islam grapples with the ancient powers of Javanese civilization.
UWRF21 Podcast | Islands of Abandonment
February 16, 2022 01:10 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBWhat happens to wildlife when humans have retreated to certain places because of conflict or disaster? Cal Flyn’s Islands on Abandonment brings together some of the most desolate ghost towns and exclusion zones around the world and shows how, against all odds, they offer our best opportunities for environmental recovery. Listen to her take on how nature can reclaim its place.
UWRF21 Podcast | Mulat Sarira: Self Reflection
February 16, 2022 01:06 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBMulat Sarira is a Balinese philosophy that invites us to reflect on various aspects of ourselves and broader humanity, such as our relationship with the environment, society and the spiritual. It becomes a symbol of knowledge and philosophy. This panel will share more about this year’s theme, framed in reflective dialogue to interpret the changing role of literature in today’s society.
UWRF21 Podcast | Chiribiquete of the Colombian Amazon. A world in one world
February 16, 2022 01:02 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBIn his recent book “Chiribiquete: The Cosmic Maloka of the Jaguar Men”, Carlos Castano-Uribe shares his research of more than 30 years of the Chiribiquete National Park, a biodiversity hotspot and site of major cave paintings in the Colombian Amazon. Considered an important part of Colombian cultural heritage he states that ‘if there is a place where mystery and hope make up the same word, it is Chiribiquete: all the kingdoms in one kingdom, all the worlds in one world ”. Meet Carlos Castano-...
UWRF21 Podcast | The Many Faces of Gender in Literature
February 16, 2022 00:59 - 1 hour - 58 MBThe freedom of gender expression and fluidity continues to face challenges throughout times. Art and literature is widely considered as moderate fluid spaces that create spaces for openness to the issue of gender flexibility. Two authors, Stebby Julionatan and Hendri Yulius will dissect the journey of Indonesian literature that accommodates the expressions of marginalized writers.
UWRF21 Podcast | Bamboo Visionaries
February 16, 2022 00:55 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBElora Hardy is the creative genius behind IBUKU, an architectural company that constructs breath-taking bamboo structures. Arief Rabik is the force behind Indonesia’s Environmental Bamboo Foundation and the founder of the 1000 Bamboo Villages project. Meet these young changemakers who are paving the way to a greener world in conversation with Gill Westerway.
UWRF21 Podcast | The Animals in That Country
February 15, 2022 11:55 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBDescribed as a unique, brave piece of work that speaks to our world at this time, Laura Jean Mackay’s award-winning novel, The Animals in That Country, takes us on an extraordinary journey of speculative fiction, where victims of a flu-like pandemic develop the ability to communicate with animals. How important is our unique bond with the animal world?
UWRF21 Podcast | Our Final Warning
February 15, 2022 11:17 - 45 minutes - 42 MBIn Our Final Warning, Mark Lynas explores the course we have set for Earth over the next century and beyond. He delivers a vital account of the likely consequences of global heating and the ensuing climate catastrophe. Is time is running out and what will happen if we fail to save our planet? Listen to his comprehensive researches and experiences.
UWRF21 Podcast | Ethical Tourism Post Pandemic
February 14, 2022 14:23 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBAs one of the most fearless defenders of Balinese culture and people, designer Niluh Djelantik is on a mission to build better tourism in the island post-pandemic. She has been actively supporting small and medium enterprises across Bali. Join her with Janet DeNeefe as she speaks about the potential sustainable reboot for the travel industry to create a better normal for Bali’s tourism.