Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast
132 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months 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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UWRF Podcast Rewind | Suki Kim: Undercover in North Korea
August 19, 2020 07:18 - 1 hour - 55 MBIn 2011, investigative journalist Suki Kim went undercover in North Korea. Posing as a missionary and a teacher, she taught English to the 19-year-old sons of North Korea’s ruling class. Hear her share her remarkable story with Michael Vatikiotis. Featuring Suki Kim and Michael Vatikiotis.
UWRF Podcast Rewind | Susi Pudjiastuti: Sink It
August 14, 2020 03:17 - 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 waters. In 2017 she ordered the sinking of around 87 illegal boats. Ibu Susi reflected on her fight to protect the country’s millions of fishers and vast marine resources. Featuring Susi Pudjiastuti and Rebecca Henschke.
UWRF Podcast Rewind | Mother Nature
August 12, 2020 03:56 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBShould we extend our compassion to all beings? Join extraodinary activists and authors for a conversation on compassion for the natural world, the next moves in sustainability, and how to bring conservation to both common man and common ground. Featuring Tom Owen Edmunds, Panut Hadisiswoyo, Bayu Wirayudha, Emmanuela Shinta.
UWRF Podcast Rewind | Pierre Coffin: Movies and Minions
August 07, 2020 03:42 - 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 on everything from children’s clothing to public minibuses across the country. Join Pierre for behind-the-scenes stories from a fascinating career in film. Featuring Pierre Coffin and Rizqi R Mosmarth.
UWRF Podcast Rewind | Evolving Islam
August 05, 2020 02:30 - 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 and Malaysia to the extreme edge of violent terrorism. Come beyond the front page for a thoughtful take on this prismatic theology. Featuring Sidney Jones, Dina Zaman, Haidar Bagir, and Janet Steele.
UWRF Podcast Rewind | Eka Kurniawan: Beyond Beauty is a Wound
July 31, 2020 11:18 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBHear from one of the most promising Indonesian authors of this decade: Eka Kurniawan has earned international recognition with his critically-acclaimed works – most notably Beauty is a Wound and Man Tiger – translated into numerous languages. In this session, Eka speaks to Desi Anwar about his latest writing, discuss the challenges of being a recognizably big name, and give his thoughts on the next literary surprises Indonesia has in store for global audiences. Featuring Eka Kurniawan and De...
Podcast Rewind | Jung Chang: Writing Modern China
July 29, 2020 07:05 - 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 of a young sex worker striving for a better life in modern Shenzen. They come together to discuss the lives of women in their shared homeland, and the power of stories passed down. Featuring Jung Chang and Rosemary Sayer.
UWRF Podcast Rewind | Jung Chang: Writing Modern China
July 29, 2020 07:05 - 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 of a young sex worker striving for a better life in modern Shenzen. They come together to discuss the lives of women in their shared homeland, and the power of stories passed down. Featuring Jung Chang and Rosemary Sayer.
UWRF Podcast Rewind | Screen Addicts
July 24, 2020 04:28 - 1 hour - 68 MBFacebook, Twitter and Pokemon Go! – Indonesia is addicted to the screen. Listen in as these best-selling authors and an indie publisher talk the trials and tribulations of bringing literature to public attention in the screen-obsessed world. Featuring Dewi Lestari, Triyanto Triwikromo, Elizabeth Pisani and Michael Vatikiotis.
UWRF Podcast Rewind | Reni Eddo-Lodge: Changing the Culture
July 22, 2020 07:53 - 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 link between class and race, she took the UWRF stage to consider the current moment in anti-racist activism. Featuring Reni Eddo-Lodge in conversation with Feby Indirani.
UWRF19 Podcast | Indonesian Emerging Writers 2019
July 10, 2020 03:41 - 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 program’s inception in 2008. The works of five talented wordsmiths were selected for publication in our annual Bilingual Anthology. Hear about their journeys to UWRF, and hopes for their creative futures. Featuring Ketut Yuliarsa, Lita Lestianti, Nurillah Achmad, Ilhamdi Putra, Heru Sang Amurwabumi, and Chandra ...
UWRF19 Podcast | Indonesian, Elsewhere
July 03, 2020 06:04 - 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 be Indonesian elsewhere. Featuring Ketut Yuliarsa, Cynthia Dewi Oka, Michelle Tanmizi, Innosanto Nagara, and Laksmi Pamuntjak.
UWRF19 Podcast | Homegrown Heroes
June 26, 2020 03:35 - 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 on the character created by Hasmi in 1969. Join our panel of graphic gurus and serial storytellers as they sketched reasons why now is the time for homegrown heroes to shine. Featuring Marlowe Bandem, I Putu Supartika, Rizqi R. Mosmarth, and Rizka Raisa Ramli.
UWRF19 Podcast | Life After #MeToo
June 19, 2020 04:39 - 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 viral hashtag in regular rotation in more than 85 nations and aftershocks still rippling around the world, feminists from Indonesia, Australia, Pakistan, and Turkey convened to discuss life after #MeToo. Featuring Joan Arakkal, Eliza Vitri Handayani, Nazli Karabiyikoglu, Sam George-Allen and San...
UWRF19 Podcast | Lucy Inglis: Milk of Paradise
June 12, 2020 06:38 - 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 Afghanistan with tales of addiction, trade, crime, sex, war, literature, medicine and, above all, money, as she charted the evolution of the milk of paradise. Featuring Lucy Inglis and Kate Evans.
UWRF19 Podcast | Andreas Harsono: Race, Islam and Power
May 29, 2020 03:17 - 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 to document how race and religion have become increasingly prevalent in the nation’s politics. Join him in conversation with long-term Indonesian media expert, Janet Steele. Featuring Janet Steele and Andreas Harsono.
UWRF19 Podcast | The Role of the Arts in Cultural Diplomacy
May 22, 2020 02:33 - 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 experts as they compared their experiences of cultural diplomacy, and invited us to consider how the arts can break down barriers and connect people across languages, cultures and politics. Featuring Yusi Avianto Pareanom, Gary Quinlan, Michael Vatikiotis, Janet Steele, and Ashwini Devare.
UWRF19 Podcast | Domestic Spaces
May 15, 2020 03:31 - 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 readership, critical acclaim and writing awards. Our panelists looked beyond the censure and spoke out in praise of the domestic. Featuring Astrid Edwards, Fanny J. Poyk, Megan K. Stack, Fiona Wright, and Archana Pidathala.
UWRF19 Podcasts | Yotam Ottolenghi: Simple
May 08, 2020 02:33 - 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 always a gateway to bigger conversations. This is a rare chance to hear from one of Britain’s most-loved food writers, in conversation with longtime food journalist and explorer, Joanna Savill. Featuring Joanna Savill and Yotam Ottolenghi
UWRF19 Podcast | Yotam Ottolenghi: Simple
May 08, 2020 02:33 - 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 always a gateway to bigger conversations. This is a rare chance to hear from one of Britain’s most-loved food writers, in conversation with longtime food journalist and explorer, Joanna Savill. Featuring Joanna Savill and Yotam Ottolenghi
UWRF19 Podcast | Is All Contemporary Fiction Speculative Fiction?
May 01, 2020 03:38 - 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 dystopian worlds don’t seem so different from our own. In this timely conversation, our panelists ask whether we’re now at the point where all contemporary fiction is in fact speculative fiction. Featuring Astrid Edwards, Michelle Tanmizi, Krissy Kneen, Pitchaya Sudbanthad, and Claire G. Coleman.
UWRF19 Podcast | Reza Aslan: God: A Human History
April 24, 2020 03:18 - 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 is now a religious scholar, bestselling author, broadcaster and commentator. He shares his insights into aspects of global faiths both human and divine. Featuring Reza Aslan and Terence Ward.
UWRF19 Podcast | Moving Pictures
April 17, 2020 02:50 - 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. Join these skilled sketchers from around the world as they discuss the joys and challenges of transforming words into poignant pictures. Featuring Samuel Indratma, Dr Darryl Whetter, Citra Marina, Mira Jacob and Peter van Dongen.
UWRF19 Podcast | The Karma of Comedy
April 10, 2020 03:49 - 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 pass when it comes to how they treat others? We’ve convened a round table of comedic writers and performers to dissect whether good comedy and good karma are mutually exclusive. Featuring Maeve Marsden, Lindsay Wong, Rhik Samadder, and James Roque.
UWRF19 Podcast | Millennial Memoir
April 03, 2020 01:54 - 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 everything from the legal system to life in the shadow of Tiananmen Square to mental health. Our panelists compare their experiences of putting their lives on the page. Featuring Karoline Kan, Krissy Kneen, Lindsay Wong, and Bri Lee.
UWRF19 Podcast | Irvine Welsh: Choose Life
March 27, 2020 02:03 - 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 generation. Since then he’s written 11 more books, plus plays and adaptations. Give Born Slippy. NUXX a spin, then listen in as he reflects on a life spent with razor-sharp words. Featuring Irvine Welsh and Sam Cooney.
UWRF19 Podcast | Multilingual Wordsmiths
March 20, 2020 01:41 - 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 create in just one language, they share accounts of their personal experiences of the joys and frustrations of becoming multilingual wordsmiths. Featuring Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes, Jamie Marina Lau, Rodaan Al Galidi, and Tara June Winch.
UWRF19 Podcast | Akala: Natives
March 12, 2020 16:00 - 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 by these elements, Akala takes us from the personal to the universal as he confronts the issues at the heart of the legacy of Britain’s racialized empire. Featuring Kirsti Melville and Akala.
UWRF19 Podcast | Weapons of Mass Distortion
March 09, 2020 16:00 - 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 between rising social media use and increasing religious conservatism? How is social media being manipulated for political gain? Join our panel as they unravel these weapons of mass distortion. Featuring Erin Cook, Stanley Widianto, Famega Syavira Putri, Nirwan Dewanto, and Andreas...
UWRF19 Podcast | Asia Pacific Futures on the Page, Stage and Screen
March 06, 2020 02:50 - 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 film. This panel weighs in on what has changed regarding the reach of and desire for Asia Pacific literatures, and asks what the future might hold. Featuring Kadek Sonia Piscayanti, Sally Breen, Richard Oh, and Melanie Mununggurr-Williams.
UWRF19 Podcast | Lemn Sissay: My Name is Why
February 28, 2020 04:03 - 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 trying to get him back. Celebrated writer, poet and performer Lemn shares a deeply personal account of neglect and determination, misfortune and hope, cruelty and triumph. Featuring Lemn Sissay and Kate Evans.
UWRF19 Podcast | Indonesian Cinema as Soft Power
February 25, 2020 02:51 - 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 cinema be a form of soft power to expand the nation’s impact in regional and global cultural scenes? What does the future hold for homegrown films? Join our cinephiles to find out. Featuring Leila S. Chudori, Garin Nugroho, Richard Oh, Seno Gumira Ajidarma, and Ray...