Latest Eastasia Podcast Episodes
Two Cities
New Naratif's Southeast Asia Dispatches - June 12, 2024 08:10 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWhat does it mean to be invisible? Do you need to be completely hidden, or is it simply lacking a voice, or maybe having an uninterested audience? And once you’re hidden, how do you bridge that gap to be seen again? In this episode we talk with Journalist S. Noina Supratya and examine how a le...
Episode 113: Aichiro Suryo Prabowo, Postdoctoral Associate, Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University
Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast - June 03, 2024 19:37 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this episode, Francine interviewed Aichiro Suryo Prabowo (Chiro), a Postdoctoral Associate at the Cornell University Southeast Asia Program (SEAP). Chiro examines whether addressing poverty and tackling climate change are mutually exclusive priorities by combining quantitative and textual ana...
Episode 11: "Comfort Women" and Imperial Japan, an Interview with Dr. Lin Li about Grass
East Asia for All - May 28, 2024 18:25 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode of East Asia for All, we examine the sexual slavery system that took place under imperial Japan from 1937-1945 through the graphic novel Grass by Korean author Keum Suk Gendry-Kim. Grass tells the life story of Lee Ok-sun, a Korean girl who was forced to be a “comfort woman” for ...
Episode 112: Sirithorn Ing Siriwan, Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University
Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast - May 06, 2024 17:05 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this episode, Francine interviewed Sirithorn Siriwan, or Ing, a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Asian Studies at Cornell University. Ing discusses rice rituals in northern Thailand and how they relate to animism, or “Sasana Phi.” She draws from narratives surrounding what she coins Tha...
Episode 111: Diana Kim, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast - April 30, 2024 16:07 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this episode, Francine interviewed Dr. Diana Kim, who is an assistant professor at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service as well as a core faculty member of the Asian Studies Program. In this conversation, Dr. Kim discusses how the Japanese occupation can help us understand th...
Episode 110: Boreth Ly, Art History and Visual Culture, University of California Santa Cruz
Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast - April 12, 2024 20:20 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this episode, Francine interviewed Dr. Boreth Ly, an associate professor of Southeast Asian Art History and Visual Culture at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Dr. Ly discusses her research on the black and white photographs of the Sultans of Java as well as the Dutch governors from...
Episode 109: Nora Taylor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast - March 25, 2024 17:46 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this episode, Francine interviewed Dr. Nora Taylor, an Alsdorf Professor of South and Southeast Asian Art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Dr. Taylor discusses her research on contemporary Vietnamese art and the ways in which she has engaged with the paradoxical nature of monu...
Democracy Unbound: Free Speech in Indonesia’s New Era with Fatia-Haris
New Naratif's Southeast Asia Dispatches - March 14, 2024 18:40 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis episode was recorded in front of an online live audience as part of our Media Freedom Network Legal Briefing activity. This episode was recorded in front of an online live audience as part of our Media Freedom Network Legal Briefing activity. In this episode with Fatia Muliyadiyanti and Ha...
Episode 108: Hew Wai Weng, Institute of Malaysian and International Studies, National University of Malaysia)
Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast - March 14, 2024 18:29 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this episode, Francine interviewed Dr. Hew Wai Weng, a research fellow at the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies, National University of Malaysia. He is currently a visiting fellow at Cornell University under the Fulbright Malaysia Scholar Program. He discusses the rise of rig...
Episode 107: Daniel Whitehouse, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, SOAS
Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast - February 29, 2024 20:22 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this episode, Francine interviewed Dr. Daniel Whitehouse, an ERSC postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, SOAS University of London. Dr. Whitehouse introduces the idea of "network institutions," specifically through Suan Kularb Wittayalai. Suan Kularb Wittayalai i...
Enforced Disappearance in Southeast Asia
New Naratif's Southeast Asia Dispatches - February 22, 2024 08:34 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsTransparency and accountability and historical awareness are some of the most important pillars of democracy. Historical revisionism is an affront to that democracy. And enforced disappearances, where the police or military or paramilitary forces knock on your door and kidnap you, has always bee...
[Hot Ones Special] Episode 106: Geronimo Cristobal and Eric Goh, Ph.D. Candidates in History of Art, Cornell University
Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast - February 01, 2024 18:55 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWelcome to Spicy SEAP! This final episode of Season 11 is a special edition where we recreate the popular TV show 'Hot Ones', but with a twist—these aren't chicken wings, but spicy Southeast Asian food. Francine is joined by Geronimo Cristobal and Eric Goh, PhD candidates and co-chairs of the ...
Episode 105: Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast - January 20, 2024 21:12 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this episode, Francine interviewed Dr. Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz, a Visiting Scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute of Columbia University. Dr. CuUnjieng Aboitiz examines the fine arts of the Philippines by studying renowned Filipino artist Fernando Amorsolo. She argues that Amorsolo’...
Episode 104: Viola Lasmana, Department of American Studies, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast - January 20, 2024 20:42 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this episode, Francine interviewed Dr. Viola Lasmana, a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of American Studies at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Emerging Voices Fellow at the American Council of Learned Societies. Dr. Lasmana discussed Southeast Asian feminist practices by exami...
Episode 103: Chanon Kenji Praepipatmongkol, Department of Art History and Communication Studies, McGill University
Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast - January 14, 2024 13:25 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this episode, Francine is joined by Eric Goh, a doctoral candidate from the Department of History of Art and Visual Studies. Together, they interviewed Dr. Chanon Kenji Praepipatmongkol, an Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art at McGill University. Dr. Praepipatmongkol discusses his resear...
Episode 102: Elliott Prasse-Freeman, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore
Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast - January 11, 2024 11:55 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this episode, Francine interviewed Dr. Elliott Prasse-Freeman, an Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology in the National University of Singapore. He discusses the grassroots political activism in Myanmar, recounting his own on the ground experiences with Burmese p...
Engendering Media Freedom
New Naratif's Southeast Asia Dispatches - January 11, 2024 00:46 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, Wai Liang Tham (New Naratif's Researcher) and Avon Ang (Altermidya's National Coordinator) will talk about the 2nd and the 3rd publication of New Naratif’s Media Freedom Insights series titled “Engendering Media Freedom”, the role of Altermidya, and what to expect from New Narat...
Episode 101: Talitha Espiritu, Associate Professor of Film and New Media, Wheaton College
Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast - January 06, 2024 07:50 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this episode, Francine interviewed Dr. Talitha Espiritu, a professor at the Film and New Media department in Wheaton College. She discussed how the fashion designer Christian Espiritu helped create the iconic image of Imelda Marcos dressed in the terno, the traditional women’s formal wear fro...
Episode 100: Jenny Hedstrom, Department of War Studies and Military History, Swedish Defence University
Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast - January 03, 2024 00:31 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn our 100th episode, Francine is joined by Nicole Venker, a doctoral candidate from the Department of Natural Resources. Together, they interviewed Dr. Jenny Hedstrom, who works as an Associate Professor in War Studies at Swedish Defence University. Dr. Hedstrom discussed her research and book,...
Malaysia’s Justice for Sisters on Democratic Participation
New Naratif's Southeast Asia Dispatches - December 13, 2023 22:53 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn this episode, Oktaria Asmarani (New Naratif's Researcher) and Thilaga Sulathireh (Justice for Sisters) will talk about the systemic and structural issues that hinder the practice of inclusive democracy in Southeast Asia, the cases in Malaysia, the role of research, and the importance of regio...
Unlawful Surveillance in Southeast Asia, Pegasus Case
New Naratif's Southeast Asia Dispatches - December 06, 2023 23:52 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis is a special edition of the podcast, the fourth of six episodes in the Pegasus series that New Naratif are co-producing together with KBR. Three episodes will be conducted in English, while three in Bahasa Indonesia, which you can find at Ruang Publik at kbrprime.id. At a time when the use...
Unmasking the Menace of Pegasus
New Naratif's Southeast Asia Dispatches - December 06, 2023 00:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis episode was recorded in front of an online live audience as part of our Media Freedom Network Legal Briefing activity. It is also part of our Pegasus Series, a series of podcasts, comics, articles, and other conversations on the Israeli spyware Pegasus and its unlawful applications in Indon...
Penyadapan Ilegal di Indonesia, Kasus Pegasus
New Naratif's Southeast Asia Dispatches - November 29, 2023 23:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis is a special edition of the Southeast Asia Dispatches, the third of six episodes in the Pegasus series that we are co-producing together with KBR. Three episodes will be conducted in English, while three in Bahasa Indonesia, which you can find at Ruang Publik at KBRPrime.id. In our pre...
Episode 99: Nina Baker Capistrano, Ayala Museum, Philippines
Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast - November 10, 2023 20:42 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this episode, Francine sits down to interview Dr. Nina Baker Capistrano to unpack her lecture "Reinscribing P’u-tuan in the Metanarrative of Early Southeast Asia." During their discussion, Dr. Capistrano describes the significance and implications of material evidence from P'u-tuan and neighb...
Thailand's Press by the People
New Naratif's Southeast Asia Dispatches - November 08, 2023 23:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWe’ve covered the political situation in Thailand before in this podcast – a constant struggle between pro-democracy factions and former royalist powers. Although there are members of the press on both sides, the idea and maintenance of press freedom itself remains a challenge, especially since ...
Episode 98: Van Nguyen Marshall, Department of History, Trent University
Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast - November 02, 2023 20:39 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this episode of the Gatty Lecture Rewind podcast, Francine is joined by guest host, Sarah Meiners, a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at Cornell University. Together, they interviewed Dr. Nguyen Marshall, who unpacked her lecture titled, "Between War and the State: Civil Societ...
Episode 97: Lisandro Claudio, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, UC Berkeley
Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast - October 20, 2023 18:09 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this episode of the Gatty Lecture Rewind podcast, Dr. Claudio unpacks his lecture titled, "Imperialism and the Formation of Good Governance Discourse in the Philippines: The Case Study of the Philippine National Bank in the 1920s." He explains how the Philippine National Bank (PNB) fell into ...
The Citizens' Agenda Indonesia
New Naratif's Southeast Asia Dispatches - October 18, 2023 23:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe Citizens’ Agenda is a space for citizens to express their concerns and increase their political participation. In general, it is a survey aimed at creating a space for citizens to express their concerns and increase their political participation. Your concerns will then be used to guide our...
Episode 96: Vicente Rafael, Department of History, University of Washington (Featuring Lila Shahani)
Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast - October 17, 2023 18:16 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsIn this episode of the Gatty Lecture Rewind podcast, Vicente Rafael, his wife Lila Shahani, and guest host Geronimo Christobal join Francine to unpack Professor Rafael's lecture titled, "The Authoritarian Imaginary: Intimacy and the Autoimmune Community in the Contemporary Philippines." Tune in ...
Cambodia’s Media Clampdown
New Naratif's Southeast Asia Dispatches - September 27, 2023 17:07 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn February 2023, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered the closure of one of the country's last independent local news outlets, Voice of Democracy (VOD), saying it had attacked him and his son and caused damage to the country. VOD is one of the few independent and vital media outlets left in...