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Sri Mulyani In-Depth: Indonesia's Finance Minister Talks Constitution, G20, Ukraine, Inflation and Cushioning Impacts for the Vulnerable
Reformasi Dispatch - March 21, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! Indonesia's leading reformer met Reformasi Dispatch for an hour interview that appraised the economy's outlook amid extraordinary international conditions and heightening rhetoric about postponing elections. With regard to prolonging the administration's t...
Supporting Indonesia's Sustainability: Sweden's Stances and Strategies (with Ambassador Marina Berg)
Reformasi Dispatch - March 18, 2022 10:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! A foremost climate‑action advocate within the Jakarta diplomatic corps joins the pod to assess areas of opportunities and constraints in Indonesia's efforts towards sustainability. Ambassador Berg also discusses the war on Ukraine and notes that "Words mat...
Elections in Jeopardy: Pro-Widodo parties advocate postponing polls
Reformasi Dispatch - March 03, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! This week's Reformasi Dispatch podcast examines the abrupt attempt by at least three pro‑Widodo parties, including Golkar, to prolong Widodo's presidency, ostensibly because an election would be detrimental. Widodo himself has remained silent on the matter...
Ganjar's Rocky Wadas Quarry: A Setback for the Governor's Image Campaign?
Reformasi Dispatch - February 16, 2022 03:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! With the nomination of presidential tickets barely 18 months away, image management is increasingly crucial for potential contenders -- especially Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo. Jeff and Kevin recount events last week in the hamlet of Wadas, Central...
Indonesia's Appointee Apocalypse: The What-When-How-and-Why of an Upcoming Regional-Head Interregnum
Reformasi Dispatch - February 08, 2022 18:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! Over the next two years, fully half of all democratically elected regional heads across Indonesia will undergo replacement with interim appointees chosen by either the president or the home affairs minister. Reformasi Dispatch examines multiple sources of ...
Omicron and the Digital Economy: Data-Based Adaptation (with Edward Tirtanata)
Reformasi Dispatch - February 02, 2022 09:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! The founder of Indonesia's newest unicorn, Kopi Kenangan, provides an account of one company's adjustment to economic changes through real-time data usage. Edward Tirtanata explains how the coffee purveyor expanded from humble origins a few years ago to 60...
Variables and Variants: Indonesia’s Pandemic Era Economy (with Habib Rab)
Reformasi Dispatch - January 27, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! The World Bank’s lead economist for Indonesia discusses poverty, growth, and tax reform with the Reformasi Dispatch podcast. Habib Rab delves into the impacts that threaten to constrain future growth and highlights the importance of social welfare interven...
Omicron in Indonesia: What to Expect (with Dicky Budiman)
Reformasi Dispatch - January 19, 2022 03:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! The Griffith University epidemiologist Dicky Budiman tells Reformasi Dispatch podcast that testing, tracing, and isolation matter more than ever -- and he assesses Sinovac's efficacy and the value of a Paxlovid shipment that arrived in Indonesia. Also: Jef...
Interview With Willy Aditya of Nasdem on Sexual Assault Crimes Bill (in Bahasa Indonesia)
Reformasi Dispatch - January 12, 2022 07:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! Reformasi Dispatch speaks with Willy Aditya, a legislator heading the parliamentary working committee that appears to be on the verge of a breakthrough for a long-awaited Bill on Sexual Assault Crimes. This is the unabridged interview conducted in Indonesi...
Indo Me Too: A 'Sexual Assault Crisis' Gains Attention (with Willy Aditya)
Reformasi Dispatch - January 12, 2022 07:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! Momentum is building for progress on addressing sexual violence against women, children and the disabled. Reformasi Dispatch speaks with Willy Aditya, a legislator heading the parliamentary working committee that appears to be on the verge of a breakthroug...
Re-Formatting Reform: The politics of court-mandated fixes for Widodo's Omnibus Law on Job Creation (with Lin Neumann)
Reformasi Dispatch - December 08, 2021 03:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! American Chamber of Commerce head Lin Neumann joins the podcast to discuss the impacts of the Constitutional Court's ruling on the landmark economic reform package of the Widodo administration, the 'Jobs Omnibus', and the outlook for investment. Also: new ...
Omicron Scenarios for Southeast Asia (with Peter Mumford)
Reformasi Dispatch - December 03, 2021 02:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! The Eurasia Group’s South and Southeast Asia analyst joins Reformasi Dispatch to examine the preparations and reactions of regional governments to the emergence of the Omicron variant of Covid 19. Depending on scenarios for the new variant’s levels of tran...
Impunity Impugned? 'Mass Organizations' in The Late Widodo Era and The Outlook For Pemuda Pancasila (with Ian Wilson)
Reformasi Dispatch - December 01, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! Justices demanded corrections to the Omnibus Law on Job Creation - but Jeff and Kevin discuss how this may actually be a win for President Widodo and conditions for investment in manufacturing. Also: preparations for the inevitable arrival of the Omicron v...
Indonesia’s Post-Glasgow Pledges (Also: Joe Cochrane, In Memoriam)
Reformasi Dispatch - November 17, 2021 22:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! This episode of the Reformasi Dispatch Podcast honors the departed Jakarta-based journalist Joe Cochrane, who covered Indonesia with inimitable style for over 20 years. Also: will fisheries reform flounder? And a roundup of key cabinet‑reshuffle scenarios...
Cassava in the Crosshairs: Forests Fall for Food Estate of Defense Ministry Firm
Reformasi Dispatch - November 10, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! Gecko Project investigators Margareth Aritonang and Tom Johnson join Reformasi Dispatch to detail Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto’s policy to clear forest for cassava plantations in Gunung Mas District, Central Kalimantan. The team examines the corporate...
Democracy in Action: A Ganjar Endorsement Tests Mega
Reformasi Dispatch - October 20, 2021 01:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! Former Solo Mayor FX Hadi Rudyatmo, a confidante of the president, brazenly defied PDI¬-Perjuangan Chair Megawati and openly endorsed Central Java Gov Ganjar Pranowo for president. Will this finally bring the internal PDI-P impasse to an end and give impet...
Indonesia's Outlook Improves
Reformasi Dispatch - October 13, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsCase Declines, Tax Reform and Tied Poll Standings: Sudden Trends Boost Outlook CrossAsean equity analyst Angus Mackintosh rejoins Reformasi Dispatch to review Grab's IPO preparations, machinations among tech giants and digital trends in the Indonesian market (including an e-grocery boom). Jeff...
Case Declines, Tax Reform and Tied Poll Standings: Sudden Trends Boost Outlook
Reformasi Dispatch - October 13, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! CrossAsean equity analyst Angus Mackintosh rejoins Reformasi Dispatch to review Grab's IPO preparations, machinations among tech giants and digital trends in the Indonesian market (including an e-grocery boom). Jeff and Kevin have a look at three abrupt de...
At the Locus of Aukus: Indonesia's Alternatives (with Evan Laksmana)
Reformasi Dispatch - September 29, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! Strategic rivalry finally engulfs ASEAN and Jakarta's policymakers must examine their choices. Joining the pod is the National University of Singapore scholar Evan Laksmana. Also: Jeff and Kevin discuss developments in three politically significant corrup...
Lost in Transition: Indonesia's Solar Crossroad (with Fabby Tumiwa)
Reformasi Dispatch - September 21, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! Policymakers seem exceedingly slow to embrace the mounting advantages of photo-voltaic technology for Indonesia's pressing energy needs. The head of the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) details the compelling logic for supplanting coal with s...
Eye on Eijkman: National Vaccine Development and Bracing for What’s Next (with Prof Amin Soebandrio)
Reformasi Dispatch - September 15, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! The head of Indonesia’s premier institute on infectious disease joins the pod to explain the Merah Putih Vaccine program and discuss prospects for subsequent waves of infections. Covid related topics include clinical trials, boosters, genome sequencing wor...
Burden Sharing Redux: Monetizing Debt without Alienating Creditors (with Joseph Incalcaterra)
Reformasi Dispatch - September 07, 2021 23:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! HSBC’s regional economist for Asean joins the pod to look at how Indonesia can preserve confidence and restore fiscal prudence despite having extended its extraordinary debt financing through 2022. Apropos the matter, Jeff and Kevin review developments in ...
Indonesia Has Class: Schools re-open as transmissions diminish
Reformasi Dispatch - August 31, 2021 23:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! .Also: Prof Noor Ismail on domestic terror networks. Also discussed: PAN joins Widodo's alliance and the first of a two-part segment on extraordinary debt financing or 'burden sharing'. Get a free trial of the Reformasi Weekly Service at: https://bit.ly/r...
Preman at the Gate: Dubious Amendment(s) Narrowly Averted
Reformasi Dispatch - August 25, 2021 01:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! A renewed push to open Pandora’s box of amendments – potentially scuppering direct presidential elections – narrowly failed, for now. Jeff and Kevin discuss the actors, aims, party stances, and ‘Trojan Horse’ stratagem. Also: an interview with Aim Sinpe...
Gonzo for Ganjar: Governor overtakes Prabowo in a credible new survey.
Reformasi Dispatch - August 18, 2021 01:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! Jeff and Kevin discuss the new Charta Politika poll showing the Central Java head ahead of both other major potential contenders for president in 2024. Ganjar Pranowo is the figure with momentum at present – as well as the most upside potential. Given hi...
Education in Crisis (with Margaret Barry): Impoverished Children Hit Hardest
Reformasi Dispatch - August 10, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! Margaret Barry, The Bali Children Foundation founder explains the struggles of schooling in disadvantaged communities amid the prolonged pandemic. Also: Jeff and Kevin discuss political machinations that persist despite the crisis conditions gripping the co...
In the Wake of the Wave (with Anshika Singh): As cases begin subsiding, what comes next?
Reformasi Dispatch - August 03, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsBreakthrough deaths underscore a need for Coronavac efficacy data. As cases tumble in Jakarta and western Java, most off Java provinces are spiking – Jeff and Kevin examine the trends. Also: how governors have fared politically and the latest maneuvers of Maharani and Moeldoko. And, a setback...
In the Wake of the Wave (with Anshika Singh): As cases begin subsiding, what comes next?
Reformasi Dispatch - August 03, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! Breakthrough deaths underscore a need for Coronavac efficacy data. As cases tumble in Jakarta and western Java, most off Java provinces are spiking – Jeff and Kevin examine the trends. Also: how governors have fared politically and the latest maneuvers of...
West Java Speaks: Gov Ridwan Kamil on Emergency Measures in Indonesia's Largest Province
Reformasi Dispatch - July 25, 2021 10:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! Jeff and Kevin conduct a 30-minute interview in English with the leader of West Java’s 50 million residents on 23 July. Gov Kamil provides a thorough overview of crisis conditions and describes measures to manage an acute shortage of healthcare personnel. ...
Amok No More: Case Curve Starts Decline in Indonesia (with Erwan Teguh)
Reformasi Dispatch - July 20, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTell us what you think about the pod! Case detections are declining on a moving-average basis in Jakarta and, more recently, nationwide. Jeff and Kevin discuss the trends and the restrictions outlook in light of a newly released study of antibody prevalence in Jakarta. Also: findings from the...
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