Bonus Ep: Presenting Stephanie’s Baby Journo Work Happy holidays, and Merry Christmas to all of our Christian and Catholic friends who are celebrating, as well as Happy Hanukkah to all of our Jewish friends! It’s been a long year for those who support and work on progressive values and we’re taking our own end-of-year breaks …
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Episode 39: 2017 Wrap-up Featuring Kate Walton
Episode 39: 2017 Wrap-up Featuring Kate Walton In this episode, we look to close out 2017 with Swedian’s conversation with our dear friend and former guest of the podcast, Kate Walton, and discuss what the year has been like for feminism in Indonesia. There has been a lot of positive events, such as the Women’s …
Episode 36: Anies Baswedan Presents Make Indonesia Great Again
Episode 36: Anies Baswedan Presents Make Indonesia Great Again In this episode, we discuss the new Governor of Jakarta Anies Baswedan and his inaugural speech, in which he used the controversial word “pribumi” — a colonial term that means “from the land” and was used by the Dutch to refer to the indigenous Indonesian population. We unpack …
Episode 30: May 1998 Remembered & Rekindled? — Featuring Dr. Jemma Purdey
Episode 30: May 1998 Remembered & Rekindled? — Featuring Prof. Jemma Purdey In this episode — on the week of the 19th anniversary of the May 1998 riots — we talk with our long-time academic crush Dr. Jemma Purdey of Monash University, who is the author of Anti-Chinese Violence in Indonesia, 1996-1999 and co-host of the Talking Indonesia …
Episode 29: Anies Through the Looking Glass
Episode 29: Anies Through the Looking Glass In this episode, we give our reactions to Anies Baswedan’s victory in Jakarta’s recent, very heated gubernatorial race. We take a closer look at Anies’ significant win, in which he won by a double-digit margin of 57.9% to Ahok’s 42%, which included a whooping 33 out of 40 of …
Episode 23: He For She? Jakarta Gubernatorial Candidates on Women’s Issues
Episode 23: He For She? Jakarta Gubernatorial Candidates on Women’s Issues In this episode, we discuss the upcoming Jakarta gubernatorial election happening on February 15, 2017 between three candidate pairs of Governor & Vice-Governor: Ticket #1 – Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono & Sylviana Murni, Ticket #2 – Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (commonly known as Ahok) & Djarot Syaiful Hidayat, …
Episode 21: Hooked on Hoaxes
Episode 21: Hooked on Hoaxes In this episode, we dive straight into the deep and dark world of fake news & hoaxes. 2016 has been such a wake-up call in making us realize that the problem of fake news & hoaxes has really serious real world implications. From Donald Trump and #PizzaGate in the U.S., to President …
Bonus Ep: From The Cutting Room Floor
Bonus Ep: From The Cutting Room Floor Happy holidays, and Merry Christmas to all of our Christian and Catholic friends who are celebrating, as well as Happy Hanukkah to all of our Jewish friends! It’s been a hell of a long year, and we’ve actually taken some time off ourselves for our own end-of-year holidays, …
Episode 20: Tolerance on Trial (Pluralism vs. the FPI)
Episode 20: tolerance on Trial (Pluralism vs. the fpi) In this episode, Swedian is back (finally) and itching to jump right back into conversation about Indonesia — which, at the moment , is all about rising religious intolerance. Sparked by the arrest and investigation of the Christian Chinese-Indonesian governor of Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama — more commonly known …
Episode 19: Indo-Lite, or What It’s Like Being Chinese-Indonesian
Episode 19: indo-lite, or what it’s like being chinese-indonesian Swedian’s out for the next couple of episodes, fighting the good fight in the United States and helping America elect its first female president — so for the next few weeks, we’ll have some special guests on the show to talk about feminism, politics, and everything in …