New Naratif's Southeast Asia Dispatches Podcast
1) Special Episode: 430km (English version)
430 Kilometres: an audio poem by May Myat Zaw“An exiled woman from the Thai-Myanmar border sends a letter to her imprisoned friends. But like her, stateless and unheard, the letter never reaches its d...Show More
2) Special Episode: 430 Kilometres (Burmese version)
430 Kilometres: an audio poem by May Myat Zaw“An exiled woman from the Thai-Myanmar border sends a letter to her imprisoned friends. But like her, stateless and unheard, the letter never reaches its d...Show More
3) A Question of Agency
Many modern Southeast Asian countries often try to develop a thriving academic and research environment as an indicator of development. But how free are scholars and academics to pursue topics that ch...Show More
4) Pressure Cooker
The PAP has long held the position that draconian law ensures a stable and thus prosperous society. But if that prosperity fails to materialise, what purpose do those draconian laws serve? In part tw...Show More
5) Promise of Violence
To suppress speech and dissent regarding the cruelty of capital punishment, the Singaporean government has issued POFMAs on activists who dared to challenge their harsh authority. How do you make sure...Show More
6) Moving Target
The Social Media Licensing Framework is one of the ways that the Malaysian government is trying to control online interactions of its citizens. However, where did this licensing framework emerge from?...Show More
7) Poisoning the Well
In its early days, many looked to the internet as a tool for people from around the world to connect and share ideas freely. But the last few decades have shown that authoritarian governments the worl...Show More
8) Chilling Effect
In his efforts to platform the struggles of Masyarakat Bajau Laut in Sabah, Mukmin Nantang was detained and his home and workplace harassed. All of this was done under the Sedition Act. What is the Se...Show More
9) Gender and the Newsroom
Today we want to discuss a very particular kind of censorship. It’s a subtle kind of censorship, it materialises in behind the scenes, in everyday interactions between coworkers and editors. To some i...Show More
10) Two Cities
What 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...Show More