Talking Thai Politics Podcast
1) Talking Thai Politics: Reporting Thai Politics Internationally
What is it like to be a foreign correspondent in Thailand? How can someone develop sufficient understanding of this complex society to write effective news stories about Thai politics and business? I...Show More
2) Talking Thai Politics: Chanintorn Pensute, The Cost of Politics in Thailand
How much does it cost to become an MP in Thailand? Is entering parliamentary politics prohibitively expensive for ordinary people? Has the rise of the Move Forward Party (now the People’s Party) chang...Show More
3) Talking Thai Politics: Pornchai Witayalerdpan – What’s Up with the Thai Senate?
How exactly were Thailand’s new slate of 200 Senators selected? What is it like to be an independent member of the Senate, when the chamber is now dominated by members closely associated with one of t...Show More
Talking Thai Politics: Pornchai Witayalerdpan – What’s Up with the Thai Senate?
31:18 | Dec 6th, 2024
4) Talking Thai Politics: Why Thai Politics isn’t All About China
How far does geopolitics relate to domestic political leanings? Are politically progressive Thais more likely to be pro-US, and more politically conservative Thais likely to favour China? A recent art...Show More
5) Talking Thai Politics: Tak Bai and Beyond, Thailand’s Southern Insurgency
In the wake of the twentieth anniversary of the dreadful Tak Bai massacre, what are the prospects for a resolution of the long-standing insurgency in Thailand Malay-Muslim majority southern border pro...Show More
6) Talking Thai Politics: Prajak Kongkirati, Thailand: Contestation, Polarization and Democratic Regression (Cambridge 2024)
Why has Thailand’s politics been so contested and so intensely polarized in recent decades? How can we account for the persistent democratic regression of the past twenty years, despite the fact that ...Show More
7) Talking Thai Politics: Kunthika Nutcharut, Defending Disruptors
What is it like to be a human rights lawyer in Thailand? How does the new generation of 2020s political activists differ from those of previous eras? In this episode of Talking Thai Politics, we talk ...Show More
8) Mark Tamthai: Remembering Chaiwat Satha-Anand
Why was the late Ajarn Chaiwat Satha-Anand so passionate about bringing peace to Thailand’s deep south? How did he try to speak nonviolence to Thai power elites? In this episode of Talking Thai Politi...Show More
9) Talking Thai Politics: Pannika Wanich, Progressive Activist
In this inaugural episode of Talking Thai Politics, Pannika Wanich of the Progressive Movement talks about generational contestation in Thailand, as well the evolution of Future Forward, Move Forward ...Show More