Podcast Episodes

Episode 208 (with Katherine Hasan)

Season 6 Episode 23

New data provided insights on smog-producing emissions of nitrous oxides (NOx), which we discuss with the analyst Katherine Hasan of the Centre for C…

9 hours ago

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Episode 207 (with Maxwell Abbott)

Season 6 Episode 22

As Indonesia's export control policies increasingly attract attention, Vietnam is tentatively embracing the Korean Chaebol model.  Max Abbott, a seas…

4 days, 13 hours ago

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Episode 206 (with Thinzar Shunlei Yi)

Season 6 Episode 21

Thinzar Shunlei Yi, Magnitsky human rights award recipient for Outstanding Young Human Rights Activist Award and activist of the human rights NGO #Si…

2 weeks ago

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Episode 205

Season 6 Episode 20

Reliable new polling suggests the national mood may be shifting away from the president.  BI's esteemed governor abruptly resigns and attention will …

4 weeks ago

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Episode 204

Season 6 Episode 19

An embarrassment of riches befell the top prosecutor in Indonesia's AGO when police discovered seven suitcases of gold bars in the closet of his golf…

1 month, 1 week ago

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Episode 203

Season 6 Episode 18

Reformasi Dispatch discusses: the Nadiem Makarim verdict and its effects on sentiment as well as procurement; the VP sweepstakes ahead of the 2029 sc…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Episode 202 (with Dédé Oetomo)

Season 6 Episode 17

In this special Pride month episode of Reformasi Dispatch, Kevin and Erin talk to legendary LGBTQ activist Dédé Oetomo to talk about his activism wor…

2 months ago

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Episode 201

Season 6 Episode 16

The students are back!  And so is Reformasi Dispatch co-founder Jeff Hutton, who rejoins Erin and Kevin after his academic sojourn.  He shares his im…

2 months, 1 week ago

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Episode 200

Season 6 Episode 15

After a precipitous drop in both the rupiah and the Indonesian Stock Index, Kevin and Erin round up the assorted moves implemented by the government …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Season 6 Episode 14

Season 6 Episode 14

As the rupiah continues to slide, the government is exacerbating business sentiment by imposing an export marketing board for palm oil, coal and ferr…

2 months, 4 weeks ago

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