Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGot Governance? Legal certainty in Indonesia (with Laode Syarif)
Season 2 Episode 22
The state of the Anti-Corruption Commission (KPK), trends in the police and the atmosphere for discourse are factors affecting Indonesia's outlook fo…
3 years, 7 months ago
Vice Grip: 'Widodo-for-VP' Reflects Desperation
Season 2 Episode 21
A scheme to nominate President Joko Widodo for vice president, which is suddenly occupying headlines, would face multiple hurdles – legal, ethical, p…
3 years, 7 months ago
Fuel for the fire (with Said Iqbal of the KSPI)
Season 2 Episode 20
Kevin and Jeff talk about President Joko Widodo’s decision to raise fuel prices and claw back some of the nearly 700 trillion rupiah in subsidies ex…
3 years, 7 months ago
Rizieq Unchecked: New Role for FPI Founder on Parole
Season 2 Episode 19
Indonesia’s Islamic firebrand suddenly won early release from prison. The founder of the banned Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) has repeatedly shook n…
3 years, 9 months ago
Poll Position (Interview with Seth Soderborg)
Season 2 Episode 18
Kevin and Jeff talk with Harvard academic and pollster Seth Soderborg about the art and science of taking the temperature of the Indonesian electorat…
3 years, 9 months ago
Joko as Broker: Credibility Bolsters Widodo in Kyiv, Moscow Visits (with Ukraine Amb Vasyl Hamianin)
Season 2 Episode 17
President Joko Widodo's sudden plan to engage in personal diplomacy with Putin involves high stakes. Prospects for progress are daunting, but the …
3 years, 10 months ago
Coal Gaslighting
Season 2 Episode 16
Indonesia's new and renewable energy bill includes provisions to support development of fossil fuels including coal bed methane and coal gasification…
3 years, 10 months ago
Golkar Stirs: A Step Towards a Non-Party Nominee for President
Season 2 Episode 15
Former VP nominee Sandiaga Uno joins Reformasi Dispatch to discuss his portfolio as tourism minister at a crucial juncture for the sector. Jeff and…
3 years, 11 months ago
Indonesia's New Sexual Violence Crimes Law (With Andy Yetriani, chairwoman of the National Commission on Violence Against Women)
Season 2 Episode 14
Kevin and Jeff interview Andy Yentriani, chairwoman of Indonesia's National Commission on Violence Against Women. Indonesia's landmark law on sexual …
3 years, 11 months ago
Nay-Palm Bomb: Widodo's drastic palm-olein export ban
Season 2 Episode 13
Controlling domestic cooking-oil prices is President Widodo's reason for banning Indonesia's exports of palm oleins, which the world relies upon for …
4 years ago