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Straight Talk Southeast Asia

Renegade Radio

121 episodes

10 hours ago

Welcome to Straight Talk Southeast Asia. In this podcast, host, political analyst and academic, Dr. Bridget Welsh covers politics, current affairs, developments and other news in Southeast Asia, all for your listening pleasure. Episodes cover the latest developments every week, so it's best to listen to the latest episode to get to know what's happening. See you soon!

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Welcome to Straight Talk Southeast Asia. In this podcast, host, political analyst and academic, Dr. Bridget Welsh covers politics, current affairs, developments and other news in Southeast Asia, all for your listening pleasure. Episodes cover the latest developments every week, so it's best to listen to the latest episode to get to know what's happening. See you soon!

This show is produced by Renegade Radio.

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Episodes (20/121)

Straight Talk Southeast Asia

EP119: Looking Back at 2025

This episode looks back at political developments in 2025, drawing attention to geopolitics, Malaysia's ASEAN chairmanship, domestic power consolidation and strain and pressures for change.

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https://straighttalkseasia.com/

16 hours ago

28 minutes

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EP118: Myanmar's Junta Polls w/ Billy Ford

This episode looks at contemporary Myanmar politics at the end of the 2025 with SEAPI political analyst/fellow Billy Ford, focusing on the Myanmar junta election, challenges for the opposition/resistance and what to look out for ahead.

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https://straighttalkseasia.com/

3 weeks ago

33 minutes

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EP117: Economic Shocks and Southeast Asia’s Resilience with Roland Rajah

This episode looks at the economy in Southeast Asia over the past year with Lowi Institute's Roland Rajah, highlighting shocks, resilience and variation across the region.

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3 weeks ago

27 minutes

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EP116: Climate Governance in Southeast Asia with Sharon Seah

This episode looks at the recent COP30 meeting in Belem Brazil and how developments at the meeting connect to Southeast Asia, as well as policy trends around climate governance in ASEAN with Sharon Seah.

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1 month ago

28 minutes

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EP115: Regional Lessons from Sabah Polls

This episode catches up on developments in the region after the Sabah polls hiatus and fleshes out the lessons from Malaysia’s Sabah’s 2025 state polls for understanding the region’s changing politics.

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1 month ago

18 minutes

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EP114: AI Governance in Southeast Asia w/ Michael Bak

This episode looks at AI governance in Southeast Asia with Michael Bak, Head of Research
of AI Safety Asia.

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2 months ago

25 minutes

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EP113: Trump Comes to Malaysia / ASEAN with Dr. Ilango Karuppannan

This episode looks at US President Trump’s visit to Malaysia and the 47th ASEAN Summit/Meetings in Kuala Lumpur chaired by PM Anwar Ibrahim with Dr. Ilango Karuppanan.

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2 months ago

28 minutes

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EP112: Myanmar and ASEAN with Dr. Moe Thuzar

This episode looks at how ASEAN has handled the conflict in Myanmar over the past year with Malaysia as Chair with Dr. Moe Thuzar of Singapore’s Iseas Yusof Ishak Institute.

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2 months ago

26 minutes

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EP111: Timor Leste Enters ASEAN with Ivo Ribiero

This episode looks at Timor Leste’s entry into ASEAN with scholar and NBR Fellow Ivo Ribiero.

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2 months ago

28 minutes

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EP110: Media Freedom in Southeast Asia with Bey Lih Yi

This episode reflects on the genocides impacting Southeast Asia and speaks with Committee to Project Journalist’s (CPJ) Bey Lih Yi on the challenges impacting media freedom in Southeast Asia.

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3 months ago

28 minutes

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EP109: Trends in Transnational Crime with Jason Tower

This episode looks at trends regarding transnational crime/scam centers in Southeast Asia with transnational crime and security expert Jason Tower.

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3 months ago

29 minutes

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EP108: Indonesia Civil-Military Relations w/ Natalie Sambhi & Reshuffle Insights by Wasisto Raharjo Jati

This episode looks at Indonesia’s civil-military relations with Verve Research’s Natalie Sambhi and shares observations on contemporary Indonesian politics with BRIN’s Wasisto Raharjo Jati.

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3 months ago

35 minutes

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EP107: Bangsamoro Election with Georgi Engelbrecht

This episode looks at the coming Bangsamoro elections in the Philippines with Georgi Engelbrecht.

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3 months ago

42 minutes

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EP106: India and Southeast Asia with Dr Rahul Mishra

This episode looks at India’s relationship with Southeast Asia with JNU’s associate professor Rahul Mishra.

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3 months ago

37 minutes

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EP105: Papua’s Perpetual Conflict with Dr. Hipolitus Wangge

This episode looks at the conflict in Papua with Dr. Hipolitus Wangge, examining recent trends and challenges.

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4 months ago

38 minutes

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EP104: Protests in Indonesia with Dr. Rendy Pahrun Wadipalapa

This episode discusses factors shaping the recent protests in Indonesia with Dr Rendy Pahrun Wadipalapa of BRIN.

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4 months ago

32 minutes

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EP103: A Look at Laos with Dr Keith Barney

This episode focuses on contemporary developments and challenges facing Laos with Associate Professor Keith Barney of the Australian National University.

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4 months ago

30 minutes

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EP102: Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy with Jonathan Berkshire Miller

This episode looks at Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy with Jonathan Berkshire Miller, and highlights Canada’s increased engagement with the region.

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4 months ago

29 minutes

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EP101: Myanmar's Post-Coup Economic Transformation with Dr. Jared Bissenger

This episode looks at the major developments in Myanmar's economy since the junta coup of February 2021.

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5 months ago

33 minutes

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EP100: Southern Thailand's Not So Contained Conflict with Don Pathan

This episode looks at the conflict in southern Thailand with long-term political analyst of this area Don Pathan.

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https://straighttalkseasia.com/

5 months ago

29 minutes