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- 🇳🇿NZ · Politics#135500 to 3K
- 🇵🇭PH · Politics#157500 to 3K
- 🇲🇾MY · Politics#164500 to 3K
- 🇭🇰HK · Politics#180500 to 3K
- 🇮🇩ID · Politics#183500 to 3K
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900 to 5.4K🎙 Daily cadence·134 episodes·Last published yesterday - Monthly Reach
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3K to 18K🇳🇿17%🇵🇭17%🇲🇾17%+3 more - Active Followers
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1.6K to 9.9K
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EP136: Food Security in Southeast Asia amidst the Iran War with Dr Jose Ma. Luis P. Montesclaros
May 15, 2026
26m 00s
EP135: Papua Protests with Dr. Hipo Wangge
May 6, 2026
22m 19s
EP134: Russia and Southeast Asia with Dr. Ian Storey
Apr 30, 2026
32m 21s
EP133: Thailand’s Military with Dr. Paul Chambers
Apr 24, 2026
24m 11s
EP132: ASEAN’s E-Crises – Energy and E-Waste with Peter Cockcroft & Wong Pui Yi
Apr 17, 2026
24m 11s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 5/15/26 | EP136: Food Security in Southeast Asia amidst the Iran War with Dr Jose Ma. Luis P. Montesclaros | This episode looks at food security in the context of the changing weather conditions and the Iran war with RSIS’s Dr Jose Ma. Luis P. Montesclaros, highlighting variation in risks across the region and potential policy responses. Stay informed on our website:https://straighttalkseasia.com/ | 26m 00s | ||||||
| 5/6/26 | EP135: Papua Protests with Dr. Hipo Wangge | This episode looks at recent developments in Papua with Dr. Hipo Wangge.Stay informed on our website:https://straighttalkseasia.com/ | 22m 19s | ||||||
| 4/30/26 | EP134: Russia and Southeast Asia with Dr. Ian Storey | This episode looks at the relationship between Russia and Southeast Asia with Dr. Ian Storey building on his seminal book Putin’s Russia and Southeast Asia. Stay informed on our website:https://straighttalkseasia.com/ | 32m 21s | ||||||
| 4/24/26 | EP133: Thailand’s Military with Dr. Paul Chambers | This episode looks at Thailand’s military and its changing political role with Dr. Paul Chambers.Stay informed on our website:https://straighttalkseasia.com/ | 24m 11s | ||||||
| 4/17/26 | EP132: ASEAN’s E-Crises – Energy and E-Waste with Peter Cockcroft & Wong Pui Yi | This episode looks at two different crisis impacting the region – energy with Peter Cockcroft triggered by the Iran War and the management of E-Waste the product of rising tonnes being trafficking into the region with Basil Action Network’s Wong Pui Yi. Stay informed on our website:https://straighttalkseasia.com/ | 24m 11s | ||||||
| 4/9/26 | EP131: Mekong River Politics with Brian Eyler | This episode examines the geopolitical and environmental issues connected to the Mekong River with Stimson Center’s Senior Fellow Brian Eyler. Stay informed on our website:https://straighttalkseasia.com/ | 31m 29s | ||||||
| 4/3/26 | EP130: Non-Shifting Myanmar Politics with Lorcan Lovett | This episode examines recent developments in Myanmar, from changes in the military to the new federal arrangement announced by the National Unity Government with journalist Lorcan Lovett. Stay informed on our website:https://straighttalkseasia.com/ | 26m 45s | ||||||
| 3/26/26 | EP129: Iran War and Southeast Asia with James Dorsey | This episode examines how the war in Iran is impacting geopolitics and economies in Southeast Asia with expert journalist James Dorsey. Stay informed on our website:https://straighttalkseasia.com/ | 31m 30s | ||||||
| 3/20/26 | EP128: Labor Rights Trends in Southeast Asia with Benjamin Harkins | This episode looks at contemporary labor rights issues in Southeast Asia with ILO’s technical specialist Benjamin Harkins. Stay informed on our website:https://straighttalkseasia.com/ | 32m 55s | ||||||
| 3/14/26 | EP127: New Zealand and Southeast Asia with Professor Malcolm McKinnon | This episode examines the New Zealand relationship with Southeast Asia with historian Malcolm McKinnon.Stay informed on our website:https://straighttalkseasia.com/ | 21m 26s | ||||||
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| 3/6/26 | EP126: Critical Minerals and Southeast Asia with Dr. Alvin Camba | This episode looks at the geopolitics of critical minerals in Southeast Asia with Dr. Alvin Camba.Stay informed on our website:https://straighttalkseasia.com/ | 28m 46s | ||||||
| 2/22/26 | EP125: Indonesia’s Economic Tremors with Siwage Negara | This episode analyzes Indonesia's economic tremors with economist Dr Siwage Negara.Stay informed on our website:https://straighttalkseasia.com/ | 25m 10s | ||||||
| 2/12/26 | EP124: Thailand’s Election with Ken Lohatepanont | This episode looks at Thailand’s 2026 general election with University of Michigan scholar Ken Lohatepanont, examining the victory of Bhumjaitai party, losses by Pheu Thai and People’s Party, changing voting patterns and implications ahead.Stay informed on our website:https://straighttalkseasia.com/ | 30m 36s | ||||||
| 2/1/26 | EP123: Myanmar Five Years On | This episode looks at Myanmar’s junta’s election and reflects on the five-year anniversary of the 2021 coup. Stay informed on our website:https://straighttalkseasia.com/ | 29m 01s | ||||||
| 1/30/26 | EP122: Philippines ASEAN Chairmanship with Dr. Don McLain Gill | This episode looks ahead at what to expect with the 2026 ASEAN chairmanship of the Philippines with Dr. Don McLain Gill.Stay informed on our website:https://straighttalkseasia.com/ | 32m 24s | ||||||
| 1/22/26 | EP121: Contextualizing Vietnam’s Party Congress with Nguyen Khac Giang | This episode examines the Vietnam Party Congress with Nguyen Khac Giang, tracing developments and broader ongoing political reforms taking place in Vietnam.Stay informed on our website:https://straighttalkseasia.com/ | 32m 50s | ||||||
| 1/17/26 | EP120: Cambodia Scam Centers with Jacob Sims | This episode looks at the extradition of Chen Xi to China from Cambodia and the broader geopolitics of Cambodia’s scam economy with Harvard University Asia Center Visiting Fellow Jacob Sims.Stay informed on our website:https://straighttalkseasia.com/ | 29m 13s | ||||||
| 1/11/26 | 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. Stay informed on our website:https://straighttalkseasia.com/ | 28m 18s | ||||||
| 12/21/25 | 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.Stay informed on our website:https://straighttalkseasia.com/ | 33m 18s | ||||||
| 12/18/25 | 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.Stay informed on our website:https://straighttalkseasia.com/ | 27m 32s | ||||||
| 12/10/25 | 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.Stay informed on our website:https://straighttalkseasia.com/ | 28m 13s | ||||||
| 12/8/25 | 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.Stay informed on our website:https://straighttalkseasia.com/ | 18m 33s | ||||||
| 11/12/25 | EP114: AI Governance in Southeast Asia w/ Michael Bak | This episode looks at AI governance in Southeast Asia with Michael Bak, Head of Policy & Network of AI Safety Asia.Stay informed on our website:https://straighttalkseasia.com/ | 25m 05s | ||||||
| 11/2/25 | 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.Stay informed on our website:https://straighttalkseasia.com/ | 28m 33s | ||||||
| 10/26/25 | 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.Stay informed on our website:https://straighttalkseasia.com/ | 26m 55s | ||||||
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Chart Positions
6 placements across 6 markets.
Chart Positions
6 placements across 6 markets.