This topic was posted , thanks Berosus. Looks like this never got pinged, but I've added the k-word and am pinging the list.
Posted on 03/11/2017 8:02:39 AM PST by Berosus
I have been a minor participant on FR since 2004, but this is the first time I have ever started a thread. For the past eight months I have recorded a podcast on Southeast Asian history, and I thought some other Freepers would be interested in hearing it, especially when I cover twentieth century events like World War II and the Vietnam War. Although the podcast is hosted on Blubrry.com, you can also access it from iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and four other websites.
As of March 2017, I have seventeen episodes online, and because I have been going in chronological order, I have covered prehistoric, ancient and medieval events so far; currently the narrative is up to the year 1600. When I started, I checked the military history podcasts available, and found there isn't a podcast on the Vietnam War yet. If that is still the case when I reach the mid-twentieth century, my podcast will become the official Vietnam War podcast. Listen and enjoy!
All right, Episode 112 of the podcast is now available! Today we pay another visit to Burma, to look at what happened from late 1988 to 2011. To start with, from this time onward, the country will usually be called Myanmar. During this period, the military is still in charge, and while the generals aren’t as eccentric as Ne Win, the general who ran the show in Episode 101, they pull one crazy stunt: a new capital city is built from scratch, and the government is suddenly ordered to move to it, without previous warning. Also, we see Aung San Suu Kyi become a heroine in the eyes of the outside world, as she resists the generals. Finally, hear how a handful of Burmese discover punk rock, and use it as another way to express political opposition.
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/78697484/episode-112-yesterdays-burma-todays-myanmar/
Today we finish up the podcast’s narrative about Vietnam. This time it won’t be war stories, but the story of how Vietnam recovered from the wars it suffered in the twentieth century, and how it has become the exciting, growing country that visitors see today.
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/79491851/episode-113-vietnam-the-phoenix-of-asia/
Thanks B/R/C (;^), I think I've GGG'd this topic but it's been a while so I'll a) check and b) maybe re-ping it.
This topic was posted , thanks Berosus. Looks like this never got pinged, but I've added the k-word and am pinging the list.
This episode of the podcast covers Cambodia, from 1989 to the present. As you can guess from the title, it’s mainly a story of how Cambodia has recovered from all the awful things that happened to it in the twentieth century.
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/80319057/episode-114-cambodia-a-rocky-road-to-recovery/
This episode of the podcast is the last one planned for Indonesia. Here we look at events in the world’s largest archipelago, from 1998 to the present. Listen and you will understand what is going on in a large nation that often does not get much attention in the outside world.
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/81254614/episode-115-a-new-beginning-for-indonesia/
Sorry again for making you wait five weeks. As compensation, this episode is the longest I have recorded in the past year. Today we finish up the narrative on the Philippines, covering the recent history of those islands from 1992 to the present. Overall it has been an up-and-down experience for Filipinos; from my point of view, life is getting better for them, but they still have a long way to go, before they can claim to be as successful as some of their neighbors.
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/82368089/episode-116-the-philippines-muddle-through/
At last, after promising it for a long time, here is the episode on East Timor! Meet Southeast Asia’s newest country.
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/83137393/episode-117-east-timor-the-new-kid-on-the-block/
If you listen to my podcast, here is a Christmas present from me! This episode covers the turbulent recent years of Myanmar’s history, from 2008 to 2121. The next episode will come out in 2022, so Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/83403105/episode-118-which-way-is-myanmar-going/
To all the listeners of this podcast, I want to thank you for your patience. I actually started to record this in the third week of January (there is a reference to January early in the episode), but the work was interrupted more than once, for more than a day each time. Now at last, it is finished and good to go. This time we finish the series of episodes on recent Southeast Asian history, by looking at events in Thailand, from 2001 to the present. At the end I tell you about a new icon to give special recognition to the show’s donors, and remind you that the next episode will feature your questions. February is a short month, so if you have any questions, send them to me today!
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/83872545/episode-119-the-unconquered-kingdom-one-more-time/
Okay, I am back at last! The previous episode of the podcast completed our historical narrative of Southeast Asia. Now for today’s episode, I will start answering the questions you have sent me over the past two months. In fact, you sent me so many questions that I will answer some of them in the next episode as well. But I don’t mind; thank you for your enthusiastic response!
Oh, and one other thing. I got an email from one listener who said the volume on the podcast was too loud. I thought the sound was all right, because no one mentioned it in the past, and when I listen to my own recordings, I don’t have to turn the volume almost all the way up, as is the case with some other podcasts. Therefore, with the software I use for the recording, I turned down the microphone volume, from 86 to 70 percent. Drop me a line if you feel strongly about the change, whether you like it or not. And like always, listen and enjoy!
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/84272804/episode-120-question-and-answer-session-4/
As promised, here is the newest episode! Today I answer the eleven questions I didn’t have time for in the previous episode.
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/86311730/episode-121-question-and-answer-session-5/
This is the first episode I promised on special topics that were overlooked when we were going through the historical narrative, in previous episodes. Today we have an in-depth look at the Boat People, the refugees who fled Vietnam in the last quarter of the twentieth century. Listen and enjoy!
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/87495585/episode-122-the-boat-people/
Thank you!
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Thank you for your patience! This shows that despite all the little things life has thrown at me since the last episode, I was able to get another one done. Today’s episode covers another topic that a listener requested, an in-depth look at ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Again, listen and enjoy!
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/89991122/episode-123-the-association-of-southeast-asian-nations/
One of my listeners requested I give equal time to eastern Indonesia, because in the past when I talked about this vast island nation, I concentrated on the big western islands: Java, Sumatra and Borneo. Well, it turns out I’m going to need more than one episode to fulfill that request, so here’s the first part in a mini-series on eastern Indonesia. Today we will look at the “Island of the Gods,” Bali.
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/91103881/episode-124-another-look-at-bali/
Will cue up this episode.
Your podcast on the Vietnamese boat people was different than what I remember from the MSM treatment back then, and cleared up some “misrememberings”.
Thanks for the ping.
Well, the only source I used from the MSM was the Newsweek article I remember reading, back in May 1975.
Happy Groundhog Day, if you are in the United States! But seriously, after nearly three months of researching, recording, editing, and fighting off the challenges that kept me from working on the podcast, Episode 125 is now available! Today we take a close look at Sulawesi, the largest Indonesian island between Borneo and New Guinea. To compensate for the long time you waited, this is the longest episode I have made so far, at one hour and 23 minutes. So grab some refreshment (food or a drink), get comfortable, listen and enjoy!
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/93592501/episode-125-sulawesi-and-the-way-of-the-ancestors/
This is a special mini-episode. It has nothing to do with Southeast Asian history. In a recent conversation I had, the subject of ancient aliens came up. For the record, here is my opinion on that subject. Listen and enjoy, while I work on the next regular podcast episode!
https://blubrry.com/hoseasia/94060868/mini-episode-it-must-be-the-mystery-factor/
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