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Thirteenth Man PodcastDiamonds in the Delta- Philippines: Infrastructure for whom?00:00 What are deltas and why are they sinking?
05:17 New Manila International Airport (NMIA)
07:55 Dredging, reclamation make floods worse
11:26 Human rights abused, environmental laws broken, forced disappearances of activists
16:33 And who welcomes the airport?
19:59 Why is the government championing the project?
21:49 Fisher communities seek university's help
24:08 Why don't fishers just move?
27:27 The role of Boskalis
29:11 Dutch government is complicit
30:48 How 'Dutch Delta Approach' can harm environment, human rights
33:17 What next for Manila Bay fishers?
35:01 Diamonds in the Delta
The controversial New Manila International Airport project is being built on 'reclaimed land', created artificially by dredging sand...
2024-10-3037 min
Thirteenth Man PodcastDiamonds in the Delta- Indonesia: Cities flood, land sinks under coastal infrastructure
Semarang city in Indonesia's Java island continues to grow as a transport and economic hub. And its soft, shifty land-- made of sediments deposited by rivers as they empty into the Java sea-- continues to sink under the weight of its ever-expanding infrastructure. Consequently, communities are getting flooded, with the poorest getting hit the hardest. Even in adjacent rural areas, entire villages are drowning under tidal floods likely caused by expansion of the city's port.
In this podcast, Rijanta Bapak and Erlis Saputra from Gadjah Mada University tell this story based on their research in the area. They reflect...
2024-06-2829 min
Star Spangled GamblersBest and Worst of Political Gambling in 2023Every year, Star Spangled Gamblers hosts the Golden Modelos—an awards show for the best and worst of political gambling in the previous year. Abhi Kylasa (AENews) and Vanilla Vice return to the show to discuss which nominees should make the ballot. Timestamps 0:00: Pratik introduces the Golden Modelos and why they matter 5:56: Vice introduces the Golden Modelos 6:53: Pratik explains the Golden Modelos process 8:33: Best Market 9:27: Room temperature superconductor 10:15: Will 2023 be the hottest year market 11:23: Best Trade 11:27: Bonding the Bitcoin ET...
2024-05-0950 min
Thirteenth Man PodcastIn 2024, we celebrate #Camelids - with Ilse Köhler-RollefsonUnited Nations has declared 2024 as the #YearOfCamelids -- in recognition of the crucial role played by camels and their relatives-- llamas, alpacas, vicunas and guanacos-- in sustaining communities that live in arid deserts and harsh mountainous terrains. They provide food, fibre and fertilizer in these remote areas where resources are scarce. The frugal resilience of these magnificent creatures might hold clues as to how to respond to climate challenges.
Who better to talk to about this than Dr. Ilse Köhler-Rollefson, who has spent the past 30 years working with camel herders in India's western Rajasthan state?
2024-01-2734 min
Thirteenth Man PodcastNetherlands' path to The World Cup- with Saqib ZulfiqarLeg-spinning allrounder Saqib Zulfiqar was in the thick of action when The Netherlands beat Scotland at the Cricket World Cup qualifiers in July 2023 to qualify for the marquee event. He will likely be part of the squad that travels to India in October to compete at the tournament. In this podcast, he talks about the the his and the team's experience at the qualifiers and their preparations for India.
2023-07-3016 min
Thirteenth Man PodcastHuman bodies are losing microbes and getting less resilientA variety of microbes (bacteria/viruses/fungi) help human bodies function and develop resilience to diseases. We receive these microbes from our environment. With globalisation and convergance of lifestyles across the world, the variety in human microbial profiles is endangered, making us less healthy and less resilient to diseases. The Human Microbiota Vault project is trying to map and conserve the human microbial variety before it is too late. (https://www.microbiotavault.org/) I speak to the project's President, Professor Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello.
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2023-06-2831 min
Thirteenth Man PodcastThe Long Table: Communal dining in wartime-BritainDuring the two World Wars, British governments of the day set up canteens and restaurants that outnumbered the ubiquitous fast food outlets of today. They offered healthy food at affordable prices and turned a profit. However, come peace time, and they disappeared. Food Historian Bryce Evans discusses whether Britain's experience with war-time communal dining offers present-day solutions amid public health and cost-of-living crises.
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2023-02-0847 min
Thirteenth Man PodcastBazball-ing in Pakistan with Lawrence BoothLawrence Booth (Editor, Wisden Cricket Almanack) talks about covering the recent Pakistan tour of the England Test team, the first in 17 years, amid heavy security, warm hospitality, and Bazball—England’s new whirlwind approach to Test cricket that English fans claim will save Test cricket, even as opponents wait impatiently for it to fail. Lawrence also explains exactly WHAT Bazball is.
2023-01-0343 min
Thirteenth Man PodcastDutch Delight: #Netherlands ' run at the 2022 T20 World Cup, and the road aheadNetherlands cricket teams' performance at the 2022 T20 World Cup was their best ever-- they beat South Africa and Zimbabwe, and finished within the top 8 to qualify directly for the next edition 2024. However, as an 'Associate' cricket team, they would still need to figure out where there next matches will come from.
2022-11-2352 min
Thirteenth Man Podcast(Episode 5) Bas de Leede: Growing up a cricketer in NetherlandsIn the cricket wasteland that is The Netherlands, love for cricket is passed down generations in families. The most famous example of this is Tim and Bas de Leede, father and son who have represented their country at a combined 5 World Cups and counting. In this episode, we talk to Bas about what it was like growing up in a family which was an island of cricket in an ocean of… well, every other sport but cricket.
2022-08-2025 min
Thirteenth Man Podcast(Episode 4) Mudassar Bukhari: The quintessential Dutch cricketerFrom spirited amateurs to fledgling professionals, the Dutch national cricket team's is a story that is embodied perfectly by former allrounder Mudassar Bukhari's career.
2022-08-1538 min
Thirteenth Man Podcast(Episode 3)De Pandemie in het Donker / The Pandemic in the Dark(For English subtitles, listen/watch this podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWh8AbBdDHw)
De afgelopen twee jaren van de Corona pandemie (2020-21) -- met de paniek, de lockdowns, de maatregelen- waren heel moeilijk voor mij. Hoe veel moeilijker moet het zijn geweest, zonder licht, in volledig donker? Ik vroeg het aan Bart Schotman, die blind is en in het muZIEum in Nijmegen werkt. ( https://www.muzieum.nl/ )
With all the panic, the lockdowns, and the social distancing, the past two years of the Corona pandemic (2020-21) were really difficult for me. How much more difficult would...
2022-08-0719 min
Thirteenth Man Podcast(Episode 2) Ain Contractor: Women, Wetlands, and CareIn September 2021, fisherwomen from Pulicat wetlands in India's southern Tamil Nadu state wrote to the Chief Minister, inviting him to their village for a 'seafood fest.' The letter reminded him of his poll promise to protect the wetlands on which their lives and livelihoods depended....from a proposeed expansion of a nearby deep sea port.
Ain Contractor, an architect and a water & sanitation scholar, spent several months in 2021 with communities in the Pulicat wetlands. We discuss the importance of wetlands, how wetland communities care for their habitat, the role of women, and how all that affects all of us.
2022-08-0635 min
Thirteenth Man Podcast(Episode 1) Scott Edwards: "ODI cricket still a benchmark for Associates"To many, One Day International (ODI) is losing ground to T20 as the limited over format of choice. However, for Associate nations, who do not get to play Tests, it is still the longest format of the game and the benchmark of sorts. So the discontinuation of the ODI Super League has come as a blow them. We talk to Dutch Men's Captain Scott Edwards about this, about the upcoming T20 cricket world cup, about captaincy, and much more.
2022-08-0420 min