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2025-11-0509 min
Insight MyanmarA Borderline PersonalityEpisode #425: Dr. Lalita Hanwong, a Thai historian and analyst, has dedicated her career to understanding Myanmar and its ties to Thailand. “I’m morally attached to the peoples of Myanmar,” she says, summing up a lifetime of scholarship and advocacy that spans from the archives of colonial Burma to the war-torn Thai-Myanmar border. “I just want to talk to everybody.” Trained at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, Lalita’s research explored how British rule relied on racial hierarchies to govern Burma. “The British were pretty paranoid and suspicious of the Burmese… the specific race that they found...
2025-11-041h 47Insight MyanmarYou’ve Got HarmEpisode #421: Saijai Liangpunsakul, whose first name means “the link between two hearts,” speaks of her journey through the turbulent conflict of Myanmar, and how the kindness and resilience of the Myanmar people continue to inspire her. Now a recognized expert on digital trauma and rights, she has come a long way from her small southern Thailand village. She travelled to Costa Rica on her own at 15 years on a student scholarship, and continued her global education in Canada and the US.The spark for her defining work ignited during the Arab Spring in Egypt, where she was on a...
2025-10-281h 44Insight MyanmarReturn to NowhereEpisode #385: Minna Fredriksson, human rights advisor at the Swedish development organization Diakonia, describes her humanitarian work and critiques the humanitarian aid field based on her years of work in Southeast Asia. Fredriksson managed humanitarian efforts in refugee camps along the Thai-Myanmar border in 2013. This was at the start of the democratic transition, and when donor governments such as the U.S., Sweden, Germany, and Japan were urging refugees to return to Myanmar despite persistent insecurity. She observed firsthand the disconnect between donor timelines and refugee realities. Later, inside Myanmar, Fredriksson found that decades of repression had shaped ho...
2025-08-271h 54Insight MyanmarHeritage and HopeEpisode #383: The 4th International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies (ICBMS) was hosted at hosted by Chiang Mai University. This major event brought together many scholars and experts to discuss Myanmar’s ongoing challenges, including the 2021 coup, conflicts, peace efforts, and human rights issues. Hosting over 800 participants over its three day event, it was one of the largest events dedicated to Myanmar studies.Insight Myanmar Podcast recorded exclusive interviews with a number of guests at the conference. These short conversations covered a broad range of topics, and this episode closes out this four-part series. Our guests are:...
2025-08-231h 06Insight MyanmarAll Along the MekongEpisode #377: “Myanmar is a source of inspiration everywhere! This is me speaking directly to friends in Myanmar, that they should understand that they are the source of inspiration, and the source of ideas and reflections, to a level that they don't recognize, because there are a lot of reflections going on in the corners of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, that are not there on media.” Tee is a Vietnamese activist devoted to regional peacebuilding, and is particularly connected to Myanmar. His solidarity is deeply personal, not about grand gestures but about sharing in the struggles of his friends. As he...
2025-08-111h 10Insight MyanmarRewriting HistoryEpisode #358: The 4th International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies (ICBMS), hosted by Chiang Mai University in August 2024, brought together scholars, activists, and experts to discuss Myanmar's critical issues. The event focused on conflicts, peace processes, human rights, and the 2021 coup's impact, drawing an estimated 800 participants, making it one of the largest gatherings on Myanmar studies.Insight Myanmar Podcast had exclusive on-site access, recording a number of brief interviews with a wide range of guests. These interviews explore many different themes, and we’re excited to bring them to you here. This is the third episode of our fo...
2025-06-271h 04Insight MyanmarFrom Russia With AnxietyEpisode #357: When Wai Yan Phyo Naing, a civilian scholar in Myanmar vocal against the human rights atrocities of the junta, received a scholarship from a Russian university to pursue his Masters, he did not expect to receive a rare insight into the intricacies of Myanmar's military. Yet that is exactly what happened, as many soldiers were also studying at his university in Moscow. Surrounded by hundreds of uniformed students, he observed a prevalent insularity within their ranks. Yet, amid this closed environment, he identified a distinct subgroup: military officers whose willingness to interact with other international students cultivated, for...
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Myanmar MusingsLocal Politics in the Myanmar HeartlandWe speak to Dr. Stéphen Huard, researcher at the French Institute of Research for Development, about his recently published book in the Asian Anthropologies Berghahn Books series, Calibrated Engagement: Chronicles of Local Politics in the Heartland of Myanmar. This is a detailed and historically informed ethnography in Gawgyi, a small village near Monywa, and will be an enjoyable read for anyone interested in Bama culture and the Dry Zone. It's also currently available via open access here: https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/HuardCalibrated
2025-06-1759 minInsight MyanmarA Nation InterruptedEpisode #352: Nicholas Coppel’s tenure as Australia’s ambassador to Myanmar (2015–2018) provides a unique lens on the country’s transition toward democracy, as well as the enduring challenges posed by military dominance. Serving during the historic 2015 elections, Coppel witnessed the National League for Democracy (NLD) rise to power under Aung San Suu Kyi. Yet despite the optimism surrounding the election, the military’s entrenched authority under the 2008 Constitution continued to hinder reform. Retaining control of key ministries and 25% of parliamentary seats, the military ensured an enduring imbalance of power, despite the civilian government’s best efforts. Coppel’s engagement wa...
2025-06-061h 14Insight MyanmarThe Art of Doing NothingEpisode #345: Does any and all engagement with the junta equate to some form of complicity? Moe Thuzar of ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute challenges this notion by offering a nuanced perspective on ASEAN’s role in the Myanmar crisis following the 2021 coup. She argues that ASEAN’s diplomacy aims to exert influence and advocate for the Myanmar people’s aspirations. Moe Thuzar begins by explaining that there are “multiple Myanmars” beyond Naypyidaw: “in the peri-urban and central areas, the delta, the periphery. And now the resistances.” Providing further nuance, she notes how for many, “ethnic armed organizations represent the aspirations of different co...
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EHS Myanmar Monthly PodcastAssessing and Promoting Sustainability Opportunities in Myanmar's MSMEs | EHSMyanmarEHS Myanmar Monthly Podcast (March_2025)"မြန်မာ MSME များအတွက် ရေရှည်တည်တံ့ခြင်းဆိုင်ရာအခွင့်အလမ်းများ" ——————————————————————EHS Myanmar မှ (၂၀၂၄) ခုနှစ်တွင် "Assessing and Promoting Sustainable Opportunities in Myanmar MSMEs" ခေါင်းစဥ်ဖြင့် သတေသနစာတမ်း အားထုတ်ဝေခဲ့ပါသည်။ ထိုစာတမ်းမှကောက်နှုတ်ချက်များကို EHS Myanmar Monthly Podcast အနေဖြင့် (၂၀၂၅) ခုနှစ် မတ်လ (၆) ရက်နေ့တွင် ကိုတိုးလွင်ရှိန် (Research Associate) နှင့် မအိမွန်စိုး (Research Assistant) တို့မှ ပြုလုပ်ခဲ့သော သုတေသနဆိုင်ရာ ဆွေးနွေးမှုကိုတင်ဆက်လိုက်ရပါသည်။Research paper အပြည့်အစုံအား ဖတ်ရန်: Link#EHSMyanmar #Myanmarenvironment #sustainability #msmes This podcast was recorded on 06th March 2025. EHS Myanmar Podcast series: Season 5 Episode 2Follow us on social media for more educational contents.Learn more at: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and EHS website.
2025-03-2232 minInsight MyanmarThe Usual SuspectsEpisode #317: Derek Mitchell’s engagement with Myanmar began unexpectedly in the 1990s when he attended a human rights event featuring Aung San Suu Kyi. Years later, he became the first U.S. Special Representative and later Ambassador to Myanmar, playing a crucial role in shaping U.S. policy toward the country.Under the Obama administration, the U.S. reassessed its approach, transitioning from sanctions to diplomatic engagement. Mitchell was tasked with determining whether Myanmar’s new government, led by Thein Sein, was genuinely committed to reform. While political prisoners were released and civil society restrictions eased, skepticism rema...
2025-03-112h 00Insight MyanmarThe Hunger GamesEpisode #316: “Hunger and undernutrition in Myanmar is a political failure, and it’s a conscious political failure that's devastating,” says Thin Lei Win, a journalist dedicated to exposing Myanmar’s struggles with food security and press freedom.As a co-founder of Kite Tales, a non-profit storytelling project, she seeks to challenge mainstream narratives by amplifying personal stories that reflect Myanmar’s diverse realities. She says that before the 2021 coup, journalists were beginning to move beyond just reactions to events into more nuanced kinds of stories, but since the coup, press freedom has deteriorated, forcing many into exile or silence...
2025-03-072h 16Insight MyanmarGhosts of EmpireEpisode #307: Ashley South's exploration of Myanmar began as a journey into the unknown. He first worked with Karen refugees in Thailand, where he struggled to deal with the many cultural and religious differences. But over time, his understanding of Myanmar was transformed, deepening his connection with the people.Traveling extensively through Kachin, Shan, and Mon states, South's insights reveal Myanmar not as a true “nation state,” but more a tapestry of distinct, ethnic identities, and a colonial creation held together by force. While advocating for the assertion of ethnic identities, he highlights the challenges of ethni...
2025-02-042h 18Insight MyanmarRage Against the Dying LightEpisode #291: Charles Petrie, a former United Nations official with extensive experience in conflict zones, reflects on his time working with the UN and his recent journey to conflict-ridden areas in Myanmar.Petrie criticizes the UN's limitations and failures, especially regarding its handling of crises in Myanmar, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, and other places. He argues that the UN often oversimplifies conflicts, failing to address their root causes, while powerful member states prioritize national interests over humanitarian principles. This bureaucratic approach has led to systemic failures, particularly in protecting vulnerable populations.Discussing Myanmar, Petrie highlights the courage...
2024-12-102h 42Insight MyanmarAmerica Decides: How the US Election Could Reshape Burma PolicyThe stakes for Myanmar are very high in the upcoming US election. Given the two candidates’ different perspectives on international involvement, the transition to a new US administration will directly affect the way the country helps shape global responses to authoritarianism and human rights abuses. This is particularly true in Myanmar. The panel discussion focuses on how U.S. leadership might engage with Myanmar’s struggle for freedom and democracy in the post-election period.Panelists include:Scot Marciel, a seasoned U.S. diplomat, was the U.S. ambassador to Myanmar from 2016 to 2020. He now works with Stan...
2024-10-181h 18Insight MyanmarCaught in the CrossfireEpisode #273: The 4th International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies (ICBMS), hosted by Chiang Mai University in August 2024, brought together over 800 scholars, activists, and experts to discuss Myanmar's political, social, and economic challenges, including the impact of the 2021 coup. Insight Myanmar Podcast was given exclusive access to cover the event, where we recorded brief interviews with a number of guests and covering a wide range of diverse topics. These interviews are being presented in a special, four-part series, of which this episode is the first. Guests include: Aung Zaw, founder and editor of The Irrawaddy. He has dedicated his c...
2024-10-041h 02Insight MyanmarWhy Did Ashin Sarana Disrobe?Episode #269: Jansen Stovicek reflects on the emotional and practical challenges surrounding his decision to disrobe after 16 years as a monk. Initially, the idea of disrobing felt unimaginable, as his identity had been deeply intertwined with monastic life and strictly following the 90 billion-plus rules of the Vinaya. But after disrobing, Jansen encountered difficulty securing a place to stay as a monk, adding stress and uncertainty to his situation. His decision to disrobe was met with mixed acceptance by his community’ of followers. Ultimately, Jansen’s story is one of personal transformation and reflection. His candid insights shed...
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EHS Myanmar Monthly Podcastမြန်မာ့ကမ်းရိုးတန်း၏မဟာတံတိုင်းကြီးများ | EHS Myanmar
International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem 2024
Guest Speaker အဖြစ်ဖိတ်ကြားထားတဲ့ဆရာကတော့ သစ်တောထိန်းသိမ်းစောင့်ရှောက်ရေး၊ သဘာဝ အရင်းအမြစ်များကို စီမံခန့်ခွဲရေး နှင့် အခြားသော သဘာဝပတ်ဝန်းကျင် ထိန်းသိမ်းစောင့်ရှောက်ရေးလုပ်ငန်းများတွင် ၁၀ နှစ်ကျော် အတွေ့အကြုံရှိတဲ့ ဆရာ စောဝင်းမျိုးစံ ပဲဖြစ်ပါတယ်ရှင်။
ဆရာဟာ ဆိုရင်ဖြင့် ထို ၁၀ နှစ်ကျော် ကာလအတွင်း ခါကာဘိုရာဇီ၊ ဟိမဝန္တာတောင်တန်းများ အပါအဝင် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ အရှေ့တောင်ဘက်စွန်းရှိ ဒီရေတောများ၏ သဘာဝ ဂေဟစနစ်များကို ထိန်းသိမ်းစောင့်ရှောက်ခြင်း နှင့် ပြန်လည်ထူထောင်ခြင်း လုပ်ငန်းများကိုလည်း ဆောင်ရွက်ခဲ့ပါတယ်။ ဒါ့အပြင် ရာသီဥတုဖောက်ပြန်ပြောင်းလဲခြင်းကို လျော့နည်းစေရန်၊ ဇီဝမျိုးစုံမျိုးကွဲများနှင့် ကမ်းရိုးတန်းဒေသများကို ကာကွယ်နိုင်ရန် ရည်ရွယ်၍ ဒေသခံများ ၊ အရပ်ဖက်လူမှုအဖွဲအစည်းများနှင့်အတူ သစ်တော ရည်ရှည်တည်တံ့ခိုင်မြဲရေးနည်းလမ်းများကို အကောင်အထည်ဖော်ဆောင်ရွက်ခဲ့ပါတယ်။
ဆရာစောဝင်းမျိုးစံဟာ ဂျပန်နိုင်ငံ ကျိုတိုတက္ကသိုလ်မှ သဘာဝသယံဇာတစီမံခန့်ခွဲရေး ဘာသာရပ်ဖြင့် ဂုဏ်ထူးတန်းဘွဲကို ရရှိထားပြီး လက်ရှိမှာတော့ UNDP Myanmar မှာ လုပ်ကိုင်လျက်ရှိပါတယ်။
This webinar was hosted on 27th July 2024.
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2024-08-2553 minInsight MyanmarSpring University MyanmarEpisode #246: Thura, co-founder of Spring University Myanmar (SUM), offers a poignant narrative of resilience and innovation in the face of tyranny. Following the 2021 coup, Myanmar's youth found themselves grappling with a reality where traditional education systems crumbled under the weight of military oppression. Thura's response was visionary: establishing an alternative educational platform that not only defies the junta but also sustains the spirit of learning and resistance.Spring University Myanmar has emerged as a vibrant beacon of hope, providing micro-credentials and diploma programs across diverse disciplines. By harnessing the power of digital and analog technologies, including innovative...
2024-06-252h 27Insight MyanmarThe Borders of ConflictEpisode #242: The situation at the Myanmar-India border exemplifies the intersection of regional geopolitics, ethnic dynamics, and national security concerns. Angshuman Choudhury, a policy analyst, emphasizes that the northeast region of India, with its proximity and historical ties to Myanmar, plays a pivotal role in India's strategic calculus. The border, stretching 1,640 kilometers, is not just a line on a map, but a space of significant ethnic and cultural interaction that impacts local and national policies.India's relationship with Myanmar is a pragmatic one, influenced by security concerns over insurgent groups finding refuge in Myanmar and the broader geopolitical...
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EHS Myanmar Monthly PodcastTackling Plastics Waste Introduction to Circular Economy | EHS MyanmarTo celebrate Mother Earth Day 2024, EHS Myanmar organized a webinar titled "Tackling Plastic Waste: Introduction to Circular Economy" on April 21, 2024. The speaker was Ms. Yoon Nandar Khaing, Project Associate of EHS Myanmar, and the panelists were moderated by EHS Myanmar's Initiators Team, led by Ms. Khaing Su Wai, Ms. Aye Myint Thu, Mr. Aung Thu, and Ms. Khine Yin Thaw.
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2024-05-0635 minInsight MyanmarEmergency Edition: Burning the Midnight OilMichael Haack sheds light on the intricate world of US sanctions and their impact on Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprises (MOGE) and the wider Myanmar military regime. Haack, a familiar voice on the podcast, has spent two decades advocating for Myanmar, playing a pivotal role in the passage of the Burma Act.These latest sanctions, as Haack explains, cut off US financial services to MOGE, affecting loans and transfers, which may seem minor but actually have a profound impact. MOGE, being a vital source of foreign exchange for the military, deals primarily in US dollars, making these...
2024-01-0543 min
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2023-12-2842 minInsight Myanmar“Why Has Myanmar’s Democracy Movement Been Ignored?” (Panel Discussion)Episode #208: Better Burma’s third panel tackles the issue of the lack of limited international governmental and infrequent media attention on the horrific, on-going situation in Myanmar and the Burmese people’s valiant resistance against a brutal, Russia-backed military. Considering the widespread atrocities and human rights abuses, this lack of attention is actually rather startling. This disconnect was nowhere more apparent than in the Crisis Group’s recent essay, “10 Conflicts to Watch in 2023.” Myanmar didn’t even make the list!The topic of this panel, then, was Why Has Myanmar's Struggle for Democracy Bee...
2023-12-262h 04Insight MyanmarEmergency Edition: Scams and ShacklesJason Tower, country director for the Burma program at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), exposes the dark underbelly of an operation that ensnares hundreds of thousands of people into a form of modern-day slavery across Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, and the Philippines, forcing them to act as scammers in this multibillion dollar “industry.”Describing these scams as “pig butchering” because they’re designed to lead unaware dupes to the slaughter, Tower reveals a highly organized criminal network that resembling modern IT companies employing advanced technology, AI, and fintech to deceive victims globally, and which also engages in prostit...
2023-12-082h 02Insight MyanmarBattling Oppression with Economic StabilityEpisode #200: “I am an Indian and American, and I carry both in my blood,” says Jagdish Dalal, who goes by the name Jag. “I am one of those with a Western mind and Eastern soul. So whenever I think about Myanmar, or I think about other Asian countries, I have a personal feel for it.”With over five decades of leadership experience advising Fortune 100 companies, Jag is a sought-after speaker on information technology management and futurism. He emphasizes the importance of "impact sourcing" and the need for infrastructure to harness the incoming wealth from corporations in developing economie...
2023-11-1044 min
20/20 on MyanmarMyanmar Daily News Highlight #8Myanmar daily news highlight for the date of 11 October 2023.
1. Crime ridden Myanmar Junta worries the ongoing issue in the Middle East
https://www.facebook.com/mofamyanmar/posts/pfbid02p1fVgKxwebRwKkLDds2onEw7aH7LijYi1AnNc496UwrsUyGuHdH5MMmNErNSrG2tl
https://yktnews.com/2023/10/126013/
2. Thailand Myanmar border trade in decline due to the regime's frequent policy changes and incompetence
https://burma.irrawaddy.com/news/2023/10/08/375172.html
2023-10-1112 min20/20 on MyanmarMyanmar Daily News Highlight #71. Airstrike to an IDP camp in Laiza, Kachin State, 29 people including 11 children lost their lives
https://www.facebook.com/shwepheemyaynews/posts/pfbid02rUcvLPGq3d95PDVAHXUwKw7W4oJfnj7aM3NkhfzFpzNcVBNjEcc9uibST6btxd8Bl
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/midnight-massacre-at-idp-camp-in-myanmar-a-war-crime-kia.html
2. Bago suffers record floods of 40 years while the junta barred the social organization from entering
https://yktnews.com/2023/10/125885/
https://myanmar-now.org/mm/news/43133/
3. Junta sentenced two high ranked officials to 20 years in prison terms
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2023-10-1118 minInsight MyanmarNarcos: MyanmarEpisode #193: In Myanmar's tumultuous landscape, Patrick Winn urges us to see the drug trade not as a moral dilemma but as a potent force shaping the nation's destiny. This trade is a means to amass power, manipulate borders, and influence Myanmar's very future, much like how Saudi Arabia was changed by the discovery of oil there.Winn's perspective on the multibillion dollar drug trade is pragmatic; it's a colossal industry, akin to Fortune 500 companies, driven by ruthless individuals who'll go to any lengths for profit. He traces the Golden Triangle’s origins back to Chinese Nationalist soldiers wh...
2023-10-101h 5520/20 on MyanmarMyanmar Daily News Highlight #6Myanmar Daily News Highlight for the date of 9 October 2023.
1. Military troops wearing PDF uniforms and badges are entering the villages causing the residents to flee
https://www.tntynews.com/09/10/2023/27404/
2. Widespread human rights violations by the military in Kachin State and Northern Shan State
https://yktnews.com/2023/10/125788/
3. Myanmar Military Junta’s fraudulent recruitment process in Ayeyarwaddy region
https://yktnews.com/2023/10/125757/
https://burmese.dvb.no/post/615272
2023-10-0910 min20/20 on MyanmarMyanmar Daily News Highlight #5Myanmar Daily News Highlight for the date of 9 October 2023.
1. Magway Division Thayet District Governor Tin Myo Lat accepts bribery and allowing Corruption in Oil Industry.
https://yktnews.com/2023/10/125648/
2. Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing talks about electric trains and electric cars again, despite severe power outages
https://yktnews.com/2023/10/125622/
3. Spring Revolution Movie The Way Screens in New York to Over 400 Attendees
https://yktnews.com/2023/10/125615/
2023-10-0806 min20/20 on MyanmarMyanmar Daily News Highlight #4Myanmar Daily News Highlight for the date of 7 October 2023.
1. Disunity Among junta forces increase as they suffer losses
https://thanlwintimes.com/2023/10/07/disobedience-growing-in-junta-army/
2. Indivisible exhibition highlights medics working in Myanmar’s resistance strongholds
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3. Muse (105-mile) Trade Route Becomes More Challenging for Myanmar Traders
https://www.facebook.com/shwepheemyaynews/posts/pfbid02A4KEBSrUz5FotrU35Z5bjQrYCppLACbGp3nJx8zmakCJ9fSNJ5VxnRJJ37xTB1hWl
2023-10-0811 min20/20 on MyanmarNews Highlight - 5 Oct 2023News highlight for Myanmar for the date of 4 October 2023. In this episode,
1. Myanmar ranked second worst in Internet Freedom in the world, a report by Freedom House noted. https://freedomhouse.org/country/myanmar/freedom-net/2023
2. Myanmar Junta collecting pilot census data ahead of the promised 2025 election
https://thanlwintimes.com/2023/10/03/pilot-census-being-conducted-in-20-townships-including-mawlamyine/
3. Myanmar Democracy Activists requested Australian government to deny entry to Military Junta and their representatives to Australia
https://myanmar-now.org/mm/news/43004/
4. NUG press conference highlights the military atrocities on the public and children
2023-10-0613 minInsight MyanmarBonus Content: Insight Myanmar Podcast featured on "Rocklaz Radio with Tanmay Shah"The host and founder of Insight Myanmar was interviewed by the podcast, "Rocklaz Radio with Tanmay Shah." Trish, the founder of Bamama Cooks, joins the conversation as well.
2023-09-292h 40Insight MyanmarBonus Content: Insight Myanmar Podcast featured on "Uncensored: Women of the World"The host and founder of Insight Myanmar was interviewed by the podcast, "Uncensored: Women of the World."
2023-08-0440 min20/20 on Myanmar#2 A Sanguinary Affair: Military Junta's Propaganda and Myanmar CelebritiesWhat is the one tradition of your culuture that you hold so dear to your heart? The one tradition that warms your heart, put smiles on your family and just remind you of joy and happy memories. Is it Thanksgiving, Christmas, Luna New Year or something else? Imagine a scenario where your choice of celebrating that taken away from you by a group of people and have it replaced with grief, despair and sadness?
Would you believe that there is a country of people who ARE unfortunate enough to be experiencing this right now? If you’re gue...
2023-04-2935 minInsight MyanmarContrasting Iran and MyanmarEpisode #162: Pardis Mahdavi, Provost and Executive Vice-President as well as professor of anthropology at the University of Montana, joins the conversation to talk about the growing discontent and protests in the Islamic Republic of Iran, which shares several similarities with the situation in Myanmar. Professor Mahdavi describes an interesting dynamic that arose in the mid-20th century: the Iranian people’s growing disgust with what they call “westoxification,” a term referring to the Pahlavi Shahs’ infatuation with Western cultures, and their push for changes within Iranian society which often went against Iranian Islamic social and cultural...
2023-04-281h 0820/20 on Myanmar#2 A Sanguinary Affair: Military Junta's Propaganda and Myanmar CelebritiesWhat is the one tradition of your culuture that you hold so dear to your heart? The one tradition that warms your heart, put smiles on your family and just remind you of joy and happy memories. Is it Thanksgiving, Christmas, Luna New Year or something else? Imagine a scenario where your choice of celebrating that taken away from you by a group of people and have it replaced with grief, despair and sadness?
Would you believe that there is a country of people who ARE unfortunate enough to be experiencing this right now? If you’re guessing it’s Myanm...
2023-04-2747 min
Myanmar MusingsInternational Relations In and Around MyanmarIn this episode we speak with Hunter Marston, PhD Candidate at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at the Australian National University and Adjunct Research Fellow at La Trobe Asia, about Myanmar's foreign policy and international relations in the context of the the overblown 'New Cold War' superpower environment, the Southeast Asia region as a whole, and in terms of the numerous actors inside Myanmar still vying for state power.
2023-04-2642 min
Myanmar Talesဖီးနစ်ငှက်နဲ့မှော်ကော်ဇော The Phoenix and the Carpet in Myanmarဖီးနစ်ငှက်နဲ့မှော်ကော်ဇော The Phoenix and the Carpet in Myanmar
2023-04-2415 min2023-04-2416 min20/20 on Myanmar#1 Massacre before Myanmar New Year aka Pazigyi MassacreAt least 171 people were killed in airstrikes by the military junta’s air force and it is the deadliest attack since the 2021 military coup.
Among the innocent civilians who were killed by this airstrike, there are 40 children, 6 children under the age of 5, 14 children between the ages of 5 and 14, 5 children between the ages of 14 and 18, 10 children whose age cannot be determined.
The junta claims that the attack was not aimed at hurting civilians, but rather targeting an anti-junta office opening ceremony in Pazi Gyi village. However, the National Unity Government (NUG) has released a statement claiming that the military junta is no...
2023-04-2023 min20/20 on Myanmar2020 on Myanmar IntroAre you someone who values democracy, freedom of expression and human rights? If yes, this podcast is for you.
It has been over two years since the military junta staged the coup d’état on 1st February 2021, where millions of innocent people’s lives were turned upside down. The military junta has been brutally suppressing the people that opposed their action and there is no sign of slowing down.
Based on the news articles reported by the local/international media outlets, and on-site situation that we’ve learned, we would like to offer unique perspectives on the si...
2023-04-1705 min
Myanmar MusingsBystanders and the Resilience of Myanmar's Pro-Democracy MovementWhy has the pro-democracy movement in Myanmar been so resilient, even in the face of a hostile regime? In this episode, Mai Van Tran, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies and Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, discusses her research on urban Myanmar's protest movements and contentious politics. She unpacks how, in her words, "the long-term resilience of the urban pro-democracy movement (in Myanmar) is one of the most impressive, and puzzling, among all cases of collective activism under authoritarianism".
2023-04-0345 minInsight MyanmarMyanmar’s Voices for Freedom (Panel Discussion)Episode #140: Better Burma, in partnership with One Light Global, was proud to host "Myanmar's Voices for Freedom,” a panel discussion that bought together five, dynamic, Burmese nationals, each resisting the military regime in Myanmar in their own unique way. This full panel discussion has been modified into podcast format, and can be listened to here.The discussion explored a wide variety of topics: the Rohingya crisis, issues regarding the country’s marginalized groups and ethnic minorities, gender equality and LGBT+ rights, the role of the international community, how allies can rally to support the democracy movement, public schoo...
2022-12-302h 37Insight MyanmarThe Pit and the PendulumEpisode #129: Andrea Passeri and Hunter Marsten co-authored an article which looks at Myanmar’s quest for a non-aligned foreign policy, and that is the subject of this podcast discussion.In 2011-12, following many years of military rule, the Thein Sein administration moved quickly to gain both domestic and international legitimacy. It instituted economic and political reforms, allowing the NLD, who had boycotted the elections, back into the political mainstream.From the military junta’s previous negative-neutral foreign policy, the new government began shifting to a positive and active policy of non-alignment. There was a tangible feelin...
2022-10-281h 33Insight MyanmarSupporting Myanmar through Engaged BuddhismEpisode #114: Growing up in the Bay Area, raised by parents who followed the Vietnamese meditation master Thich Nhat Hanh, Derek Pyle was no stranger to Buddhist theory and practice. While some Western practitioners separate their formal meditation practice from their experience of everyday life, Derek has always found value in integrating them, and has looked for inspiration from formal sitting practice to sutta study to undertaking projects as an Engaged Buddhist.One of his first projects was in 2017, when the Tatmadaw ramped up their aggression against the Rohingya. Derek reached out to Alan Senauke, and the they...
2022-07-291h 56
Myanmar-voice(၂၃-၀၇-၂၀၂၂)ရက်နေ့ Myanmar Today အစီအစဥ်မှာတော့ ICJ ကိစ္စ ၊ ဒေါ်လာတွေကိုဗဟိုဘဏ်ကထိမ်းချုပ်ထားတဲ့အတွက(၂၃-၀၇-၂၀၂၂)ရက်နေ့ Myanmar Today အစီအစဥ်မှာတော့ ICJ ကိစ္စ ၊ ဒေါ်လာတွေကိုဗဟိုဘဏ်ကထိမ်းချုပ်ထားတဲ့အတွက်ဘာတွေဖြစ်လာနိူင်မလဲစတာတွေအပါအဝင် အခြားကမ္ဘာ့အရေး မြန်မာ့အရေးတွေကိုသုံးသပ်ဆွေးနွေးထားပါတယ်။
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Myanmar-voiceအရင္တေခါက္ ေသမိန႔္ခ်ဖို့ ေမးသြားတဲ့
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2022-06-1606 min
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2022-06-1427 min
Myanmar MusingsOur Home in MyanmarJessica Mudditt, an Australian author and journalist, discusses her recent book Our Home in Myanmar: Four Years in Yangon, in which she recounts working at a range of journalism outfits in the country, including the infamous military-owned and influenced Global New Light of Myanmar.
2022-05-2536 minInsight MyanmarContrasting Ukraine and MyanmarOn February 1st, 2021, General Min Aung Hlaing orchestrated a military coup in Myanmar. On February 24th, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized missiles and airstrikes as the first blow in his invasion of Ukraine. On today’s show, two very experienced and highly credentialed international relations experts compare and contrast these two crises: Hunter Marston, who speaks to the situation in Myanmar, and Emily Channell-Justice, who addresses the Russian invasion of Ukraine.As neither Ukraine nor Russia are signatories to the International Criminal Court, Emily notes that it is up to the ICC to pursue its own charges. In...
2022-04-142h 00
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NarSin - Myanmar PodcastUpdates about NarSin Myanmar Podcast - December 2021This is to update you about NarSin - Myanmar Podcast. We are trying again to create and upload new episodes of our podcasts regularly in 2022, as we usually did before. So, please stay tuned.
We also created our YouTube Channel, NarSin - Myanmar Podcast in which you can find and listen easily to your favorite ones according to the hosts or topics by checking out respective playlists. We hope you enjoy it as well.
Not only on Facebook Page and YouTube Channel, NarSin Myanmar Podcast is also available on several podcast sites including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and Anchor.
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2021-12-0903 min
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Myanmar-voiceStrengthening Civil Societies for Democratization in Myanmar - ကျော်၀င်း စာပေဟောပြောပွဲStrengthening Civil Societies for Democratization in Myanmar - ေက်ာ္၀င္း စာေပေဟာေျပာပြဲ
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2021-10-261h 56
Myanmar MusingsGender & Conflict in Myanmar TodayIn this syndicated episode from the Asia Research News podcast, we hear experts put forth their views on the connections between gender equality, democracy activism and anti-coup resistance in Myanmar today. This podcast is thanks to the Knowledge for Democracy Myanmar (K4DM) initiative, jointly supported by Global Affairs Canada and the International Development Research Centre. Featured experts include NGO Director May Sabe Phyu, researchers Professor Ismene Gizelis and Dr. Alexandre Pelletier, and think tank director Dr. Min Zaw Oo.
2021-10-1531 min
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2021-09-2520 minInsight MyanmarDr. Sasa on the COVID crisis in MyanmarFrom the moment you begin looking into the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus pandemic in Myanmar, the numbers are simply staggering. Some projections suggest half of the population might be infected within two weeks, and there is now the risk that the country will become a super-spreader Covid state that fuels outbreaks across the region, with a full one-third of the world’s population live in nations bordering Myanmar.This approaching, apocalyptic nightmare is the subject of today’s episode, which features Dr. Sasa. The former Special Envoy to United Nations, Dr. Sasa currently serv...
2021-08-041h 09
Myanmar MusingsLian Hmung Sakhon on the New MyanmarIn this recorded seminar from the Myanmar Update conference on July 16, 2021, Salai Lian Hmung Sakhon, Minister of Federal Union Affairs in the National Unity Government, talks to Dr Jane Ferguson of the Australian National University about federalism, youth, human rights and the future of Myanmar. He outlines why the Tatmadaw must step away from politics and touches on some of the many complex issues involved.
2021-07-1651 min
Myanmar MusingsYanghee Lee's Myanmar Update KeynoteThis episode is a recording of Yanghee Lee's July 15 keynote address to the Myanmar Update 2021 conference held at the Australian National University. Professor Yanghee Lee is former UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar as well as a developmental psychologist and professor in the faculty of Child Psychology and Education at Sungkyunkwan University. In this episode she discusses the current situation in Myanmar in relation to the 1 February military coup, the COVID-19 pandemic and human rights.
2021-07-1558 min
Myanmar MusingsMyanmar Update 2021 PreviewMark July 15-17 in your diaries, because the Myanmar Update 2021 is coming to town - online, and completely free. The three-day conference features special guest speakers, cutting edge research presentations and Q&A sessions with experts on the current situation in Myanmar. In this episode, Dr Justine Chambers and Michael Dunford from the Australian National University discuss the conference, guest speakers and panel presentations we will enjoy next week.
2021-07-0821 minInsight MyanmarBhikkhu Bodhi on the Crisis in MyanmarHow can a dedicated meditator maintain the five precepts when encountering armed soldiers with orders to abduct, rape, torture, or even kill? How should devoted lay supporters of the Saṅgha respond when much of their own monkhood remains silent even as their country is burning around them? What is the best way that practitioners outside of Myanmar can support the protest movement at this time? These are just a few of the moral quandaries put to the Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi, in an interview which he later admitted was “one of the toughest I’ve ever had.”Many of...
2021-07-041h 29Myanmar Talesဒိုင်နိုဆောကလေး The Pet Dinosaur in Myanmar Myanmar Fairy Talesဒိုင်နိုဆောကလေး The Pet Dinosaur in Myanmar Myanmar Fairy Tales
2021-06-2611 minMyanmar Talesမက်ဂါ နတ်ဆိုးကြီး The Mega Demon in Myanmar Myanmar Fairy Talesမက်ဂါ နတ်ဆိုးကြီး The Mega Demon in Myanmar Myanmar Fairy Tales
2021-06-2308 min
2021-06-1828 minMyanmar Talesဖား ဘုရင် နှင့် မြွေ King Frog and Snake Story in Myanmar Myanmar Fairy Talesဖား ဘုရင် နှင့် မြွေ King Frog and Snake Story in Myanmar Myanmar Fairy Tales
2021-06-0909 min
Myanmar MusingsMagical Movie Theatres of MyanmarMyanmar has a bunch of interesting movie theatres dotted across not only the major cities but also provincial towns and regions. Philip Jablon, Creator of the Southeast Asia Movie Theatre Project, a written and photographic archive of free-standing movie theatres, has carried out extensive research on this cinematic legacy and comes on the show to discuss the architecture, heritage and magic of Burma's movie theatres.
2021-04-1647 minMyanmar Talesကွတ်ကီးဗေဒင် Fortune Cookies Myanmar Fairy Talesကွတ်ကီးဗေဒင် Fortune Cookies Myanmar Fairy Tales
2021-04-1413 minMyanmar Talesချောမောလှပသော စုန်းမလေး The Beautiful Witch Myanmar Fairy Talesချောမောလှပသော စုန်းမလေး The Beautiful Witch Myanmar Fairy Tales
2021-04-0814 minMyanmar Talesပဲရစ်နှင့်ဟယ်လင် ဂန္ထဝင်အချစ်ဇာတ်လမ်းများ - ရာသီ 1 Myanmar Fairy Talesပဲရစ်နှင့်ဟယ်လင် ဂန္ထဝင်အချစ်ဇာတ်လမ်းများ - ရာသီ 1 Myanmar Fairy Tales
2021-03-3020 minMyanmar Talesမြင့်မြတ်တဲ့ မင်းသမီးလေး The Divine Princess Myanmar Fairy Talesမြင့်မြတ်တဲ့ မင်းသမီးလေး The Divine Princess Myanmar Fairy Tales
2021-03-2915 minMyanmar Talesလွေဒဝီနဲ႕သတၱဝါၾကီး ႉ ကာတြန္းဇာတ္ကား ႉ | Myanmar Fairy Talesလွေဒဝီနဲ႕သတၱဝါၾကီး ႉ ကာတြန္းဇာတ္ကား ႉ း | Myanmar Fairy Tales
2021-01-2518 minMyanmar Talesမႏွင္းျဖဴနဲ႕လူပုေလး၇ေယာက္ ကာတြန္းဇာတ္ကား Myanmar Fairy Talesမႏွင္းျဖဴနဲ႕လူပုေလး၇ေယာက္ ကာတြန္းဇာတ္ကား Myanmar Fairy Tales
2021-01-2315 minmyanmarstoryဝိညာဥ္ျပတဲ့လူသတ္ကုန္း (ျဖစ္ရပ္မွန္) ဝိညာဉ်ပြတဲ့လူသတ်ကုန်း (ဖြစ်ရပ်မှန်) ( Myanmar Ghost Stories)ဝိညာဥ္ျပတဲ့လူသတ္ကုန္း (ျဖစ္ရပ္မွန္) ဝိညာဉ်ပြတဲ့လူသတ်ကုန်း (ဖြစ်ရပ်မှန်) ( Myanmar Ghost Stories)
2021-01-2327 minMyanmar Talesကြွက် မင်းသမီး | ကာတြန္းဇာတ္ကား | Myanmar Fairy Talesကြွက် မင်းသမီး | ကာတြန္းဇာတ္ကား | Myanmar Fairy Tales
2021-01-2013 minMyanmar Talesပ်င္းရိတဲ့မိန္းကေလးနဲ | ကာတြန္းဇာတ္ကား | Myanmar Fairy Talesပ်င္းရိတဲ့မိန္းကေလးနဲ | ကာတြန္းဇာတ္ကား | Myanmar Fairy Tales
2021-01-0615 minMyanmar Talesေရေအာက္တိုင္းျပည္မင္းသမီးေလး The Princess of the Sea Myanmar Fairy Talesေရေအာက္တိုင္းျပည္မင္းသမီးေလး The Princess of the Sea Myanmar Fairy Tales
2021-01-0215 minMyanmar Talesလူပုကလေး မောင်ပိစိ Little Muddle Story Myanmar Fairy Talesလူပုကလေး မောင်ပိစိ Little Muddle Story Myanmar Fairy Tales
2021-01-0214 minMyanmar Talesခွေးကလေး ဟာချီကို Hachiko -A Heart Touching Tale Myanmar Fairy Talesခွေးကလေး ဟာချီကို Hachiko -A Heart Touching Tale Myanmar Fairy Tales
2021-01-0215 minMyanmar Talesလည်ဆွဲ The Necklace Story Myanmar Fairy Talesလည်ဆွဲ The Necklace Story Myanmar Fairy Tales
2021-01-0111 min
Myanmar MusingsThe New Anthropology of MyanmarAnthropology! What is it good for? In this episode four PhD students of Anthropology at the Australian National University discuss their research into Burmese tea, tomatoes, beer and of course, the people of Myanmar. This is a special collaborative episode with The Familiar Strange, an Anthropology-focused podcast of the ANU, and hosted by Alexander Emile D'Aloia.
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Myanmar MusingsDoing Research in MyanmarThis is a syndicated episode from the Asia Research News Podcast discussing the Doing Research in Myanmar report on how social science research is produced, distributed and used in the country. We hear from U Zaw Oo at the CESD, previously known as the MDRI, and from others at the GDN, ANU and elsewhere. The full report can be viewed here.
2020-09-1021 minInsight MyanmarCOVID-19 in Myanmar: Thabarwa EditionThe sixth episode in our “COVID-19 in Myanmar” series, this is the first show in this series in which all the voices are from a single place—in this case, Thabarwa Monastery in Than Lyin. This episode departs from previous ones in more ways than this, however. As some of the interviews were collected right as the world began to shut down because of COVID-19, we realized that while not that long ago in time, they seem eons ago in other ways, as so much has happened since then. So besides their original talk, you’ll hear...
2020-08-282h 08Insight MyanmarMyanmar Dhamma Diaries: An Assault on FaithSometimes a single moment can be so profound… or so complex… that it takes hours, or even days, following the encounter to get a handle on it. In the story that follows, that “moment” has been taking years to process. In this case, the actual moment in question is simple enough: Yonie, an African-American vipassana meditator in the tradition of S.N. Goenka, travels to Myanmar to pay homage to the lineage of his teacher and consider monastic ordination. Several days into his stay at a Yangon monastery, he is in the dining hall awaiting lunch, when a long-s...
2020-08-151h 35Insight MyanmarCOVID-19 in Myanmar: Sheltering At HomeWelcome to the fifth episode in our ongoing “COVID-19 in Myanmar” series, called “Sheltering in Place.” While the previous show told the stories of four expats who left just before the world closed down, the current episode relates the tales of four more expats who were in Myanmar at the time that the pandemic hit, and made the decision to remain in the country and ride out the storm in the Golden Land. The guests include:· Hampus Haraldsson, a Swedish yogi who had planned a series of meditation courses, self-retreats, travel and Buddhist study in Myanmar this year. He was ta...
2020-07-171h 37Insight MyanmarCOVID-19 in Myanmar: Exiled Expats EditionHow has the coronavirus pandemic impacted foreign meditators in Myanmar? This is precisely the question we set out to answer in this “Expats in Exile Edition” of our COVID-19 in Myanmar series.The guests include:· Jose Molina, an agricultural economist based in Yangon, who observed that life stayed pretty much as usual in the city, even as the rest of the world shut down. Initially resisting the inclination to leave, he ultimately packed up his apartment and had an emotional farewell at Chan Myay Yeiktha Monastery, his primary place of practice. Now back in Massachusetts, he has had...
2020-07-041h 55Insight MyanmarMyanmar Dhamma Diaries: Empathy for the ExecutionersIn 2017, Zach Hessler, then known as U Obhasa, was a forest monk in upper Myanmar. Following in the tradition of monks during the Buddha's time, one day he set out from his forest monastery on foot to wander among the mountains and villages in the vicinity. He did so with the intention of following a set of ascetic practices known as dhutaṅga. But he could not have imagined what would happen next. Unknowingly entering a forbidden area, he and his monastic companion suddenly found themselves surrounded by several dozen men wielding weapons, suspecting that the two bh...
2020-06-271h 38Insight MyanmarCOVID-19 in Myanmar: Monastic EditionHow is the coronavirus pandemic impacting monastics in Myanmar? This is precisely the question we set out to answer in this very special “Monastic Edition” of our COVID-19 in Myanmar series. The guests include:· U Viveka, a Canadian monk studying under Sayadaw U Tejaniya, who is using the pandemic as an opportunity to examine his fear of death.· Ashin Sarana, a Czech monk who was teaching in the USA when the pandemic hit, and returned to undergo a mandatory (and then self-imposed) period of quarantine at a Burmese monastery.· Pabhassaro Bhikkhu, a Polish monk who found his ide...
2020-06-162h 04Insight MyanmarCOVID-19 in Myanmar: Women's EditionIn the second installment of our ongoing COVID-19 in Myanmar series, we present the Women’s Edition. So often at times of crisis and at key moments in world events, it is the voices of men who make the news. This is certainly no less true in Myanmar, where speeches from revered Sayadaws and male meditation teachers dominate the Dhamma discourse. For this reason, this episode will highlight those voices and experiences of female practitioners, who discuss how they have responded to the current pandemic.The guests include:· Katie L’Estrange, a British teacher, fundraiser, and medita...
2020-06-101h 34Insight MyanmarCOVID-19 in Myanmar: Burmese EditionIn this inaugural episode of our ongoing "COVID-19 in Myanmar" series, we present the Burmese Edition, where we hear from the four local voices who present their perspectives on the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in Myanmar. They reflect on how their Buddhist faith and practice has played a role in helping to them to understand and respond to the crisis. The guests include:· Zaw Win Htet, a local historian and monastic school supporter in Chaung Oo.· Dr. Jenny Ko Gyi, a Buddhist professor and translator.· Inda Aung Soe, a former monk and founder of an organic composi...
2020-05-291h 29Insight MyanmarMyanmar Dhamma Diaries: Sobering Up in IngyinbinIn this inaugural edition of the “Myanmar Dhamma Diaries,” Joah tells the story of an alcoholic Airbnb guest from Europe who disrupts his Yangon home. Learning that the guest had chosen to stay there as a cry for help in battling his addiction problems, Joah arranges for him to meet two foreign monks to begin to learn about Dhamma, and eventually helps him to stay for several weeks under the care of Ashin Mandala at Webu Sayadaw Monastery in Ingyinbin village, in northern Myanmar. There the guest is given sensitive, personal guidance in meditation and the Dhamma, and his mind...
2020-05-081h 23Insight MyanmarWelcome to the Insight Myanmar Podcast!We are proud to present the inaugural episode of the Insight Myanmar podcast! Our host, Joah McGee, will first give a brief introduction about the podcast’s mission and background, followed by short previews of each of the first six interviews we’ve conducted so far. The full-length podcasts will be aired once weekly and feature (in order of appearance on the trailer):Alan Clements, an American yogi, activist, and author, describes his time as a monk during the late 1970s and early 1980s in Myanmar.Sayalay Piyadassi, a Lithuanian nun, discusses her early years as a nun in M...
2020-01-2042 min
Myanmar MusingsTourism in MyanmarWhat is the state of the tourism industry in Myanmar, 2019? We hear a lot about "zero-dollar tourism" in the media, but is it really such a problem? In this episode we chat about this, about over-tourism, under-tourism and sustainability with the Directors of two major tour operators here in Yangon: Edwin Briels, Managing Director of Khiri Travel and Bertie Alexander Lawson, Managing Director of Sampan Travel.
2019-11-1731 min
Myanmar MusingsCultural Evolution and Myanmar ReligionWhat is cultural evolution and what can it tell us about religion in Myanmar? Dr Mark Stanford, a postdoctoral researcher in cognitive anthropology at the University of Oxford, discusses his ongoing research into the cognitive and cultural foundations of religion and morality in Myanmar.
2018-11-2229 min