Indonesia, 1998. With the fall of Suharto’s 32-year autocratic regime following years of political turmoil and violence, the ‘Reformation Era’ was ushered in. Heaped upon it were promises of freedom, … The post UWRF Podcast Rewind | UWRF18 Twenty Years Later appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

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UWRF Podcast Rewind | UWRF18 Twenty Years Later

“Sink it” became a national catchphrase after Indonesia’s maverick (now former) Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries fulfilled her threat to sink any foreign boats found illegally fishing in Indonesian … The post UWRF Podcast Rewind | UWRF18 Susi Pudjiastuti: Sink It appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

UWRF Podcast Rewind | UWRF18 Susi Pudjiastuti: Sink It

Each year UWRF puts a call out to emerging writers across the archipelago: send us your stories. In 2019, we received 1,253 submissions, the highest number since the Emerging Writers … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Indonesian Emerging Writers 2019 appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

UWRF19 Podcast | Indonesian Emerging Writers 2019

Around 9 million Indonesians live and work overseas, along with countless descendants of Indonesian migrants. Our panel of orang Indonesia living in diaspora recounted their personal experiences of what it means to … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Indonesian, Elsewhere appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

UWRF19 Podcast | Indonesian, Elsewhere

Indonesian comic superheroes have long been in the stranglehold of foreign character translations. But the Marvel Cinematic Universe is creating demand for local superheroes, along with Gundala, a recent film based … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Homegrown Heroes appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

UWRF19 Podcast | Homegrown Heroes

The dust has far from settled on #MeToo, “a movement that represents probably the greatest and most conspicuous collaboration of women since the suffragettes”, according to Sam George-Allen. With the … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Life After #MeToo appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

UWRF19 Podcast | Life After #MeToo

Poppy tears, opium, heroin, fentanyl: poppy latex is a commodity without rival. Acclaimed cultural historian Lucy Inglis took us on an epic journey from ancient Mesopotamia to modern America and … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Lucy Inglis: Milk of Paradise appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

UWRF19 Podcast | Lucy Inglis: Milk of Paradise

Andreas Harsono has covered Indonesia for Human Rights Watch since 2008. His new book Race, Islam and Power: Ethnic and Religious Violence in Post-Suharto Indonesia is the result of his 15-year project … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Andreas Harsono: Race, Islam and Power appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

UWRF19 Podcast | Andreas Harsono: Race, Islam and Power

“We’re fractured nations because we’re not reading or translating each other,” said Malaysian author Bernice Chauly during the UWRF17 panel on the 50th anniversary of ASEAN. Join our group of … The post UWRF19 Podcast | The Role of the Arts in Cultural Diplomacy appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

UWRF19 Podcast | The Role of the Arts in Cultural Diplomacy

The domestic, the interior and the personal have traditionally been relegated to the realm of women’s writing, which in recent years has been dismissed as too small to attract significant … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Domestic Spaces appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

UWRF19 Podcast | Domestic Spaces

“In this day and age recipes are abundant… I love that I can learn a little bit more, whether it’s political, philosophical, historical, or personal.” For Yotam Ottolenghi, food is … The post UWRF19 Podcasts | Yotam Ottolenghi: Simple appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

UWRF19 Podcasts | Yotam Ottolenghi: Simple

Born into a Shia Muslim family that migrated to the US after fleeing the Iranian Revolution, Reza Aslan converted to Christianity as a teen and then returned to Islam. He … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Reza Aslan: God: A Human History appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

UWRF19 Podcast | Reza Aslan: God: A Human History

The way we consume stories is rapidly changing, and the popularity of graphic novels, memoirs and other types of visual storytelling for adult audiences proves images can capture enthralling narratives. … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Moving Pictures appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

UWRF19 Podcast | Moving Pictures

Indonesia has 150 million internet users and 800,000 hoax-distributing websites, according to the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology. In a system swimming with fake news, what is the relationship … The post UWRF19 Podcast | Weapons of Mass Distortion appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

UWRF19 Podcast | Weapons of Mass Distortion

From gentle mockery to caustic sarcasm, there’s a victim at the butt of most good laughs. Must comedy be cruel to work, and does that mean comedians have a free … The post UWRF19 Podcast | The Karma of Comedy appeared first on Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.

UWRF19 Podcast | The Karma of Comedy

Southeast Asia’s most celebrated literary and artistic event, Ubud Writers & Readers Festival brings together the world’s leading authors, artists, thinkers and performers for five days of big ideas and extraordinary stories. In our podcast series, listen in to stories as told from the UWRF stage.

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