History of Southeast Asia

A history of the lands between India, China and Australia.

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Episode 112: Yesterday's Burma, Today's Myanmar

Posted June 26, 2021

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...

Episode 111: Brunei, Southeast Asia's Little Marvel

Posted June 6, 2021

Today's episode is the first that is just about Brunei, a country that the podcast has mentioned many times in the past. It is also the last, because...

Episode 110: People Power in the Philippines

Posted May 22, 2021

It has been five weeks since I gave you an episode, so thank you for your patience! This time we look at the Philippines from 1981 to 1992, the end of...

Episode 109: Thailand, the Game of Political Musical Chairs

Posted April 17, 2021

Today's episode covers Thailand, from 1976 to 2000. In the middle of the nineteenth century, modernization became the top priority of the Thai kingdom....

Episode 108: Laos, Feeling Good . . . And That's All

Posted March 30, 2021

Here's a phrase I want you to remember: sabai di, pronounced "sa-bye dee." In the Thai and Lao languages it means "feel good." Just as Swahili speakers...