Talkin' Bout a Revolution
Episode #141: Jon rejoins us one year following his interview last year, and straight away expresses how his original hopes for a nonviolent solution were somewhat naïve. In the past year, he has come...
6 Tammi 20231h 46min
Myanmar’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 resis...
30 Joulu 20222h 37min
The Overturned Alms Bowl
Episode #139: After Bhikkhuni Vimala (they/their) learned about military coup in Myanmar, they wanted to find a way to express their feelings against it. They ultimately landed on the idea of encourag...
23 Joulu 20221h 28min
Paint It Black
Episode #138: “Almost everything was propaganda,” Paing comments, reflecting on his childhood growing up in Yangon. His release came in the form of artistic expression through music, largely influence...
16 Joulu 20221h 38min
Mission of Burma
Episode #137: A lifelong Czech diplomat and currently Ambassador to Austria, Jiří Šitler talks about his career and the interesting ties between his country and Myanmar.He first official task was to n...
9 Joulu 20221h 34min
Breaking Glass Ceilings, Documenting Atrocities
Episode #136: “I usually do what I want,” Nyein admits openly. Somewhat unusual for a woman in traditional Burmese culture, it is an attitude Nyein cultivated during the democratic transition period o...
3 Joulu 20221h 26min
Following the Dhamma
Episode #135: “We just felt like we knew Myanmar, and it didn't seem like a foreign place to us.” So says Tamara Edwards, currently the Center Teacher at Dhamma Pabha, a vipassana meditation center in...
29 Marras 202247min
Freedom Behind Bars
Episode #134: Liv Gaborit, a Danish social scientist with a background in psychology, conducted a groundbreaking study about intensive vipassana meditation retreats offered in the tradition of S. N. G...
25 Marras 20221h 48min
