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Drawn from interviews with a broad range of experts, each episode gives a deep narrative exploration of important issues in Asia. Learn more

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The Asia Society Policy Institute takes you beyond the policy headlines, providing an insider’s view on Asian and global affairs. Learn more

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Veteran journalist Christopher Lydon traveled to Pakistan in the summer of 2011, microphone in hand, ready to take the pulse of the embattled nation. Learn more

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Recent Episodes

Asia Abridged Podcast: The Subtle Forces Shaping Iran's Future

In this episode of Asia Abridged, Iranian-American scholar Trita Parsi talks about important changes occurring beneath the surface in the central Asian country.
Asia Abridged Podcast: Hong Kong's Vanishing Autonomy

Anson Chan, the former chief secretary of the territory, warns that the terms of Hong Kong's 1997 handover are no longer seeming to hold.
Asia Inside Out Podcast: How India Saved the Internet

What the United States can learn from Delhi's experience with net neutrality
Asia Abridged Podcast: Audiences Are Ready For Diverse Storytelling. Is Hollywood?

Film industry insiders discuss Hollywood’s slow embrace of diversity and what Asian American communities can do to get their stories made.
Asia Abridged Podcast: Lesley Stahl on China's Changes

The legendary CBS broadcaster describes a trip she took to the country in 1974 and how her impressions of the place changed in subsequent journeys.
Asia Abridged Podcast: Can China Handle an Economic Crisis?

In this podcast short, Morgan Stanley's Ruchir Sharma praises Beijing's continued economic growth but notes that the government has never been tested with a downturn.
Asia Inside Out Podcast: Keeping Up With the Kims

In this inaugural episode of Asia Inside Out, Asia Society Policy Institute's Lindsey Ford speaks with Rob York and Jean Lee to dig into North Korea's dynastic family.
Asia Abridged Podcast: Assessing President Trump's Asia Policy

Daniel Russel discusses how the 45th president has managed Asia policy since taking office and previews Trump's upcoming trip to the continent.
Asia Abridged Podcast: Afghanistan's President on His Country's Ongoing War

Ashraf Ghani discusses the Taliban insurgency and shares his thoughts on Donald Trump.
Asia Abridged Podcast: What Will Iran Do if Trump Nixes the Nuclear Deal?

In this podcast short, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif discusses relations with the U.S. and the prospects of its withdrawal from the nuclear deal.
Asia Abridged Podcast: Jackie Chan on Cheating Death

In this episode, we hear the legendary action star talk candidly about his most famous scene — and other stunts he says he honestly thought might kill him. Some nearly did.
Asia Abridged Podcast: North Korea and the Nuclear Weapon It Can't Use

Daniel Russel explains why, rhetoric aside, U.S.-North Korea policy has changed less than people think.
The 'Horrific' Plight of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims

Asia Society's Debra Eisenman discusses the unfolding crisis involving the group often called "the world's most persecuted minority."
Asia Abridged Podcast: Confronting 21st Century Slavery

Human trafficking expert Matt Friedman describes how millions are lured into slavery in Asia — and what can be done about it.
Asia Abridged Podcast: Will Change Come to China?

New York Times reporter Edward Wong discusses how he came to rethink his assumptions that the Chinese are questioning the Communist Party's legitimacy.