Podcast: Asia In-Depth

Conversations with experts and thought leaders about Asia and beyond

Understanding Asia has never been more vital — or more challenging. That’s why we talk to the people who know it best. The Asia In-Depth podcast brings you conversations with the world’s leading experts on politics, economics, and culture, providing incisive, illuminating coverage of stories that matter. Subscribe today.

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Episodes

Asia In-Depth Podcast: Xinjiang Under Surveillance

An update on China's ongoing mass surveillance efforts in Xinjiang and how personal data is being used against the Uighur community.
Asia In-Depth Podcast: The Wonderful World of Korean Baseball

With the Major League Baseball season finally set to begin, we take a close look at one of Asia's best professional leagues: the Korea Baseball Organization.
Asia In-Depth Podcast: What Can Companies Do to Be Anti-Racist?

Sonny Kalsi, founder and partner of investment firm BentallGreenOak, discusses why business leaders need to take action against racism in the workplace.
Asia In-Depth Podcast: Maria Ressa on Declining Press Freedom in the Philippines

Just weeks before her conviction for "cyber-libel," the iconic journalist describes the erosion of media freedoms under President Rodrigo Duterte.
Asia In-Depth Podcast: Are Democracies Handling COVID-19 Better Than Authoritarian Countries?

Kevin Rudd and Fareed Zakaria assess whether democratic or authoritarian governments have had more success in managing the coronavirus crisis.
Asia In-Depth Podcast: Washington Post Correspondent Gerry Shih on What He Learned Covering China

The 2020 winner of Asia Society's Osborn Elliott Prize, who was forced to leave China this year, reflects on his years covering the country.
Asia In-Depth Podcast: A Conversation With Writer and Director Alan Yang

'Master of None' writer and director Alan Yang discusses his new Netflix film 'Tigertail' and Hollywood's shift toward diverse storytelling with movie producer Janet Yang.
Asia In-Depth Podcast: A Conversation With 'Pachinko' Author Min Jin Lee

The award-winning novelist reflects on the coronavirus, anti-Asian racism, and the importance of arts in a time of crisis.
Asia In-Depth Podcast: North Korea's Public Health Vulnerability

North Korea has long resisted foreign influence, aggressively guarding its borders, and ruthlessly controlling information coming in and out of the country. But have they managed to keep their country free from the coronavirus?
Asia In-Depth Podcast: How Taiwan Smothered the Coronavirus

Despite its proximity and extensive links to mainland China, Taiwan has lost only six people to COVID-19. What are the secrets behind its success — and what are the implications for its future?
Asia In-Depth Podcast: Assessing the Global Economic Fallout of the Coronavirus

How bad will things get for the interconnected global economy? Hear perspectives from Europe, Asia, and North America.
Asia In-Depth Podcast: The Coronavirus in India and Pakistan

Ravi Agrawal and Mehmal Sarfraz say that while South Asia's two largest countries have so far avoided the worst of COVID-19, they cannot afford to be complacent.
Asia In-Depth Podcast: Coping During the Coronavirus Crisis

Thupten Jinpa, a Tibetan Buddhist scholar and a practitioner of Western and Eastern philosophy and religious studies, discusses how principles of compassion meditation can be used to cope in times of uncertainty and fear.
Asia In-Depth Podcast: The Coronavirus and Anti-Asian Racism

Leesa Lin and Charlie Woo discuss the rise of attacks on Asians in the weeks since COVID-19 spread from China.
Asia In-Depth Podcast: Coronavirus — How South Korea Flattened the Curve

Jeongmin Kim and John Delury talk with Tom Nagorski about the country's successful attempt to limit the spread of coronavirus.
Asia In-Depth Podcast: Coronavirus — the Impact on China's Economy, Politics, and Relations With the United States

Kevin Rudd talks with Tom Nagorski about the repercussions of COVID-19 for China, the country where the outbreak began.
Asia In-Depth Podcast: The Myth of Chinese Capitalism

Dexter Roberts talks with Tom Nagorski about how China's economic transformation has left behind hundreds of millions in the countryside.
Asia In-Depth Podcast: Coronavirus — The Lesson From China

Bruce Aylward, who led the World Health Organization response to the COVID-19 outbreak in China, talks with Tom Nagorski about what he learned.
Asia In-Depth Podcast: Revisiting Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad

Days after the 94-year-old was replaced as Malaysia's prime minister, we revisit a conversation he had in 2018 with Kevin Rudd at Asia Society New York.
Asia In-Depth Podcast: Novelists Tishani Doshi and Salman Rushdie on Fiction, Poetry, and India

The two writers discuss Doshi's recently-published novel "Small Days and Nights."