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: 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.
Listen: 'Pachinko' Author Min Jin Lee

On our podcast, the award-winning novelist reflects on the coronavirus, anti-Asian racism, and 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."
Asia In-Depth Podcast: Hong Kong on the Brink

Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Jiayang Fan, and Susan Jakes assess the outlook of the Chinese territory after nearly a year of mass protests.
Asia In-Depth Podcast: Coronavirus — Life at the Epicenter

Muyi Xiao talks with Susan Jakes about daily life in Wuhan, the origin city of China's ongoing public health crisis.
Asia In-Depth Podcast: Understanding China's Coronavirus Crisis

Dr. Thomas Inglesby provides a comprehensive analysis of the country's biggest public health crisis since SARS in a conversation with Asia Society's Tom Nagorski.
Asia In-Depth Podcast: Kevin Rudd on the 'Avoidable War' Between the United States and China

The Asia Society Policy Institute president discusses the dangerous year — and decade — ahead for the world's most important bilateral relationship with Tom Nagorski.
Asia In-Depth Podcast: Fatima Bhutto on the Global Rise of Asian Mass Culture

The author's new book explores how K-pop, Bollywood, and Turkish Dizi have become significant cultural exports
Asia In-Depth Podcast: Daniel Dae Kim on Making Hollywood More Diverse — From Behind The Camera

Actor and producer Daniel Dae Kim and producer Janet Yang discuss their work promoting fresh storytelling with diversity at its center.