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Henning Glaser of Thammasat University delivers a piercing look at Myanmar’s turmoil—an entrenched junta, fragmented opposition, criminal economies, and heavy geopolitical pressure shaping a prolonged stalemate. A clear-eyed view of a conflict with no easy end.

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Episode #434: The Long Stalemate — Insight Myanmar
Local Governance, Federal Dreams, and the Limits of Unity
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November 24, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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November 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Episode #437: Ghosts in the Machine
The Algorithm of Uprising
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November 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Landmines are devastating communities across Myanmar, with casualties rising and care increasingly out of reach. Dr. Zaw Moe Aung of The Leprosy Mission Myanmar highlights how conflict, fear, and access barriers leave survivors unsupported.

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မြေမြှုပ်မိုင်းကြောင့် ဒဏ်ရာရရှိသူစာရင်းကို မှန်ကန်စွာမပြုစုနိုင်သဖြင့် လူသားချင်းစာနာမှုလုပ်ငန်းများ အခက်အခဲနှင့် ရင်ဆိုင်နေရ
မြန်မာနိုင်ငံမှာ မြေမြှုပ်မိုင်းများနှင့် စစ်ကျန်လက်နက်ပစ္စည်းများကြောင့်ကြောင့် ဒဏ်ရာရသူတွေ အမှန်တကယ် ဘယ်လောက်ရှိသည်ကို တိကျစွာ မသိနိုင်သေးသည့်အပြင် ကျေးလက်ဒေသတွင် နေထိုင်သည့် လူများသည် ပိတ်ဆို့မှုမျ...
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November 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Bhikkhu Rahula’s path spans Mexico’s highlands, ecological communities, world music stages, and Myanmar’s meditation halls. Guided by Goenka and Sayadaw U Tejaniya, he now works to establish Paññābhūmi Monastery in Mexico to share Dhamma practice.

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Episode #433: Across the Universe — Insight Myanmar
Beyond the last note: A monk’s pursuit of the silence within
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November 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
“We put out a media release highlighting that Aung San Suu Kyi had now spent a total of 19 years in detention and it didn’t get any attention at all.”

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Episode #346: Burn After Reforming — Insight Myanmar
The Fragile Republic of What Comes Next 
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November 22, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Researcher Lin Jin Fu unpacks how Myanmar’s scam compounds evolved into a $37B network tied to trafficking, cyberfraud, AI-driven schemes, and armed-group protection across Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos.

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Episode #432: Scamland — Insight Myanmar
A Deep Dive into the Border Factories of Fraud
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November 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
From Quebec to Sri Lanka to Myanmar, U Jāgara’s path bridges East and West, tradition and transformation. He reflects on monastic life, love, creativity, and the living nature of the Dhamma—how freedom and discipline coexist on the spiritual path.

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November 21, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Episode #436: A Doctor Without Borders
The Scalpel and the Sword: A Combat Medic’s Tale
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November 21, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Knowledge Circle Foundation’s Ngu Wah breaks down how migrant workers keep Myanmar’s economy afloat amid crisis—rising remittances, gender wage gaps, and documentation barriers shaping daily survival.

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Episode #430: The Long Baht Home — Insight Myanmar
How a broken state, blocked banks, and border crackdowns force Myanmar’s migrants to invent lifelines that keep whole communities from collapse.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Episode #435: Inside the Digital Siege
Nothing Is Just a Message Anymore
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November 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
KNDF deputy commander Maui and frontline leaders describe the shift from peaceful protest to armed resistance, the rise of drone tactics, strict battlefield ethics, and their push for a democratic Myanmar.

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Episode #431: Hit ’Em Up — Insight Myanmar
A Pistol On The Table: The Weight Of The Trigger
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November 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
“It took such a sad tragedy for that awakening to happen, that communities across the country have long faced atrocities, and that realization has brought people together. There’s no turning back from that.”

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Episode #345: The Art of Doing Nothing — Insight Myanmar
The Silence of the Envoys
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November 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Over The Borderline
Professor Lahra Smith, a political science professor specializing in East Africa at Georgetown University, argues that Myanmar’s current struggles must be seen within a global framework of colonial legacies, using Sudan as a comparative case. While acknowledging contextual differences, Smith shows how both countries were shaped by British colonial rule that hardened ethnic divisions, created infrastructure disparities, and entrenched political inequalities. Sudan lies within within Africa’s so-called "coup belt," illustrating a broader dissatisfaction with post-colonial governance and foreign interference. Like Myanmar, Sudan has suffered from military coups that initially promised reform but quickly descended into new forms of repression. Smith discusses how colonial policies divided Sudanese society along racial and religious lines, just as British colonialism in Myanmar entrenched ethnic and religious hierarchies that still drive conflict today. Colonialism’s infrastructural and missionary legacies further marginalized Sudan’s peripheries, fostering grievances that exploded into civil wars and the eventual, troubled independence of South Sudan. Similarly, Myanmar’s marginalized ethnic regions remain flashpoints for conflict. Smith stresses the need to move beyond thinking in terms of static land borders and recognize the deeper regional and cultural continuities that colonial boundaries disrupted. Ultimately, Smith emphasizes that identities and nations are constantly evolving, and that just drawing new lines on maps to replace the old, artificial, colonial ones will not solve the problems caused by the colonial experience. She stresses that genuine understanding requires recognizing this fluidity.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Myanmar’s landmine crisis is worsening, with the highest recorded casualties worldwide. Dr. Zaw Moe Aung of The Leprosy Mission Myanmar explains how conflict, fear, and limited access leave survivors especially children without essential prosthetic care.

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Landmine Casualties Undercounted as Aid Organizations Face Obstacles to Care - Shan Herald Agency for News
Limited access creates major challenges for survivors of landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) across the country, preventing many people especially in rural areas from receiving care.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Emmanuel Flores’ journey moves from childhood candlelight meditations in Rio to Goenka vipassana, ordination at Dhamma Joti, and practice shaped by Myanmar’s 2021 upheaval. A powerful look at devotion formed in a country under strain.

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Episode #429: From Rio to Rangoon — Insight Myanmar
Learning Stillness in a Moving World
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November 17, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Myanmar’s fractured landscape comes alive as Thin Lei Win, Sean Turnell, Guillaume De Langre, Thura, and Bradley trace food, economy, energy, education, and digital life amid upheaval. Their perspectives reveal collapse and quiet rebuilding.

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Episode #428: Trajectories in Flux — Insight Myanmar
Five experts trace Myanmar’s collapse and resilience—revealing how food, energy, education, and truth endure under tyranny. 
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November 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Episode #432: Scamland
A Deep Dive into the Border Factories of Fraud
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November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Myanmar’s coup didn’t divide the Saṅgha, it revealed divisions long beneath the surface. Prof. Iselin Frydenlund examines the “military-monastic complex,” fear of chaos, and Buddhism’s enduring role in Myanmar’s struggle.

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November 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
“This idea that Burma is not getting the attention it deserves because the media are neglecting it -- I do not accept that at all. The problem is it’s not being read and it’s not on the agenda.”

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Episode #344: Rangoon Confidential — Insight Myanmar
Smoke Signals from a Sealed Nation
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November 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Once born from opium and espionage, Wa State now stands as Myanmar’s most potent force. Patrick Winn traces its rise from jungle militias to a state within a state.

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November 13, 2025 at 3:02 AM