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podcast friday
Nov. 18th, 2022 07:41 am Apparently Fridays are a bad day for me to regularly post, who knew?
Anyway! I'm coming to you with yet another 5-parter to keep you busy until the next time I can be bothered. It Could Happen Here recently did a 5-part series called "How To Build a Revolution: Myanmar," and it is incredible. Have some links:
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
Robert and James go to Thailand to interview people who participated in Myanmar's spring uprising, from a group of young men who took first to the streets, then the jungle to fight the military regime, to a doctor treating protesters, to a 17-year-old girl who became a protest leader, to an arms smuggler. It's equal parts inspiring and heartbreaking, though, notably, unlike their previous series on Myanmar, there's not a note at the end about how their interview subjects are dead now. The bravery of these young people blows me away, and the story, told through interviews, is compelling in a way that a straightforward history wouldn't be. It's a brilliant piece of journalism, and if the Burmese covers of "Dust in the Wind" and "Bella Ciao" don't get you sobbing, you have no heart.
Anyway! I'm coming to you with yet another 5-parter to keep you busy until the next time I can be bothered. It Could Happen Here recently did a 5-part series called "How To Build a Revolution: Myanmar," and it is incredible. Have some links:
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
Robert and James go to Thailand to interview people who participated in Myanmar's spring uprising, from a group of young men who took first to the streets, then the jungle to fight the military regime, to a doctor treating protesters, to a 17-year-old girl who became a protest leader, to an arms smuggler. It's equal parts inspiring and heartbreaking, though, notably, unlike their previous series on Myanmar, there's not a note at the end about how their interview subjects are dead now. The bravery of these young people blows me away, and the story, told through interviews, is compelling in a way that a straightforward history wouldn't be. It's a brilliant piece of journalism, and if the Burmese covers of "Dust in the Wind" and "Bella Ciao" don't get you sobbing, you have no heart.
