Insight Myanmar Podcast

Many people in the West view the coup and its violent aftermath in Myanmar as taking place in some far-off, exotic land that has little bearing on our own lives. Please read this 🧵...

Rick Hanson is a psychologist, author, and longtime Buddhist practitioner whose work bridges neuroscience, contemplative practice, and resilience under pressure. In “No Space for Dictators,” he speaks not as a distant commentator, but as someone deeply a… instagr.am/p/DWxISe-ksjj/

Today is Easter Sunday, a day that, for Christians around the world, carries the language of resurrection, of endurance after suffering, of light returning after darkness. In Myanmar, that language is not abstract. A special thought goes out to the cou… instagr.am/p/DWwKc28kgP0/

The Dictatorship’s Election and the Tears of the People The people of Myanmar, more than 50 million in number, are not only living through the aftereffects of the global pandemic, but also the far-reaching harm caused by the unjust military coup. In the… instagr.am/p/DWv2wqukv7C/

#youtube Fragmentation | IMP #390 youtube.com/watch?v=qJyKTS…

Episode #36: အာဏာရှင်ရွေးကောက်ပွဲနှင့် ပြည်သူ့မျက်ရည် ift.tt/tdcibpv

Thuta grew up in northern Shan State, surrounded by language before he ever thought of it as literature. Poetry wasn’t something he studied first — it was something that lived in his house. His father recited Burmese poems out loud. Lines arrived early, … instagr.am/p/DWuqYd5lqmK/

2/ for some more background on mines & UXO in 🇲🇲, check out @InsightMyanmar's recent "Navigating A Minefield" focus/series: insightmyanmar.org/mine-action insightmyanmar.org/navigating-a-m… also a great read speaking with John Moss (who also spoke with @InsightMyanmar): hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr-r…

April 4 is the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action — a day created to confront one of the cruelest legacies of war: weapons buried in silence, waiting years or decades to tear a body apart. In Myanmar, this is not a distan… instagr.am/p/DWtlrt6ElcV/

#youtube The Will To Fight | IMP #389 youtube.com/watch?v=Fk2YnD…

Thura, the co-founder of Spring University Myanmar and former student union leader in Yangon, lays it out in “Trajectories in Flux”: the junta emptied the classroom, and the people the regime tried to erase are the ones rebuilding it. After the coup, te… instagr.am/p/DWsFiLPEu0n/

People around the world are listening to the Insight Myanmar podcast — to better understand what is happening in Myanmar, and to hear directly from those closest to the reality on the ground. That makes the question increasingly important: who should we… instagr.am/p/DWrA5pKkhXq/

Georgi Engelbrecht of the International Crisis Group takes us inside Mindanao’s uneasy transition from armed conflict to fragile autonomy and draws out what that experience reveals for Myanmar’s far more volatile reality. At the heart of Mindanao lies a… instagr.am/p/DWq1pIskg6b/

Between War and Peace ift.tt/nbysqkz

#youtube The Spirit of Disobedience | IMP #388 youtube.com/watch?v=uxDixi…

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Forced to Vote ift.tt/yg4QwNT

Caleb is an analyst working with the independent research group "Myanography," where he coordinated a field study examining how the military’s recent election was experienced inside communities across the country. Drawing on interviews from sixteen locat… instagr.am/p/DWpZ2jYkrFj/

When communication infrastructure becomes a weapon, accountability is no longer abstract. In this deeply insightful exchange, Hanne Sophie Greve, Norwegian judge and former member of the European Court of Human Rights, examines how Telenor’s presence an… instagr.am/p/DWoOe8nEg8O/

#youtube Long Walk to Freedom | IMP #387 youtube.com/watch?v=jNkWAf…

Left Behind ift.tt/bMpKNn0