A special double edition of the podcast. The first is a roundtable discussion on the history of the CIA in Southeast Asia and the second is a look at current events involving the Central Intelligence Agency.

In this episode, Dr. Eric Jones sits down with , outspoken Burmese activist and poet KoKo Thett

In this special fusion-music episode, Kanjana and I are joined in studio by Thai music director Chamni Sripraram and steel drum composer Yuko Asada. Together we learn about the process of fusing these dynamic and diverse music traditions. After our conversation, stay tuned to hear the world premiere performance of Ponglang music for steel pan

In this episode, Kenton Clymer and I talk to Jovan Čavoški and we explore some of the fascinating Cold War connections between Tito's Yugoslavia and Burma.

In this episode, I sit down with Cambodia and US Foreign Relations expert Dr. Matt Jagel as we do a deep dive into his groundbreaking research on Cambodian Nationalist Son Ngoc Thanh and a shallow plunge into the world of Southeast Asian beers.

In this episode we sit down with Maitrii Aung-Thwin, Kallen Terry and Sally Bamford to discuss the Return of the Galon King and to explore how we know what we know in Southeast Asian studies

In this special episode we sit down with musicians and musicologists Naomi Gingold, Heather MacLachlan, Gavin Douglas and Michael McSweeney to explore a broad spectrum of music in Burma.

Eric Jones and Kanjana sit down with Tani Sebro, assistant professor of Diaspora Studies, Human Rights, and Transnational Migration in the Department of Global and Intercultural Studies at Miami University, Ohio. We’ll hear about her interesting work along the Thai-Burma border and explore what it means to horizontalize one’s research. Find out more about her work at www.tanisebro.com.

Special thanks to David Starfire for this episode's music, check it out at www.davidstarfire.com

With us today is Laura Elder, assistant professor of global studies at St Marys College, Notre Dame. Together we discuss the hot trend that is Islamic finance and hear about the role gender plays in this influential institution. Southeast Asia crossroads would like to thank Michael McSweeney for production assistance and Troubadour 77 for today’s music. Hear more from them at

troubadour77.com

Eric Jones and Hao Phan talk to Hai-Dang Phan, writer, poet and professor of English at Grinnell. Join us as we hear some of his award winning poetry and talk about the way memory factors into his work. Hai-Dang Phan is the author of the chapbook Small Wars (Convulsive Editions, 2016). His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The New Yorker, POETRY Magazine, Best American Poetry 2016, jubilat, New England Review, and elsewhere.