Dr Eric Jones speaks with Mesrob Vartavarian on the US relationship with the Philippines.

Since the turn of the twentieth century, the United States has shaped and interacted with coercive institutions in the Philippines in pursuit of its own strategic interests. Philippine military professionalism, praetorianism, and de facto autonomy were all encouraged by the United States to either facilitate or place limits upon political change. This lecture emphasizes the influence of underlying structures over discreet events.

https://einaudi.cornell.edu/discover/people/mesrob-vartavarian

In this crossover episode from our sister podcast Napalm in the Morning, Drs Jones and Jagel interview Dave Luhrssen, author of The Vietnam War on Film, War on the Silver Screen, Secret Societies and Clubs in American History, and many others! Come for the historical analysis, stay for the historians!

davidluhrssen.com/

Dr. Jones and Eve Zucker discuss Cambodia and the recovery of the country post-genocide and the alterations of a statue commissioned of Yeay Mao.

https://anthropology.yale.edu/people/eve-zucker

Drs Jones and Jagel speak with historian and museum conservationist Heath Hardage Lee on her book League of Wives, her inspiration and work in oral history collecting interviews for the book, and the upcoming major Hollywood film adaptation.

Order her book here on her website.

https://heathleeauthor.com/

In this podcast, Drs Jones and Jagel interview Hoang Minh Vu, a Ph.D. Candidate from Cornell, on his research surrounding the Third Indochina War and Vietnam’s efforts to integrate itself into the economic fabric of the non-Communist global market. Hoang Minh Vu highlights ASEAN’s rapid post-Cold War enlargement and transformation into the indispensable host of the most important Asia-Pacific security and economic fora.

Eric Jones sits down with Irving Chan Johnson, Associate Professor in the Department of Southeast Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, to discuss his passion for Thai temple murals and the specificities of the Thai style.

Here is are two links to his book "The Buddha on Mecca’s Verandah: Encounters, Mobilities, and Histories along the Malaysian-Thai Border"

https://www.amazon.com/Irving-Chan-Johnson/e/B00DWKTL00%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/518188/pdf

In this episode of Crossroads, Dr. Eric Jones sits down with the founder of the Center for Burma Studies at NIU, Richard Cooler. They discuss Cooler's passion for Burmese art, history, and culture and how these inspirations drove him to found the Center for Burma Studies, and why NIU was chosen to house this establishment.

Eric Jones sits down with Ian Coxhead, Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to discuss the challenges involved in the labor market in Vietnam.

Social media has changed the political landscape in significant ways, particularly as it pertains to elections. Eric Jones sits down with Kanjana Thepboriruk and Punchada Sirivunnabood to discuss the 2019 election in Thailand and how social media and political culture is changing.

Like many people, Jon Racek's career in modern architecture took an abrupt turn after the 2008 financial recession. When he reassessed his career and how to move forward, he ended up moving to Thailand with his family. The move catalyzed a journey to build community education systems, specifically playground equipment. Eric Jones sits down with Jon to discuss this journey, its connection with Southeast Asia, and how his idea is championing a new approach to NGO work.