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Podcast: Bungacast
Episode: /392/ The Biggest Country No One Talks About (II) ft. Michael Vann
Description: On Indonesia's new president and the End of History.
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Michael Vann, Indonesia expert and history professor at Sacramento State, joins us to talk through the election results.
How did Prabowo go from wannabe fascist dictator to cuddly populist grandpa?
Why is Jokowi "Indonesia's Obama"?
What is Indonesia's Trump/Hunter Biden ticket?
What's up with the $32bn new capital being built in Borneo?
What is the Museum of Anticommunism, and how successfully has Indonesia's ruling class rewritten its history?
Plus: why is metal so popular in Indonesia?
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