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the progressive bitcoiner
TPB 110 - The Perfect Destruction of Nature with Anjan Sundaram

the progressive bitcoiner

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 96:27


In this conversation, Anjan Sundaram, a journalist and author, discusses his experiences in Rwanda, exploring themes of authoritarianism, the role of Western powers, and the personal narratives that shape journalism. He reflects on the complexities of living under a dictatorship, the normalization of fear, and the impact of international organizations on local governance. The discussion highlights the challenges of truth-telling in oppressive regimes and the importance of personal experience in understanding broader societal issues. In this conversation, Anjan discusses the complexities of public health initiatives in authoritarian regimes, the challenges faced by independent journalism, and innovative approaches to making journalism more sustainable and engaging. He emphasizes the importance of accountability in governance and the potential of technology, particularly Nostr, to reshape the media landscape and empower journalists. In this conversation, Anjan discusses the challenges faced by indigenous communities in their fight for environmental protection against industrial exploitation. He emphasizes the need for trust and understanding in communicating with these communities, who have a deep connection to their land. The discussion also touches on the ethical dilemmas surrounding resource extraction, the disconnect between modern society and nature, and the potential future of journalism in highlighting these issues. Anjan reflects on the evolutionary aspects of human behavior and the urgent need for a shift in perspective to address the ongoing environmental crisis.CHAPTERS:00:00:00 - Intro00:08:00 - Introduction of Journalist Anjan Sundaram00:13:07 - The Illusion of Democracy in Rwanda00:23:42 - Cultural Normalization of Fear00:47:07 - The Role of Journalism01:14:18 - The Disconnect Between Society and Nature01:26:37 - The Future of Journalism and Indigenous RightsEXCLUSIVE SPONSORS:BitBox: Get the open-source Bitbox02 Bitcoin only edition. It's our favorite bitcoin hardware wallet for you to take self-custody of your bitcoin and keep your private keys safe in cold storage. Head to bitbox.swiss/tpb and use code ‘TPB' at checkout to get 5% off your purchase.You, our listener! Thank you to our supporters. To support The Progressive Bitcoiner and access rewards, including our new TPB merch, head to our geyser page: https://geyser.fund/project/tpbpodTo learn more, visit our websiteGET IN TOUCH:Follow the pod on X | Nostr | Bluesky | Instagram | Threads | Facebook | LinkedIn | TikTokJoin in on the conversation at our Progressive Bitcoiner Community telegram group!OUR TEAM:Margot Paez: @jyn_urso | Patrick Linus: @LL3einS | Damien: @DamienSomerset | Daniel: @Daniel | Evan: @EvanPrim | Trey: @ktreywalsh This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit progressivebitcoiner.substack.com

Explaining Ukraine
South Africa, India, and Ukraine: Time for mutual discoveries

Explaining Ukraine

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 50:39


Ukraine has started a conversation with the countries of the "Global South." This conversation is difficult, but it is opening up new prospects for understanding. What do we still lack to better understand each other? The Explaining Ukraine podcast invites you to a conversation at the PEN Ukraine / UkraineWorld event “Ukraine, South Africa, India: How can we better understand each other?” The conversation took place in Kyiv, at PEN Ukraine space, on May 2nd, 2024. Guests: Damon Galgut, a South African writer, winner of the Booker Prize in 2021 for his novel The Promise. His work has been translated into 35 languages. Anjan Sundaram, an Indian author, journalist, and academic, winner of 2015 Frontline Club prize for his war reporting from the Central African Republic. Sundaram also received a Reuters environmental journalism prize in 2006 for his reporting from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Host: Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher, chief editor of UkraineWorld, and president of PEN Ukraine UkraineWorld (ukraineworld.org) is brought to you by Internews Ukraine, one of the largest Ukrainian media NGOs. Listen on various platforms: https://li.sten.to/explaining-ukraine Support us at patreon.com/ukraineworld. We provide exclusive content for our patrons. You can also support our volunteer trips to the frontlines at PayPal: ukraine.resisting@gmail.com. This podcast episode is produced with the support of the Ukrainian Institute (https://ui.org.ua/en/). The full episode is available for UkraineWorld's patrons at https://www.patreon.com/posts/114232265

TED Talks Daily
Meet our planet's hidden defenders | Anjan Sundaram

TED Talks Daily

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 11:06


Small Indigenous communities make up only five percent of the world's population, but they defend 80 percent of the biodiversity that remains on Earth, says war reporter Anjan Sundaram. He paints a picture of Mexico's embattled ecological frontlines, where invisible heroes are fighting corporations and cartels alike to save our planet's last natural ecosystems.

TED Talks Daily (SD video)
Meet our planet's hidden defenders | Anjan Sundaram

TED Talks Daily (SD video)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 9:49


Small Indigenous communities make up only five percent of the world's population, but they defend 80 percent of the biodiversity that remains on Earth, says war reporter Anjan Sundaram. He paints a picture of Mexico's embattled ecological frontlines, where invisible heroes are fighting corporations and cartels alike to save our planet's last natural ecosystems.

TED Talks Daily (HD video)
Meet our planet's hidden defenders | Anjan Sundaram

TED Talks Daily (HD video)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 9:49


Small Indigenous communities make up only five percent of the world's population, but they defend 80 percent of the biodiversity that remains on Earth, says war reporter Anjan Sundaram. He paints a picture of Mexico's embattled ecological frontlines, where invisible heroes are fighting corporations and cartels alike to save our planet's last natural ecosystems.

Always Take Notes
#172: Anjan Sundaram, journalist and author

Always Take Notes

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2023 56:01


Simon and Rachel speak with Anjan Sundaram, an award-winning author, journalist and television presenter, whose war correspondence has won a Frontline Club Award and a Reuters prize. Anjan's previous books are "Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship" (an Amazon Book of the Year) and "Stringer: A Reporter's Journey in the Congo" (a Royal African Society Book of the Year). He has reported from Central Africa for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Guardian, the Observer, Granta, Foreign Policy, Politico and the Associated Press. His books have been featured by Christiane Amanpour and Fareed Zakaria on CNN; by Jon Stewart on The Daily Show; and on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week and Start the Week. We spoke to Anjan about working as a stringer in the Congo and elsewhere in Africa, juggling journalism and book writing, and his new book, "Breakup", on the personal costs of war reporting.  “Always Take Notes: Advice From Some Of The World's Greatest Writers” - a book drawing on our podcast interviews - is published by Ithaka Press. You can order it via Amazon, Bookshop.org, Hatchards or Waterstones. You can find us online at ⁠⁠alwaystakenotes.com⁠⁠, on Twitter @takenotesalways and on Instagram @alwaystakenotes. Our crowdfunding page is ⁠⁠patreon.com/alwaystakenotes⁠⁠. Always Take Notes is presented by Simon Akam and Rachel Lloyd, and produced by Artemis Irvine. Our music is by Jessica Dannheisser and our logo was designed by James Edgar.

Indo American News Radio Houston TX
IANR 2337 091623 Immigration Atty George Willy on U Visa Travel; Jaipur Literature Festival by Writer Priyamvada Natarajan; Hindu Sangatan Divas by Vivek Singh & Viren Vyas

Indo American News Radio Houston TX

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2023 122:50


IANR 2337 091623 Line Up 4-6pm INTERVIEWS (Guest host Sridhar Kotha in for Jawahar Malhotra) Here's the guest line-up for Sat, September 16, 2023 from 4 to 6pm  CST on Indo American News Radio (www.IndoAmerican-news.com), a production of Indo American News. We are on 98.7 FM and you can also listen on the masalaradio app (www.masalaradio.com)   By Monday, hear the recorded show on Podcast uploaded on Spotify, Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/indo-american-news-radio-houston-tx/id1512586620) Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Radio Public and Breaker. We have 4 years of Podcasts and have had over 7,500 hits. SUPPORT THE SHOW!! TO RECEIVE NEW PODCASTS, SELECT FOLLOW ON OUR SPOTIFY AND GIVE US A 5 STAR RATING. THAT WILL GET US HIGHER AD CLICKS!! 4:20 pm Our regular monthly guest, well-known immigration attorney George Willy joins us today to talk about his upcoming meeting on September 24 with Congressman Ro Khanna, a Democrat who since 2017 has represented the 17th Californian District that encompasses a large part of Silicon Valley. George welcomes listeners to call in with questions to pose Khanna, or email us at indoamericanews@yahoo.com. George will describe what his meeting will cover as well as travel privileges for U visa holders.   5:00 pm The Jaipur Literature Festival has returned to Houston this weekend, September 15 through 17 at has been held at five venues across the city and features many writers - like Houstonian Chitra Divakaruni, Parini Shroff, Salil Tripathi, film maker Mira Nair and journalist and writer Anjan Sundaram who called into our show last Saturday - and panel discussions. One of those featured is physicist and writer Priyamvada Natarajan who is calling in from a venue to talk about her work as well as about the significance of the Festival which will conclude tomorrow.   5:20 pm Hindu Sangatan Divas was held at the recently inaugurated Sringeri Matha Temple in Richmond, with 125 participants from the Houston area to discuss Hindu unity in holding events and developing interest in Hindu religion and culture. Viren Vyas and Vivek Singh with the Hindu Swayam Sangh of Houston will join us to explain what transpired and future plans for the community. TO BE FEATURED ON THE SHOW, OR TO ADVERTISE, PLEASE CONTACT US AT 713-789-6397 or at indoamericannews@yahoo.com Please pick up the print edition of Indo American News which is available all across town at grocery stores. Also visit our website indoamerican-news.com which gets 70,000+ hits to track all current stories. And remember to visit our digital archives from over 15 years. Plus, our entire 42 years of hard copy archives are available in the Fondren Library at Rice University. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/indo-american-news-radio/support

Indo American News Radio Houston TX
IANR 2336 090923 Animal Control by Cory Stottlemyer, Dpy Dir. of BARC; Animal Lone-Crusader Ramesh Anand; Wild Tunes by Yuvaanh Agarwal; Jaipur Literature Festival by Journalist-Writer Anjan Sundaram

Indo American News Radio Houston TX

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2023 117:01


IANR 2336 090923 Line Up 4-6pm INTERVIEWS (Guest host Sridhar Kotha in for Pramod Kulkarni) Here's the guest line-up for Sat, September 9, 2023 from 4 to 6pm  CST on Indo American News Radio (www.IndoAmerican-news.com), a production of Indo American News. We are on 98.7 FM and you can also listen on the masalaradio app (www.masalaradio.com)   By Monday, hear the recorded show on Podcast uploaded on Spotify, Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/indo-american-news-radio-houston-tx/id1512586620) Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Radio Public and Breaker. We have 4 years of Podcasts and have had over 7,500 hits. SUPPORT THE SHOW!! TO RECEIVE NEW PODCASTS, SELECT FOLLOW ON OUR SPOTIFY AND GIVE US A 5 STAR RATING. THAT WILL GET US HIGHER AD CLICKS!! 4:20 pm Animal protection and control and making sure there are facilities for their care, like the BARC parks, as well as encouraging pet adoptions is a big task in a city as large as Houston. Taking care of strays, promoting neutering drives and getting donations for those pets which are sheltered amounts to a huge effort by the Houston Animal Shelter and Adoption Center. We will talk with Cory Stottlemyer, who is a Deputy Shelter Director at the Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care (BARC) Houston Animal Shelter and Adoption Center and Director of Communications for Administration and Regulatory Affairs. He explains the magnitude of animal control in the Bayou City. 4:50 pm We turn to an animal lover who single-handedly has taken in stray dogs, often nurturing them to health, and placing them in caring homes. Ramesh Anand has become known among Desis for his dedication to caring for strays and the non-profit that he created for this effort. He has been on our show before and we're delighted that he is joining us again to tell us of his ongoing lone-man efforts in Sugar Land.   5:10 pm You are never too young to love and care for animals and Yuvaanh Agarwal, a fifth grader in Houston, exemplifies that with his advocacy and music therapy for animals. Each week, Yuvi goes to local shelters in Houston – Houston Pets Alive! and Citizens for Animal Protection - to play the keyboard for the animals in their care. He recently launched Wild Tunes, music therapy for animals. He's been featured in local and national media, including Good Morning America! and USA Today for his innovative program. He joins us with his mom Priyanka to explain how this therapy works on animals. 5:30 pm The Jaipur Literature Festival will return to Houston next weekend, September 15 through 17 at five venues across the city and will feature many writers - like Houstonian Chitra Divakaruni, Parini Shroff, Salil Tripathi, Priyamvada Natarajan and film maker Mira Nair - and panel discussions. One of those featured is journalist and writer Anjan Sundaram who is calling in from Mexico City to talk about his work as well as about the significance of the Festival. TO BE FEATURED ON THE SHOW, OR TO ADVERTISE, PLEASE CONTACT US AT 713-789-6397 or at indoamericannews@yahoo.com Please pick up the print edition of Indo American News which is available all across town at grocery stores. Also visit our website indoamerican-news.com which gets 70,000+ hits to track all current stories. And remember to visit our digital archives from over 15 years. Plus, our entire 42 years of hard copy archives are available in the Fondren Library at Rice University. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/indo-american-news-radio/support

English Academic Vocabulary Booster
2964. 73 Academic Words Reference from "Anjan Sundaram: Why I risked my life to expose a government massacre | TED Talk"

English Academic Vocabulary Booster

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2023 64:11


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Democracy Now! Audio
Anjan Sundaram on Covering Deadly Wars from DRC to Rwanda & the Role of U.S. and AFRICOM

Democracy Now! Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2023


In Part 2 of our interview with Anjan Sundaram, award-winning journalist and author, we discuss in detail his new piece in Foreign Policy, “Why the World's Deadliest Wars Go Unreported,” and his New York Times opinion piece on Rwandan President Paul Kagame, “He's a Brutal Dictator, and One of the West's Best Friends.” He joins us from Mexico City, where he moved two years ago to report on the threats faced by environmental defenders.

Democracy Now! Audio
How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Us & Who Is Building It: Anjan Sundaram & David Wallace-Wells

Democracy Now! Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2023


We look at artificial intelligence with two guests who have written extensively about the topic. Award-winning journalist Anjan Sundaram hosted the television miniseries Coded World for Channel NewsAsia, Singapore's national broadcaster, on how artificial intelligence is changing humans. David Wallace-Wells is a New York Times opinion writer who wrote a piece headlined “A.I. Is Being Built by People Who Think It Might Destroy Us.”

Democracy Now! Video
Anjan Sundaram on Covering Africa: From Rwanda to the Devastating War in DRC to Rise of U.S. Africom

Democracy Now! Video

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2023


In Part 2 of our interview with Anjan Sundaram, award-winning journalist and author, we discuss in detail his new piece in Foreign Policy, “Why the World's Deadliest Wars Go Unreported.”

Democracy Now! Video
How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Us & Who Is Building It: Anjan Sundaram & David Wallace-Wells

Democracy Now! Video

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2023


We look at artificial intelligence with two guests who have written extensively about the topic. Award-winning journalist Anjan Sundaram hosted the television miniseries Coded World for Channel NewsAsia, Singapore's national broadcaster, on how artificial intelligence is changing humans. David Wallace-Wells is a New York Times opinion writer who wrote a piece headlined “A.I. Is Being Built by People Who Think It Might Destroy Us.”

Network Capital
Breakups, Difficult Careers, and War Journalism with Yale Mathematician turned War Correspondent Anjan Sundaram

Network Capital

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2023 58:11


In podcast we cover - 1. The art of persuasive writing; telling the universal story of having a dream, taking risks & leading a meaningful life. 2. Insights on having difficult conversations & making difficult choices 3. Lessons from geopolitics and the implications of our colonial histories on a new world order. Anjan Sundaram is an award-winning author, journalist, academic, and television presenter. He is the author of Stringer, Bad News, and Breakup. His books have been featured by Christiane Amanpour and Fareed Zakaria on CNN, Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, MSNBC's Morning Joe, and NPR's All Things Considered.  Anjan presented the critically-acclaimed TV series, “Coded World”, about how Artificial Intelligence and algorithms are changing humanity. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Granta, the New York Review of Books, and The Guardian.  He has received Reuters and Frontline Club prizes for his reporting and has served as an artist-in-residence at the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center. He is also a Skoll World Fellow and a TED Fellow, and was invited to give a TED Talk about his war correspondence. Stringer was a Royal African Society Book of the Year in 2014, and Bad News was an Amazon Book of the Year in 2016.  Anjan graduated from Yale University with a Master of Science in mathematics and he holds a Ph.D. in journalism.

Intrigue Outloud
No Vacancies: inside the West's favourite dictatorship

Intrigue Outloud

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2023 43:32


On today's episode, Victoire Ingabire and Anjan Sundaram join to discuss their first-hand experience facing political repression in Rwanda, why Western governments continue to support the current government, and what happens when the government's leader, Paul Kagame, leaves office.Victoire Ingabire is a leader in Rwanda's pro-democracy movement who was imprisoned for eight years while running for president in 2010.Anjan Sundaram is a journalist and author of Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship, whose op-ed entitled "He's a Brutal Dictator, and One of the West's Best Friends" was featured in the New York Times.Thanks to our sponsor, Best Buy.

Keen On Democracy
An Impossible Choice: Anjan Sundaram on the devastating personal costs of being a war correspondent in Africa

Keen On Democracy

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2023 31:33


EPISODE 1419: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of BREAKUP, Anjan Sundaram, about on the devastating personal costs of being a war correspondent in Africa and having to choose between his marriage and his moral responsibility to report on an African conflict unseen by the world Anjan Sundaram is the author of Breakup: A Marriage in Wartime (2023); Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship (Ingabire prize, PEN America prize finalist, Amazon Best Book of 2016); and Stringer: A Reporter's Journey in the Congo (Royal African Society Book of the Year in 2014, BBC Book of the Week). His writing has appeared in Granta, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, The Guardian and Foreign Policy. His war correspondence won a Frontline Club award in 2015 and a Reuters prize in 2006. A TED Fellow, Sundaram graduated from Yale University. Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books Network
Anjan Sundaram, "Breakup: A Marriage in Wartime" (Catapult, 2023)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2023 57:52


Anjan Sundaram is an award-winning journalist who has written three books on African people and places: Democratic Republic of Congo in Stringer, Rwanda in Bad News and now Central African Republic in Breakup. Each of Anjan's books are glorious for their storytelling, told in great detail through years professional engagement with violence, war and genocide from the perspective of those living through it. I'm delighted to have Anjan with me today to talk about his forthcoming book: Break Up: A Marriage in Wartime (Catapult 2023). I read the book in a single sitting, for the prose is unflinching in its human rights reporting of the ongoing civil war in the Central African Republic. It is also about the demise of a marriage, meaning Break Up documents the ways in which war and marriage tear people apart. At the end of our interview, Anjan recommends A House Without Windows, a graphic novel by Didier Kassaï (Simon & Schuster 2021). Susan Thomson is Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Colgate University. I like to interview pretenure scholars about their research. I am particularly keen on their method and methodology, as well as the process of producing academic knowledge about African places and people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The Bunker
Inside Rwanda: The dictatorship Braverman dreams about

The Bunker

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2023 27:59


Suella Braverman's plan to send refugees to Rwanda has been described as inhuman. But what is the country actually like? And what does the nation's Government get out of the deal? Award winning journalist Anjan Sundaram joins Arthur Snell on a deep-dive into a country few of us know, but is rarely out of headlines. Anjan describes life after the genocide, the Western blind-spot to present human rights abuses and the political coercion at the heart of the present regime.  Anjan wrote about the persecution of journalists in Rwanda in his book ‘Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship'. His forthcoming book Breakup on the war in the Central African Republic will be published in May.  “Rwanda is a surveillance state of the highest degree.” “Kagame has ruled over Rwanda for 30 years, and he has positioned himself as a global postcolonial leader.” “Partnering with the UK paints Rwanda as a safe haven instead of the dictatorship it is.”  “During the genocide, the West did very little to intervene and Kagame has used that for his own political agenda.” https://www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Arthur Snell. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Lead producer: Jacob Jarvis. Music: Kenny Dickinson. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in African Studies
Anjan Sundaram, "Breakup: A Marriage in Wartime" (Catapult, 2023)

New Books in African Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2023 57:52


Anjan Sundaram is an award-winning journalist who has written three books on African people and places: Democratic Republic of Congo in Stringer, Rwanda in Bad News and now Central African Republic in Breakup. Each of Anjan's books are glorious for their storytelling, told in great detail through years professional engagement with violence, war and genocide from the perspective of those living through it. I'm delighted to have Anjan with me today to talk about his forthcoming book: Break Up: A Marriage in Wartime (Catapult 2023). I read the book in a single sitting, for the prose is unflinching in its human rights reporting of the ongoing civil war in the Central African Republic. It is also about the demise of a marriage, meaning Break Up documents the ways in which war and marriage tear people apart. At the end of our interview, Anjan recommends A House Without Windows, a graphic novel by Didier Kassaï (Simon & Schuster 2021). Susan Thomson is Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Colgate University. I like to interview pretenure scholars about their research. I am particularly keen on their method and methodology, as well as the process of producing academic knowledge about African places and people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-studies

New Books in Journalism
Anjan Sundaram, "Breakup: A Marriage in Wartime" (Catapult, 2023)

New Books in Journalism

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2023 57:52


Anjan Sundaram is an award-winning journalist who has written three books on African people and places: Democratic Republic of Congo in Stringer, Rwanda in Bad News and now Central African Republic in Breakup. Each of Anjan's books are glorious for their storytelling, told in great detail through years professional engagement with violence, war and genocide from the perspective of those living through it. I'm delighted to have Anjan with me today to talk about his forthcoming book: Break Up: A Marriage in Wartime (Catapult 2023). I read the book in a single sitting, for the prose is unflinching in its human rights reporting of the ongoing civil war in the Central African Republic. It is also about the demise of a marriage, meaning Break Up documents the ways in which war and marriage tear people apart. At the end of our interview, Anjan recommends A House Without Windows, a graphic novel by Didier Kassaï (Simon & Schuster 2021). Susan Thomson is Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Colgate University. I like to interview pretenure scholars about their research. I am particularly keen on their method and methodology, as well as the process of producing academic knowledge about African places and people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/journalism

New Books in Human Rights
Anjan Sundaram, "Breakup: A Marriage in Wartime" (Catapult, 2023)

New Books in Human Rights

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2023 57:52


Anjan Sundaram is an award-winning journalist who has written three books on African people and places: Democratic Republic of Congo in Stringer, Rwanda in Bad News and now Central African Republic in Breakup. Each of Anjan's books are glorious for their storytelling, told in great detail through years professional engagement with violence, war and genocide from the perspective of those living through it. I'm delighted to have Anjan with me today to talk about his forthcoming book: Break Up: A Marriage in Wartime (Catapult 2023). I read the book in a single sitting, for the prose is unflinching in its human rights reporting of the ongoing civil war in the Central African Republic. It is also about the demise of a marriage, meaning Break Up documents the ways in which war and marriage tear people apart. At the end of our interview, Anjan recommends A House Without Windows, a graphic novel by Didier Kassaï (Simon & Schuster 2021). Susan Thomson is Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Colgate University. I like to interview pretenure scholars about their research. I am particularly keen on their method and methodology, as well as the process of producing academic knowledge about African places and people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Exit Strategy
020 - Anjan Sundaram - Life in the Congo and Writing about Conflict

Exit Strategy

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2022 45:28


Anjan Sundaram is an author and journalist, born in India, educated in the US, and covered a host of political and cross-border violence in Africa, most notably in the Congo. His TED talk in 2017, titled Why I risked my life to expose a government massacre, is about his reporting on remote conflicts. Find out more about him here: https://www.anjansundaram.com/ 

The Keeper
Episode 19: Rule of Law Season – The Real Story of Kagame's Rwanda

The Keeper

Play Episode Play 47 sec Highlight Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 35:26


For the fifth episode of our Rule of Law Season, we speak with journalist and author Anjan Sundaram to help us understand what is happening with the rule of law in Rwanda. The country is often held up as a democratic success story in Africa, as it has achieved stability and prosperity over the last 25 years since the horrific genocide of 1994. But Anjan explains that the real story is very different, and he speaks from very personal experience. He moved to Kigali, Rwanda in 2009 and began teaching journalism to Rwandan reporters – and then, one by one, his students began to run into a series of misfortunes that couldn't have been mere coincidence. Anjan came to realize that he was witnessing the fall of free speech and the rise of President Paul Kagame's dictatorship in Rwanda. Anjan speaks about the impact of Kagame's authoritarian regime on the everyday lives of Rwandans, the brazen ways in which he stifles any dissent, and how western countries have actually emboldened Kagame to consolidate his power. He also discusses the Rwandan government's kidnapping of human rights hero Paul Rusesabagina and the show trial he faces in Kigali, and he explains what it will mean for any critics of President Kagame going forward.    Anjan Sundaram Official Website“Rwanda's Rendition of a Hollywood Hero Confirms the Country's Descent into Dictatorship”, by Anjan Sundaram in Foreign Policy“I Think I May Die Tonight”, excerpt from Bad News by Anjan Sundaram in Foreign PolicyBad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship by Anjan SundaramYouTube: Rwanda paid for the flight that led to Paul Rusesabagina arrest – UpFrontThe Daily: A Battle for the Soul of Rwanda A Tribute to Paul Rusesabagina by Congressman Tom Lantos (July 25, 2005) Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation - #FreeRusesabaginaThis season of The Keeper was made possible with the generous support of  Ambassador April H. Foley, who served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary from 2006 -2009. This episode is also supported by four distinguished professors from the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law:Professor John Greabe, Director of the Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership & Public Service.Professor Albert “Buzz” Scherr, Chair of the International Criminal Law and Justice Program and former Director of the State Department Rule of Law Project in Northern Russia.Professor Robert E. McDaniel, a former U.S. Federal Prosecutor in Washington, DC, former Head of Legal Affairs for the OSCE in the Republic of Kosovo and now a faculty member in the International Criminal Law and Justice Program.Judge Arthur Gajarsa, who joined the faculty as Distinguished Jurist-in-Residence after retiring from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Untelevised: The Podcast
So, what do we mean by DEMOCRACY?

Untelevised: The Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 106:16


Politics shouldn't be separate from everyday life. The decisions that are made by an elite group in Central London. Because politics inform everything we do and we feel the impact of political decisions constantly. Democracy is promoted globally as the answer to this. The 'ordinary' persons opportunity to contribute to the conversations that govern our societies. But what does participating in democracy actually mean? Have we taken it so for granted that we seldom stop to reflect and assess how it is working? This episode we are doing exactly that. Exploring what democracy should ideally look like, what it currently does looks like and why there is a gap between the two. Learn - what is democracy? (7 mins) Discuss - Oliver Sidorczuk, Social Justice Campaigner (14 mins 25 secs) find him on Linkedin/ Twitter; Anjan Sundaram, Journalist (48 mins) find him on Wikipedia/ Facebook/ Twitter/ Website/ TED Talk Share - what can we all do? (1 hr 22 mins) Things we mentioned: Register to vote in the UK; Upcoming elections in the UK; Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill; Full Fact Fact Checker. To discuss what you've listened to or to see more from Untelevised between episodes, head to our website (www.untelevised.co.uk), twitter or instagram (@untelevised_tv) or write to talk2untelevised@gmail.com ---------- Untelevised: The Podcast is produced by Untelevised, a joint platform between Filmanthropy and May Project Gardens.

Amanpour
Amanpour: Ron Howard, Anjan Sundaram, Jaime Casap, and Firooz Zahedi

Amanpour

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020 55:42


Oscar-winning director Ron Howard talks to Christiane Amanpour about his film, "Rebuilding Paradise," which shows the aftermath of California's devastating wildfires. Journalist and author Anjan Sundaram explores the extraordinary story of Hotel Rwanda hero Paul Rusesabagina, who was suspiciously charged with terrorism. Ana Cabrera speaks to Jaime Casap, Former Education Evangelist at Google, about how technology can be used to improve learning experiences. Then, one of Hollywood’s most celebrated photographers, Firooz Zahedi, joins Christiane from Los Angeles to discuss his new book, “Look at Me.”To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

So Many Damn Books
144: Megha Majumdar (A BURNING) and Anjan Sundaram's BAD NEWS

So Many Damn Books

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2020 47:57


Megha Majumdar zooms from her library into the virtual Damn Library so that we can all talk about her bestseller, A Burning. We talk about what makes an Amaro, juggling three character's POVs, the life of an editor/writer, and the context of things online, as well as parallels of hope. Plus, we discuss the urgent message of Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship by Anjan Sundaram, and why any of us write. Zoom, there it is. contribute! https://patreon.com/smdb for drink recipes, book lists, and more, visit: somanydamnbooks.com music: Disaster Magic (https://soundcloud.com/disaster-magic)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TED Talks Daily
Why I risked my life to expose a government massacre | Anjan Sundaram

TED Talks Daily

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2017 7:34


A war zone can pass for a mostly peaceful place when no one is watching, says investigative journalist and TED Fellow Anjan Sundaram. In this short, incisive talk, he takes us inside the conflict in the Central African Republic, where he saw the methodical preparation for ethnic cleansing, and shares a lesson about why it's important to bear witness to other people's suffering. "Ignored people in all our communities tell us something important about who we are," Sundaram says. "A witness can become precious, and their gaze most necessary, when violence passes silently, unseen and unheard." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TEDTalks 뉴스와 정치
내가 정부의 대량학살에 노출되는 위험을 감수한 이유 | 안잔 순다람 (Anjan Sundaram)

TEDTalks 뉴스와 정치

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2017 7:34


탐사보도 기자이자 TED 펠로우인 안잔 순다람은 아무도 보고 있지 않을 때엔 전쟁지역조차 거의 평화로운 장소나 다름없다고 여겨질 수 있다고 말합니다. 이 짧지만 강렬한 영상 속에서, 그는 우리를 중앙 아프리카 공화국의 분쟁 속으로 안내해, 그가 목격한 인종청소를 위한 체계적인 준비의 모습을 보여주고, 다른 사람들의 고통을 목격하는 것이 왜 중요한지 설명하고 있습니다. 순다람은 "우리의 공동체에서 무시당하는 사람들은 우리가 누구인지에 대해 중요한 것을 말하고 있으며, 목격자는 귀중한 존재가 될 수 있고, 폭력이 조용히 보이거나 들리지 않고 행해졌을 때 목격자들의 시선은 가장 중요한 것이 될 수 있다." 고 말합니다.

anjan sundaram
TED Talks News and Politics
Why I risked my life to expose a government massacre | Anjan Sundaram

TED Talks News and Politics

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2017 7:34


A war zone can pass for a mostly peaceful place when no one is watching, says investigative journalist and TED Fellow Anjan Sundaram. In this short, incisive talk, he takes us inside the conflict in the Central African Republic, where he saw the methodical preparation for ethnic cleansing, and shares a lesson about why it's important to bear witness to other people's suffering. "Ignored people in all our communities tell us something important about who we are," Sundaram says. "A witness can become precious, and their gaze most necessary, when violence passes silently, unseen and unheard."

TEDTalks Nachrichten und Politik
Warum ich mein Leben für die Enthüllung eines Regierungsmassakers riskierte | Anjan Sundaram

TEDTalks Nachrichten und Politik

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2017 7:34


Ein Kriegsgebiet kann für einen friedlichen Platz gehalten werden, wenn niemand hinschaut; sagt Investigativjournalist und TED Fellow Anjan Sundaram. In diesem kurzen, prägnanten Vortag nimmt er uns mit in den Konflikt in der Zentralafrikanischen Republik, wo er die methodische Vorbereitung einer ethnischen Säuberung erkannte und erteilt eine Lektion, warum es wichtig ist, das Leiden anderer Menschen zu bezeugen. "Ignorierte Menschen in allen unseren Gemeinschaften sagen uns etwas Wichtiges über uns selbst", sagt Sundaram. "Der Zeuge ist wertvoll und sein Hinblicken ganz unverzichtbar, wenn sich die Gewalt leise anschleicht, ungesehen und ungehört."

TEDTalks Noticias y Política
Por qué expuse mi vida denunciando un genocidio del gobierno | Anjan Sundaram

TEDTalks Noticias y Política

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2017 7:34


En palabras del periodista investigador y miembro TED, Anjan Sundaram, una zona de guerra puede considerarse un lugar pacífico cuando nadie esté mirando. En esta breve charla incisiva, nos lleva al conflicto suscitado en la República Centroafricana, donde presenció el plan meticuloso de limpieza étnica, y comparte una enseñanza del porqué es importante atestiguar el dolor de la gente. La gente que es ignorada en nuestras comunidades nos revela algo importante sobre quiénes somos , dice Sundaram. Un testigo puede ser valioso y su mirada más que necesaria, cuando la violencia es silenciosa, inadvertida e inaudita.

TEDTalks Notícias e Política
Por que arrisquei minha vida para revelar um massacre do governo | Anjan Sundaram

TEDTalks Notícias e Política

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2017 7:34


Uma zona de guerra pode passar por um local relativamente pacífico quando ninguém está olhando, diz Anjan Sundaram, jornalista investigativo e bolsista TED. Nesta breve e incisiva palestra, ele nos leva ao conflito na República Centro-Africana, onde viu a preparação metódica de uma limpeza étnica, e compartilha uma lição sobre a importância de ser testemunha do sofrimento de outras pessoas. "As pessoas ignoradas em todas as nossas comunidades nos dizem algo essencial sobre quem somos", diz Sundaram. "Uma testemunha pode se tornar preciosa, e o olhar dela necessário, quando a violência passa silenciosamente, despercebida e desconhecida".

TEDTalks Politique et médias
Pourquoi j'ai risqué ma vie pour exposer un massacre du gouvernement | Anjan Sundaram

TEDTalks Politique et médias

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2017 7:34


Selon le journaliste d'investigation et TED Fellow Anjan Sundaram, une zone de guerre peut passer pour un endroit plutôt paisible lorsque personne ne la regarde. Dans ce court discours incisif, il nous emmène dans le conflit en République centrafricaine, où il a vu la préparation méthodique d'un nettoyage ethnique, et partage une leçon sur la raison pour laquelle il est important de témoigner de la souffrance des autres. « Les gens ignorés dans toutes nos communautés nous disent quelque chose d'important sur qui nous sommes », dit-il. « Un témoin peut devenir précieux, et son regard est plus que nécessaire, quand la violence passe silencieusement, sans être vue ni entendue. »

World Policy On Air
World Policy On Air, Ep. 53: Journalism in Rwanda Under Attack

World Policy On Air

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2016 24:11


World Policy Institute — Rwandan President Paul Kagame’s regime has taken steps to control the country's media and silence independent journalists. Today's episode of World Policy On Air considers both of these issues with Anjan Sundaram, author of "Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship," based on his experiences working with local journalists.

The Media Show
James Murdoch, Guardian cost-cutting, The growth of new media in Africa

The Media Show

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2016 28:19


James Murdoch, son of Rupert, has returned to Sky as Chairman. It comes four years after he resigned from the position amid the phone hacking scandal, which led to the closure of the Murdoch-owned newspaper News of the World. Since last July, James Murdoch also served as chief executive of 21st Century Fox, Sky's biggest shareholder. Andrea Catherwood is joined by Sarah Ellison of Vanity Fair, who has closely followed the Murdoch media dynasty, and also Ashley Hamilton Claxton, from Royal London Asset Management, a shareholder in Sky, who calls the reappointment 'inappropriate.' Guardian News & Media, the publisher of the Guardian, is to cut running costs by 20% - a little over £50m - in a bid to break even within three years and support future growth. In the words of its Chief executive David Pemsel: 'We need to be an agile, lean and responsive organisation.' Ian Burrell, Assistant Editor & Media Editor of The Independent newspaper joins Andrea to discuss whether the Guardian's model of free content online, amid a climate of reduced print advertising revenues & the rise of ad-blocking, is a sustainable one. Africa's internet penetration will reach 50 percent by 2025 and there are expected to be 360 million smartphones, according to data from McKinsey Consultants. Today, journalist Ismail Einashe is discussing what impact new media in Africa is having on journalism, at a talk for the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. He joins Andrea after the talk. Also joining her is author Anjan Sundaram, whose new book "Bad News" examines press freedom in Rwanda. Together they discuss whether the growth of new media in Africa is a way to improve democracy, or whether it's a mechanism for greater state control? Producer: Katy Takatsuki.

Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters
Rwanda is on a Dangerous Path

Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2016 26:02


The journalist Anjan Sundaram is the author of the new book Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship. The book details how the creeping authoritarianism of the Rwandan government has silenced the free press, even as that government is treated as a darling of the international community for its impressive economic gains following the genocide.  In 2009, Anjan took a job teaching journalism in Rwanda. He soon saw that something was amiss. His students were harassed, beaten and one colleague murdered. Other journalists were simply co-opted into the state propaganda machine. After speaking with Anjan for this interview, it's hard not to conclude that suppression of dissent in Rwanda is putting that country on a very dangerous path.    This is a fascinating conversation and I suspect that this book will get a great deal of attention in foreign policy and human rights circles.   We kick off discussing the history of President Paul Kagame, and his recent controversial decision to amend the constitution to permit him to stay in office, theoretically until 2034. I have a link to the book on GlobalDispatchesPodcast.com, so do check that out. 

Start the Week
What Is the State For?

Start the Week

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2014 41:53


Tom Sutcliffe discusses whether Western states have anything to learn from countries like China and Singapore. Adrian Wooldridge argues that many governments have become bloated and there's a global race to reinvent the state. In the past Britain was at the forefront of exporting ideas on how to run a country, as the Labour MP Tristram Hunt explains in his book on the legacy of empire. Charu Lata Hogg from Chatham House looks at the challenges to democracy in Thailand where the country is in political turmoil, and the journalist Anjan Sundaram spent a year in The Congo during the violent 2006 elections, and looks at day-to-day life in a failing state. Producer: Katy Hickman.