Reformasi Dispatch

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Independent and lucid analysis of Indonesian politics, policymaking, justice, and economics featuring Kevin O’Rourke and Erin Cook. The podcasts incorporate exclusive interviews with experts and draws on content from the Reformasi Weekly reports, produced for subscribers since 2003.


Episode Date
Season 5 Episode 39 (with Garda Ramadhito)
Dec 08, 2025
Season 5 Episode 38
Dec 02, 2025
Season 5 Episode 37 (with Matt Busch)
Nov 25, 2025
Season 5 Episode 36
Nov 18, 2025
Season 5 Episode 35
Nov 08, 2025
Season 5 Episode 34
Nov 01, 2025
Acid Reign - Season 5 Episode 33 (with Krista Shennum)
Oct 23, 2025
Season 5 Episode 32
Oct 12, 2025
Season 5 Episode 31
Sep 28, 2025
Season 5 Episode 30
Sep 15, 2025
Season 5 Episode 29 (with Ian Wilson)
Sep 07, 2025
Season 5 Episode 28: Update on Protest in Indonesia
Sep 02, 2025
Season 5 Episode 27
Aug 31, 2025
Season 5 Episode 26
Aug 19, 2025
Season 5 Episode 25
Aug 12, 2025
Season 5 Episode 24
Aug 04, 2025
Season 5 Episode 23
Jul 29, 2025
Season 5 Episode 22
Jul 20, 2025
Season 5 Episode 21
Jul 13, 2025
Season 5 Episode 20
Jul 06, 2025
Season 5 Episode 19 (With Dr. Rien Dam)
Jun 29, 2025
Season 5 Episode 18
Jun 22, 2025
Season 5 Episode 17
Jun 07, 2025
Season 5 Episode 16 (with Glenn Hurowitz)
May 31, 2025
Season 5 Episode 15 (with Alon Aviram)
May 24, 2025
Season 5 Episode 14
May 17, 2025
Season 5 Episode 13 (with Kirsten Han)
May 03, 2025
Season 5 Episode 12 (with Angus Mackintosh)
Apr 26, 2025
Season 5 Episode 11 (with Ristian Atriandi)
Apr 14, 2025
Season 5 Episode 10
Mar 30, 2025
Season 5 Episode 9 (with Fabby Tumiwa)
Mar 23, 2025
Season 5 Episode 8 (with Jonathan Head)
Mar 14, 2025
Season 5 Episode 7 (with Wahyu Dyatmika)
Mar 01, 2025
Season 5 Episode 6
Feb 23, 2025
Season 5 Episode 5 (with Jon Lindborg)
Feb 14, 2025
Season 5 Episode 4
Feb 08, 2025
Season 5 Episode 3 (with Seth Soderborg)
Jan 25, 2025
Season 5 Episode 2 (With Usman Hamid)
Jan 18, 2025
Season 5 Episode 1 (with David Mathieson)
Jan 10, 2025
Season 4 Episode 42 (with Lauri Myllyvirta)
Dec 20, 2024
Season 4 Episode 41 (With Khoirunnisa Agustyati)
Dec 06, 2024
Season 4 Episode 40 (With Bert Gochet)
Nov 30, 2024
Season 4 Episode 39 (with Seth Soderborg)
Nov 23, 2024
Season 4 Episode 38 (with Ristian Atriandi)
Nov 15, 2024
Season 4 Episode 37
Nov 08, 2024
Season 4 Episode 36 (With Anindya Restuviani)
Nov 01, 2024
Season 4 Episode 35 (with Herald Van Der Linde)
Oct 19, 2024
Season 4 Episode 34
Oct 11, 2024
Season 4 Episode 33 (With Rio Tuasikal)
Oct 04, 2024
Season 4 Episode 32 (With James Guild)
Sep 30, 2024
Season 4 Episode 31
Sep 21, 2024
The Indonesian Toggle for Democracy (with Wahyu Dhyatmika)
Aug 22, 2024
Golkar In Subordination
Aug 18, 2024
Empty Boxes, Now More than Ever
Aug 10, 2024
The French Connection: Prabowo's State Visit to Paris
Aug 03, 2024
Trong's Wake and Vietnam's Next Course (with Mike Tatarski)
Jul 27, 2024
Horses for Courses: Poll Data on Pole Positions in Indonesia's Upcoming Regional-Head Races (with Seth Soderberg)
Jul 20, 2024
Ransomware or Randomware? Indonesia's Bizarre National Data Hack (with Nenden Sekar Arum)
Jul 13, 2024
Myanmar's Myriad Crises (with Ragyeshri Sudaroli); Indonesia's Remorseful Hackers
Jul 05, 2024
Myopia on Myanmar: How ASEAN Could Do More (with Kasit Piromya)
Jun 28, 2024
Particulate Matter Matters: 'Sick Building' Syndrome in Jakarta (with Piotr Jakubowski)
Jun 14, 2024
Political Thai-nosaurs: Aversion to Move Forward in Thailand's Establishment (with Titipol Phakdeewanich)
Jun 08, 2024
Apocalypse ca-Now-al: Cambodia's Mekong Canal Plan
May 25, 2024
Old Law, New Law (Outlaw In-Law)
May 17, 2024
Anticipating Indonesia's AI Revolution (with Angus Mackintosh)
May 10, 2024
Benefit(s) of the Doubt(s): Anticipating a New Administration (with Prof Dewi Fortuna Anwar)
May 04, 2024
Democratic Hopes, Institutional Woes - Indonesia's High Stakes Election (with Dr Dan Slater)
Apr 25, 2024
Step (Son) Change: Widodo Clan Preps for the Prabowo Era
Apr 19, 2024
Bamboo-zled? Prabowo & Xi in Beijing
Apr 05, 2024
Goal Kicked by Golkar - A Peek at the Prabowo-Era Party Arena
Mar 22, 2024
Indonesia's Vote Count: Applying Pressure Can Inflate PSI (in 'pounds per square inch'?)
Mar 16, 2024
Knee-capped by SiRekap: Concerns Mounting about Party Counting (with Erin Cook)
Mar 09, 2024
Sartorial Litigants? Widodo Beyond 2024
Feb 29, 2024
Helter-Smelter: The Crippling Cost of Regulatory Lassitude (with Katherine Hasan)
Feb 23, 2024
It's Widodo Wot Won It (with Seth Soderborg and Wahyu Dyatmika)
Feb 18, 2024
Indonesia: At a Crossroads No Longer
Feb 13, 2024
A New Special Episode with Andreas Harsono on Buy Me A Coffee
Feb 12, 2024
Squarely in the Turnout Zone: 1st Round Majority May Hinge on Whose Supporters Show (with Dr Seth Soderberg)
Feb 09, 2024
Down the Straightaway: Weighing Whether to Weigh In
Feb 02, 2024
Indonesia's Valentines Election: Cupid(ity) at Play? (with Hadar Gumay)
Jan 27, 2024
A Special Reformasi Dispatch Episode On Buymeacoffee.com
Jan 22, 2024
Whither the Jokowi-Bowo Nexus? Assessing the Durability of Indonesia's Unlikely but Formidable Political Alliance (with Professor Ian Wilson)
Jan 19, 2024
Four on '24: Anticipating the Year Head in Indonesian Politics (with guests)
Jan 05, 2024
On Alert: A Civil Society View of Election Administration Trends in Indonesia (with Khoirunissa Agustyadi)
Dec 22, 2023
Prickly Debate, Cushy Polls
Dec 17, 2023
Charting a New Coarse: Indonesia's Turn (with Ben Bland)
Nov 20, 2023
Chef Justice: A Recipe for Rancor (with Bivitri Susanti)
Nov 11, 2023
PDI-P Turning Bullish: Will the Gibran Gambit backfire?
Nov 07, 2023
"Dinasti Jokowi?" (With Seth Soderborg)
Oct 28, 2023
Striving Faux Democracy? Last-minute Verdict Favors Widodo Clan
Oct 21, 2023
Commodities a la Mode: Seeking Premiums from Sustainability (with Ross Jaax)
Oct 13, 2023
Truth or Scare? Indonesian election coverage in the misinformation age (with Ambassador Thomas Loidl)
Sep 23, 2023
Epicentrum or Epic Tantrum? Discussing Asean's Indo-Pacific (with Jonathan Head)
Sep 09, 2023
Not Another Bric in the Wall (with Dewi Fortuna Anwar)
Sep 02, 2023
Clearing the Air: The Political Economy of Jakarta's Pollution (with Katherine Hasan)
Aug 27, 2023
Indonesia's Equivocating Economy
Aug 21, 2023
Jakarta Capping Carbon: Indonesian Bourse Imminent (with Bill Sullivan)
Aug 06, 2023
'As you were' in Asean? (With Tom Andrews on Myanmar)
Jul 28, 2023
Todung Mulya Lubis
Jul 22, 2023
Move Forward (Or Not): Political Developments in Thailand (with Roberto Herrera-Lim)
Jul 14, 2023
Turning Tides
Jun 30, 2023
No Baulking on Bauxite Ban (with Bill Sullivan)
Jun 23, 2023
The Chameleons (with Bintang Lestada)
Jun 16, 2023
Courting Disaster (with Amilia Rosa)
Jun 10, 2023
Three-Ring Circuit: Constitutional Court under Crossfire
Jun 02, 2023
Indonesia 2024: Campaigning Commences (with Andreas Harsono)
May 26, 2023
Asean on its Merits (with Scot Marciel): Discussing 'Imperfect Partners the US and Southeast Asia'
May 19, 2023
Epic Showdown Ahead? The state of Indonesia's presidential polls (with Seth Soderborg)
May 12, 2023
Illuminating the Household: Domestic Workers Bill Finally Progresses (with Eva Sundari)
May 05, 2023
From the Archive: Interview with Ganjar Pranowo on June 2021
Apr 27, 2023
From the archive: Ganjar Pranowo
Apr 27, 2023
Ganjar Gets Go-Ahead (with Erry Hardjapamekas)
Apr 21, 2023
Meddle Gauntlet
Apr 14, 2023
More Morowali Worry: Conditions at Indonesia's Nascent Nickel Monolith (with Peter Yeung)
Mar 03, 2023
Industrial Grade Evil
Feb 24, 2023
Sambo Sentenced; Police Rot Lives On
Feb 16, 2023
A Looming PDI-P Split and other Ghost Stories
Feb 10, 2023
AHY Blinks
Feb 04, 2023
Indonesian Islam and Gender Equality: The Pioneering Agenda of the 2nd Female Religious Leaders Conference (Kupi II)
Jan 27, 2023
'It's My Business!' -- Megawati in the Driver's Seat
Jan 20, 2023
Indonesia 2022 – Politics, Economics and the Year in Review
Dec 23, 2022
Co-Habitating with Indonesia's New Criminal Code: How Will Complaints-Based Offenses Work? (With Anugerah Rizki Akbari)
Dec 16, 2022
Prabowo Prevaricates (with Michael Smith of the AFR)
Dec 02, 2022
Indonesia Inc? (With KADIN Chairman Arsjad Rasjid)
Nov 24, 2022
Reaching the Summit (with Peter Mumford)
Nov 18, 2022
Indefinite Jest
Nov 10, 2022
Green EV Batteries From Indonesia (Is This a Joke?) with Chris Gower of Altilium
Sep 30, 2022
Got Governance? Legal certainty in Indonesia (with Laode Syarif)
Sep 24, 2022
Vice Grip: 'Widodo-for-VP' Reflects Desperation
Sep 15, 2022
Fuel for the fire (with Said Iqbal of the KSPI)
Sep 10, 2022
Rizieq Unchecked: New Role for FPI Founder on Parole
Jul 23, 2022
Poll Position (Interview with Seth Soderborg)
Jul 09, 2022
Joko as Broker: Credibility Bolsters Widodo in Kyiv, Moscow Visits (with Ukraine Amb Vasyl Hamianin)
Jun 25, 2022
Coal Gaslighting
Jun 17, 2022
Golkar Stirs: A Step Towards a Non-Party Nominee for President
May 20, 2022
Indonesia's New Sexual Violence Crimes Law (With Andy Yetriani, chairwoman of the National Commission on Violence Against Women)
May 06, 2022
Nay-Palm Bomb: Widodo's drastic palm-olein export ban
Apr 27, 2022
Oblivious to Abuse No More: Indonesia's Landmark Law on Sexual Violence
Apr 22, 2022
Decommission Mission: US Engages on Renewables & Retiring Coal Plants (with Amb Robert O. Blake)
Apr 13, 2022
Best of Reformasi Dispatch: Edward Tirtanata
Apr 01, 2022
Sri Mulyani In-Depth: Indonesia's Finance Minister Talks Constitution, G20, Ukraine, Inflation and Cushioning Impacts for the Vulnerable
Mar 21, 2022
Supporting Indonesia's Sustainability: Sweden's Stances and Strategies (with Ambassador Marina Berg)
Mar 18, 2022
Elections in Jeopardy: Pro-Widodo parties advocate postponing polls
Mar 03, 2022
Ganjar's Rocky Wadas Quarry: A Setback for the Governor's Image Campaign?
Feb 16, 2022
Indonesia's Appointee Apocalypse: The What-When-How-and-Why of an Upcoming Regional-Head Interregnum
Feb 08, 2022
Omicron and the Digital Economy: Data-Based Adaptation (with Edward Tirtanata)
Feb 02, 2022
Variables and Variants: Indonesia’s Pandemic Era Economy (with Habib Rab)
Jan 27, 2022
Omicron in Indonesia: What to Expect (with Dicky Budiman)
Jan 19, 2022
Indo Me Too: A 'Sexual Assault Crisis' Gains Attention (with Willy Aditya)
Jan 12, 2022
Interview With Willy Aditya of Nasdem on Sexual Assault Crimes Bill (in Bahasa Indonesia)
Jan 12, 2022
Re-Formatting Reform: The politics of court-mandated fixes for Widodo's Omnibus Law on Job Creation (with Lin Neumann)
Dec 08, 2021
Omicron Scenarios for Southeast Asia (with Peter Mumford)
Dec 03, 2021
Impunity Impugned? 'Mass Organizations' in The Late Widodo Era and The Outlook For Pemuda Pancasila (with Ian Wilson)
Dec 01, 2021
Indonesia’s Post-Glasgow Pledges (Also: Joe Cochrane, In Memoriam)
Nov 17, 2021
Cassava in the Crosshairs: Forests Fall for Food Estate of Defense Ministry Firm
Nov 10, 2021
Democracy in Action: A Ganjar Endorsement Tests Mega
Oct 20, 2021
Case Declines, Tax Reform and Tied Poll Standings: Sudden Trends Boost Outlook
Oct 13, 2021
At the Locus of Aukus: Indonesia's Alternatives (with Evan Laksmana)
Sep 29, 2021
Lost in Transition: Indonesia's Solar Crossroad (with Fabby Tumiwa)
Sep 21, 2021
Eye on Eijkman: National Vaccine Development and Bracing for What’s Next (with Prof Amin Soebandrio)
Sep 15, 2021
Burden Sharing Redux: Monetizing Debt without Alienating Creditors (with Joseph Incalcaterra)
Sep 07, 2021
Indonesia Has Class: Schools re-open as transmissions diminish
Aug 31, 2021
Preman at the Gate: Dubious Amendment(s) Narrowly Averted
Aug 25, 2021
Gonzo for Ganjar: Governor overtakes Prabowo in a credible new survey.
Aug 18, 2021
Education in Crisis (with Margaret Barry): Impoverished Children Hit Hardest
Aug 10, 2021
In the Wake of the Wave (with Anshika Singh): As cases begin subsiding, what comes next?
Aug 03, 2021
West Java Speaks: Gov Ridwan Kamil on Emergency Measures in Indonesia's Largest Province
Jul 25, 2021
Amok No More: Case Curve Starts Decline in Indonesia (with Erwan Teguh)
Jul 20, 2021
Canary in a Covid Mine: Indonesia’s Harrowing Surge-Upon-a-Surge Poses Test for China’s Coronavac (with Bob Herrera-Lim)
Jul 13, 2021
Indo-Mayday: Delta Spike Impacts a Locked-Down Java
Jul 06, 2021
Indonesia Inundated: Health System Strains Trigger Tightening (with Pandu Riono)
Jun 30, 2021
Upsizing: Stunting Measures & Counter-Measures (with Simon Flint)
Jun 23, 2021
Still Hlaing-ing On: No Ordinary Junta (with Charlie McCann)
Jun 15, 2021
Heartland Politics: Governing Central Java (with Gov Ganjar Pranowo)
Jun 08, 2021
Inside the KPK Personnel Purge (with Novel Baswedan)
Jun 01, 2021
Carbon Archipelago: Managing Forests and Emissions (with Robert Blake)
May 25, 2021
An Anti-Anti-Corruption Commission?
May 12, 2021
Costing Conservation: Accounting for the Environment in Indonesia's Resources Sector
May 04, 2021
Tech-onomic Growth: Who Benefits in Indonesia's Booming E-Commerce Market?
Apr 27, 2021
Sachette-ageddon: the consumer plastic conundrum in Indonesia
Apr 20, 2021
Asean's Myanmar Malady: What Role for Indonesia?
Apr 06, 2021
Presidential Politics: Widodo's Record, Mega's Role and Indonesia's Outlook
Mar 30, 2021
Bad Times Make Good Policy, Part II: Indonesia's Recovery Outlook
Mar 24, 2021
Bad Times Make Good Policy, Part I: Indonesia’s Economic Reforms
Mar 16, 2021
Term Limits Jeopardized? Partai Demokrat Subversion Bodes Ill for 2024
Mar 07, 2021
Remunerating Merit: Prospects for Civil Service Reform
Mar 03, 2021
Defanging Defamation: Indonesia Curbs The Electronic Transactions Law
Feb 24, 2021
Jakarta Undrained: Politics of Flood Control
Feb 16, 2021
Addressing Religious Dress In Schools - A Breakthrough At Last
Feb 11, 2021