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Episode #417: The Military Monastic Complex
Episode #417: The Military Monastic Complex

Myanmar’s monks are split—some back the generals, others the revolution—while Buddhism itself becomes a weapon

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Episode #416: The Doors of Repression
Episode #416: The Doors of Repression

Not Everything That Smiles is Free

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Episode #415: Roots of the Dhamma
Episode #415: Roots of the Dhamma

Bridges and Boundaries: The Dance of Spiritual Choices

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Episode #414: Hamburger Hill
Episode #414: Hamburger Hill

From Teacher Training to Jungle Medicine

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Episode #413: Smells Like Teen Spirit
Episode #413: Smells Like Teen Spirit

No Country for Quiet Girls: The Revolution Will Not Be Apologized For

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Episode #412: At The Breaking Point
Episode #412: At The Breaking Point

Myanmar’s Chessboard, Drones, and the Wa Piece That Won’t Move Back

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Episode #411: Stairway to Jhāna
Episode #411: Stairway to Jhāna

Crossing Cultures, Finding Clarity: A Year in Burmese Monasteries

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Episode #410: Everything Will Be Okay
Episode #410: Everything Will Be Okay

Unpacking a Nation’s Nervous Breakdown

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Episode #409: Mined and Forgotten
Episode #409: Mined and Forgotten

Haphazard use of landmines fails as a military tactic, while raising dangers for civilians.

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Episode #408: A Narco State of Mind
Episode #408: A Narco State of Mind

Cartel Dreams, Cold War Schemes: Never Get High On Your Own Supply

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Episode #407: Delusions of Grandeur
Episode #407: Delusions of Grandeur

A case study in the courage needed to defy tyranny

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Episode #406: A Moral Reckoning
Episode #406: A Moral Reckoning

An anthropologist in Myanmar’s margins speaks of ghosts, monks, morality, and the echo of empire.

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Episode #405: The Silence of the Valkyries
Episode #405: The Silence of the Valkyries

Valhalla Is Closed: The Maypole of the Damned

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Episode #404: In The Crosshairs
Episode #404: In The Crosshairs

Sleeping with One Eye Open: She never planned to pick up a rifle, but the revolution left her no other choice.

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Episode #403: A Deeper Renunciation
Episode #403: A Deeper Renunciation

What Was Left Behind: The Ghosts of the Golden Land

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Episode #402: Apocalypse Now Redux
Episode #402: Apocalypse Now Redux

When Two Plus Two Equals Ten: The Perfect Storm Never Ends

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Episode #401: From Ashes to Sunshine
Episode #401: From Ashes to Sunshine

Born to Run, Forced to Care: A refugee caregiver speaks about surviving devastation and building a clinic that heals broken bodies.

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Episode #400: Between Guns and Ghosts
Episode #400: Between Guns and Ghosts

The Sound of One Mandate Clapping

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Episode #399: Protected by the Dhamma
Episode #399: Protected by the Dhamma

Serendipity, survival, and meditation in the shadow of Ne Win’s coup: One woman’s path from exile to insight in a country closing its doors

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Episode #398: Blood on the Wires
Episode #398: Blood on the Wires

Tracing broken promises, revealing hidden networks, and showing how trust collapsed under authoritarian pressure.

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