Swedish journalist and author, Bertil Lintner, discusses his new book: "The Wa of Myanmar and China's Quest for Global Dominance." DVB Reads (Podcast) is on-demand to stream or download on listening apps: SoundCloud, Anchor FM, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, Stitcher, Spotify, Apple & Google Podcasts.

Swedish journalist and author, Bertil Lintner, discusses his new book: "The Wa of Myanmar and China's Quest for Global Dominance." DVB Reads (Podcast) is on-demand to stream or download on listening apps: SoundCloud, Anchor FM, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, Stitcher, Spotify, Apple & Google Podcasts.

Sophia Sarkis, 45, was crowned Mrs. Universe Australia Charity Queen 2022 for her advocacy work on Burma. The mother and businesswoman has used her platform to raise awareness about Burma in Australia, and she continues to speak out against the junta's atrocities. DVB Athan (Democratic Voice of Burma) is a digital storytelling platform that gives voice to people from Burma (Myanmar). Listen on-demand at DVB English YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram Reels, or your favourite podcast player app: link.chtbl.com/dvbenglish

Burmese artist Mayco Naing discusses co-editing "Burma Spring: Poetry & Photography in Resistance." The book features 14 poets and seven photographers from Burma, either in exile, imprisoned, or killed since the 2021 military coup. This episode contains Mayco Naing reciting a poem from a Rohingya poet in Burmese: An Ox for a wad of paan Thida Shania What does this air suffer from? My lungs suffocate when I breathe. Why does the sun look so desolate? There is twilight without dawn. How can I satiate hunger? An ox swapped for a wad of paan. Where can I hide my body? Corpses, everywhere in every house. How can I die in my land? My kin have been buried alive. How can I cross the border? Rivers bleed human blood. What happened to the Queen of Justice? I search for her everywhere-- nowhere do I find her. DVB Reads (Podcast) is on-demand to stream or download on listening apps: SoundCloud, Anchor FM, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, Stitcher, Spotify, Apple & Google Podcasts.

Han Lay, 23, is a beauty queen who was crowned Miss Grand International Myanmar 2020. She spoke out against the 2021 military coup in Burma from Thailand. Facing arrest and prosecution for her actions, Han Lay refused to return home and decided to seek asylum in Canada last September. In the first episode of DVB Athan, Han Lay discusses the harrowing ordeal she faced at Thai immigration, where she was stuck for one week, awaiting resettlement to Canada. DVB Athan (Democratic Voice of Burma) is a digital storytelling platform that gives voice to people from Burma (Myanmar). Listen on-demand at DVB English YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram Reels, or your favourite podcast player app: https://link.chtbl.com/dvbenglish

Delphine Schrank published her book "The Rebel of Rangoon" in 2015, months before Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) won a landslide election victory and the results were accepted by the military. This book resonates post-2021 military coup, as political and human rights activists have been arrested, murdered, forced underground or into exile. DVB Reads (Podcast) is on-demand to stream or download on listening apps: SoundCloud, Anchor FM, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, Stitcher, Spotify, Apple & Google Podcasts.

Wendy Law-Yone talks about her father, Ed Law-Yone (founder of The Nation newspaper in Rangoon, Burma - now Yangon, Myanmar), and the book based on her life and his collected works "Golden Parasol: A Daughter's Memoir of Burma." DVB Reads (Podcast) is on-demand to stream or download on listening apps: SoundCloud, Anchor FM, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, Stitcher, Spotify, Apple & Google Podcasts.

Jan-Philipp Sendker discusses writing about Burma as a foreigner, and how he fell in love with Burmese folk tales. He compiled them with his son for the book "The Long Path to Wisdom: Tales from Burma." DVB Reads (Podcast) is on-demand to stream or download on listening apps: SoundCloud, Anchor FM, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, Stitcher, Spotify, Apple & Google Podcasts.

Emma Larkin is the author of two books on Burma: "Finding George Orwell in Burma" and "No Bad News for the King: The True Story of Cyclone Nargis and its aftermath in Burma [also titled "Everything is Broken: Life Inside Burma]." She reflects on her time in Burma 20 years ago and the lasting impact of Orwell's work. DVB Reads (Podcast) is on-demand to stream or download on listening apps: SoundCloud, Anchor FM, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, Stitcher, Spotify, Apple & Google Podcasts.

A bonus episode of Pandora, one of Burma's most celebrated poets, reciting her poem from "Khru Pyit [Anti-Snail] Launcher." This poetry anthology, Pandora's first, won the Myanmar National Literature Award in 2019. Cannot escape from this point for a while yet We enjoy traffic jams Our daily life is our school lesson Have a bathe and wash your clothes while it rains Blow out and save your candles while the moon shines Do business while waiting for the green light We have all sorts of news in our arms Eleven, Voice, Modern, Myanmar Times What happened in Letpadaung Hill What will happen to the mobile internet rate Murder cases during the month Hooligans wreaking havoc in downtown The more horrible the news is, the more sensational it is, isn’ it Or to hang in your new big car Here's sabe, zun, ngwe, shwe flowers Still fresh though dipped in the water since last night By the way thazin track is also damn fresh Part 1, 2 and 3 are on hand if you'd like What! thazin track is no flower Let it be if you have no idea Then what's your line, politics or economics Then here's the draft Telecommunications Law Or the Constitution is also available Still on sale though printed long ago Yet I don’t know whether it is still in good shape The Foreign Investment Law is just released Obtainable in Burmese and in English We've got Burma maps and Yangon maps too You can get lost even in your own regions and streets And a roadmap will still be handy Until it is replaced with a new one Will you buy at least something, brother You cannot escape from this traffic point for a while yet At least, a Daw Suu Calendar Or a fighting peacock flag Just a souvenir Pandora 10 Dec 2012 (Translated from the Burmese by the author, edited by Mg Tha Noe) DVB Reads (Podcast) is available on-demand to stream or download on listening apps: SoundCloud, Anchor FM, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, Stitcher, Spotify, Apple & Google Podcasts.