HeyJaredThe Meandering Pod
We are four travelling beans from Perth who have taken on the challenge (and adventure) of journeying from our isolated home to Europe by trail, rail and sail. Join us as we meander across Asia, exploring different continents, cultures and conversations – no flights, no rush.
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SOUTH KOREA – Empire, Feminism, and Sexual Slavery During WW2 (opens the original)
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This week, Bec and Cam deep dive on a little known crime in the Asia Pacific during WW2 – The Comfort Women. These were the 50,000-200,000 young women and girls who were forced into sexual slavery in service of the Japanese Empire. They suffered humiliating and dehumanising experienced in euphemistically-named ‘Comfort Stations’ that stayed with them for the rest of their lives. Activism against Japan over the Comfort Women issue is high-profile and contentious in South Korea, and in this episod
TURKEY - We made it to Europe! (opens the original)
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The gang are joined by Dianna and Emma this week! From sleeping in caves to exploring one of the worlds great cities this episode covers some great stories and provides glimpses into thousands of years of history in Asia Minor.
AZERBAIJAN - Feminism, Islam, and The Soviet Legacy (opens the original)
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Women in the Central Asia and Caucasus regions have experienced some of the biggest social and political changes to their social status, with policy often at odds with traditional patriarchal practices. In this deep dive, I, Lotta, explore the history of feminism and women’s rights in Central Asia and the Caucasus, through Soviet policies to current independent nationhood. I interview Nargiz Rasulova, a Azer i feminist and activist and talk to her about her thesis - on sex - dependent abortions
AZERBAIJAN & GEORGIA - We Took a Plane… (opens the original)
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Ahhh shit, we took a plane! Such a clickbait title, but hey, let us explain. Come along for a yap about our travels since Samarkand in Uzbekistan, to Aktau in Kazakhstan on the Caspian Sea, taking the ferry with wings to Baku, and hitchhiking to Georgia.
CHINA - Can Electric Vehicles Save The World? (opens the original)
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An episode first thought up in the busy, yet silent streets of Kunming, the first City in China we visited. Bec and Cam explore how good EVs really are for the climate, supply chain issues and how much of a role electric cars should play in the future versus active and public transportation.
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