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JCU Conversations

James Cook University, Singapore

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JCU Conversations is James Cook University, Singapore’s premier podcast series — bringing to you discussions with successful leaders in the industry (across fields such as business, education, urban design, and more) while offering a deeper understanding of their personal lives, careers, inspirations, and approaches to success. Join our rotating chair of distinguished hosts as we find out: What makes these bright minds tick?
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CSIS Asia Program

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A weekly podcast from the Asia experts at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, who provide analysis on policy and trends in the region.
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This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/ ...
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Welcome to Tech News Daily, brought to you by Brief! Our AI selects the latest stories and top headlines and then delivers them to you each day in less than ten minutes (for more details, visit www.brief.news/how-it-works). Tune in to get your daily news of all things tech, including the latest developments in areas such as artificial intelligence, robotics, cybersecurity, gadgets, apps, and more. Whether you're a tech enthusiast, industry professional, or simply curious about the potential ...
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What happens when a FinTech insider also happens to be a media personality, startup investor, and Gen Z trailblazer? I’ve known Vanessa Ho through many avatars - and in this episode of TiE Talks Singapore, I finally got to sit down with her to unpack it all. From hosting events at 15 to building cross-border startup bridges between Singapore and In…
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Centering collaborations and frictions around a Japanese town’s pottery industry, Crafting Rural Japan: Traditional Potters and Rural Creativity in Regional Revitalization (Routledge, 2024)n discusses the place of creative village policy in the revitalization of rural Japan, highlighting how rural Japan is moving from a state of regional extinction…
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(0:10): EU Investigates Meta's WhatsApp Policy in Landmark Antitrust Probe on AI Competition (1:54): Sony's PlayStation: From Gaming Console to Cultural Powerhouse Across Film, Fashion, and Beyond (3:48): Nexus Closes $700M Fund to Boost AI and Startups Across US and India (6:12): Judge Orders OpenAI to Release ChatGPT Logs in Major Copyright Case,…
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Renovation, an urban renewal plan in Moscow that was announced in the spring of 2017, proposed to demolish thousands of socialist-era apartment buildings. In a country where it is rare under an authoritarian government, residents supported or opposed the redevelopment by mobilizing and organizing into local alliances. They were often shocked by the…
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(0:10): Google Launches Android 16: AI Features, Enhanced Customization, and Parental Controls Lead the Update (2:09): Micron Exits Crucial Consumer Memory Market to Focus on AI, Raising Concerns Over Pricing and Supply (4:12): Anthropic Eyes 2026 IPO, Targets $350 Billion Valuation Amid AI Industry Shakeup (6:24): Archer Aviation Unveils Miami Air…
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The Babushka Phenomenon: Older Women and the Political Sociology of Ageing in Russia (UCL Press, 2025) by Dr. Anna Shadrina examines the social production of ageing in post-Soviet Russia, highlighting the role of grandmothers as primary caregivers due to men’s traditional estrangement from family life. This expectation places grandmothers, or babus…
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Geographies of Relation: Diasporas and Borderlands in the Americas (U Michigan Press, 2024) offers a new lens for examining diaspora and borderlands texts and performances that considers the inseparability of race, ethnicity, and gender in imagining and enacting social change. Theresa Delgadillo crosses interdisciplinary and canonical borders to in…
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(0:10): Leaked ChatGPT Beta Hints at In-Chat Ads, Sparking Debate on User Impact and Trust (2:07): Open-Source llvm-mos Revolutionizes Development for Classic MOS Technology 65xx Processors (3:41): Samsung's 2026 Profit Soars: AI Demand, Memory Prices, and Strategic Partnerships Propel Growth (5:30): Microsoft Foundry Revolutionizes Enterprise AI w…
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Hailed in the New York Times as "a naturalist who can unfurl a sentence with the breathless ease of a master angler," Robert Macfarlane brings his glittering style to a profound work of travel writing, reportage, and natural history. Is a River Alive? (W.W. Norton, 2025) is a joyful, mind-expanding exploration of an ancient, urgent idea: that river…
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The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere (U Nebraska Press, 2021) is a reclaimed history of the deep past of Indigenous people in North and South America during the Paleolithic. Paulette F. C. Steeves mines evidence from archaeology sites and Paleolithic environments, landscapes, and mammalian and human migrations to make the case that …
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We the Young Fighters: Pop Culture, Terror, and War in Sierra Leone (U Georgia Press, 2023) by Dr. Marc Sommers is at once a history of a nation, the story of a war, and the saga of downtrodden young people and three pop culture superstars. Reggae idol Bob Marley, rap legend Tupac Shakur, and the John Rambo movie character all portrayed an upside-d…
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(0:10): Lazarus Group Suspected in $30.6M Upbit Crypto Heist Amid Dunamu-Naver Merger Scrutiny (2:05): Sony Unveils 200MP LYTIA 901 Sensor, Challenging Samsung's Mobile Camera Dominance (4:22): Tesla Unveils 30-Day Full Self-Driving Trial for Select North American Models (6:31): OpenAI Prepares Hermes: New Feature to Revolutionize ChatGPT with App …
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(0:10): OnePlus 15R Launches in India with Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, Plus New Tablet and Smartwatch Announcements (1:59): Italy Expands Meta Probe Over Alleged AI Chatbot Competition Clampdown on WhatsApp (4:07): NASA Rover Discovers Miniature Lightning on Mars, Opening New Scientific Frontiers (5:54): IQM Quantum Computers Invests €40M in Finnish Expans…
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Grave (Bloomsbury, 2023) by Allison C. Meier takes a ground-level view of how burial sites have transformed over time and how they continue to change. As a cemetery tour guide, Meier has spent more time walking among tombstones than most. Even for her, the grave has largely been invisible, an out of the way and unobtrusive marker of death. However,…
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How has the perception of mental health changed over the years? Are we more ready to speak up about mental health today? What’s stopping men from asking for help? In this episode, Dr Victor Wong, Lecturer in Clinical Psychology and Manager of the Psychology Clinic at James Cook University (Singapore Campus), shares his observations. This episode’s …
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(0:10): Accel-Google Launch Global AI Startup Program, Open to Indian-Origin Founders; No Crypto Involvement (2:12): Manufacturing Faces $18 Billion Ransomware Threat in 2025: Experts Urge Layered Defense (4:30): Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0 Unveiled: Streamlined UI, Enhanced Customization, and Improved Accessibility Features (6:12): Saudi Arabia Launch…
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In 2009, the body of a former president of the Republic of Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos, was stolen from his grave. The Time of the Cannibals reconsiders this history and the public discourse on it to reconsider how we think about conspiracy theory, and specifically, what it means to understand conspiracy theories “in context.” The months after Papa…
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(0:10): Apple Slashes iPhone Air Production Amid Weak Sales, Rethinks Premium Strategy (2:04): China's eVTOL and Drone Revolution: Guangdong Leads Low-Altitude Aviation Push Amid Safety Challenges (4:30): Singapore to Launch 'Provo' Tool for Verifying Media Authenticity in 2026 (6:57): Elista Unveils Xplore Series: 4K Google TVs in India, Emphasizi…
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A righteous sister identifies herself as a biker. She might wrench, or maintain, her own bike, and she prefers to ride with other righteous sisters. Righteous Sisterhood: The Politics and Power of an All-Women's Motorcycle Club (Temple UP, 2025) is Dr. Sarah Hoiland’s insightful ethnography about an all-women motorcycle club (MC). She recounts stor…
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(0:10): Madrid Court Orders Meta to Pay €481 Million to Spanish Media for Data Violations (1:30): Google Launches AI Safety Initiative in India to Protect Vulnerable Users with Innovative Tools (3:35): Blue Origin Unveils New Glenn 9x4: A Super-Heavy Rocket for Mega-Constellations and Lunar Missions (5:59): Creator Economy Ad Spend Soars to $29.5B,…
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(0:10): Larry Summers Resigns from OpenAI Board Amid Epstein Controversy and Scrutiny (1:54): Microsoft Launches Agent 365 to Revolutionize AI Management and Boost Productivity (3:48): TikTok Tests AI Content Control Slider, Launches $2M Literacy Fund Amid Industry Shifts (5:25): Kraken Secures $800M in Funding, Eyes Global Expansion and Potential …
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(0:10): Cloudflare Outage Disrupts Online Services, Sparks Debate on Internet Reliability and Decentralization (1:53): Jeff Bezos Backs Prometheus: New AI Startup Targets Engineering and Manufacturing with $6.2 Billion Funding (3:38): Microsoft, Nvidia, and Anthropic Forge $15B AI Alliance Amid Valuation Concerns and Geopolitical Tensions (5:34): G…
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For more than 150 years, Italy has been home to a resilient and evolving resistance against the pervasive influence of mafias. While these criminal organizations are renowned for their vast international business enterprises, the collective actions taken to oppose them are less known. In Opposition by Imitation: The Economics of Italian Anti-Mafia …
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In Life Beside Bars: Confinement and Capital in an American Prison Town (Duke UP, 2024), Heath Pearson showcases dynamic, interdependent community as the best hope for undoing the systems of confinement that reproduce capital in Cumberland County, New Jersey—a place that is home to three state prisons, one federal prison, and the regional jail. Pea…
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Across the global South, poor women’s lives are embedded in their social relationships and governed not just by formal institutions – rules that exist on paper – but by informal norms and practices. Village Ties: Women, NGOs, and Informal Institutions in Rural Bangladesh (Rutgers UP, 2021) takes the reader to Bangladesh, a country that has risen fr…
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(0:10): Google Sues China-Based Cybercrime Ring, Backs New Anti-Scam Legislation (1:57): EU Investigates Google for Alleged Unfair Demotion of News Publishers Amid DMA Scrutiny (3:52): Disney+ Revolutionizes Streaming with AI and User-Generated Content Amidst Legal and Brand Challenges (5:41): Tesla Shifts Gears: Plans to Incorporate Apple CarPlay …
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(0:10): TSMC Hits Record Revenue Amid AI Chip Demand, Faces Challenges with US-China Tensions and Market Volatility (2:21): OpenAI Ventures Into Healthcare with AI-Powered Personal Health Assistant Plans (4:27): Clio Secures $5B Funding, Acquires vLex to Revolutionize Legal AI Landscape (6:26): Tesla Faces Leadership Shake-Up as Cybertruck Sales St…
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(0:10): India's Deeptech Market Set to Soar to $30 Billion by 2030, Fueled by Robotics and Defense Innovation (2:10): AirPods 4 Hit Record-Low Prices on Amazon Ahead of Black Friday (4:31): Microsoft Reveals Whisper Leak: AI Attack Exposes Encrypted Conversations Through Traffic Analysis (6:44): Apple Fitness+ Overhaul: Strategic Shift Aims to Boos…
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In her new book, Caring for Glaciers: Land, Animals, and Humanity in the Himalayas (University of Washington Press, 2019), Karine Gagné explores how relations of reciprocity between land, humans, animals, and glaciers foster an ethics of care in the Himalayan communities of Ladakh. She explores the way these relations are changing due to climate ch…
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In Becoming Gods: Medical Training in Mexican Hospitals (Rutgers University Press, 2021), Vania Smith-Oka follows a cohort of interns throughout their year of medical training in hospitals to understand how medical students become medical doctors. She ethnographically tracks their engagements with one another, interactions with patients, experience…
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(0:10): Snap Partners with Perplexity AI for In-App Search, Aiming to Outshine TikTok and Meta (2:25): SoftBank and OpenAI Launch Japan-Focused AI Platform 'Cristal Intelligence' to Transform Industries (4:32): Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Shifts Focus to AI-Driven Science, Doubling Biohub Funding in $1 Billion Push (6:53): Alphabet's AI Data Centre …
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How do we know through atmospheres? How can being affected by an atmosphere give rise to knowledge? What role does somatic, nonverbal knowledge play in how we belong to places? Atmospheric Knowledge takes up these questions through detailed analyses of practices that generate atmospheres and in which knowledge emerges through visceral intermingling…
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(0:10): Ripple Secures $500M Investment, Valuation Hits $40B Amid Institutional Crypto Adoption (2:20): Thomson Reuters Launches AI for Tax, Audit, Legal: Streamlining Workflows, Boosting Speed and Accuracy (4:27): Google's Epic Settlement Proposal Aims to Slash App Store Fees and Elevate Alternative Platforms (6:24): Japan Paves Way for Third-Part…
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Our Primary Expertise argues counter to the longstanding trend in the field by seeing religion as mundane and not unique, which means that the field's research and teaching can have relevance all across human culture, and well beyond academia. Russell McCutcheon offers a timely argument by taking seriously threats to the humanities now happening al…
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(0:10): Apple Unveils iOS 26.1 and tvOS 26.1 with New Features and EU Delays (1:49): Meta Unveils WhatsApp on Apple Watch: Messaging on the Go with Enhanced Features (1:58): Apple to Launch Budget MacBook Under $1,000 by 2026, Targeting Students and Casual Users (3:53): AMD's Q3 Revenue Soars 36%, Faces Mixed Analyst Sentiment Amid AI Demand and In…
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Haunted by the past, ordinary Okinawans struggle to live with the unbearable legacies of war, Japanese nationalism, and American imperialism. They are caught up in a web of people and practices--living and dead, visible and immaterial--that exert powerful forces often beyond their control. In When the Bones Speak, Christopher T. Nelson examines the…
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(0:10): US Approves Nvidia AI Chip Exports to UAE Amid AI Investment Surge, Sparking Security Concerns (2:28): Apple Gears Up for 50th Anniversary with Bold Product Launches and Innovations in 2026 (4:57): Cognizant and Anthropic Partner to Revolutionize Enterprise AI with Claude Integration (7:33): Xanadu Quantum Goes Public in $3.6B SPAC Deal, Ey…
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What does it really take to turn a medal dream into reality? This time, I sat down with Olympic silver medallist Ravi Kumar Dahiya and hockey legend & OGQ CEO Viren Rasquinha to talk about the fight behind the podium moment. We went from nail-biting Olympic bouts and injuries to the mindset and support that build champions. Ravi opened up about wha…
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Algerian and Christian are two words that many people do not put together. Dr. Patrick Brittenden does. In this episode, we talk with Patrick about his new book Algerian and Christian: Christian Theological Formation, Identity and Mission in Contemporary Algeria (Regnum Books International, 2025). He invites readers into the complex, often painful,…
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This episode of New Books in Southeast Asian Studies features Stéphen Huard talking about Calibrated Engagement: Chronicles of Local Politics in the Heartland of Myanmar (‎Berghahn Books, 2024), in which he takes a deep dive into the history and anthropology of village leadership in Myanmar’s central dry zone, or anya. In it, Stéphen develops “cali…
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After centuries of colonial rule, the end of Angola’s three-decade civil war in 2002 provided an irresistible opportunity for the government to reimagine the Luanda cityscape. Awash with petrodollars cultivated through strategic foreign relationships, President José Eduardo dos Santos rolled out a national reconstruction program that sought to tran…
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Urban Labyrinths: Informal Settlements, Architecture, and Social Change in Latin America examines intervention initiatives in informal settlements in Latin American cities as social, spatial, architectural, and cultural processes. From the mid-20th century to the present, Latin America and other regions in the Global South have experienced a remark…
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In Crowded Out: The True Costs of Crowdfunding Healthcare (MIT Press, 2024), Dr. Nora Kenworthy presents an eye-opening investigation into charitable crowdfunding for healthcare in the United States—and the consequences of allowing healthcare access to be decided by the digital crowd. Over the past decade, charitable crowdfunding has exploded in po…
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In this episode, Dr Frederick Low, Associate Professor in Counselling at James Cook University (Singapore Campus), speaks about parenting and mental health. He shares about how parents can better understand and support their children’s emotional well-being, manage academic stress, and create safe spaces for resilience to grow – while also taking ca…
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(0:10): ACCC Sues Microsoft for Allegedly Misleading Consumers with Microsoft 365 Price Hikes (2:00): Japan Launches JPYC, Aiming for 10 Trillion Yen Stablecoin Market Amid Blockchain Integration Drive (4:21): China's AI-Powered Military Tech Advances: Robot Dogs, Drone Swarms, and DeepSeek's Rapid Scenario Analysis (7:06): Google Unveils AI-Powere…
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(0:10): OpenAI's New AI Tool Revolutionizes Music Creation Amid Legal and Ethical Challenges (2:37): Apple Maps to Introduce AI-Driven Ads, Faces Potential Backlash Over Privacy Concerns (4:31): Microsoft Layoffs Highlight 'Great Flattening' and AI Shift, Redefining Job Security in Tech Industry (6:08): Tesla Unleashes FSD 14.1.4 Update: Enhanced N…
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In Indigenizing Japan: Ainu Past, Present, and Future (University of Arizona Press, 2025), archaeologist Joe E. Watkins provides a comprehensive look at the rich history and cultural resilience of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Hokkaido, Japan, tracing their journey from ancient times to their contemporary struggles for recognition. Relaying th…
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(0:10): Dutch Semiconductor Crisis Disrupts Global Supply Chains, Threatens Europe's Auto Industry Stability (2:04): US Eyes Quantum Leap with Potential Investment in Leading Quantum Computing Firms (4:00): Microsoft's New Xbox Console Embraces Cross-Platform Play Amid Decline of Exclusives (6:03): OpenAI Sued for Alleged Role in Teen Suicide After…
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Kenneth Bo Nielsen is Associate Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo and leader of the Centre for South Asian Democracy. M. Sudhir Selvaraj is Assistant Professor at the Department of Peace Studies and International Development at the University of Bradford. Kathinka Frøystad is Professor of South Asia Studies at the Universit…
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