Anies Baswedan sits down with Andovi and Abigail to talk about a range of topics from the importance of books, how he raised his kids, his tweet on Tom Lembong’s recent case, to his 2004 paper on Political Islam. He also answers some burning questions from the WIUI community and react to memes of himself. Anies Baswedan is famously known as the former Jakarta Governor (2017-2022) and a Presidential Candidate in the 2024 election. Before, he was a Rector of Paramadina University and the Minister of Education and Culture (2014-2016). NOTE: A lot of Wuiboos wanted to ask about Anies’ polarizing gubernatorial election against Ahok in 2017, including his controversial winning speech that invoked the term “pribumi”. We ended up not asking him because we’ve realize that it has been frequently asked by other public figure and media, most prominently at Kick Andy. Kick Andy on Anies’ Pribumi Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiGJiHDPYY0&t=2459s (minute 32) Anies’ Political Islam Paper: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/as.2004.44.5.669 WIUI’s Post Dissecting Anies’ Paper: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3B4EoHPA_X/?img_index=1 ----------------- What is up, Indonesia? (WIUI) is an independent media that curates Indonesian socio-politics in an accessible manner for internationally-raised Indonesian youths. This podcast is hosted by Andovi da Lopez & Abigail Limuria Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatisupindonesia/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wiuindonesia Tiktok: https://tiktok.com/@whatisupindonesia Website: https://whatisupindonesia.com/ JOIN OUR WIUI COMMUNITY Discord: https://discord.com/invite/EtBnwSt Connect with Andovi da Lopez Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andovidalopez/ Twitter: https://x.com/AndovidaLopez Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@andovishow Connect with Abigail Limuria Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abigailimuria/ Twitter: https://x.com/abigailimuriaa Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@abigailimuria

Bagus Muljadi, an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham, explores the intriguing relationship between science and mysticism, suggesting they aren't always competing paradigms. In this podcast we reflect on whether we still hold hope for Indonesia's future and discuss the crucial role universities play in shaping a nation's standards of knowledge and best practices. Bagus also challenges Indonesia's national narrative, asking: what are the stories we tell ourselves that drive us forward? Do we even have such narrative? ---------------- What is up, Indonesia? (WIUI) is an independent media that curates Indonesian socio-politics in an accessible manner for internationally-raised Indonesian youths. This podcast is hosted by Andovi da Lopez & Abigail Limuria Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatisupindonesia/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wiuindonesia Tiktok: https://tiktok.com/@whatisupindonesia Website: https://whatisupindonesia.com/ JOIN OUR WIUI COMMUNITY Discord: https://discord.com/invite/EtBnwSt Connect with Andovi da Lopez Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andovidalopez/ Twitter: https://x.com/AndovidaLopez Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@andovishow Connect with Abigail Limuria Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abigailimuria/ Twitter: https://x.com/abigailimuriaa Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@abigailimuria

Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, or Ahok, joins Andovi and Abigail for an unfiltered conversation, tackling both serious and offbeat questions. Ahok opens up about how he stayed hopeful during his time in prison, his relationship with Anies Baswedan, and his thoughts on being thrust into the spotlight as a prominent Chinese-Indonesian political icon. Ahok, known for his fiery personality, rose to prominence alongside Jokowi when they won the Jakarta gubernatorial election in 2012. After Jokowi ascended to the presidency, Ahok made history as the first Chinese-Indonesian to serve as Governor of Jakarta. In 2017, he ran for re-election but was defeated by rival Anies Baswedan. However, his political journey took a controversial turn in October 2016 when he faced accusations of blasphemy, resulting in a two-year prison sentence. Checkout Ahok's Podcast "Ask Ahok Anything": @PanggilBTP ----------------- What is up, Indonesia? (WIUI) is an independent media that curates Indonesian socio-politics in an accessible manner for internationally-raised Indonesian youths. This podcast is hosted by Andovi da Lopez & Abigail Limuria Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatisupindonesia/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wiuindonesia Tiktok: https://tiktok.com/@whatisupindonesia Website: https://whatisupindonesia.com/ JOIN OUR WIUI COMMUNITY Discord: https://discord.com/invite/EtBnwSt Connect with Andovi da Lopez Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andovidalopez/ Twitter: https://x.com/AndovidaLopez Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@andovishow Connect with Abigail Limuria Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abigailimuria/ Twitter: https://x.com/abigailimuriaa Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@abigailimuria

Danantara, Indonesia’s newest mega Sovereign Wealth Fund set to manage thousands of trillions of rupiah, launched right in the middle of a storm of BUMN corruption cases—and yeah, people are skeptical. Concerns over conflict of interest, potential corruption, and political meddling have already cast a shadow over the fund before it even starts moving money. In this episode, we sat down with Pandu Sjahrir, the freshly appointed Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of Danantara. He’s got the credentials—undergrad at University of Chicago, master’s from Stanford GSB, Founding Partner of AC Ventures, Commissioner of the Indonesia Stock Exchange, and VP Director at TBS Energi Utama. But what most people really know him for? Being Luhut Pandjaitan’s nephew (yes, that Luhut—Google him). We talked about why he took the job, how Danantara plans to stay clean, what he’d do if Jokowi or SBY asked for a “favor,” who's gonna audit the fund, the crash of IHSG, and how he deals with the whole "born into privilege" narrative. ------------------ What is up, Indonesia? (WIUI) is an independent media that curates Indonesian socio-politics in an accessible manner for internationally-raised Indonesian youths. This podcast is hosted by Andovi da Lopez & Abigail Limuria Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatisupindonesia/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wiuindonesia Tiktok: https://tiktok.com/@whatisupindonesia Website: https://whatisupindonesia.com/ JOIN OUR WIUI COMMUNITY Discord: https://discord.com/invite/EtBnwSt Connect with Andovi da Lopez Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andovidalopez/ Twitter: https://x.com/AndovidaLopez Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@andovishow Connect with Abigail Limuria Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abigailimuria/ Twitter: https://x.com/abigailimuriaa Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@abigailimuria

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