# David Van Reybrouck

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Read Smart: David Van Reybrouck

Join us for the next episode of The Read Smart podcast, as we welcome David Van Reybrouck, acclaimed author of Revolusi: Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World. Revolusi, a bestseller in the Netherlands and now shortlisted for The Baillie Gifford Prize, offers a gripping narrative of Indonesia…

What economist Saul Eslake has on his reading list

Independent Economist Saul Eslake is familiar to Radio National listeners, often gracing the airwaves with his insightful economic analysis — but what does he read for fun? RECOMMENDATIONS/TO READ PILE: Kingmaker - Sonia Purcell Lucky Loser: how Donald Trump Squandered his Father's Fortunes and Cre…

Congo's Force Publique & King Leopold II

If greed were a person he would be Belgian monarch, King Leopold II. In this episode, we will explore the incredibly dark history of the Congo region in Central Africa. Congo has a history of exploitation by European colonizers and extractive industries. The worst of these predators was King Leopol…

The Belgian Congo

Join Kelli as she goes over the Congo Free State, owned not by Belgium, but by its King - Leopold II. During the 19th century in Africa, seven European countries - Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain, and Portugal, met to divide up Africa; they had already encroached on about 10% of it,…

Who Speaks for Humanity? The Imaginary Room and Our Representation Problem

What would it look like if the world’s citizens were truly represented in decisions about our planet? In this episode, I take inspiration from an essay by historian David Van Reybrouck in Aeon We need a planetary system of diplomacy for the 21st century, which tells the story of the first Global As…

Indonesia Rising: The struggle to reclaim history

Indonesia declared independence from Dutch rule in 1945, sparking a violent revolution. It was the first country to do so in the wake of World War II and a move that quietly shaped the Global South into what it is today.  How did the revolution start? What effect did it have internationally? And wh…

Old Ideas for a New Climate Reality

What does a 14th-century Italian fresco have to say about flooding in Brooklyn? More than you might think. The As We Rise Podcast explores what it might look like to pair a citizen assembly with a public-private fund to address flood resilience in New York City, block by block. In this first episod…

Europe After Paris

As Europe faces some of the biggest crises of modern times - the mass movement of migrants across its borders, and now the attacks on Paris - Jonathan Dimbleby hosts a discussion on these and other important issues impacting Europe. Recorded in the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels, at the heart…

Ep 330 Peacewarts:  Morphological Peace 101 - Retrofitting Democracy: Superpac Strangulation Versus the People's Blueprint (Class 11)

Ep 330 Peacewarts:  Morphological Peace 101 - Retrofitting Democracy: Superpac Strangulation Versus the People's Blueprint (Class 11) We examine how replacing adversarial, Super PAC-driven political processes with direct citizens' assemblies and participatory public budgeting restores the civic co…