Bangkok Podcast 14: Voranai Vanijaka

As an editor at the Bangkok Post, one of the Kingdom's
English-language daily newspapers, Voranai Vanijaka is afforded
an opportunity to have his voice heard, discussed and argued
about that few of use ever have. As a journalist, his job is to
look at the world through a long lens and comment on what he
sees. However, in a country like Thailand - where long-held
perceptions are hard to change and powerful personalities enjoy
the stability of the status quo, turning that lens inward can
often cause a bit of... uneasiness.


Khun Voranai joins us to talk about the somewhat controversial
nature of his writing, and especially about a recent article he
wrote, 'Amart and Prai', which challenged the long-established
class structure that governs Thai societal interactions. 


Tony also talks about why his trip to Japan was postponed, and
Greg rattles on about another one of his bike rides, this time to
the village of Baan Bat, where the locals work to preserve their
unique art of beautiful, hand-made copper bowls.