(filtered through a Singaporean perspective)
Marc Levinson is an American economist, historian, and author celebrated for his accessible writing on economic forces and globalization. He’s authored seven acclaimed books, notably: The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger, a groundbreaking history of containerization that reshaped global trade.
Cheong Yip Seng is the former Editor-in-Chief of The Straits Times, Singapore’s flagship English daily, where he led the newsroom for over two decades. Joining the paper as a young journalist, he rose through the ranks to shape its editorial direction during some of Singapore’s most pivotal years.
Professor Tansen Sen is a renowned historian of India–China relations and Asian interconnections. He is Professor of History at NYU Shanghai and Director of the Center for Global Asia. His research spans Sino-Indian interactions, Buddhism across Asia, and maritime networks that shaped the region’s history. He is the
Stephen Witt is a Los Angeles-based investigative journalist and author whose work has appeared regularly in The New Yorker. His latest book, The Thinking Machine, chronicles the remarkable rise of Nvidia and its enigmatic CEO Jensen Huang—from immigrant dishwasher to leader of the world's most valuable company.
Ooi Kee Beng is a political historian, writer, and executive director of Penang Institute. He has been studying the process of nation-building in Asia. He is also the author of Dr Goh Keng Swee's Intellectual Biography- In Lieu of Ideology. In this podcast, we talk about the ideas
