Dispatches FM

About Dispatches FM

Dispatches FM (Radio) is a digital storytelling media mentorship project featuring reports and documentaries curated by Adam Bemma, mobile journalism trainer, media consultant and founder of Developing World Media. Dispatches FM (Podcast) uses professional sound design to create short-form podcast episodes in audio (hosted on Anchor and distributed to all major podcatchers) and video (hosted on YouTube and shared to all social media platforms). Developing World Media is a consultancy based in Thailand.

Publisher

Adam Bemma

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Jul 2022

Latest episode

22 Dec 2022

Latest episodes

4 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Dec 2022

   The Disappearance of Sombath Somphone in Laos - 10 Years Later

   Shui Meng Ng shares the harrowing story of Sombath Somphone's disappearance 10 years ago in Vientiane, Laos. Sombath Somphone was a prominent member of Lao civil society. His legacy lives on a decade after his abduction and disappearance from a busy Vientiane street in 2012.

2. 

   10 Oct 2022

   Getting Inked in Chiang Mai, Thailand

   An experiment in the use of sound while getting inked at Wallsnut Home Tattoo Studio in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

3. 

   12 Sept 2022

   The Campaign to Free Muay in Laos

   Houayheuang Xayabouly, known as Muay, is a Lao environmentalist, and mother, convicted of spreading anti-state propaganda with a Facebook Live video. Muay, 33, is entering her fourth year in prison. She may be released in 2023, but the campaign to "Free Muay" has not let up over the past three years.

4. 

   17 Jul 2022

   Thailand Bans Viral Rap Song Calling for 'Reform' to Monarchy

   Rap Against Dictatorship is a Thai hop hop group that blends music and activism. Since its first track dropped in 2018 "Prathet Ku Mee [What My Country's Got]" its work has been closely scrutinized and monitored by the authorities. Its most recent track "Patiroop [Reform]" led to the Thai Constitutional Court ruling that the song must be taken off the internet or the group would face criminal charges.

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