Views from Down Underer

About Views from Down Underer

Analysis, news commentary, and opinions on the international relations of the Indo-Pacific and beyond as seen from the region by people from the region. An initiative of the Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs (www.indopac.nz) in Christchurch, New Zealand, the podcast is hosted by Professor Alex Tan of the University of Canterbury (Christchurch, New Zealand) with panelists Associate Professor Nick Khoo of the University of Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand), Dr Orson Tan and Katie Mills of the Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs.

Publisher

Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Jul 2023

Latest episode

4 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

102 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Oct 2026

   Ep.102: UK PM Andy Burnham emotional speech; Man City's financial hokey-pokey; Xi-Trump meeting

   Burnham delivered an emotional speech to party faithful. English Premier League team Manchester City was found guilty of charges on financial impropriety.  Xi-Trump meeting in Washington, DC.

2. 

   13 Sept 2026

   Ep. 101: AfD wins German state election, Trump offers $5k if Republicans win midterms, and US Treasury Bonds interest rate rises

   AfD- considered an extreme right German party- won Lander election in Saxony-Anhalt.  What are the implications of this historic state election victory?  Is dealignment happening in the German party system?  US President Trump is offering all Americans $5k if the Republicans win the midterm election.  This is the first time a clear monetary reward is offered to voters by a US president.  Is this vote-buying?  US Treasury Bond interest rates are rising despite Treasury's market intervention.  What is happening?  What are the implications?

3. 

   31 Aug 2026

   Ep. 100: US-Canada trade war

   This is our 100th episode.  We discussed the US-Canada trade war.  What happened?  What next for Canada?

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

5.0 / 5

18 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 39 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

50

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

71

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