Indonesia’s free lunch program is a massive operation, feeding tens of millions of people every day across a vast archipelago. 

On this episode of the Big Take Asia podcast, host Rebecca Choong Wilkins talks with Bloomberg’s Rosalind Mathieson about the challenges facing President Prabowo’s flagship program and whether it can survive the strain.

Read more: Handing Out $15 Billion of Free Meals Strains Indonesia's Budget


Hosted by Rebecca Choong Wilkins; Produced by Naomi Ng; Reported by Rosalind Mathieson, Eko Listiyorini; Edited by Paddy Hirsch.

Fact-checking by Eleanor Harrison-Dengate; Engineering by Alex Sugiura.

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Indonesia&rsquo;s free lunch program is a massive operation, feeding tens of millions of people every day across a vast archipelago.&nbsp; On this episode of the Big Take Asia podcast, host Rebecca Choong Wilkins talks with Bloomberg&rsquo;s Rosalind Mathieson about the challenges facing President Prabowo&rsquo;s flagship program and whether it can survive the strain.
Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-04-13/handing-out-15-billion-of-free-meals-strains-indonesia-s-budget?srnd=undefined">Handing Out $15 Billion of Free Meals Strains Indonesia's Budget </a>
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Fact-checking by Eleanor Harrison-Dengate; Engineering by Alex Sugiura.
Senior Producer: Naomi Shavin; Deputy Executive Producer: Julia Weaver; Executive Producer: Nicole Beemsterboer.

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Weekend Listen: Indonesia’s $15 Billion Free Lunch Experiment

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his resignation Monday after less than two years in office. Starmer is the sixth Prime Minister to resign in the decade since the Brexit vote, raising major questions about where the country’s fractured political system goes from here.

On today’s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg Executive Editor Edward Evans joins guest host Wendy Benjaminson from London to discuss the turmoil at 10 Downing Street. They explore what led to Starmer’s resignation, how soon the man poised to replace him, Labour Party frontrunner Andy Burnham, could call a general election and how the UK’s other political parties might take advantage of the power vacuum.

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his resignation Monday after less than two years in office. Starmer is the sixth Prime Minister to resign in the decade since the Brexit vote, raising major questions about where the country&rsquo;s fractured political system goes from here.
On today&rsquo;s Big Take podcast, Bloomberg Executive Editor Edward Evans joins guest host Wendy Benjaminson from London to discuss the turmoil at 10 Downing Street. They explore what led to Starmer&rsquo;s resignation, how soon the man poised to replace him, Labour Party frontrunner Andy Burnham, could call a general election and how the UK&rsquo;s other political parties might take advantage of the power vacuum.
Read more: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-22/burnham-poised-for-power-in-uk-after-starmer-agrees-to-step-down?srnd=homepage-americas">Burnham Poised for Power in UK After Starmer Steps Aside </a>
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Hosted by Wendy Benjaminson; Produced by Julia Press; Reported by Edward Evans; Edited by Tracey Samuelson.
Fact-checking by Victor Swezey and Laura Newcombe; Engineering by Emma Munger.
Senior Producer: Naomi Shavin; Deputy Executive Producer: Julia Weaver. Executive Producer: Nicole Beemsterboer.

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There’s a lot to unpack with AI right now — everything from its potential impacts on the labor market and society to more extreme questions about existential risk. Anthropic, which builds frontier models like Mythos, Fable, and Claude, is actively grappling with these issues, including whether governments should limit AI development. Just last week, the Trump administration forced Anthropic to block foreign access to its two leading models. In this episode, Odd Lots co-hosts speak with Jack Clark (co-founder and head of public benefit) and Peter McCrory (head economist) about how Anthropic approaches safety and economic risks. We talk about its preparations for recursive self-improvement, the engineers it's hiring now, and why Jack left Bloomberg to enter the early AI industry.

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Anthropic Lays Out Vision for How to Bolster AI Models’ Safety
Microsoft Makes Big AI Inroads in China by Selling OpenAI Models

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There&rsquo;s a lot to unpack with AI right now &mdash; everything from its potential impacts on the labor market and society to more extreme questions about existential risk. Anthropic, which builds frontier models like Mythos, Fable, and Claude, is actively grappling with these issues, including whether governments should limit AI development. Just last week, the Trump administration forced Anthropic to block foreign access to its two leading models. In this episode, Odd Lots co-hosts speak with Jack Clark (co-founder and head of public benefit) and Peter McCrory (head economist) about how Anthropic approaches safety and economic risks. We talk about its preparations for recursive self-improvement, the engineers it's hiring now, and why Jack left Bloomberg to enter the early AI industry.
Read more: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-18/anthropic-lays-out-vision-for-how-to-bolster-ai-models-safety?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=odd_lots&amp;utm_content=article" data-renderer-mark="true" data-is-router-link="false" data-testid="link-with-safety">Anthropic Lays Out Vision for How to Bolster AI Models&rsquo; Safety</a> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-17/microsoft-s-china-ai-business-grows-on-openai-model-sales?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=odd_lots&amp;utm_content=article" data-renderer-mark="true" data-is-router-link="false" data-testid="link-with-safety">Microsoft Makes Big AI Inroads in China by Selling OpenAI Models</a>
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Weekend Listen: Indonesia’s $15 Billion Free Lunch Experiment

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