More than 100 million fingers are expected to take a dip in purple ink across Indonesia, as voters turn out for the world’s largest single-day election. But the person who might have the most sway is someone who isn’t even on the ballot: Indonesia's current president, Joko Widodo. So how much change can Indonesians expect?

In this episode: 
Jessica Washington (@JesWashington), Al Jazeera Asia Correspondent in Jakarta 

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This episode was produced by Chloe K. Li and Fahrinisa Campana with our host, Malika Bilal. Miranda Lin and Sarí el-Khalili fact-checked this episode.

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Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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More than 100 million fingers are expected to take a dip in purple ink across Indonesia, as voters turn out for the world’s largest single-day election. But the person who might have the most sway is someone who isn’t even on the ballot: Indonesia's current president, Joko Widodo. So how much change can Indonesians expect?
In this episode: 
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<li aria-level="1">Jessica Washington (<a href="https://twitter.com/JesWashington">@JesWashington</a>), Al Jazeera Asia Correspondent in Jakarta </li>
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Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Chloe K. Li and Fahrinisa Campana with our host, Malika Bilal. Miranda Lin and Sarí el-Khalili fact-checked this episode.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Joe Plourde mixed this episode. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
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The Take is a daily interview-driven international news podcast hosted by award-winning journalist Malika Bilal. Each episode focuses on conversations with journalists and people directly impacted by the news of the day, offering our listeners the context necessary to understand what's in the headlines.
With millions of global listens, it's clear the conversations we're having on The Take are worth hearing. And critics think so too. The show has won the Online Journalism Awards, the Signal Awards, Lovie Awards, and Anthem Awards, among others.

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