{"podcast":{"title":"Talking Indonesia","slug":"talking-indonesia-768046","podcast_index_feed_id":768046,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:165729885/sounds.rss","website_url":"http://indonesiaatmelbourne.unimelb.edu.au/","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-iXi6zWC04tT7faCj-2JySPQ-original.jpg","author":"Talking Indonesia","episode_count":292,"summary":"In the Talking Indonesia podcast, Dr Jemma Purdey…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T12:19:56.216281+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-indonesia-768046"},"episode":{"title":"Justinus Lhaksana - Indonesian Football and the Road to the 2026 World Cup","slug":"justinus-lhaksana-indonesian-football-and-the-road-to-the-2026-world-cup","published_at":"2025-07-03T01:11:47+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-indonesia-768046/justinus-lhaksana-indonesian-football-and-the-road-to-the-2026-world-cup","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-indonesia-768046","url":"https://soundcloud.com/talking-indonesia/justinus-lhaksana","audio_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2117970825-talking-indonesia-justinus-lhaksana.mp3","summary":"Justinus Lhaksana - Indonesian Football and the Road to the 2026 World Cup In October 2022, the image of Indonesian football filling news bulletins around the world was one of tragedy and horror at the huge loss of life sparked by clashes between fans and security agents at a football match in Kanjuruhan, East Java. Less than three years later, this image is being replaced some by something quite different. In June this year, Indonesia did what no other Southeast Asian football team has done since the 1930s and proceeded to the fourth round of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup to be held in Canada, Mexico and the USA in 2026. To get this far Indonesia beat both China and Bahrain at home after going down to Australia and Japan away in the third round of qualifying. Now, only two matches stand between this team becoming the first to represent the Republic of Indonesia at a FIFA World Cup. In 1938, it was the first Asian nation to go to a FIFA World Cup but was of course competing under the Dutch East Indies flag. The success of the Indonesian national team or Timnas Garuda, so far is due to a well-orchestrated plan to bolster the team from without and make significant investment within. Reeling from the Kanjuruhan tragedy and the international and domestic response to it, in February 2023, Joko Widodo appointed Erick Thohir, the Minister for State-Owned Enterprises in his government, as the new chairman of the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) with a mandate for the total reform of football, to tackle its myriad problems. For Thohir, a millionaire former owner of football teams in Europe, North America and Indonesia and with deep links in FIFA itself, this was also an opportunity to reshape Indonesian football from the top down. The project to reform the national…","meta_description":"Justinus Lhaksana - Indonesian Football and the Road to the 2026 World Cup In October 2022, the image of Indonesian football filling news bulletins around…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1953,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talking-indonesia-768046/episodes/justinus-lhaksana-indonesian-football-and-the-road-to-the-2026-world-cup/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-indonesia-768046/justinus-lhaksana-indonesian-football-and-the-road-to-the-2026-world-cup.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}