Big Take Asia

Last week, India and Pakistan saw the worst fighting in half a century — and came close to an all-out war. But the conflict came to an uneasy and sudden halt after Donald Trump declared the two countries reached a ceasefire.  On today’s Big Take Asia Podcast, Rebecca Choong Wilkins talks to Bloomberg’s Dan Strumpf about how the deadly clashes and ceasefire unfolded and the implications of US mediation in the decades-old conflict.   Read more: Trump Truce Leaves India Furious, Pakistan Elated as Risks Loom [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-05-11/trump-negotiated-india-pakistan-ceasefire-adds-new-risks-to-kashmir-conflict?sref=SCKvL4TY]Further listening: The Rise of Modi, Part 1: Why India’s Leader Is So Popular – and Polarizing [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rise-of-modi-part-1-why-indias-leader-is-so/id1746141911?i=1000655593268] The Rise of Modi, Part 2: How India’s Leader Came Back From the Brink [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rise-of-modi-part-2-how-indias-leader-came-back/id1746141911?i=1000655599610] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

In late 2018, five years after launching fish-feeding company eFishery, Gibran Huzaifah found himself all out of cash. To save his business, the CEO started plugging fake numbers into financial reports. The brighter picture drew hundreds of millions of investor dollars. But his house of cards was doomed to collapse. On today's Big Take Asia Podcast, host K. Oanh Ha talks to Bloomberg's David Ramli about the fall of eFishery and what it says about the risks of venture capital investing.  Read more: CEO Explains How He Faked Results in $300 Million Meltdown [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-04-15/how-indonesian-startup-efishery-s-ex-ceo-gibran-huzaifah-faked-the-numbers] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

A new series from the Big Take podcast investigates the booming market for human eggs. In this episode, host Sarah Holder and Bloomberg’s Jessica Brice focus on the Kemptons, an Australian couple who needed donor eggs to get pregnant. They wanted access to a market they felt offered transparency. They especially wanted information about potential donors. What followed was an around-the-world quest to create a family — filled with promise, gutting losses and extreme cost.    Read more: The Egg [https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-fertility-egg-trade/?srnd=undefined] Listen to the rest of the series: The Human Egg Trade: Episode 1 - The Lie [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-human-egg-trade-episode-1-the-lie/id1578096201?i=1000680313945]The Human Egg Trade: Episode 2 - The Theft [https://podcasts.apple.com/kg/podcast/the-human-egg-trade-episode-2-the-theft/id1578096201?i=1000681185885] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

A new series from the Big Take podcast investigates the booming market for human eggs. It’s a global and opaque market where demand is so great, that even where regulations are in place, there are powerful incentives to evade them. In this episode, host Sarah Holder and Bloomberg’s Vernon Silver focus on one fertility clinic in Greece that police say stole the eggs of as many as 75 women. It’s a story that shows how the actions of one clinic can have ripple effects around the world and reveals the unique ways that the fertility industry runs not only on capital, but on trust. Read more: The Egg [https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-fertility-egg-trade/?srnd=undefined]Listen to the rest of the series: The Human Egg Trade: Episode 1 - The Lie [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-human-egg-trade-episode-1-the-lie/id1578096201?i=1000680313945]The Human Egg Trade: Episode 3 - The Journey [https://podcasts.apple.com/kg/podcast/the-human-egg-trade-episode-3-the-journey/id1578096201?i=1000682607427] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

A series from the Big Take podcast investigates the booming market for human eggs. It’s a global and opaque market where demand is so great, that even where regulations are in place, there are powerful incentives to evade them. In this episode, host Sarah Holder is joined by Bloomberg’s Natalie Obiko Pearson to unpack an investigation in India that revealed how far some people will go to get a cut of this trade, even if it means exploiting a child. Read more: The Egg [https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-fertility-egg-trade/?srnd=undefined]Listen to the rest of the series:The Human Egg Trade: Episode 2 - The Theft [https://podcasts.apple.com/kg/podcast/the-human-egg-trade-episode-2-the-theft/id1578096201?i=1000681185885] The Human Egg Trade: Episode 3 - The Journey [https://podcasts.apple.com/kg/podcast/the-human-egg-trade-episode-3-the-journey/id1578096201?i=1000682607427] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.