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Steppe Ahead - The Central Asia Podcast

Hosted by Jonas Prien, Thorsten Gutmann & Thomas Baier · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 9 episodes

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9
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Steppe Ahead – The Central Asia PodcastInsights from the heart of EurasiaBy Jonas Prien, Thorsten Gutmann and Thomas BaierCentral Asia is one of the world’s most dynamic and most overlooked regions. With ambitious young people, rapidly growing economies, dynamic investments, and some of the world’s most strategic trade routes and natural resources crossing its vast landscape, the region is becoming increasingly important to global business and geopolitics. Still, it receives the attention it deserves.Steppe Ahead aims to change that! Each episode explores key developments shaping Central Asia from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan. The podcast breaks down markets, politics, and regional trends through the perspectives of regional experts.For anyone who wants to understand Central Asia before it becomes impossible to ignore.New episodes? Whenever the region gives us something worth talking about!

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Jonas Prien, Thorsten Gutmann & Thomas Baier hosts Steppe Ahead - The Central Asia Podcast, a news show with 9 episodes published.

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Football Revolution: Uzbekistan Leads Central Asia to the World Stage

May 20, 202633m0

Jonas and Thomas record a special football-focused Steppe Ahead podcast. They discuss Uzbekistan qualifying for its first World Cup in the expanded 2026 tournament and preview Group K. The conversation frames football as

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Die Rolle der Russischen Agrarwirtschaft in der Welt (Gast: Klaus John)

May 20, 202637m0

In dieser Episode des "Zaren. Daten. Fakten." Podcast analysiert Klaus John die Lage der russischen Landwirtschaft, die wegen hoher Fremdfinanzierung unter hohem Zinsniveau, Sanktionen und Liquiditätsproblemen leidet; zu

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Team Astana: Successful Sports Branding & Humboldt in Central Asia

Apr 27, 202637m0

In this episode of the Steppe Ahead Podcast, Jonas and Thomas discuss Alexander von Humboldt’s 1829 expedition through Russia and into Kazakhstan and Kazakhstan’s cycling team Astana as a global branding project. Jonas o

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Nazerke Kalidolda on Leaving Google, Failing Forward & Investing in Central Asia

Apr 19, 202638m0

She won coding olympiads as a teenager, published robotics research at 20, landed at Google, quit to found a startup that failed, built a mentorship platform for Kazakh students, and now invests in Central Asian startups

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Tourism Boom, Missing Central Asian Foods & Middle Corridor Trucking

Apr 15, 202640m0

In this episode of the "Steppe Ahead" podcast, Jonas Thorsten and Thomas talk about Easter traditions and Thomas's trip to a Mix Markt in Germany, where he found almost no Central Asian products. The hosts develop a wish

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Kazakhstan’s Car Market Goes Chinese & The Rise of Local Language Apps

Apr 9, 202633m0

In this episode of the Steppe Ahead podcast, Jonas Thorsten and Thomas talk about the Kazakh car market and how Thorsten’s viral video highlighted the rapid change and what it means for German cars. They also discuss the

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Central Asian Literature, Alatau City & EU–Central Asia Cooperation

Apr 2, 202633m0

In this episode of the Steppe Ahead podcast, Jonas shares impressions from the Leipzig Book Fair, noting 300,000 visitors and discussing Central Asian literature, including classic writers Mukhtar Auezov and Chingiz Aitm

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Nowruz Traditions Explained & Uzbekistan's Next Steps Towards the WTO

Mar 22, 202640m0

Jonas, Thorsten, and Thomas discuss Nowruz, the Persian “new day” spring festival, its 3,000-year-old origins, Soviet-era public ban, and current Kazakh traditions such as Nauryz kozhe, yurts, wearing traditional clothes

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Kazakhstan Constitutional Referendum, Uzum's Rise, and a New Fast-Food Chain in Kyrgyzstan

Mar 14, 202640m0

In this episode, Thorsten, Jonas and Thomas discuss Kazakhstan’s referendum on a new constitution that would take effect July 1, dissolve the current parliament, and trigger new elections. They also cover Uzbekistan’s su

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Central Asia Amid the Iran Crisis, Middle Corridor & Aral Sea Disaster

Mar 12, 202631m0

The hosts Jonas, Thorsten, and Thomas discuss how landlocked Central Asian economies rely on transit routes such as the Turkmenistan–Iran rail link and warn that disrupted oil supply could push prices above $200 per barr

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Steppe Ahead - The Central Asia Podcast is hosted by Jonas Prien, Thorsten Gutmann & Thomas Baier. The show is categorised under news and has published 9 episodes.

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