A Sunday Kinda Love: First Pages x New Year Jam

03-Jan-16 12:00

A Sunday Kinda Love: First Pages x New Year Jam

The first page of any book, is in our opinion the most important page. Maya Tan reads from the first pages of books she's enjoyed in 2015 and plays music from her New Year jam.

Books featured:

A Madras Miasma - Brian Stoddart

Indigo - Satyajit Ray

The Fahrenheit Twins - Michel Faber

The Rescue Artist - Edward Dolnick

The Strange Library - Haruki Murakami

The Coral Thief - Rebecca Stott

Playlist:

Tongue-Tied - OJ Law

Put Me Down - Aquilo

Waiting (feat. Madelyn Grant) - FKJ

It's Only You - Dominique

U - Mikky Ekko

Good Together - Tom Aspaul

Steps - Handsome Ghost

Innocence - Madeon, Aquilo

Chocolates & Roses - The Green

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Tags: books, new year, music

Today’s Shows

11:00 AM

Best of Enterprise

(REPEAT) Matthew Hardman, Chief Technology Officer for Asia Pacific at Hitachi Vantara, talks about the importance of building smarter, stronger data systems, and how they’re key to making AI actually work in the real world.

12:00 PM

Popcorn Culture

(REPEAT) The Popcorn Culture team reviews A Minecraft Movie and talks about video game adaptations!

1:00 PM

Cruise Control

(REPEAT) Are traditional used car dealers making a comeback? Daniel Fernandez from dsf.my thinks so! Tune in to find out.

2:00 PM

Matt-Splained

(REPEAT) How secure are your messaging apps? Richard Bradbury and Matt Armitage try to untangle the knot of modern apps and the legacy media they’re built on to sort the leaky vessels from the tight ships.

3:00 PM

Earth Matters

(REPEAT) Sabah has introduced its first-ever 10-year Bornean Sun Bear Action Plan (2025–2034) to tackle the pressing threats facing the species. Dr. Wong Siew Te, a wildlife biologist, tropical forest ecologist, and the CEO and Founder of the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre (BSBCC) unpacks the plan.

4:00 PM

Bar None

(REPEAT) Jazeman Jaafar joins Bar None to talk about his latest victory and the appeal of endurance racing.

5:00 PM

BBC World Service

BFM presents the BBC World Service, which provides in-depth coverage of issues from around the world.

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