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Date Programmes Podcast Title  
26-Feb-26 Beyond The Ballot Box
(3:00 PM)
How Transparent and Accountable Are Major Political Parties in Malaysia?
Dr Haris Zuan, Fellow, Institute of Malaysian and International Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
24-Feb-26 Beyond The Ballot Box
(3:00 PM)
Understanding The Politics of Eviction in Malaysia
Jeremy Lim, Senior Data Analyst, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network's Asia HQ
19-Feb-26 Beyond The Ballot Box
(3:00 PM)
How Films Can Help Us Make Sense of the World
Daisy Crooke, Events and Communities Coordinator, Take One Action
12-Feb-26 Beyond The Ballot Box
(3:00 PM)
China Rising Part 2: Taiwan, Xinjiang, Sovereignty and Human Rights
Dr Lim Teck Ghee, Economic Historian
10-Feb-26 Beyond The Ballot Box
(3:00 PM)
China Rising Part 1: How the Unipolar World Is Ending
Dr Lim Teck Ghee, Economic Historian
05-Feb-26 Beyond The Ballot Box
(3:00 PM)
What Do the Epstein Files Teach Us About Power?
Peter Beattie, Political Economist and Political Psychologist, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
03-Feb-26 Beyond The Ballot Box
(3:00 PM)
Do Business Schools Play a Role in Normalising Labour Exploitation?
Dr Priya Sharma Armajit Singh, Head of Centre, Commercial Law & Justice, Sunway Business School
29-Jan-26 Beyond The Ballot Box
(3:00 PM)
How Cartels Shape the Migrant Labour System in Malaysia
Charles Santiago, Co-Chair, ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR)
27-Jan-26 Beyond The Ballot Box
(3:00 PM)
What You Need to Know About a Highly Underappreciated Component of Elections
Danesh Prakash Chacko, Chairperson, Tindak
22-Jan-26 Beyond The Ballot Box
(3:00 PM)
How to Navigate a Polarised Malaysia
Jason Wee, Founder, Architects of Diversity (AOD)
20-Jan-26 Beyond The Ballot Box
(3:00 PM)
How to Make KL and the Klang Valley More Liveable
Aziff Azudin, Associate Researcher, IMAN Research
15-Jan-26 Beyond The Ballot Box
(3:00 PM)
Vijay Prashad on Venezuela, Iran and American Imperialism
Vijay Prashad, Director, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research
13-Jan-26 Beyond The Ballot Box
(3:00 PM)
Teach For All’s Founder on Closing the Education Inequality Gap
Wendy Kopp, Co-Founder & CEO, Teach For All
18-Dec-25 Beyond The Ballot Box
(3:00 PM)
What Does the Future Look Like For Europe?
Dr Nikita Dhawan, Chair in Political Theory and History of Ideas, Technical University Dresden
16-Dec-25 Beyond The Ballot Box
(3:00 PM)
Here’s Why Feminism is Relevant Today -- For Men Too!
Dr Maria Castro Varela, Professor of Pedagogy and Social Work, Alice Salomon University (Berlin)
11-Dec-25 Beyond The Ballot Box
(3:00 PM)
The Truth About Interethnic Inequality in Malaysia Today
Lee Hwok-Aun, Senior Fellow, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
 
 




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