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Date Programmes Podcast Title  
28-Jul-20 Spotlight
(9:37 AM)
ASEAN - Inadequate, Yet Indispensable
Ben Bland, Director of the Southeast Asia Programme, Lowy Institute | Tan Sri Munir Majid, Chairman, CIMB ASEAN Research Institute (CARI)
30-Jun-20 Spotlight
(9:30 AM)
Finding Employment — And Hope — In A Crisis
Azam Wan Hashim, Researcher in the Business and Economic Unit, IDEAS | Malek Ali, Founder, BFM | Matt Armitage, Host, Kulturpop
28-Jan-20 Spotlight
(9:30 AM)
Using Scholarships as Tools for Development
28-Jan-20 Spotlight
(9:30 AM)
Using Scholarships as Tools for Development
31-Dec-19 Spotlight
(9:30 AM)
Brotherhood In Schools
Muhd Shukri Kamarudin, Assistant Director of Student Affairs, Education Department of the Federal Territories and Kuala Lumpur | Sandhrasager Kannan, Head of Discipline, Victoria Institution | Abu Haniffah A Ghani; Ahmad Benjamin Shahrul Hisham; Daniel Kwong; Dennis Kwong; Neeresh Kumar; Wong Kah Wang, Students
17-Dec-19 Spotlight
(9:30 AM)
Becoming Ourselves
Michelle Obama, Obama Foundation | Julia Roberts
03-Dec-19 Spotlight
(9:30 AM)
Killing the Ghosts of the Past
Shonchi, Pigment Explosion
19-Nov-19 Spotlight
(9:30 AM)
From Poop Culture to Pop Culture
Jack Sim, Founder, World Toilet Organization
05-Nov-19 Spotlight
(9:30 AM)
Living with a Black Dog
Dakshayani Batmanathan, Speaker at HeadsUp!, Global Shapers KL | and other guests
29-Oct-19 Spotlight
(9:30 AM)
The Misunderstood Community
YB P. Waytha Moorthy, Minister, National Unity and Social Wellbeing | K. Arumugam, Activist, Social Rights
22-Oct-19 Spotlight
(9:30 AM)
Brexit Unpacked
Dr. Dagmar Schiek, Professor of Law, Queen's University, Belfast | and other guests
15-Oct-19 Spotlight
(9:30 AM)
Belt & Road Opportunities
Dr. Ong Kian Ming, Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry | Koh King Kee, Director of China's Belt & Road Desk | Koong Lin Loong, Managing Partner
08-Oct-19 Spotlight
(9:30 AM)
Trade War Gainers And Losers in Malaysia
Calvin Cheng, Researcher, Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS)
01-Oct-19 Spotlight
(9:30 AM)
Trade War, Cold War
Gary Hufbauer, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
24-Sep-19 Spotlight
(9:35 AM)
Microfinance: Can Small Loans Tackle Big Problems?
Hana, Microfinance participant | Goh Suet Lan, President | Frithjof Arp, Associate Professor
17-Sep-19 Spotlight
(9:30 AM)
The Rising Tide of Radicalisation
Akil Yunus, Research Manager, Iman Research | Ahmad El-Muhammady, Counter-Terrorism Analyst, International Islamic University Malaysia
 
 




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6:00 AM

The 6AM Stretch

Thought-provoking discussions on ideas, people and events shaping our lives.

7:00 AM

World Market Watch

Joe Quinlan, Chief Market Strategist, US Trust-BOA Private Wealth Management, tells us where international markets are heading.

7:15 AM

Morning Brief

We recap global and local headlines from today's papers and portals.

7:30 AM

Morning Brief

Geetha Ranganathan, Senior Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence gives us her analysis on the streaming sector.

7:45 AM

Morning Brief

Dr Consilz Tan of the Centre for Market Education unpacks the government’s proposal to make the ‘build-then-sell’ (BTS) model mandatory.

8:00 AM

The Breakfast Grille

Dr. Deborah Elms of the Hinrich Foundation discusses the factors shaping the current shifts in the global trading system.

8:30 AM

Morning Brief

Calvin Cheng, Director of Economics, Trade and Regional Integration at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies, discusses the importance of the Gig Worker Bill 2025

8:45 AM

Morning Brief

Lailatul Akma, Deputy Director, Consumer & Market Conduct Department, Bank Negara Malaysia talks us through some of the enhancements the central bank made to its Claims Settlement Practices policy.

9:00 AM

Opening Bell

(REPEAT) Joe Quinlan, Chief Market Strategist, US Trust-BOA Private Wealth Management, tells us where international markets are heading.

9:15 AM

Opening Bell

(REPEAT) We take a look at the FBM KLCI as well as regional capital markets.

9:35 AM

People, Planet, Profit

Alexander Chia of RHB Research discusses the ESG "Diamonds in the Rough" report on undervalued ASEAN companies with strong financials and ESG practices.

10:05 AM

Open For Business

Riaz Mehta, Founder & CEO of Ritestream, a decentralised platform where creators can fund, distribute, and monetise content using blockchain, NFTs, and smart contracts, shares how his journey from creating global TV hits like The Contender Asia to joining the CryptoKnights collective inspired him to build the business.

11:00 AM

Marketing Mojo

Shane Loh, Founder & Chief Strategist at IDTG Asia, joins us to dive deeper into the findings from The Loyalty Blueprint — from TikTok as a trust signal to why “sounding Malaysian” matters more than ever.

12:00 PM

Enterprise Explores

CrowdStrike’s Fabio Fratucello breaks down the 2025 Threat Hunting Report, exploring a 130% surge in cloud attacks, how adversaries are weaponizing AI with deepfakes, GenAI-built malware, and targeting AI systems themselves — and what enterprises can do to stay ahead with agentic AI, real-time behaviour analysis, and cross-domain detection.

1:00 PM

The Breakfast Grille Repeat

Dr. Deborah K. Elms, Head of Trade Policy, Hinrich Foundation

2:05 PM

Discovery Hour

3:05 PM

Beyond the Ballot Box

We speak to student activist Alyaah Hani on academic freedom, dissent and what young people want from Malaysia.

4:05 PM

Health & Living

We speak to two volunteers from Befrienders KL to find out how they man the Befrienders helpline, and support people in emotional distress.

5:00 PM

Top 5 at 5

6:00 PM

Talkback Tuesday

What is one thing you wish you can change about Malaysia?

8:00 PM

BBC World Service

On this episode of The Food Chain, the team looks at care home food and the intricacies behind them.